Mechanics

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Glossary of terms for Primordiax:
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A

• ability - the name of each individual commands that a character can perform after having gained the appropriate skill level (hack, backstab, dice)
• aggro - holding the attention of an attacking monster; whoever the monster is attacking has aggro
• AoE - Area of Effect; spells that have an area of effect from around the target

B

• Blessed - player characters that come back after killing blows; they have extended lives (non-permadeath characters)
• borging - doing things for the sake of gaining XP in a mindless manner
• buff - any temporary status effect that increases performance of certain skills or stats
• build - how you have chosen your character's abilities and spent your skill points; this includes the class, profession, and skills you've chosen

C

• CC - crowd control, spells that stun or immobilize an enemy when there is more than one involved
• CvC - clan versus clan; Primordiax's system of advance PvP involving clans, keeps, and territory
• clan - player developed organization that revovles around a theme; clan founder is permanent
• class - 3 classes, determines how one earns xp (combat, crafting, support)
• crafting - creating finished items by gathering objects and putting them together with commands

D

• debuff - any temporary status effect that decreases performance of certain skills or stats
• DPS - damage per second done by anything that can cause damage
• DoT - damage over time spells, (ie: 3pts of damage every 3 seconds for 12 seconds)

E

F

• fury - stat used for certain special abilities; build up over time (berzerkers, etc.)

G

• guild - organization of players (may be player created or permanent game fixture) where characters go to train; Guildmaster heads this organization and may be removed through various means

H

• HoT - heal over time spells (ie: 3pts of healing every 3 seconds for 12 seconds)

I

• ICE - In-character enforced; All characters must stay in character. Roleplaying not mandatory but heavily encourage

J

K

L

M

• mats - materials used to build crafting items including other crafted items
• mob - short for mobile, an old mudding term for monsters
• mount - any object that can be ridden by a player character in order to facilitate movement (horses, donkeys)

N

O

P

• pbAoE - point blank area of effect, spells that start from your character's feet and go boom
• profession - determines cheaply trained skills in each class and IC "job" for each character (warrior, enchanter, healer)
• pulling - drawing one mob into combat from a group of mobs

Q

R

• race - species from which a character hails (trulloc, leklek, catfolk)
• racial mount - a mount that is available only to specific races (slemor)
• resistance - reduces specific damage types
• resources - raw items used to craft other items
• resurrect - to bring back any Blessed character from the dead with reduction in xp loss
• roleplaying - having a consistant and defined character concept; character reacts based on its own personality rather than the player's personality

S

• skill - the name of each branch of the skill tree; comes in primary, secondary and tertiary form (weaponcraft, melee weapons)
• skill points - (SP) points obtained at each level and used to advance skill levels
• spec - another term for character build
• stats - 9 stats: Agility, Constitution, Strength, Intelligence, Concentration, Logic, Luck, Piety, Charisma; raised by eating well and performing certain exercises.

T

• tank - someone who deliberately holds aggro

U

• Unblessed - player characters that do not come back after killing blows (permadeath characters)

V

W

X

• XP - experience points; numerical representation of your character's knowledge. Can be spent to advance your character

Y

Z