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Large, semi-aquatic, scaly lizards. Not to be confused with crocodiles.
Amygdalans are the warriors and shadow knights that serve Cazic-Thule in the Plane of Fear. These terrifying beasts have the head of a nautilus and tower above even the tallest mortals.
Poet and scholar, singer and narrator. A lover of wine, women and song, the bard is the iconic minstrel of the medieval world.
A person whose profession is the slaying and domesticating of wild beasts and other creatures.
In Norse literature, berserkers are described as intense warriors who fought in a wild and uncontrollable fury. Many game have based characters or classes on the concept of these rage-driven warriors.
These frightfully large ghouls patrol the Plane of Fear and have the ability to root players upon contact.
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.
These fearsome basilisks patrol the blood-soaked marshes of the Plane of Fear.
Druids were pre-Christian priests in Celtic culture and feature prominently in Irish mythology. In games they are generally nature-based healers and spellcasters.
Enchanters are spell casters that focus on the manipulation of the mind and deception.
These tortured souls are zombies that shamble aimlessly throughout the Plane of Fear.
These reanimated hands scurry around the Plane of Fear instilling panic any intruders.
Frogloks are a race of frog-like people in the EverQuest series. They are devout believers in honor and valor. Despite their good nature, they are often the target of adventurers both good and evil. They became a playable race with the release of The Legacy of Ykesha.
This tag is for all games and characters that deal in the concept of gods, demigods, half-gods and the like.
Gorgons are mythical female creatures known most notably for their hair of living snakes and ability to turn anyone into stone with their gaze. While the most famous depiction of a gorgon is Medusa, they have been depicted in various other ways in literature, film, and games.
A large species of primates.
Ghostly lights that can sometimes be seen near swamps. This phenomena has been attributed to ghosts, fairies, and biogas.
Imps are either fairy-like or lesser demonic creatures and are commonly encountered enemies in games. In Doom, they shoot fireballs at the player.
A situation where the player-controlled character loses their life immediately. The quickness of that demise is often a stark departure from the balance of power, and sometimes the rules, established by the developers during the rest of the game.
Nameless and disposable characters, who follow commands from whoever they see as their leader or boss.
Frequently featured as a class in many RPGs, the monk often fights unarmed and unarmored.
Necromancers are spell casters who specializes in conjuring and controlling the undead.
Nightmares are foul horses from the netherworld that terrorize people in their dreams. Nightmares as creatures derrive from Germanic folklore (mare=spirit) and have since become popularized by the Dungeons & Dragons tabletop game (mare=female horse).
A paladin is a holy warrior, who gains extra abilities through faith and devotion to a deity.
In EverQuest, phoboplasms are gelatinous cubes that absorb and digest anything in their path.
Many games feature the concept of alternate dimensions. These can include the Physical, Astral, Elemental, and Ethereal among others depending on the theology. RPG's sometimes utilize these planes as the realms of gods.
A portal is a hole in reality connected to another hole in reality, whether magical or scientific in nature, that allows a person to instantly travel incredibly vast distances simply by walking through one.
In MMORPGs and similar games, a raid is a (generally large) group of people working together to accomplish a goal.
It's never a good sign when blood begins falling from the sky like rain.
Random Loot is a popular concept for dungeon crawler and MMO style games. In essence, monsters or objects drop something that is considered valuable to the player with random qualities.
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