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Supernatural armor that moves on its own. This could be due to possession, magic or animatronics.
A large omnivorous mammal that can be white, brown, or black. Despite their ferociousness, they are also associated with being soft and cuddly, as in teddy bears. Bears are also known to eat stairs. Scientists say that because "bears eat stairs" rhymes the bears are naturally inclined to do so.
Brownies are mythological creatures that have been depicted in various ways but are typically miniature elves.
A native cat to the Americas, the cougar can be found roaming in the mountains.
Druids were pre-Christian priests in Celtic culture and feature prominently in Irish mythology. In games they are generally nature-based healers and spellcasters.
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.
Enchanters are spell casters that focus on the manipulation of the mind and deception.
Foraging is the ability to effectively gather food and drink from ones surroundings. Rangers, druids, and elves often excel in this skill.
This tag is for all games and characters that deal in the concept of gods, demigods, half-gods and the like.
Equines that go 'neigh' and tend to eat hay. Some are the stars of motion pictures. The truest of companions to many adventurers.
Ghostly lights that can sometimes be seen near swamps. This phenomena has been attributed to ghosts, fairies, and biogas.
The concept of affecting the universe through supernatural methods, breaking the fundamental laws of science.
Nameless and disposable characters, who follow commands from whoever they see as their leader or boss.
Female spirits often associated with a place or a land form and take the form of beautiful nude women.
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.
The act of taking on an in-game task; most often, these are provided to the player by an NPC. MMOs and RPGs are the primary users of this concept.
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.
Rangers are wise, cunning, masters in archery and have vast wisdom in the concept of nature.
A gathering of people who believe in the same higher power(s), and follow the rules laid out by the mortals chosen to be their prophets. Video games generally try to shy away from negatively portraying real religions to avoid controversy, however they make ample use of fictional in-game religions.
A respawn time forces the player to wait for a certain amount of time before they can re-enter a game and continue playing.
Fauns and Satyrs are woodland spirits, seemingly composed of a man and a goat. Goat parts and human parts tend to vary from game to game.
Plants that have at least some rudimentary thoughts or intelligence. They may be rooted or mobile, beneficial or dangerous.
Quite possibly the most famous spell in all of EverQuest, and easily the most requested buff of all time. Spirit of Wolf (SoW) grants a 34-55% increase in speed depending on the level of the one who casts the spell.
Treants (Ents) are walking, talking trees. Typically they move and speak extremely slowly relative to most other creatures.
Unicorns are mythological creatures, usually thought of as magical, intelligent horse-like entities with a single horn on their forehead. They can be fierce forest protectors and are a symbol of chastity and moral pureness.
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.
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