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Environments cycle between day and night, often with effects on other aspects of the game.
The main line of distinction between victory or failure in video games, death is the process of a biological being ceasing to be alive.
Death is permanent. But you can get a second chance and start were you left off, at the expense of experience & gold.
A concept common in MMORPGs, a debuff weakens a foes abilities or stats making combat easier.
The concept of decay is best known in video games when an item or a being is of a degrading quality. When the item is degrading, players or the game itself refer to this matter as decay.
Used as a last ditch effort the desperation move is often a single, powerful attack that hits multiple enemies on screen. The attack is executed at the cost of a percentage of the user's total hit-points.
The concept of purchasing media and having it delivered over the internet. No physical representation of this content is given, and although the content resides on the user's hard drive they are typically granted a license to the product, rather than ownership of it.
Removing a weapon or item from another person/creature so you can make use of it. Useful for stealth based games.
Diseases are medical conditions that have a negative effect on one's body. Some games revolves around a disease.
Generally used to fool other characters or parties into thinking you're one of them or belong there for purposes of deception, spying, or accessing data.
Blurred vision, switching of assets, suddenly slowed or accelerated time or other ways a game can purposefully disorient the player or character.
Divination is a school of magic that allows the user to tell the future, see the unseen, sense the presence of undead, identify magical items, and more.
The ability to dodge an attack, making the player untouchable for a brief period.
A dog is an animal, of which there are estimated to be 400 million of in the world. Said to be man's best friend, they naturally appear in many video games.
A melee skill that allows for attacking twice in one turn with the same weapon.
Dealing or receiving twice the damage one normally would.
Dragons were originally messengers from heaven, according to early Buddhist texts. In games, they can be among the most fearsome of adversaries, but there are some exceptions.
Dragon Kill Points is a concept that was originally created an EverQuest guild known as Afterlife. It is a form of loot distribution based on credit earned by raid attendance that can then be spent on items that drop.
Drowning in games occurs when a being (not suited to be in water) runs out of oxygen, time, power, or barely even touches the water surface. Further complicated by the local sea-life that can knock the air out of you, should you get close.
The concept of using two weapons at once, often for more damage at the cost of accuracy, the use of a shield, grenades, or other similar accessories.
A physical confrontation between two opponents without any outside interference.
Carefully exploring a large, labyrinthine area full of enemies (i.e., a dungeon) in the hopes of finding treasure, leveling up, or completing a specific task. Having their roots in tabletop games, video game dungeon crawls are found almost exclusively in RPGs.
Dwarves are a short, stout race that appear in any number of fantasy games and stories. They are almost always depicted as short with bushy beards similar to vikings. They can also be identified by their love for ale and gold. Other common trends for Fantasy Dwarves include being proud warriors, favoring axes as their weapon of choice, and being gruff sticklers for tradition and honor.
Ahh, eating... We can't live without it, and, apparently, neither can some characters. From snakes to dots, games have odd ways of dishing out their dishes.
Games that include a simulated economy which the player(s) can affect.
Need a sword the burns your foes or a gun that zaps them with lightning? Then Elemental Weapons are the ones for you.
Elves are a race found in a lot of games based on a fantasy setting. They are recognizable by their elongated ears and often live much longer than humans. Some are even immortal. There are many variations of Elves.
Usually found in MMO games, but sometimes found elsewhere, emotes are a way of displaying your emotions on-screen either through a character animation or by the use of an icon.
A form of repeatable side quest, the character gets a job that he usually reports to at a set time. This could be doing deliveries for a shop, making cakes, operating a forklift, or collecting coconuts.
Enchanters are spell casters that focus on the manipulation of the mind and deception.
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