Post originally by SD Anderson at 2003-05-19 14:14:03
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Phil Masters wrote:
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The term was introduced in *GURPS Goblins*, a truly wonderful supplement set in a parody of Georgian/Victorian London. (Trust me, it's brilliant.) There, it fitted perfectly, as it came from the source material. However, it then got copied verbatim to *Compendium I*, where it does look a bit weird.

It should have been renamed "pry-bar work" or something. </i>

As I recall, Kromm had to explain things to the folks on GURPSnet when Starglazing and the much worse "Uttering of Base Coin" made it from Goblins to Compendium. Uttering at least coincidentally(?) managed to be hiccuped off of the advantage/disadvantage/skill list at the back of Compendium though it's there under Thief/Spy skills on CI.167

Much against Kromm's and the then Managing Editor's wishes, someone (ahem) higher up in the chain of command (gee, I wonder who that might be) insisted on using the Goblins terms.