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A Concept mostly in MMORPGs. A Buff allows the player to increase their stats for a short period of time.
Enemies that arrive at the surface from underground. Often this is used as a method of taking the player by surprise.
An insect with broad colorful wings.
The ability for a player to control the motion and direction of the in-game camera.
An age-old, widely-hated strategy in multiplayer games: stay in one spot and kill passers-by. Also refers to a more benign activity in MMOs.
A capital city is the center of trade, commerce, and government for a nation. Capital cities can be found in many strategy games.
The time it takes to cast a spell or ability
Channeling is a skill that allows a caster to continue casting a spell without having the spell interrupted by being attacked, slightly moving, etc.
Classes are different archetypes and playstyles that players can choose to play their game with.
Character Creation refers to characters created by players themselves, rather than developers.
A concept in games with multiple characters, a screen with pictures of all playable characters with the possibility of stat listings.
Some characters have purely white eyes, some have eyes that radiate light, some have no eye-sockets at all. This is a page for all the occularly impaired.
While modern chemistry defines 118 atomic elements, video games more often deal with classical elements as described in ancient philosophy, mainly fire, water, earth, and air. In many games, each element is stronger against certain elements, but weaker against others.
The cleric is a combination of priest, healer and holy warrior. The cleric is much akin to the paladin but tend to be more magic-oriented and less focused on melee combat.
Cloaking is to become invisible or become close to invisible depending on strength of the ability or item.
Clockworks are robotic creations tinkered by the gnomes of Norrath in the EverQuest franchise.
The roach is a notoriously indestructible insect found in many societies. It is also found in video games.
Limited editions of games that include extra "perks" like Making of DVDs and a nice and shiny tin with extra box art
Trading systems allow players to trade items, money and other objects between each other.
A bar, usually at the bottom of the screen, which tells you what direction enemies, locations, or main quests are.
Conjuration is the magic school of manifesting objects such as weapons out of thin air. In some settings, conjurers are also responsible for summoning creatures.
Conning is a feature in most MMOs which allows a player to estimate the level and/or potential challenge of a particular mob primarily by the color of the text that appears when considering the fight. Conning can also determine faction standing with a particular NPC from a safe distance.
Plotting and scheming, usually for wealth or power.
Video game controversy revolves mostly around the psychological effects that games with graphic violence or sexual content in them can have on players. Other sources of controversy can range from racism, sexism, politics, or religion.
A person serving time in prison or an escaped criminal on the run from the law.
The act of preparing food by applying heat, often cooking in games produces items which yield some kind of benefit towards your character.
A notable time delay which ignores the character/player state (like having enough mana) and prevents an ability or action from being done. This concept is common in MMORPGs, but does occur in other genres.
Mainly featured in MMOs, a corpse run is when a the player character dies and the player has to return to the location of the death in order to come back to life and/or reclaim items.
The act of a noble, just, or otherwise good or heroic figure becoming evil through either external manipulation or an internal shift in beliefs or desires.
Enemies who don't fight fair or flee when they're running low on health. Examples include Boos from Super Mario and those pesky goblins from Dark Messiah.
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