Common Terminology
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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 | |
| 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 speciality | |
| Blitz, B2 | Blitz Guild Server. Also BG or B2, terms from AM | |
| Blue | Phantasm, a magic speciality | |
| 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). Ethymology: Catfish are bottom-feeding scavening freshwater fish. | |
| D | Damaged status, a form of Protection is received. | |
| Description | text entered by a mage on thier Options screen and viewed by other mages via arena / the rank list | |
| Erad | Eradication, a magic speciality | |
| FoG | Fury of God, a punishment given for multimaging freezes your account | |
| Fort | Fortress | |
| Geddon | Armageddon, the final days of a reset | |
| 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 Agression 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. | |
| 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
Spells
Items
Lesser Items
Uniques
This list is incomplete.
| 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
