Common Terminology
Contents
General
| AM | Archmage, original version of this type of game, developed by MARI. The Reincarnation originates from the Archmage players community. | |
| App | Apprentice Server, which has now been renamed Arch Server. | |
| Arena | Arena Archmage, the game's built in lookup tool | |
| Arma | Armageddon, the final days of a reset | |
| AS | Archspace, another game developed by MARI. Has had it's own reincarnation (http://www.archspace.org) | |
| Asc |  Ascendant, a magic speciality | |
| Bar | Barrier, type of building blocking enemy magic. | |
| Bang | In TR slang: Coordinated wave of attacks, items, spells targetting a single mage (e.g. a guild enemy) | |
| BBQ | In TR slang: An all-out attack, usually by a guild, on one or more mages. Usually includes attacks, spells and items | |
| Black |  Nether, a magic specialty | |
| Blitz, B2 | Blitz Guild Server. Also BG or B2, terms from AM | |
| Blue |  Phantasm, a magic specialty | |
| Catfish, Catfishing | Catfishing is TR-Slang for deliberately hanging out very low in the ranks, to finish off enemies that your guildmates send down to you (i.e. destroy their last forts). Etymology: Catfish are bottom-feeding scavenging freshwater fish. | |
| D | Damaged status, a form of Protection is received. | |
| Description | text entered by a mage on their Options screen and viewed by other mages via arena / the rank list | |
| Disposables | Disposable Mages reincarnate again and again just to frustrate, annoy and terrorize players that maintain normal mages. It is regarded unwanted behaviour. | |
| Erad |  Eradication, a magic speciality | |
| FoG | Fury of God, a punishment given for multimaging freezes your account | |
| Fort | Fortress | |
| Gam | Usually refers to #gam, an IRC channel for Gay Asian Males. Has become AM/TR irc slang | |
| Geddon | Armageddon, the final days of a reset | |
| Gods | The Pantheon of Immortals in TR, they can grant favor or disfavor to mages through donations. | |
| Green |  Verdant, a magic speciality | |
| Guild | Has three meanings: 1. A group of mages who have registered their intent to coordinate as a team. A team of players. 2. A type of building in the game, associated to magic (spell research, item generation) 3. Guild Server. Also Server or S1, terms from AM | |
| Hall | See 'HoF' | |
| HoF | Hall of Fame, the highest ranked 10 mages at the end of arma | |
| HoI | Hall of Immortals, what the HoF is actually called | |
| Kena | Just... kena. (Malay for: strike! has become AM/TR IRC slang) | |
| Mage | A player's account in this game, some players role play they are mages, i.e. wizard-kings. | |
| Med | Meditation, entered through the Options page. | |
| Moving | A mage spending turns is often described as moving. | |
| MP, m.p. | Mana, Mana Points, Magic Points | |
| ND | Non-Description, an unguilded mage. Comes from AM, where players showed thier guild in thier description | |
| NAP | Non Agression Pact | |
| NP | Net Power | |
| Online | An attack while a mage is moving, usually while they are disbanded. | |
| Phant | Phantasm, a magic speciality | |
| Prot | Protection, Protected. Either Damage Protection, Pillage Protection or Council Protection. | |
| PNAP | personal Non Aggression Pact | |
| Red | Eradication, a magic speciality | |
| Reset | A period of time a server runs for. | |
| ROE | ROE is short for Rules of Engagement | |
| Running | Has two meanings: 1. A mage spending a large number of turns is often described as running. 1. Also refers to spending turns whilst under offensive enchantments, ie_ running spells | |
| SL | Spell Level | |
| Snipe, Sniping | Casting offensive enchantments on a mage that is using turns, in the hope they will die. | |
| Solo, B3 | Blitz Solo Server. No longer present in TR due to rampant cheating. Also B3, a term from Archmage. | |
| TR | The Reincarnation, this game | |
| TT | Time Twister, a punishment given for illegal coordination. | |
| Turtling | A strategy to gain decent amount of land (to the explore limit) by exploring and defending only. Useful for mages because of Nature's Lore | |
| Verd, Ver | Verdant or Verdancy, a magic speciality | |
| White | Ascendant, a magic speciality | |
| Whore | In TR slang: A mage who gelds for an extended period of the reset in order to buy Unique Items, Heroes or otherwise gain a considerable advantage. Could also mean any kind of cynical use/abuse of a game mechanic in order to get ahead - EG D whoring, MC-whoring, golem-whoring | |
| Whoring | In TR slang: The act of being a Whore. A valid tactic but is widely considered lame. |
Battle
| Acc | Accuracy, a measure of how well a unit deals damage. | |
| AP | Attack Power, the damage dealt by a unit or hero Sometimes used for Army Power (contribution of Net Power by your army). | |
| Cntr | Counter, having a two usages: 1. Mages can counter to retaliate for attacks, and 2. in a battle, many units have a counter attack triggered when they receive a primary attack. | |
| Fat | A mage with much land and relative small army - supposedly an easy win for a landgrab. | |
| Random | Random attacks are landgrabs where the target supposedly is selected without taking any inheritage of past gameplay into account. | |
| Fatigue | Fatigue, this concept causes the damage dealt by a unit to decrease with every next time it comes in action in a long battle. | |
| HP | Hit Points, the life of a unit or hero | |
| Init | Initiative, a factor determining the order units attack in | |
| Landgrab | To attempt to quickly increase one's kingdom in terms of acres through attacks | |
| Reg, regular | Regular attacks: smaller type of battle. Relative easy to win, giving relative small amount of land when won. | |
| Res | Resistance, a unit's susceptibility to certain attack types and magic. | |
| Siege | Has two meanings: Siege attacks: bigger type of battle. Relative hard to win, giving relative large amount of land when won. SIEGE ability granting some units better odds in Siege type battles. |
Units
see Units
Spells
see Spells
Items
also see Items
Lesser Items
Uniques
This is not a complete list of unique items - just a list of common abreviations!
| Quartz Staff | Ancient Staff of Pure Quartz | |
| Tome | Ancient Tome | |
| A-Bomb | Atomic Bomb | |
| Basin | Basin of Far Seeing | |
| Ankh | Black Ankh | |
| BK | Blood Knife | |
| Ice | Blue Ice | |
| Incense | Burning Incense | |
| Bottle | Efreeti Bottle | |
| Egg | Egg of Time | |
| Helm | Helm of ESP | |
| HG, Grail | Holy Grail | |
| IG, Golem | Iron Golem | |
| Lipstick | Lipstick of Enslavement | |
| Potion | Love Potion #9 | |
| Pouch | Pouch of Infinite Wealth | |
| Sceptre | Sceptre of Rulership | |
| Spectacles | Spectacles of True Seeing | |
| Altar | The Altar of Blood | |
| Mirror | The Magic Mirror | |
| Mirror | The Mirror of the Grey Witch |
Heroes
Hero types
| Alch | Alchemist | |
| DK | Dragon Knight | |
| DK | Dread Knight | |
| FE | Fire Elementalist | |
| Keeper | Crypt Keeper | |
| Necro | Necromancer | |
| Maiden | Shield Maiden, also SM | |
| Prince | Devil Prince | |
| Reaper | Soul Reaper | |
| Valk | Valkyrie | |
| Vet | Veteran | |
| WK | White Knight | |
| Zerker | Berserker | |
| Zon | Amazon |
Hero Abilities
Wall of Thorn: WoT Soul Devour: Devour Dragon Rider: Rider
Common Terminology from Alzoraths FAQ
General Terms
Archmage: AM
Archspace: AS
The Reincarnation: TR
Player: Mage
No Description: ND
Unguilded: ND
Spell Level : SL
Net Power : NP
Fortresses : Forts, Fort
Barriers: Bars, Bar
Resistance: Res
Mana: MP
Life: HP
Attack Power: Damage, AP
Initiative: Init
Nether: Black
Eradication: Erad, Red
Ascendant: Asc, White
Phantasm: Phant, Blue
Verdant: Verd, Green
Apprentice Server: App
Server Guild Server: Server, Guild, S1
Blitz Guild: Blitz, BG, B2
Blitz Solo: Blitz, Solo, B3
Damaged: D, Protection, Prot
Council Protection: P, Council, Protection, Prot
Meditation: Med, M
Armageddon: Arma
Fury of God: FoG
Hall of Immortals: HoF, Hall, HoI
Time Twister: TT, Twister
Forum
Union of Honor: UoH
Hall of Sages: HoS
Banquet Hall: BH
Off-Topic: OT
Neutral Units
Archers: Arch
Cavalry : Cav
Bounty Hunter : BH
Mercenary: Merc
Renegade Wizard: RW
Trained Elephant: Elephant
Falcon: Falc
Iron Golem: IG
Ascendant Units
Knights Templar: KT
High Priest: HP
Catapults: Cata
Paladins: Pal
Pegasus/Pegasi : Peg/Pegs
Soul Speakers: SS
Astral Magicians: AM
Angels: A
Archangels: AA
Unicorns: Uni
Spirit Warrior: SW
Dominions: Doms, Dom
Ascendant Spells
Armor of Light: Armor
Blinding Flash: BF, Flash
Descent of Holy Being: Descent, Summon Dom
Heavenly Protection: HP
Holy Word: Word
Locate Artifact: LA
Love and Peace: LnP, L&P, LP
Platinum Hand of Healing: PHoH, Plat, Plat Hand, Hand
Protection from Evil: Prot, Prot from Evil, PoE
Protection from Missle: PoM
Resist Elements: Resist, RE
Resurrection: Res
Sword of Light: SoL, Sword
The Holy Light: THL, HL, Holy Light
Verdant Units
Creeping Vines: Vines, CV
Earth Elemental: EE
Elven Archer: EA
Elven Magician: EM
Faerie Dragon: FD
Griffon: Griff
Mandrake: Drake
Phoenix: Nix
Swanmay: Swan
Treant: Tree
Werebear: WB
Verdant Spells
Call Hurricane: CH
Enlarge Animal: EA, Enlarge
Eye of the Eagle: Eye
Nature's Cure: NC
Nature's Favor: NF, Favor
Nature's Lore: NL, Lore
Plant Growth: PG
Regeneration: Regen
Rust Armor: RA, Rust
Serenity: Seren
Sunray: Ray, Sun
Summon Locust Swarm: SLS
Weather Summoning: WS
Web of the Spider Woman: WotSW, WSW, Web
Eradication Units
Chimera: Chim
Dwarven Deathseeker: DD
Dwarven Elite: Elite, DE
Dwarven Warrior: DW
Efreeti: Eff, Freeti
Fire Elemental: FE
Fire Giant: FG
Hellhound: HH
Lizard men: Lizard, Lizmen, Liz
Red Dragon: RD
Salamander: Sal
Troglodyte: Trogs
Wyvern: Wyv
Eradication Spells
Battle Chant: BC
Call Lightning: CL
Chain Lightning: CL
Destroy Artifacts: DA
Flame Blade: FB
Flame Shield: FS
Giant Strength: GS, Giant
Gravity Pull: GP, Pull
Lightning Strike: Lightning
Meteor Storm: MS
Volcano Eruption: VE
Phantasm Units
Air Elementals: Air, AE
Djinni: Djinn
Ice Elementals: Ice, IE
Leviathan: Lev
Medusa: Med
Mind Ripper: MR, MF, Flayer, Ripper, Mind Flayer
Psychic Wisps: Wisps
Shadow Monster: Mirage Monster
Water Elemental: Water, WE
Phantasm Spells
Concentration: Conc
Confuse: Conf
Conjure Elemental: CE, Conjure
Double Time: DT
Feet of Hermes: Feet, Hermes, FoH
Fog Cloud: Fog
Fool's Gold: FG
Hallucination: Hallu, Hall
Invisibility: Invis
Laziness: Laz
Mental Thrash: Thrash
Mind Bar: Bar, MB
Paralyze: Para
Scrying Mirror: Scry
Steal Artifact: SA, Steal
Temporal Stasis Field: TSF
The Wall of Silence: Wall, WoS
Nether Units
Cave Troll: Troll
Dark Elf Magician: DEM
Demon Knight: DK
Fallen Angel: Fallen A, FA
Fallen Archangel: Fallen AA, FAA
Fallen Dominion: Fallen Dom, FDom
Horned Demon: HD
Orc Raider: Raider
Orcish Archer: OA
Skeleton: Skel
Succubus: Succ
Unholy Reaver: UR, Reaver
Vampire: Vamp
Wolf Raider: Raider, Wolf Rider
Zombie: Zomb
Nether Spells
Battle Lust: BL, Lust
Black Death: BD
Black Sabbath: BS, Sabbath
Blood Curse: BC, Curse
Blood Ritual: BR, Ritual
Contract of the Soul: CoS, CotS, Contract, Devil
Death and Decay: D&D, DD, DnD
Dreams of Seduction: Succubi, DoS, Dreams
Foul Water: FW
Gaze of Death: GoD, Gaze
Kiss of the Vampire: Kiss, KoV
Night of the Living Dead: NotLD, Night, NoLD
Shroud of Darkness: Shroud, SoD
Touch of Necromancy: Touch, Necromancy
Heroes
Veteran: Vet
Alchemist: Alch
White Knight: WK
Amazon: Zon
Fire Elementalist: FE
Berzerker: Zerker
Dragon Knight: DK
Valkyrie: Valk
Crypt Keeper: Keeper
Devil Prince: Prince
Dread Knight: DK
Necromancer: Necro
Soul Reaper: Reaper
Shield Maiden: Maiden, SM
Hero Abilities
Wall of Thorn: WoT
Soul Devour: Devour
Dragon Rider: Rider
Lesser Items
Ash of Invisibility: Ash
Bloodstained Map: Map, BM
Book of Prophecy: BoP, Book
Brooch of Protection: BoP, Brooch
Bubble Wine: BW, Wine, Bubble
Candle of Sleeping: Candle
Capsule Monster: Capsule
Carpet of Flying: Carpet, CoF
Dozens of Silver-Tipped Arrows: Arrows, Silver Arrows
Drums of War: Drums
Figurine of Ice Queen: Figurine
Flasks of Holy Water: Flasks, Holy Flask, Holy Water
Horn of Valhalla: Horn
Javelin of Lightning Bolt: Jav, Javelin
Letters of Theive's Guild: Letters
Magical Compass: MC, Compass
Mana Crystal: MC, Crystal
Mana Vortex: Vortex
Minor Indulgence: MI
Monkey Brains: MB, Brains
Official List of Demands: List, Official List
Oil Flasks: Flasks, Oils
Ointment of Healing: Ointment
Pipes of Sewer: Pipes
Potion of Valor: PoV
Pouch of Herbs: Pouch, Herbs, PoH
Pouder Keg: Keg
Ring of Animal Command: RoAC, Ring
Rotten Food: Food
Sage Stone: Stone
Satchel of Mist: Satchel
Scroll of Protection from Fire: Scroll, Scroll of Prot, Scroll of Fire Prot
Staff of Illusion: Staff
Strange Metallic Can: SMC, Can
The Head of Medusa: HoM, Head
The Spider's Web: Web
Total Newbie Handbook: Newbie, Handbook
Treasure Chest: Chest
Treasure Map: Map
Vial of Venom: Vial, VoV, Venom
Voodoo Doll: Doll
Wine of Three Whips: Wine, W3W, WoTW
Uniques
Ancient Staff of Pure Quartz: Quartz Staff
Ancient Tome: Tome
Atomic Bomb: A-Bomb
Basin of Far Seeing: Basin
Black Ankh: Ankh
Blood Knife: BK
Blue Ice: Ice
Burning Incense: Incense
Efreeti Bottle: Bottle
Egg of Time: Egg
Helm of ESP: Helm
Holy Grail: HG, Grail
Iron Golem: IG, Golem
Lipstick of Enslavement: Lipstick
Love Potion #9: Potion
Pouch of Infinite Wealth: Pouch
Sceptre of Rulership: Sceptre
Spectacles of True Seeing: Spectacles
The Altar of Blood: Altar
The Magic Mirror: Mirror
The Mirror of the Grey Witch: Mirror
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