Asheron's Call/Glossary


 * AB - Town of Ayan Bakur, located in the Direlands of western Dereth
 * AC - Asheron's Call
 * Aggro/aggro - Aggression, to "notice" or attack a player/npc
 * alchy - alchemist
 * Camping - Waiting for treasure/monster to re-spawn.
 * carebear - non-pk player, variations: o.O
 * char - short for character
 * CoC - refers to the Code of Conduct that players agree to, basically the standard set of in-game rules.
 * Component, Comps - Items used to cast spells.
 * Critical or Crit - Critical hit or lucky hit, extra damage done to a target
 * Decal - a third party application used in conjunction with various "plugins" to enhance play, Turbine has a neutral stance on this program, not bannable unless the plugins used break the CoC or ToS
 * Dereth - The main Island in Asheron's Call.
 * Direlands (AKA Dires) - A much harder area of dereth found in the west
 * FC/Fast Cast - refers to a break animation technique employed by some players who use the mage class, can make war spells cast at a faster rate
 * Gear - a long-dead third party program which was a hack that allowed users to run exceedingly faster than normal, often resulted in the user being banned
 * Mage - A character who uses magic
 * Melee - A character who uses melee weapons
 * ML - refers to Marae Lassel, an island north-west of Dereth, requires Asheron's Call: Dark Majesty expansion to access it
 * MMORPG/MMO - massive multiplayer online roleplaying game
 * Mule/Pack Mule - A secondary character created for the purpose of storing items.
 * Newbie - A new player, can be used as an insult, variations: nub, n00b, newb
 * NPC/npc - None Player Character, typically a character or monster controlled by the computer
 * Oldschool - older players or older items, anything that was before the first expansion pack Dark Majesty or the early years after AC's initial release
 * PK - Player Killer.
 * pots - potions
 * PP/Pre-Patch - refers to items before they were "patched", these items are no longer attainable in-game in the pre-patch form and are usually considered more valuable
 * PvP - Player vs Player combat
 * PvM - Player vs Monster combat
 * Pyreals - Money, the currency in Dereth.
 * reds - pk's
 * Rubber-band - When "lag" causes a character to spring back backwards/forwards, typically happens when the ac servers have become unstable.
 * teth - Fort Tethana, a large city located in the Direlands in western Dereth
 * Toon - short for character
 * ToS - refers to the Terms of Service which players agree to by installing AC:ToD, states various rules on legal issues
 * vet - veteran or long-time player