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Summoning involves bringing a distant ally into battle to either perform a single, devastating attack or to fight on the behalf of the summoner.
Super Speed is the ability for a character to travel at speeds normally unattainable by regular humans. Super speed can be a stock super power by characters such as the Flash & Sonic the Hedgehog, or a technologically enhanced ability like Nomad in Crysis.
Supply and Demand are the two fundamental forces that guide an economy. Many games feature these two forces in either a self-contained or player-driven fashion.
Using one's own tail as a weapon.
Tailoring is the process of crafting clothing through the sewing and cutting of fabrics. It is a popular trade skill in many RPG's.
A tank is a role in an MMO game whose objective is to hold the enemy's attention and protect group members from harm. A defensive-natured class such as a warrior, barbarian, or paladin is typically suited for this role.
Whether with a button press or menu, taunts destroy friendships and can even make the computer go crazy.
The ability to move from one area to another instantaneously - typically through some sort of special power or device.
Whether by item or otherwise, temporary invincibility provides the user a brief moment where they are impervious to attack.
In many MMOs, some items, typically keys, will disappear from your inventory once you log out.
Many online games allow text chat with other players.
Many games that feature a theft mechanic also include a some form of risk or punishment. Other games just let players steal things as if it's a perfectly normal thing to do.
Throwing weapons include knives, shurikens, axes, darts or even explosives such as grenades and molotov cocktails.
Tinkering is a tradeskill typically reserved for gnomes. It involves the crafting of machinery and gadgets using gears and sprockets sometimes powered by steam or magic.
Dragging a line of deadly monsters to a zone line or safe area in order to escape the penalties associated with death.
Trolls are a mythical race of creatures that have been interpreted many different ways in games.
Twinking is a tactic used primarily in MMOs where low level characters are given high level equipment in order to earn experience faster. The items are typically obtained by a person with a high level character with the intention of giving them to one of their own other characters.
Weapons designed to be wielded with both hands, typically due to their size in relation to the one wielding them. Examples include longswords, claymores, lances, scythes, and giant hammers among others.
Weapons can often be upgraded with new attachments, augmentations, or magical enchantments. These upgrades result in the original item being more powerful than originally intended.
The Vah Shir are noble race of cat people in the EverQuest series.
Items found in video games that serve little or no use to the player, other than to be sold to NPC vendors for money.
An individual who specializes in armed combat.
WASD, or WADS, is the most common and often the default setting to move the player character in computer games with a first or third person perspective.
A biological entity with the innate ability to control the behavior and direction of water using little to no physical contact.
Games that feature musical instruments as weapons, whether that be by smashing them over an enemy's head or by firing projectiles via a quick jam session.
Being learned scholars and masters of the arcane arts, wizards wield great power by manipulating magical energy for the forces of good and evil.
Wolves are mammals closely related to dogs and are known for howling in moonlit forests and hunting in packs to pester players in numerous RPG games.
Wood Elves are a common race in the fantasy genre. Their affinity to nature leads many to the path of druids or rangers.
A popular concept among MMOs, zones are how these massive games are divided up into manageable spaces.
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