Jargon
- Campaign
- A standalone adventure.
- Campaign Setting
- See Universe.
- Module
- See Campaign.
- Universe
- Separate realms of existence usually split into
in-universe, the game, and out of universe, the reality
of the players.
General Terms
- Actor
- A general term for any individual capable of performing an
Attempt such as a player character, non-player character,
AI, monster, being, etc.
- Attempt
- The roll of a d20 for any time an actor needs to
determine success or failure for any kind of activity,
action, etc.
- AvoidCasualty
- Most games call this "Armour Class" but it rarely
involves or necessitates armour, so Fenris Punk has
retconned this to mean the AvoidCasualty rating.
- Cyberspace
- Use to avoid trademark issues, aka The Web or The
Net. An intersection of the internet and the high
level immersive experience.
- CritialPenalty
- Typically the min dice roll from an Attempt,
though some cyberware can affect this number.
- Distro
- BaseScoreDistribution
- Mana
- The source of magical power, given in units of Mana.
- MAX
- The highest number on a given die, which for example means a 20 for a d20.
- MIN
- The lowest number on a given die, which in almost all cases means a 1.
- ThrowException
- Casting magical spells can cause fatigue, pain, or
even injury for the caster.
Abbreviations
- AC
- See above AvoidCasualty.
- AL
- At Level means the player gets the described buff as soon as
they reach level x.
- AR
- Augmented Reality. A VR technology that uses refraction,
holography, haptics etc to modify sensory input.
- CR
- Challenge Rating.
- EU
- extra-universe
- IU
- in-universe
- IR
- Immersed Reality. A VR technology that connects directly to
the user's nervous system, often to completely replace sensory
input with a highly lucid dream state.
- MP
- Magic Points which commonly have two forms, Mana and
Cache. These represent a unit that spell casting requires.
- OOU
- out-of-universe
- PTM
- The Prouhet-Thue-Morse (PTM, sometimes just referred to as
TM) sequence describes a method of equitable sequencing or
fair turns.
- VR
- Virtual Reality. General term, or also meaning the old school
technology for placing a modified television scope close to
one's eyes to replace one's view.
- WL
- With Level means after adventuring with the items for x
levels, the player gets the described buff.
