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Post by Arc on Jan 22, 2005 1:53:30 GMT -5
Wow. I'm excited. This'll be fun. It'll also be pretty hard. So, if you want to ask a question, or propose a few terms, post on The Grand Dictionary Questions thread, please. DO NOT post your own interpertations on this thread, thats that the GDQ is for. Thanks Guys!!
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Post by Arc on Jan 22, 2005 2:07:07 GMT -5
PHB: Players Handbook. Usually refers to D&D 3rd Ed, possibly 3.5. Other Games Players books and other Editons usually state the Game's name first, such as BESM PHB or Dragonstar PHB, etc. Used as a guide to the rules that players must know to play a given game. Often includes stats, tables, items, character sheets, and spells.
DMG: Dungeon Master's Guide. Usually refers to D&D 3rd Ed, possibly 3.5. As with PHB, DMG can refer to other Editions, usually denoted as 2nd Ed DMG, etc.
MM (MMI, MM1): Monster Manual. Original core onser resource, most common monsers are in this book. Not often used for other lines than D&D. Contians Stats, Index, list by CR.
MMII (MM2): Monster Manual II. Accessory book with additional monster stats. Includes some resources on monster creation, as well as Stats, Index, and list by CR.
S&F: Sword and Fist. Guide book to Fighter and Monk Classes D&D 3rd Ed. New Prestige Classes, feats, skills, weapons, magic weapon bonuses, items, strongholds, chariot combat, and organizations.
T&B: Tome and Blood. Guide book to Sorcerer and Wizard Classes D&D 3rd Ed. New Prestige Classes, feats, magic item cost rules, items, organizations, and spells
S&S: Song and Silence. Guide book to Bard and Rogue Classes D&D 3rd Ed. New Prestige Classes, feats, skill uses, perform instruments, trap creation cost rules, and items.
DF (DOF): Defenders of the Faith. Guide book to Cleric and Paladin Classes D&D 3rd Ed. New Presige Classes, feats, magic armor bonuses, Paladin mount optional rules, spells, items, and organizations.
MW (MOW): Masters of the Wild. Guide to Barbarian, Druid and Ranger Classes D&D 3rd Ed. New Presige Classes, skills, Infusion creation rules, Spells, items, and organizations.
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Post by Arc on Jan 24, 2005 16:25:48 GMT -5
PSY: Psionics Handbook. Guide book to Psionic characters and Classes, D&D 3rd Ed. Includes Psionic Powers, Core classes (Psion, Psychic Warrior), Items, Psionic Combat rules, Psionic Items and so forth.
EPIC: Epic Level Handbook. Guide to advancing past level 20, 3rd Ed D&D. Includes and tables for advancing past level 20, Prestige classes for Epic characters, 10+ advancement for Presige classes, Epic Equipment, Epic Spells, monsters with CR from 5 to 57, etc.
DIETIES: Dieties and Demigods. Creation and rules for Gods, D&D 3rd Ed. Contains rules for gods of rank 0 to 20, Divine special abilities, Portfolios, spells, granted domains, Divine Salient Abilities, artifact creation, and stats for several panthons.
MP: Manual of the Planes. Guide to planar cosmologies, D&D 3rd Ed. Includes creation rules for new cosmologies, planar traits, Prestige classes, Stats on the D&D cosmology (adapted planescape) as well as planar monsters and templates.
FIEND: Fiend Folio. Monster Resource D&D 3rd Ed. Contains stats on addional monsters, index, list by CR, templates, and Symbiote rules.
VILE: The Book of Vile Darkness. Adaptation of a magic item by the same name, D&D 3rd Ed. Prestige classes, torture rules, Soul powered items, creatures and Archfiends.
EXALTED: The Book of Exalted Deeds. Adaptation of a magic item by the same name, D&D 3rd Ed. Presige classes rules for oaths, magic items, creatures.
UA (Unearthed): Unearthed Arcana. Optional Rules Supliment, D&D 3rd Ed. Contains many optional rules from Generic Classes, to Honor, to Meta Magic Components, to Race classes.
DRACO: The Draconomicon. The Great Book of Dragons, D&D 3rd Ed. Contains information on dragons, language, stats, new dragon types, items, rules for dragon Class advancement, and preconstructed dragons with lairs.
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Post by Arc on Jan 31, 2005 16:22:44 GMT -5
Player: The person sitting at the table pretending to be a character in the game
Character: A player's alter Ego in the game
GM (Game master) The Storyteller of the game
Munchkin (powergamer): A player who plays characters specifically designed to be "cooler" or "better" than other characters
RPG (Roleplaying Game): A game in which several people pretend to be heroes of a story they interact in.
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Post by Arc on Feb 4, 2005 1:01:32 GMT -5
More Terms:
LARP: A Roleplaying Game played by acting out actions and speaking from the character's standpoint. Rarely done with D&D, used more often with BESM and White Wolf Games.
OGL: Open Gaming Licence: A new document that allows us to create additional content using D&D rules, called D20.
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Post by Arc on Feb 4, 2005 1:13:54 GMT -5
Dice (die) A die (plural dice) is a plastic or ivory shape with numbers on facets that are mathematically distruuted and equal to provide a random number based on the number of sides. There are seven usuall dice that D&D uses (thus calling it D20 system). 1d4, 1d6, 1d8, 1d10, 1d12, 1d20, and a percentile (1d%, has the same numbers as 1d10 only multiplied by 10, used for the second digit of 1d100). There are also less common dice such as 1d30, and 1d100 (actually has 100 sides), and I have heard rumors of 1d1000. There are also numbers that are not real dice: 1d2, 1d3, and more rarely 1d5. These are found by taking 1d4, 1d6, and 1d10 and dividing the result by 2. In the event that more than 1 die is rolled, that number is accompanied before the Dx such as 2d6 or 10d8.
Roll: To roll the die or dice, record or report the outcome. The "natural" roll is the number that lands face up on the die. The "Not-Natural" roll is the total of the palyer's roll and their applicable modifiers.
Reroll: To roll the dice again, whether by GM enforcement, special ability, or by cheating.
Test: The general term for rolling dice to determine an outcome. Checks and Saves are both examples of these from D&D. Some systems, Such as Shadowrun 3rd Ed and Heavy Gear Silhouette roll more than one die for a test, to determine action. The most common multiple roll die for Tests is by far the D6. Tests are determined to have succeeded if the die broke a target number, with or without the modifiers. Shadowrun tallies the number of successful rolls of a test THEN applies a modifier against a second margin.
Check: An active test where the character initiates an action that he or she may fail at. Checks are used to determine whether a character can do a particular action.
Save: A passive test used to determine whether a character can react fast or well enough to prevent some harm to come to him or her.
DC Difficulty Classes are the target numbers that must be achieved to qualify as a success. Some DCs must be beaten, some rolled at or over. DCs determine how hard (and thus how much of a modifier, or how many dice must be rolled) a given action is.
Taking 20: To take 20 is a D&D term that involves spending ten times as much time to complete. The benefit is that the character simply adds 20 to their modifier, such as a skill, to "roll" the check.
Cockeye (Cockdie): A die that lands on an edge or falls off of some surface. Generally this is used when a die is suspended so that no facet is facing directly up.
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Post by Arc on Mar 14, 2005 14:54:41 GMT -5
GUC: General Unrelated Chat The Board used to chat about anything. GUC is there for any non-game (or non-{our}-game) subjects. GUC is a catch all board for anything that doesnt fit into another category. its also for general chat. XRP: X world Role Play The RP done for the new X Big Eyes, Small Mouth world. Its a fast paced world and the RP hoepfully will reflect this. SoD: The comic in the works by Aeos and his pals. Watch form it on Arcandio.com! PM (PMs): Personal Messages The Little PM that changes color on the menu and the text next to the forum image take you to a page where you can receive and send personal messages to anyone who is a member on the site using their User name (not display name). Shoutbox (Saybox): The thing on the right side of the www.arcandio.com website that we use to communincate on a more immediate basis than posts. Also it doubles as a second Unrelated board. - Forum: A category of forum boards grouped together on the site, such as "General" Also the whole of Aeos Worlds (or any other online forum sugh as Solidsnake Designs.
- Board: A single set of threads related to the title of the board: Ex; "The Diction Project"
- Thread: A single collection of posts replying to a basic idea in the first post, like "The Grand Dictionary of Gamer's Terms".
- Post: A single reply to a thread topic posted at the end of a Thread. Posts are the fundamental parts of the forum, containing the content people wish to display. For example: This Post
Code: A snippet of either UBBC or HTML code posted in the forum for some purpose: either a template for items, a banner for signatures, or an online RP character sheet
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Post by Arc on Jul 12, 2005 15:28:47 GMT -5
EBoN: An excellent program for generating names and places for roleplaying games. Downloadable extras (including those avaliable on http://www.arcandio.com) E-tools: The much hyped D&D 3rd ed DM and Player helping program. Failed mainly because of expense and lack of basic features (you still need to buy the E-tools counterparts to your real D&D books) Core Rules: The legendary 2nd Ed AD&D program with 2 mapping utilities, NPC and character creation, and access to all the 2nd Ed Player's Option rules. Dice Roller: Any computer, calculator, or PDA program that uses a complex formula to generate random numbers.
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Post by wowposter on Sept 4, 2008 9:48:38 GMT -5
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