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  • Chat Pose An action you can make your character perform onscreen by typing a command in the Chat box.
  • Trophies Items sometimes found on the corpses of defeated opponents, which can be sold to collectors for money and other items.
  • Player Killer Player characters who have the ability to harm or kill other player characters.
  • Missile Defense A skill that enables your character to evade opponents" missile attacks.
  • Character Level Level of experience gained by a character. Each level requires a character to gain a predetermined number of experience points in order to achieve it.
  • Appraise Skills Appraise Armor, Appraise Item, Appraise Magic Item, and Appraise Weapon enable your character to find out detailed information about armor, items, magic items, and weapons.
  • Vitae Your character's life energies. When your character dies, there is a Vitae penalty that temporarily reduces his or her skills and secondary attributes.
  • Admin A game administrator who can intervene in in-game problems. Characters have "Admin" in front of their names.
  • Training Credits Credits used to raise the training level of skills during character creation from untrained to trained, and from trained to specialized.
  • Asheron A powerful magician of the Empyrean race who created the portals now found on Dereth.
  • Attributes Your character's basic characteristics, such as Strength, Endurance, and Coordination. Beginning attribute levels determine beginning skill levels.
  • Mana The energy that powers magic spells.
  • Sentinel A low-level game administrator . Sentinels have “sentinel" in front of their name.
  • Osteth The eastern land mass of Dereth.
  • Pyreal The basic unit of currency in Dereth.
  • Mana Conversion A skill than [sic] enables your character to use spells related to converting Health and Stamina to Mana.
  • Arcane Lore A skill that enables your character to learn new magic spells from scrolls or through experimentation.
  • Direlands Dangerous territories to the west of Osteth.
  • Portal A swirling energy vortex that magically transports characters from one place to another.
  • Melee Defense A skill that enables your character to evade opponents" melee attacks.
  • Portal Storm A disturbance of portal magic caused by too many people in the same area. In a portal storm, some people will be teleported to random locations outside the area.
  • Empyrean A vanished race of magical beings who once occupied Dereth.
  • Burden The load your character is carrying. A character has a limit to the amount he or she can comfortably carry. When that burden is exceeded, the character is encumbered.
  • Assess Skills Assess Creature and Assess Person enable your character to find out detailed information about creatures and people.
  • Advocate Player character who can answer questions and give minor assistance in the game. Advocates wield glowing shields.
  • Nonplayer Killer Player characters who do not have the ability to harm or kill other player characters.
  • Dereth The island on which players now find themselves, having answered the call of Asheron.
  • Skill Credits Credits earned by going up in character level that can be used to raise untrained or unusable skills to trained during gameplay.
  • Lifestone A large blue crystal found at outposts, near towns, and sometimes in the wilderness. When you double-click a Lifestone, your character will be resurrected there after death.
  • Fletching A skill that enables your character to make arrows.
  • Experience Points Points your character earns as he or she gains experience using skills in the game. These points can be used to improve attributes and skills.
  • Nonplayer Character Characters that are controlled by the game and that do not represent players.
  • Alchemy A skill that enables your character to combine components for use in magical spells.
  • Skills Your character's ability to perform certain actions successfully, such as running, jumping, and wielding weapons.
  • Attribute Credits Credits used to raise levels of attributes during character creation.
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  • Glossary of Game-Specific Terms
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