Terms
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For those of you who don't know about Role playing games, here are a few little terms you can get used to seeing. (No particular order.)
RPG - Role Playing Game
EXP - Experience points, an player earns them by killing off monsters and such.
HP - Hit Points. Every time a player is struck there hit points get lower.
MP - Magic Points. Every player has magic points. This allows them to cast spells, Wizards have the most magic points, and swordsmen/knights would have the least.
Server - Online games run on a server. For example the game Ragnarok Online, originally had two servers, the Chaos and the Loki.
Special Events - Every online game that I can think of has them. Normally they're done for things like Christmas, Halloween, and other Holidays.
Class - All players start out a a Novice, Citizen or Newbie. They can then advance to particular "job" classes. Like, they can become a swordsman or a mage, then they can advance one more level. (It takes a lot of time to advance to any level.)
Novice - >Swordsman ->
Knight
Novice - > Mage -> Wizard
Novice - >Acolyte (Holy or Unholy) -> Priest
(Same here)
Novice - > Merchant -> Tradesmen
Novice - >Thief -> Assassin
Novice - >Archer -> Hunter
Novice -> Historian -> Scholar (No class
limitations)
Level - The the player is at. It determines their class level.
Skill Points - It helps with your class of choice. They're part of a level.
Monsters - They're normally killed for experience points or in some cases knocked out. Most monsters are evil, but some of them can help in a battle. They range from level one to level two hundred.
GP - Gold Pounds. The currency in this game.
Monster Ban - In this particular game some monsters should not be killed, and if they are the player is fined for it with GP.
Class Restrictions - Certain classes have restrictions. Like mages cannot carry swords, and only staffs. Another example is how a swordsmen/knight has limited MP.
Job Change - A job can be changed at any times and as many times as desired. (Though it coasts quite a bit of gold.)
Guilds - A Clubhouse membership of shorts. There's one for every class. They're treated as an extended family.
Fields - Different types of playing areas. They range from a snowy climate to a tropical climate.
Lag - What a player experiences if they're connection slows down for any reason.
Hot Keys - Several keys on the keyboard used for special items, magical attacks, or special moves.
Server Maintenance - When a server goes down for repairs. It can only be accessed by those repairing it and administrators.
BBS - The message board where people can post there thoughts, rumors and administrators can post important announcements.
PM - Private Message.
IRL - In Real Life.