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Pick Pocketing appears in many games as a way of obtaining information, items, or cash from people.
Static background images that are not drawn in real time.
Games that used digitised 3D polygonal renders of CGI characters/objects/enviroment for it's sprites and graphics, Famously done in Rareware's Donkey Kong Country trilogy and Killer Instinct series. This technique would reach the height of it's popularity on the GBA.
Rangers are wise, cunning, masters in archery and have vast wisdom in the concept of nature.
The foil of almost every early RPG lover, these rodents often live in sewers. While most rats are simple targets, games like Ratatouille make them the hero.
Games where players are given material to read; this includes books, newspapers, dialogue, letters, journals, notes, and emails. Both Japanese and Western RPGs as well as story driven Adventure Games tend to ultize this feature, some Open World Action Adventures contain this feature as well.
Video game combat in which combat actions are performed in real-time, rather than through a turn-based structure.
Many games allow you to add characters to your playable group upon fulfilling certain conditions. This is a central mechanic of many RPG franchises, including Fire Emblem and Suikoden. These can be NPCs or even enemy characters that the player persuades to join their cause, through sidequests or dialogue options.
A playable class in many roleplaying games. Rogues are also sometimes known as Thieves. The class in almost all these games center around their stealth capabilities.
Many games feature a story which involves saving the world and its inhabitants, often single handedly.
Quests that aren't necessary for game completion. They typically offer side-stories or specific rewards.
These games are designed to be played by one person, and one person only.
Any practitioner of magic (wizard, sorcerer, mage, necromancer, etc.) who casts spells. Even unlearned scholars can throw a mean magic missile every now and then.
Using stealth often requires the player to accomplish their objective without being detected by enemies. Methods of detection can vary from game to game, and can be based on an enemy's line of sight, how quiet the player is, or even how the player interacts with the environment.
An aesthetic sub-genre of fantasy, focusing on brutal barbarians and arcane wizardly magic.
A race of horned humanoids in the Forgotten Realms and Planescape universes, created through human-fiend interbreeding.
Unity is a multiplatform game development suite, designed from the start for the ease of creation. It's completely free to use with a pro version available for more advanced features and export options.
In games they're often described as being masters of the dark arts. Basically, wizards gone bad.
An individual who specializes in armed combat.
Being learned scholars and masters of the arcane arts, wizards wield great power by manipulating magical energy for the forces of good and evil.
A cloud gaming service from Microsoft/Xbox.
A subscription service from Microsoft on Xbox platforms and Windows 10. Described as "Netflix for video games", users pay a monthly fee to gain access to a range of titles or buy to own them at a discount price.
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