Achaean Lingo

Below is a list of common terms that are used within Achaea.

A

• Adventurer: A term used to describe a player character in an in character, (or IC,) manner.

• Artie: Short for Artefacts.

• Artiewhore: Someone who is in possession of a lot of artefacts and is generally of high dependance on them to achieve combat or bashing prowess.

B

• Bashing: A term used for a trip taken to fight denizens for experience and/or gold. Example: I am going bashing in Azdun. Would you like to come with me?

• Burst: A shortened term for the starburst defense that is gained from a starburst tattoo. The defense is activated upon the tattoo being touched.

C

• Cause: A term used to reference the rights gained by one adventurer to kill another based on the actions of the second adventurers. Help PK, a help file in the game, explains the rules for this.

• Cause baiting: See Cause farming.

• Cause farming: A process by which an individual provokes others into giving him or her cause. Such an individual is usually called a Griefer. It is also known as 'cause baiting'.

• Cloaked: A term describing an individual under the protection of a cloak tattoo.

D

• Deliver: A distinctly Shallamese or Church term. It is used to request an emergency rescue with a Devotion skill of the same name.

• Defendable: A term used to describe the defendable limits of the city. This includes the city itself and one room out of the boundaries of the city. City enemies attacked within defendable do not garner cause and are open pk. Example: South of The Gates of Mhaldor is still defendable territory.

• Doppie: Short for Doppleganger See also: Ents

• Duel: A pre-agreed upon battle involving two adventurers. Usually, the adventurers will decide upon the rules in advance, such as deciding whether the duel is to burst, or until one fully dies death. Most duels are often done with a resser available for the loser if it is to the final death.

E

• Ents: Short for Entities. Usually of the Chaotic persuasion.

G

• Gank: Usually used in reference to teaming.

• Gate: A distinctly Eleusian term. It is used frequently to request a Grove Gate.

• Gate Raid: A term used to describe psuedo-raids on a city by a single adventurer or a group of adventurers. They often take place just outside of defendable range of the city, so as to lessen casualties on the raiding force and avoid guards.

• Griefer: A fairly OOC term, used to describe just about anyone who makes time in Achaea unpleasant for others. Usually Cause related. Example: He killed me twice with no Cause! He's such a griefer! See also: Cause farming

H

• Honours Line: A term used to describe a line shown when using Honours <person> that shows they have completed a major quest. Example: When I honours Delphinus, it says that he is a Champion of Caer Witrin.

• Honours whore: Someone who goes out of their way to attain honours lines.

• Hunt: A more IC term for bashing.

I

• IC: See In Character.

• In Character: A term used to describe actions that relate directly to the game of Achaea. Staying in character requires that one not mention words such as TV and similar devices that do not exist in Achaea.

J

• Jump: to ambush. It is used in preference to ambush possibly because it takes less to type.

L

• Lolzpk - Generally refers to player versus player combat carried out in a way judged to be unfair or lacking in convincing roleplaying background (this term is OOC).

M

• Mono: Short for monolith sigil. An individual uses this to inform a portaler or a portal requester that the room is protected by said sigil. It may also be used as a verb or its past tense. Example: Landon: "Portal to Dyzanru." Misty: "Mono."

N

• Nerf: A distinctly OOC term. It's used to describe a downgrade of anything; usually skills or a particular class. Example: Groves need to be nerfed!

O

• Occie: Short for Occultist

• OOC: See Out of Character.

• Out of Character: A term used to describe references to real life activities and items that do not relate to Achaea. This is acceptable in some clans, but is otherwise considered forbidden on public channels and can be punished with a loss of credibility.

P

• PK: A term that stands for Player Killing. This also involves any attacks on other players. One should be familiar with Help PK, a help file listed in game, before engaging in such activities. Using the word Pk is often considered OOC.

Q

• Questing: A term used to describe working on various quests in Achaea. Usually involving completing tasks for denizens in hopes of a reward or to achieve an objective, such as gaining an honours line, (see: Honours Line in Achaean Lingo.) Example: I am off to go questing in Blackrock, as I am short on gold.

R

• Raid: A term used to describe an assault on a city by a group of adventurers, or sometimes even a single adventurer. This often involves killing defending citizens, guards, or denizens. See also: Gate Raid.

• Raiding: To raid. The act of raiding.

• Reflex: a more IC term for triggers.

• Resser: A person who ressurects adventurers in their grove or via the devotion skillset. Also referred to as Rezzer.

• Rez: A term used to refer to using the services of a resser. Also referred to as a Res.

S

• Scroll: A term often used to reference help files in an IC manner. Example: Please refer to the scroll hhelp novices before you do anything further.

T

• Teamer: One who teams. See Teaming.

• Teaming: This term is often used in regards to a group of adventurers attacking a single or a smaller group of adventurers. Example: They are always teaming me!

V

• Veiled: A term used to describe someone who is currently under the protection of a Veil of the Sphinx.

W

• Whore: Other than its usual meaning, it is also used in conjunction with almost every other Achaean term to describe an excess usage of said term. For example to axe-whore is to describe a Sentinel repeatedly using the skill of axe throwing. It is derogatory in almost every context, denoting a lack of skill and hence an over-reliance on cheap tricks. See also: Artiewhore and Honours whore.

#

• # : This term is often used to refer in an OOC manner to item or denizen numbers found respectively when using II, IH, or ENTS. Example: I use the # of my wedding ring to reflex rewearing it when it is removed.