RPdom Terminology

MDL

RIP Doctor Calgori (2012-2017)
RPdom is a magical, magical place. It's a place filled with magical, magical things. But sometimes it can be hard to understand what those magical things are and what those beautiful terms mean. Because of a lot of questions like, "What is free form?", "What's Exalted?" and such forth, we have constructed this extremely short list which aims to cover the entirety of the RPdom community's various terms and phrases. To navigate the list, use your browser's find function (Windows: Ctrl + F, Macintosh: Cmd + F).


The list is a constant work in progress and you can contribute! Any term that is in any way related to RPdom, role-playing and creativity in general is up for grabs, especially if it's mentioned in a thread somewhere. You can even add your own username to the list. If you feel that a term is described incorrectly, suggest an edit. To add a term or suggest an edit, post it as a response to this thread or send it directly to me or Doctor Calgori. Don't forget the mandatory brief description to your submitted term.


Made by medelsvensson and Doctor Calgori.

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[A]




Administrator: Administrators are the leaders and managers of RPdom.com and its Community.


Advantage: A positive or useful statistic or trait.


Adventure: Either a published or otherwise written collection of plot, character, and location details used by a gamemaster to manage the plot or story in a role-playing game.


Adventure!: Adventure! is a pulp action role-playing game originally printed by White Wolf Game Studio, the third and last book in the Trinity Universe line of games.


Albums: Organized collection and showcase of uploaded user images.


Alert Preferences: Settings, preferences and configuration of the behavior of site alerts.


Alerts: Makes it easy for users to stay up to date with updates that are applicable to them. Members receive alerts when someone quotes their post or responds to a status update, when they receive a new trophy, and more.


Align: Text can be aligned to the left, right and center with BBCode and the Rich Text Editor (WYSIWYG).


Alternate History: A genre of fiction consisting of stories that are set in worlds in which history has diverged from the actual history of the world.


Alternative History: A genre of fiction consisting of stories that are set in worlds in which history has diverged from the actual history of the world.


Archives: Where long inactive threads and roleplays are stored.


Assistant Site Director: In other words Miz. Second in command bellow The Dark Wizard.


Attribute: Sometimes called statistic, characteristic or abilitiy.


Audentio Design: A XenForo style design company.


Avatar: An image that appears on a users profile and posts. A way to further identify oneself on the forums.

[B]




BBCode: Text formating that is used to change the appearance and content of posts on the forum. Usable in the Rich Text Editor, but primarily in the Code Editor.


Blue booking: One or a few of the players describing activities of their characters in written form.


Bold: Bold text is use to lay emphasis to text and in formatting/styling of a text.


Bookmarks:You can bookmark a thread by clicking the 'Bookmark' link at the bottom of the tread. This thread will then be displayed on your bookmarks page.


Bulleted List: A bulleted list is a way of formatting text into a list which is unordered.

[C]




Campaign: A continuing storyline or set of adventures.


Captain Hesperus: RPdom's own administrative cat.


Center: T


Changeling: The Dreaming: T


Changeling: The Lost: T


Character: T


Character Sheet:


Character Creation:


Character Design:


Chat:


Chat Roleplays:


Code:


Color:


Contact Details:


Contact Us:


Content:


Conversation:


Crearth: The Third Age:


Creation Must Die:


Creation is your oyster:


Creativity:


Creativity Moderator:


Critical:


Crucible: Dark Age of Imeria:


Crunch:


Crusade for the Stars:


Crusade of Eternity:


Dark Heresy - For the Emperor!:


Darkening Skies:


Degrees of Guilt:


Demon: The Fallen:


Derived Statistic:


Director of Design:


Disadvantage


Doctor Calgori


Donate


Donations


Dragons in the West


Dreams and Nightmares


Dungeon Master


Dungeons and Dragons


Ehmygirl


Emperors of the Fading Sun


Engel


Exalted


Exalted


Exalted Discussion


Exalted Discussion Moderator


Facebook Integration


Fallen


Fantasy


Fire and Water


First Steps


First Steps Moderator


Fluff


Follow


Followers


Forum


Forum Statistics


Freeform


Full View


Fumble


Fun 'n Games in the Age of Sorrows - Italian


Game Master


Gamist


Gardens of Oneiromancy


Gauss!


Geist: The Sin-Eaters


General Discussion


General Discussion Moderator


Generic


Genre


Ghan_04


Ghosts in the Blackwater


Glorious Bastards


Go West


Google Integration


Halcyon 2nd Ed


Hellgate, Montana


Help


Heroes Of Our Time


Home


Horror


Hunter: The Reckoning


Hunter: The Vigil


IMG


Ignitedstar


Image


Inconvenient Truths


Indiana Jones and the Book of Three Circles


Initiative


Insylum


Interstice


In the Senate's Name...


Invictus: Defiant Souls in the Screaming Vortex


Invite


Itallic


Kindred of the East


Kingdoms of the Fae


Knocking on Heaven's Door


LARP


LV-667


Legends


Let's Go Down In Flames


Likes


Link


Live-action


Mage: The Ascension


Mage: The Awakening


Magic & Mayhem


Making Friends and Influencing People


Medelsvensson


Media


Members Online Now


Metagaming


Miz


Moderator


Modern/Realistic


Monty haul


Mummy: The Curse


Mummy: The Resurrection


Munchkin


Mystery Science Theater 3000


Narrativist


Nation Builder


Natural


Never Surrender, Never Die!


New


News Feed


Nexus Nights


Numbered List


Online


Online Status


Operation: X-Com


Orpheus


Our Roleplays


Out of Character


Owner


Parlour Panic


Password


Pattern Spider


Pendragon


Personal Details


Pineapple


PlanetFall


Popup


Powergamer


Powergaming


Powers


Pray For Summer's End


Preferences


Privacy


Promethean: The Created


Quote


RSS


Race


Ravenous Hordes


Reality Asunder


Recent Status Updates


Reply


Return of the Scarlet Empress


Rich Text Editor


Right


Rise of The Olde Kings


Robotech - Tales of the REF


Roleplay Discussion


Roleplay Discussion Moderator


Roleplay List


Roleplay Submissions


Roll-playing


Rookie Administrator


Rules-heavy


Rules-light


Rules Lawyer


Rushing Toward a New Age


Saint Solars


Sands of Glory


Saving Throw


Sci-Fi


Scion


Scion: Time Of Judgement


Search


Session


Setting


Shifting Sands


Shining Glass, Molten Souls


Signature


Simulationist


Site Director


Sitewide Guide


Skills


Smilies


Sol Olympus


Spades of Shades


Spring Comes Early


Staff


Staff Online Now


Statistic


Statistic


Story Guide


Storyteller


Storytellers


Street Fighter: The Storytelling Game


Strikethrough


Sunlit Hearts


Superfolk


System


System Administrator


Tabs


TeamSpeak


Teamspeak Users Online


Terms and Rules


The Ascendency of the Lost Shards


The Dark Wizard


The End of the River


The Inn Between


The Lawgivers


The Nightmare of Telistar


The Resurgent


The Rift of Naban


The Scarlet Court


The Spurious Sanctuary


The Stewards


The Tapestry of Worlds


Third Age: A Wyld Odyssey


Thorn Darkblade


Thread Roleplays


Three Wisemen


To Throw a Spanner in the Loom of Fate


Tomb of 5 Corners


Top


Traditional


Traveller


Treasure Island


Tremors


Trinity


Troupe System


Tumultuous Tides


Twink


Twisted Eden


Two Faces of the Wyldspan


Uncivilized Providence


Underline


URL


User Albums


VTM


Vampire: The Masquerade


Vampire: The Requiem


Watched Threads


Wayward Inn


Werewolf: The Apocalypse


Werewolf: The Forsaken


Whispers of Heresy


White Wolf


Who has visited Today


With nail & Eye of Autocthon


Wizards of the Coast


Wonder City


Wraith: The Oblivion


WYSIWYG


XenForo
 
Am I missing something? Most of these terms don't have a definition! Haha. I was interested to learn what "Exalted" means here. I mean, I know what it is in World of Warcraft...
 
McGani said:
Am I missing something? Most of these terms don't have a definition! Haha. I was interested to learn what "Exalted" means here. I mean, I know what it is in World of Warcraft...
Hi there! This is, I suppose, a 'work in progress' undertaken by two of the site's members. I don't know if it will ever be continuated or finishized.


"Exalted" in this sense in the roleplaying game made by White Wolf. It is a game of high drama, low intrigue and extremely over-the-top action!


The titular 'Exalted' are mortal humans who have been empowered by gods, namely the Unconquered Sun (the sun), Luna (the Moon), The Five Maidens (Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn), as well as lesser Exalted empowered by the five elemental expressions of the world (Air, Earth, Fire, Water and Wood). A little bit more information is available from the White Wolf site itself.


Hope that helps and please, why not introduce yourself in the main First Steps forum?


Captain Hesperus
 

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