bulette

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/buːˈlɛt//buːˈleɪ/

noun

A fictional species of land-dwelling shark in various fantasy settings, such as Dungeons & Dragons.

Scrabble 9

Meanings

nounbulette (plural bulettes)

plural bulettes

  1. fantasy roleplaying gamesA fictional species of land-dwelling shark in various fantasy settings, such as Dungeons & Dragons.

    2001-04-20, "dave" <JobberToSt...@yahoo.com>, "OK what is a "bulette"", rec.games.roguelike.adom, <9bppfs$igu$1@uns-a.ucl.ac.uk> My orcish barbarian who found a nice eternium 2hs in SMC was killed by a bulette in the second level of the unremarkable dungeon.

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    The Bulette (pronounced boo-lay), has only two semi-vulnerable spots.

    1976-06, "The Bulette (a.k.a. Landshark)", "Creatures Features", The Dragon, volume 1, number 1, page 19

    The classic monsters (Frankenstein, Dracula, Godzilla, most hauntings, even the dinosaurs in _Jurassic Park_, etc) are all manifestations or consequences of human arrogance and ignorance; so violence, prejudice, ethical blindness and your local bulette are all part of the same idea.

    1995-06-29, The Amorphous Mass <robin...@blue.weeg.uiowa.edu>, "Re: Rotten, Sexist, Racist Worlds (WAS: Females playing...)", rec.games.frp.dnd,rec.games.frp.misc, <Pine.A32.3.91.950629164923.38897A-100000@red.weeg.uiowa.edu>#1/1

    Rippersnapper was a land shark. By the mythical name, this is a bulette.

    1997-04-07, Dan Davis <DAV...@docker.com>, "Re: Mithical Cretures Hits Beast Wars.", alt.toys.transformers, <33498C02.17C0@docker.com>#1/1

    Bulettes can automatically sense the location of anything within 60 feet that is in contact with the ground.

    2003, Steven Creech, Kevin Ruesch, “Torn Asunder: Critical Hits”, in Inc., Bastion Press, page 93

    The creation of some unknown arcanist in millennia past, the bulette has bred true to become one of the fiercest predators of the hills.

    2009-09, Jason Bulmahn, "Bulette", Pathfinder Roleplaying Game: Bestiary, Paizo Publishing, page 39

Origin

From a derogatory gallicization of bullet; coined by Tim Kask in the first edition of the official D&D magazine, Dragon, as an addition to the original Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game.

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