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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.
A trait in which a character's heinous actions stem not from a tragic past event or personal wrongdoing, but rather an indulgent "because I can" attitude that remains unreformed.
The act of living outdoors, usually in a tent. It is a common method of providing comfort while resting in forested areas or other regions away from established civilization.
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.
Thri-Kreen are a psionic race of bipedal, four-armed mantis-like sapients from the D&D worlds of Dark Sun and Forgotten Realms.
Games where the player either can, or must, create all their protagonists as custom characters.
The engine that came to be known as the "Gold Box" engine was used to develop a series of party-based roleplaying games in the late 1980s and early 1990s. The engine's name comes from the gold boxes that most of these games were packaged in, and games in the series are often referred to as "Gold Box" games.
The systems in these games are governed by rules from the pen-and-paper RPG Advanced Dungeons & Dragons. There have been many turn-based and action RPGs that have utilized parts of the AD&D rule set.
Games based on tabletop (AKA pen and paper) role-playing games, such as Dungeons & Dragons or Vampire: The Masquerade. These can have any type of gameplay, as long as they are set in the tabletop game's universe.
Bugs that are sapient beings and have humanoid and/or anthropomorphised features to varying degrees. This page includes Arachnids (Spiders, Scorpions) for brevity.
Any creature with more than 1 head on one body. This is possible in fantasy settings or as a result of mutation.
Vampires are undead, nocturnal creatures that subsist on blood. They have superhuman powers and are sometimes able to shape-shift. They are weak against sunlight, foreign objects stuck in and left in their hearts, decapitation and sometimes holy water and crosses.
Werewolves are humans that can shapeshift into wolves or wolf-like creatures. They often have strength and senses that surpasses those of both humans and wolves.
Witches are women who can perform magic. There can be good witches and bad witches.
Slang term for first-person party-based RPGs in which the player controlled 'entity' is meant to represent a party of individual characters, but is literally an invisible blob with arms and legs.
Games involving characters that round up local hoodlums for the good of the community.
A mouse is a small rodent with a tail and whiskers.
The main character is a humanoid rat.
Games where the main character, or most/all of the playable cast, are or were members of traditional law enforcement.
Radioactive particles in the air released by a nuclear explosion.
The Cold War is the period of tension between the USA and the Soviet Union that dominated world politics from the mid 1940s all the way until the early 1990s.
Characters whose appearance does not change once equipping items.
It's easy to lose oneself in the heat of battle. Luckily, some games will alert the player as to when they are close to death.
Gameplay that involves performing an entrepreneurial service in order to make money.
In real time strategy games, Macromanagement or "macro" is a loose term used to describe the ability to produce units.
Games which feature laying tracks, driving trains, and growing railway companies have a long history in the strategy genre.
They crash when they're supposed to drop you off, they get assailed by RPGs when they come to pick you up. Sometimes, they're eaten by huge monsters. Why do video games hate helicopters so much?
Summoning involves bringing a distant ally into battle to either perform a single, devastating attack or to fight on the behalf of the summoner.
A succubus is a demoness with the appearance of a beautiful woman that seduces men to steal their energy during sexual encounters.
When two or more elements become one and form something new.
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