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Any being that is humanoid in appearance, with amphibian-like features. This covers frogs, toads, salamanders and newts (caecilians look too much like worms).
An ancient breed of barkless dog from Central Africa. Revered by many in that region due to its intelligence and hunting skills.
Birdmen are large birds that can talk or half-bird half-man creatures. Are often depicted as wise, in spite of having bird brains.
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 common concept in RPGs and MMOs, color-coded loot is a concept where the quality/rarity of loot items are defined by a series of colors.
A gameplay feature that offers players the option to listen to their own music instead of the game's original soundtrack. This allows for a more personalized listening experience.
An in game reward for simply logging in to a game.
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.
Created by the Elder Dragons, they as champions are given to posses much more significant amounts of the Elder Dragon's will. Having an intellect and greater power unlike the Elder Dragon's other minions.
While usually presented as monsters to be slain, every now and then, characters get to ride dragons into battle instead.
The Elder Dragons come from an unknown place and have been around before the younger species inhabited and built their civilizations. They are ancient and powerful beings, consuming magic while in hibernation and turn the world into chaos when they awake from their cycle.
An animation system used in creating games.
A digital storefront which donates some of its profits to charity.
A heavily armored soldier in the service of a lord or cause. Typically a champion of good and a defender of the innocent.
Boxes of random items, usually able to be purchased using real money currencies.
A path finding middleware for video games.
Player versus Environment, commonly abbreviated as PvE, is a gaming term that originated in MMOs to refer to gameplay in which players fight against computer controlled creatures or characters.
Player versus Player, commonly abbreviated as PvP, is a gaming term that originated in MMOs to refer to gameplay in which players fight against other player controlled characters.
Who needs 2D when we've got 3D? 3D, or 3 dimensions, is what we're used to seeing in almost every game these days, letting us do all sorts of awesome stuff like run in circles!
A sequel (also called a follow-up) is a game that carries forward the gameplay concepts, and often the story, of a previous game to which it is officially linked.
Female characters who are designed with highly idealized figures and proportions, outfits that are revealing and/or form-fitting, and prone to ending up in completely over-the-top poses designed to show off their bodies.
A set of skills and abilities displayed in a branching path. Skills in the tree open up after completing required prerequisites.
The Skritt are a race of bipedal Ratmen who inhabit the Maguuma Jungle.
A digital distribution service owned by Valve Corporation. Originally created to distribute Valve's own games, Steam has since become the de facto standard for digital distribution of PC games.
An unkempt patch of tall grass high enough to completely hide the player from view while acting stealthy
A new PvP concept to be introduced in Guild Wars 2. 3 servers (worlds) will be in constant combat for up to 2 weeks.
A female mechanic, usually an attractive one.
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