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Below is a glossary of terms used throughout Mystical Realms.
Words in this color represent terms found throughout chat rooms and the fantasy gaming industry, both online and off.
Words displayed in this shade of green relate solely to Mystical Realms.
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AD&D Abbreviation of Advanced Dungeons and Dragons, an RPG.
AFK Abbreviation of Away From Keyboard
AFW Abbreviation of Away From Window
Arien Ariens are sentient beings that resemble enormous oak trees with leaves the color of the spectrum and bark ranging from black on the trunk to bone-white near the end of the branches. These beings are not native to Rosha and are found only within Haven, bordering the entire kingdom. Ariens have special defenses and resistances.
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BBL Abbreviation of Be Back Later
Body Stat The Body Stat reflects the overall Skill Level a player grants her character. Body encompasses everything from strength to agility, magical weapons and armor.
BRB Abbreviation of Be Right Back
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Character When used in association with role-playing, a character, also known as a Player Character, usually refers to a made-up character created and controlled by a Player. Character can also mean a Non-Player Character or NPC, run by either a player or a Game Master.
Chat Keeper A Mystical Realms moderator that helps watch the chat. Chat Keeper's duties include helping new people, answering questions, watching for troublemakers and resolving conflicts.
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Expert Expert is a Skill Level that can be assigned by a Player for a character Stat. Expert means the Character has an abundance of ability/training in that area and would need a score of 11 or higher on a d20 for a successful roll. An example would be the drow thief who has trained for decades, adventured for years after that, and now has the power to back her words.
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Gamer A person that enjoys the hobby of Role-Playing, collectable card games and wargames; also computer-based variants of these games. .
Game Master A Mystical Realms moderator that runs games in chat. Game Master's duties include creating and maintaining a challenging yet interesting game setting, playing the role of all the NPCs not run by Players and makes the final decision on rule interpretations. Posting regularly and creating webpages are also part of their responsibilities. Game Masters of other RPGs may have different titles, such as Dungeon Master, referee or storyteller.
Grand Master Grand Master is a Skill Level that can be assigned by a Player for a character Stat. Grand Master means the Character has nothing left to learn in that area and would need a score of 5 or higher on a d20 for a successful roll. Grand Masters are extremely rare.
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Illisade In the spring of the Year of the Gathering, 3201 vin. a new object was seen in the sky. Smaller than the moon Lynae, it was crimson in hue. Too large to be a planet, the red orb disappeared by the morning. The anomaly has come to be known as Illisade and has been spotted many times in Rosha's night sky, appearing in various positions in the sky, confounding astrologers with its unexplained and unexpected arrivals.
Innate Abilites
IRL
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LARP Live Action Role-Play, this type of role playing is accomplished when you actually act out scenes from the game or storyline.
Lycanseve Also called the Night of the Beast, Lycanseve, is a rare night when both moons, Lynae and Neimad, are new. The dark is almost palpable and it marks a hellish time of woe and terror due to the unnatural effects of the moons locations. All lycanthropes return to their most bestial forms and rage out of control in a bloodlust that only abates with the rising sun.
Lynae Rosha has two moons, Neimad and Lynae. Lynae is the smaller of the two satellites, is silvery-white in color with a 49-day cycle, its phase longer than that of the closer Neimad.
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Magic Stat The Magic Stat reflects the overall Skill Level a player grants her character. Magic encompasses everything from the learned spells of wizards to divinely granted spells of priests and druids, enchanted items such as scrolls or rings. A character at Mystical Realms may have no magical ability but still have a Magic Stat rating due to enchanted items he carries. This does not mean the character can cast fireballs, the level is only used when the magical item is being employed.
Maleficus's Comet Once every century this comet makes a two month appearance, a time of chaos and change, the harbinger is oft considered an ill omen. Its last appearance began on the 13th day in the Month of the Warrior, 3201 vin. the Year of the Gathering
Master Master is a Skill Level that can be assigned by a Player for a character Stat. Master means the Character is at the peak of their ability in that area and would need a score of 8 or higher on a d20 for a successful roll. They are so skilled they might have students, large libraries, and great magic. There should be few Masters, an example would be a High Priest of an evil cult.
Mind Stat The Mind Stat reflects the overall Skill Level a player grants her character. Mind encompasses rare talents such as psionics and other innate abilities.
Mystical Storm
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Neimad Rosha has two moons, Neimad and Lynae. Neimad is closer to the world so appears larger in the sky. It is an icy blue color and has a 28-day cycle.
Newbie
Non-Player Character These are Characters that are played by a Game Master or a Player Character.
Noobie
Novice Novice is a Skill Level that can be assigned by a Player for a character Stat. Novice means the Character has limited ability/training in that area and would need a score of 17 on a d20 for a successful roll. An example would be a youthful wizard that has practiced long and hard in necromancy, but can only cast a few, lesser spells. More powerful ones will come with further training and experience.
NPC Short for Non-Player Character
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Official Realm An Offical Realm is one created and run by a Realm Keeper. It has at least one room in chat and its own forums.
OOC Abbreviation of Out of Character.
Out Of Character The speech and actions made by the Player to other players, not by the player's Character to other characters. Anything that relates to the real world outside of the game.
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PC Short for Player Character, this is the player's persona within the game.
PhatL00t Any powerful, expensive, hard to find magical item. Or a big treasure hoard.
Player
Player Character
Psionic
Psionics
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Realm Keeper A person, selected by administration, that has created and runs an Official Realm.
RK Abbreviation for Realm Keeper.
RL
Role Play
Role-Playing
RPG
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Skill Level The level assigned by a player for his character in one of the three stats. The skill levels range from totally lacking any ability to the greatest level one can hope to achieve.
Untrained
Novice
Skilled
Expert
Master
Grand Master
Skilled Skilled is a Skill Level that can be assigned by a Player for a character Stat. Skilled means the Character has ability/training in that area and would need a score of 14 or higher on a d20 for a successful roll. A well trained fighter or mage would be an example.
Stats Character Statistics. Also called Attributes. A character's physical and mental abilities, described numerically. For instance, Strength (the physical prowess of a character); Intelligence or IQ (the mental prowess of a character); Dexterity or Agility (the speed and limberness of a character); Constitution, Stamina or Health (the characters ability to withstand injury and illness) are often recorded as stats. Further stats or different ones may be used, depending on the game in question.
Mystical Realms uses three stats. These are broad terms, which incorporate most of the combat skills that are needed for combat within MR.
Mind
Body
Magic
Mind - Mind skills can range from telepathy, mind blasts, empathy, or even defensive traits such as mind walls, and seeing through illusions. Innate abilities are also figured into the mind stat.
Body - Body traits can be anything from high strength, to fast feet. With a high body score, you can physically smash apart an opponents head with your bare hands, swordplay obviously is part of this trait as well.
Magic - Magic ability involves the casting of spells, whether learned or granted by a deity. You dont have to be a wizard or priest to have a magic stat. Gordella, a goblin/elf hybrid, has no magical ability but does possess a magical ring of charming. Although she cant cast spells, she can use her ring and therefore has a Magic Stat of 11.
Each Stat is given a Skill Level:
Untrained
Novice
Skilled
Expert
Master
Grand Master
Magical items should have an Expert (11) or a Master (8) rating, with Master reserved for the more powerful and unique items.
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The First The First was a mage from a distant planet that discovered and traveled to Rosha. When The First arrived that planet had been untouched by man, her subsequent actions spawned the Mystical Storm that altered the world forevermore.
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Untrained Untrained is a Skill Level that can be assigned by a Player for a character Stat. Untrained means the Character has no ability in that area and would need a score of 20 on a d20 for a successful roll. An example would be a ranger without any psionic ability.
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