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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.
Crabs in all forms and sizes, not just the giant enemy variety.
Crafting allows players to create their own items with the correct ingredients. It is used mainly in MMOs and RPGs.
An optical effect formed by beams of light contrasting against areas of shadow in the atmosphere. They are often simulated in video games through volumetric lighting.
An attack that does more damage than usual, usually affected by random chance and some sort of modifier.
A system allowing players on different gaming platforms to play together.
With the release of Cataclysm, crowd control has once again become important to the group that intends to survive. Over the span of the previous expansion, crowd control had fallen to the wayside to the point that newer players had no idea what "cc" or crowd control meant. In the Cataclysm dungeons crowd control is sometimes necessary. Groups now specifically seek out crowd control classes for certain encounters.
An effect that deals damage to anything that attacks or touches the character.
Dancing is the movement of a body, usually rhythmic and to some kind of music. A lot of times, it happens between two people and may be romantic.
The main line of distinction between victory or failure in video games, death is the process of a biological being ceasing to be alive.
When a prominent character is voiced by a member of the development team. The authors Clive Barker and Harlan Ellison are good examples of this.
In gaming, the law of diminishing returns (DR) governs the gradual loss of effectiveness of a spell or ability on continual use. Simply put, the more you abuse a skill, the less effective it becomes.
This adjective precedes the name of many monsters in RPGs. A dire creature is larger, more resilient, and fiercer than the normal sort.
The draenei are a race of uncorrupted eredar that appear in the Warcraft universe. They are a playable race in World of Warcraft as part of the Alliance in the Burning Crusade expansion.
While usually presented as monsters to be slain, every now and then, characters get to ride dragons into battle instead.
Druids were pre-Christian priests in Celtic culture and feature prominently in Irish mythology. In games they are generally nature-based healers and spellcasters.
Some characters get drunk off of alcohol - often this is portrayed with blurred vision, impaired movement, or slurred speech.
A physical confrontation between two opponents without any outside interference.
Durability refers to the condition of the currently equipped weapons and armor, among other things. Overusing the said item without repair generally results in it breaking or otherwise becoming non-functional. Many games with role-playing elements incorporate this feature.
An Easter Egg is an intentionally hidden cheat or hidden content in a video game, also known as a "secret".
Need a sword the burns your foes or a gun that zaps them with lightning? Then Elemental Weapons are the ones for you.
Frequently seen in RPGs and Fighting games, The EHI helps players calculate the current health of opponents.
The Ettin is a two headed ogre type monster. Ettins are often found in the same areas as orcs and trolls in role playing games.
Throwing a fireball or zapping your foes with chain lighting are both great examples of evocation magic.
Everything you need isn't always spelled out for you on the map. Sometimes even the map is not there till you go explore it.
A device used in many games with vast open worlds, to travel instantaneously from one place to another. It sometime appears in the form of an item or skill.
Heroes can only fight for so long. If they don't get rest or are able to recuperate, their performance will suffer (and so might they).
Felguards serve as the rank and file soldiers of the Burning Legion.
An industry game design convention that's appeared in many games over the years. The fetch quest involves sending the player out to collect a certain number of items, and return them to complete the quest. A staple of the RPG and Adventure game genre.
A fictional language and/or script created exclusively for the world in which a game is set, such as Tolkien's Elvish or the language of the Talan in Outcast.
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