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Abjuration is the school of magic that deals with protective spells (buffs) and counter magic.
Extraterrestrials appear in many video games in a variety of styles. Sometimes they're evil, sometimes they're benevolent, and sometimes they're very similar to humans.
The act of turning one thing into another, be it lead into gold or earth into air.
Assassins are people who are tasked with the action of violence against peoples, though their general aims are to be discreet and as minimally violent as possible in order to remain discreet if necessary.
A stereotypical prehistoric human, usually clad in animal skins and rather violent. Does not always live in a cave.
Channeling is a skill that allows a caster to continue casting a spell without having the spell interrupted by being attacked, slightly moving, etc.
Conjuration is the magic school of manifesting objects such as weapons out of thin air. In some settings, conjurers are also responsible for summoning creatures.
Divination is a school of magic that allows the user to tell the future, see the unseen, sense the presence of undead, identify magical items, and more.
Supernatural beings that are created from and serve their respective elements.
Throwing a fireball or zapping your foes with chain lighting are both great examples of evocation magic.
Gnomes are a race of mythological creatures, which are usually much smaller versions of humans.
Constantly performing an in-game action to progress a certain attribute.
The concept of affecting the universe through supernatural methods, breaking the fundamental laws of science.
Meditating is often used as a means to regenerate mana faster.
From Beat-em-ups to fighting games to modern FPS, one dude hitting another has made an enjoyable pastime.
A patrol is a common concept in many games in which a computer-controlled character moves back and forth along a set path repeatedly.
A common feature in MMOs, a placeholder is a generic NPC that occupies the spawn point of a more important, named NPC.
Pulling is a popular tactic in MMOs where one player skillfully separates one NPC from a group and "pulls" them back to their group/raid, who are stationed in a safe area.
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.
In MMORPGs and similar games, a raid is a (generally large) group of people working together to accomplish a goal.
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.
The skeleton is the framework of the human body.
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.
The Undead is an umbrella term describing creatures that do not exhibit the key fundamental attributes that are associated with life, such as respiration, and blood circulation. They are divided into two main categories: Ethereal and Corporeal, depending on whether or not they have a body.
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