MUD TERM

MEANING OF TERM

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The only form of acceptible swearing on the Realms.

,

The short-cut for emoting.

.

The short-cut for chat channel.

:

The short-cut for Avatar channel.

;

The short-cut for group channel, gtell.

<eg>

Means "evil grin".

<evilgrin>

Means "evil grin".

<G>

Means "grin".

<veg>

Means 'very evil grin'.

[]

Means square.

4k

Means 4000, our game port.

5500

Our coding and building port. By invitation only!

AC

Means 'armor class'.

affect data

Natural attributes and spells casted on your character.

AFK

Means 'away from keyboard'.

AKA

Means 'also known as'.

align

Align is your character alignment. Good, evil, or neutral.

ANSI

American National Standard's Institute. Our color system.

asap

Means 'as soon as possible'.

astral

A means of transportation for the mage class.

auc

Short for auction, a channel for buying and selling items.

Av

Av is short for Avatar.

Avatar

A level 50 player character, the highest Mortal level.

Balzhur

To reduce a character to level 2, a severe punishment.

base

Your 'natural' statistics, without spells or equipment.

bbiab

Means 'be back in a bit'.

bbiaf

Means 'be back in a few'.

bbias

Means 'be back in a second'.

bbiaw

Means 'be back in a while'.

bbl

Means 'be back later'.

bf

Short for boyfriend.

bio

The information seen on the 'whois' screen.

bp

BP is the blood points vampires use for magic power.

BRB

Means 'be right back'.

brt

Means 'be right there'.

bs

Short form for the backstab skill.

BTW

Short for 'by the way'.

buff

Buff means a strong player or difficult mobile.

c'mon

Means 'come on'.

call wasted

Kicked offline from call waiting.

CHA

Charisma, a statistic affecting your characters beauty.

chan

Short for channels. Typing 'chan' shows all your channels.

char

Short for character.

clan

A group set aside for pkilling characters. Type 'clans'.

class

Your chosen character profession, i.e. Druid.

Client

A program used to make playing the game possible/easier.

CON

Constitution, a stat affecting characters hitpoints.

container

A piece of equipment used to contain and carry other items.

corpse

A dead body. It contains whatever player/mob had at death.

council

A council is an Immortal work group. Type 'councils'.

CR

A CR is a corpse retrieval, getting player to corpse.

Crash

A crash is an unplanned game reboot, caused by errors.

cul8r

Means 'see you later'.

cya

Means 'see you'.

deadly

A character that engages in player killing. See 'who deadly'.

Denied

Denying a character forbids using the character again.

DEX

Dexterity, a statistic that affects player movement.

DH

Short for Darkhaven, the main peaceful town.

DH[]

Means 'Darkhaven Square', the main crossing in Darkhaven.

Dirs

Short for directions.

doa

Means 'dead on arrival'.

DR

Means 'dam roll'.

DS

Short for 'Order of Dragonslayer'.

DT

Abbreviation for 'Death Trap'.

dupe

The illegal duplication of an item or gold.

Duping

The Illegal duplication of an item or gold.

EG

Abbreviation for 'evil grin'.

emote

The personalized social command.

EQ

Short-cut for equipment.

Equip

A shortened for of equipment.

exp

Abbreviation for 'experience'.

flee

To leave a battle, it costs you experience loss.

follow

A command used in grouping, to follow the leader.

FYI

Abbreviation for 'for your information'.

G

Means 'grin'.

gf

Short for 'girlfriend'.

gold

The currency used in the Realms for money.

group

A command used to form a group of players.

gtell

The group talk command, to talk to group members.

guild

A class specific organization.

healer

A player or mobile who casts healing and helpful spells.

hell

A room mortals are sent to for disciplinary matters.

hit roll

The statistic that covers how often you hit during battle.

Hp

Short for 'hitpoints'.

hq

Abbreviation for 'Headquarters'.

HR

Abbreviation for hit roll.

hrm

A term meaning 'thinking' or 'questioning a statement'.

hrs

Short for 'hours'.

ic

Mud term meaning 'I see'.

id

Short-cut for 'identify'.

identify

A spell used to see an items statistics. Also used on mobs.

IMHO

Stands for 'in my humble opinion'.

iml

Stands for 'in mud life'.

Imm

Short for Immortal, the mud administrators.

IMNSHO

Stands for 'in my not so humble opinion'.

IMO

Stands for 'in my opinion'.

INT

Abbreviation for intelligence, an important stat.

invis

Short version of invisible.

IRL

Mud term for 'in real life'.

j/k

Stands for 'just kidding'.

K

Short for 'okay'.

kill steal

To attack a mob someone else is already fighting, illegal.

kindred

Short for the spell 'kindred strength'.

l8r

Mud term meaning 'later'.

laff

Mud spelling for 'laugh'.

Lag

An irritating slowness on the game due to various causes.

lang

Short-cut for language.

LCK

Short form of luck, an important game statistic.

LD

Means 'link dead', or loss of connection onto the game.

level

A command to see your current level and exp until next level.

Link Dead

To have your character online when you have lost connection.

litterbug

An Immortal give flag preventing player from dropping items.

loc

Short-cut for 'locate' for the locate spell.

LOL

Mud term meaning 'laugh out loud' or 'lots of luck'.

loot

The process of removing items from a corpse.

lowbie

A low level player character, one step above newbie.

luck

An important character statistic.

Mana

The 'magic points' a non-vampire player has to cast spells.

MC

Short for the Immortal council called 'Mortal Council'.

MDeaths

The number of times you have been killed by a mobile.

min

Short for 'minute'.

mist

A short-cut for the vampire spell 'mist walk'.

mkill

The number of mobiles you have killed.

mob

Mob is short for mobile, the automated creatures of the game.

mobile

An creature in the game, also called non-player character.

mort

Short for mortal, a level 1 to 50 player character.

MS

Short form for the 'Order of MaidenStone'.

mset

A command Immortals use to change mob settings.

MUD

Stands for multi user dimension/dungeon.

MUD sex

Pretty self-explanitory, computer intimacy.

multi

Logging on more than one character at a time.

multiplaying

Logging on more then one character at a time, non-deadly only.

MV

Abbreviation for movement.

n/m

Short form for 'never mind'.

NC

Abbreviation for the Immortal council 'Newbie Council'.

NE1

Mud term for 'anyone'.

Newbie

A character that is new to the game, or does not know a lot.

noemote

A command Immortals use to remove use of socials.

noexit

A room you cannot walk out of, but usually can recall from.

omg

Mud term for 'oh my god'.

ooc

Means out of character.

ool

Means 'out of level range', mostly for deadlies.

order

The command one uses to make a charmed mob or pet act.

oset

An Immortal command to change settings on items, like rename.

ot

Short form for 'ordertalk'.

PDeaths

Used in pkilling to track times killed by another player.

PFile

Your saved character information, player file.

pk

Abbreviation for player killing.

pkill

Abbreviation for player killing.

PKills

Used in pkill to track the times you kill another player.

Porting

Porting new/adjusted code from the test node to the game node.

POV

Mud term for 'point of view'.

ppl(s)

Abbreviation for 'people<s>'.

PRAC

The short-cut for practice.

private room

A room that allows only one or two characters in at once.

purge

To destroy an item or mobile.

QC

An abbreviation for the Immortal council, 'Quest Council'.

QP

An abbreviation for 'quest point' scrolls.

quaff

The command used to drink a potion.

quest points

A scroll given out for quest completions.

quest

An assigned task given to increase your knowledge.

r

A mud short for 'are'.

race

The race of your character, for example elf.

RB

An abbreviation for the 'Order of Ringbearers'.

reboot

A command used to refresh the MUD, it knocks you offline.

rec

A short-cut for 'recite' when using a scroll.

Recall

A spell used to take you to DH or your order/clan/guild HQ.

reimb

Short for reimbursement.

rename

To change the way an items looks.

rep

A short-cut for 'report'.

Report

A command that shows your hps, mana/bp, mv, and exp to room.

Repop

Short for repopulation, or the re-creation of mobs in area.

RIP

Abbreviation for 'rest in peace'.

RL

Mud term for 'real life'.

RoD

Abbreviation for 'Realms of Despair'.

ROFL

Mud term meaning 'rolls on floor laughing'.

roflol

Mud term meaning 'rolls on floor, laughing out loud'.

role play

The act of becoming your character, developing its personality.

round

A round is a length of time of approximately 2 seconds.

rp

Abbreviation for 'role playing'.

RPG

Abbreviation for 'role playing game'.

run

A group of characters going to fight a large mobile.

sac

To sacrifice an item or mob corpse to your deity.

sanc

Short-cut for the sanctuary spell.

save

The command used to save your character changes to your pfile.

Scrap

To destroy a piece of equipment.

sec

Short for 'second'.

server

The host machine for the game.

shopkeeper

A mobile that sells things, type 'list' while in the room.

silence

A command used to remove all channels from a player.

slay

An Immortal command used to cause instant death to a player.

slist

A complete list of spells and skills a player has.

socials

A list of commands a player can use in socializing.

spam

The repeated use of a channel or statement, to cause scroll.

squeakies

This term means area repopulation.

stat

Short for 'statistic'.

Storage

A character used exclusively to store extra equipment.

STR

abbreviation for 'strength'.

tank

The person getting hit in a battle.

telnet

A method of logging onto the game.

tick

A measure of time varying from 60 - 75 seconds.

title

A command used to place a title after your name.

trans

A spell used to transport items from one character to another.

trash

A item type that is not normally used except for fun.

ttfn

Short for 'ta ta for now'.

ttyl

Mud term for 'talk to you later'.

u

Short for 'you'.

vnum

A number related to every room, item, and mob in the game.

wanker

Hrm.. Ask Taboo.

WIS

Abbreviation for wisdom, an important character stat.

wizinvis

A invis command Immortals have to be seen only to certain level

wtf

Mud term for 'what the fudge'.

wtg

Mud term for 'way to go'.

wth

Mud term for 'what the hell'.

x-roads

Slang for crossroads.

XP

Abbreviation for experience points.