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* Game Master (GM) - The narrator/director of the game.  The GM is responsible for controlling the characters not controlled by the players (NPCs), acting as judge and referee with regards to rules, and coming up with the story.
 
* Game Master (GM) - The narrator/director of the game.  The GM is responsible for controlling the characters not controlled by the players (NPCs), acting as judge and referee with regards to rules, and coming up with the story.
 
* Non-player Character (NPC) - Any character not directly controlled by the players.
 
* Non-player Character (NPC) - Any character not directly controlled by the players.
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===Characters===
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* Attributes
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* Experience Points/Expoints (XP)
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* Fate Points
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* Size
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** Weighted Damage
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* Health Points (HP)
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* Magic Points (MP)
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* Spirit Points (SP)
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* Action Points (AP)
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* Skills
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** Occupation
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** Weapon skill
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** Element
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** Motion
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* Trumps
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* Faults
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* Special Powers
  
 
===Rolling Terms===
 
===Rolling Terms===
 
* Skill check
 
* Skill check
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* [[Difficulty Level]] (DL)
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* [[Critical Failure]]
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* [[Critical Success]]
 
* [[Attack Roll]]
 
* [[Attack Roll]]
 
* [[Evasion Roll]]
 
* [[Evasion Roll]]
 
* [[Guard Roll]]
 
* [[Guard Roll]]
 
* [[Damage Roll]]
 
* [[Damage Roll]]
* Critical Failure
 
* Critical Success
 
* Difficulty Level (DL)
 
 
* [[Casting Roll]]
 
* [[Casting Roll]]
 
* [[Focus Roll]]
 
* [[Focus Roll]]
 
===Statistic Terms===
 
* Attributes -
 
* Experience Points/Expoints (XP)
 
* Fate Points
 
* Size
 
* Weighted Damage
 
* Health Points (HP)
 
* Magic Points (MP)
 
* Spirit Points (SP)
 
* Action Points (AP)
 
  
 
===Life and Death===
 
===Life and Death===
 
* [[Knockout Track]]
 
* [[Knockout Track]]
 
* [[Stamina Drain]]
 
* [[Stamina Drain]]
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* [[Condition]]s
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* [[Nature]]
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* [[Disposition]]
 
* Damage
 
* Damage
 
* [[Continual Damage]]
 
* [[Continual Damage]]
 
* [[Tainted Damage]]
 
* [[Tainted Damage]]
* [[Condition]]s
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* Healing
* [[Nature]]
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* [[Continual Healing]]
* [[Disposition]]
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* [[True Healing]]
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====You Can Have Multiples Of These====
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* Drugs
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* [[Illness]]
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* Poison
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* Symbiotes
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===Combat===
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* Degradation
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* Reaction order
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* Wide-eyed
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* Tactic
  
 
===Magic===
 
===Magic===
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* [[Spell]]
 
* [[Spell]]
 
* [[Casting Attribute]]
 
* [[Casting Attribute]]
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* Counterspell
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* Dispel
 
* [[Ritual]]
 
* [[Ritual]]
 
* [[Intensity]]
 
* [[Intensity]]
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===Spirit===
 
===Spirit===
 
* [[Spirit arts]]
 
* [[Spirit arts]]
* [[The Five Ways]]
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* [[The five ways]]
 
* [[Motions]]
 
* [[Motions]]
 
* [[Concentration]]
 
* [[Concentration]]

Revision as of 23:53, 20 December 2020

Narrative Terms

  • Session - One meeting of the players and GM to roleplay. A session might be a regular Thursday night occurence which lasts for a couple hours after work, or an all day Saturday affair. Sessions can be as long or short as the players and GM decide.
  • Adventure - An undertaking of the players' which follows their characters along a particular storyline with a set beginning and prospective ending. Adventures usually span a number of sessions.
  • Campaign - A saga consisting of a number of adventures, and by extension, quite a few sessions.
  • Player Character (PC) - refers to the characters that the players create and use in the game. PC's are also referred to as "heroes," "characters," or "the party."
  • Game Master (GM) - The narrator/director of the game. The GM is responsible for controlling the characters not controlled by the players (NPCs), acting as judge and referee with regards to rules, and coming up with the story.
  • Non-player Character (NPC) - Any character not directly controlled by the players.

Characters

  • Attributes
  • Experience Points/Expoints (XP)
  • Fate Points
  • Size
    • Weighted Damage
  • Health Points (HP)
  • Magic Points (MP)
  • Spirit Points (SP)
  • Action Points (AP)
  • Skills
    • Occupation
    • Weapon skill
    • Element
    • Motion
  • Trumps
  • Faults
  • Special Powers

Rolling Terms

Life and Death

You Can Have Multiples Of These

Combat

  • Degradation
  • Reaction order
  • Wide-eyed
  • Tactic

Magic

Spirit

Common Game Terms

  • Mage/Mages/Magi - Magi are beings capable of using magic and casting spells. The terms Mages and Magi are interchangeable.
  • Bard/Skald - A scholar of the arts of entertainment: poetry, music, oratory, visual arts, etc. Skalds are concerned with preserving the stories of today for entertainment tomorrow. They are often found observing or taking part in events of great importance.