barrelmancy

English

Etymology

From barrel +‎ -mancy.

Noun

barrelmancy (uncountable)

  1. (video games) The strategic use of containers of explosives in combat.
    • 2021 January 8, Aden Carter, “Divinity 2: Every Step To Create An All-Powerful Barrelmancer”, in GameRant:
      Barrelmancy is something that takes a little while to start.
    • 2023 August 10, Edwin Evans-Thirlwell, “The secret best Baldur's Gate 3 class is, of course, Barrelmancer”, in Rock Paper Shotgun:
      Barrelmancy was such a hit with the Divinity community that there are actual mods dedicated to it, but it has many detractors, and barrelmancy in Baldur's Gate 3 1.0 is sadly not as potent as it was in the giddy days of early-early access.
    • 2023 August 23, Nicole Clark, The best ‘class’ in Baldur’s Gate 3 is ‘barrelmancer’‎[1], Polygon:
      Divinity: Original Sin 2 fans also got a kick out of barrelmancy, so it’s no surprise to see Baldur’s Gate 3 fans pulling off the same trick.
    • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:barrelmancy.
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