barrelmancy

English

Etymology

From barrel +‎ -mancy.

Noun

barrelmancy (uncountable)

1. (video games) The strategic use of containers of explosives in combat.
   • 2021, Aden Carter, "Divinity 2: Every Step To Create An All-Powerful Barrelmancer", GameRant, 8 January 2021:

     Barrelmancy is something that takes a little while to start.

   • 2023, Edwin Evans-Thirlwell, "The secret best Baldur's Gate 3 class is, of course, Barrelmancer", Rock Paper Shotgun, 10 August 2023:

     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, Nicole Clark, "The best ‘class’ in Baldur’s Gate 3 is ‘barrelmancer’", Polygon, 23 August 2023:

     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.

Related terms

• barrelmancer