Guide:Terminology

Helpful Terminology

 * Husk, idle, idling, husking, etc. This means the person is not refreshing their screen or is generally away from the keyboard for a period of time. Husking players are generally not attentive for a longer period of time than merely idle players, but people use idle to mean both.
 * LL. Long live.
 * IC, in character, icly. From the character's vantage point, thus necessarily excluding any outside information that the roleplayer knows but the character would not. (more information)
 * OOC, out of character, oocly. From the roleplayer's vantage point. The flip side of ic! (more information)
 * NPC stands for Non-Player Character. For example, Bill at the Twisted Dwarf.
 * PC stands for Player Character. Your characters!
 * Duel. A duel is a fight that occurs between two characters. There are typically three "rounds." Character A opens with an attack, character B defends/attacks, A defends/attacks, B defends/attacks, then A closes with a defense.
 * DD, death duel. This is a duel for the stakes of death; the loser of the duel dies, and that character is not allowed to be resurrected, turned into a ghost, or otherwise played unless consent (usually OOC consent) is obtained from the winner.
 * Autohit. When a player's attack automatically assumes that it strikes its intended victim. A no-no, generally, unless in light-hearted banter or fun. What constitutes an "autohit" is subject to much controversy, debate, and nerdrage. In a duel for sufficiently important stakes, it is a good practice to make sure both duelists understand what the judges consider an autohit to be.
 * Godmodding. Usually occurring in a duel or fight, to godmod is to write another character's responses into your own post (me throws a fireball at Midevia, who becomes filled with terror and runs away!), or alternately to unleash an unrealistically powerful attack or an excessive series of attacks all in one go at your opponent. Basically it means to act like a god when your character doesn't have that status. This is frowned upon by others and is a sign of inexperience, disrespect for your fellow roleplayer or just bad form in general. It other words best avoided!
 * Having your duel judged means that the duelists have consented to (typically) three judges voting on the outcome of the duel. The AOJ is an anonymous guild of judges that will provide this service.
 * MM. MUDmail. MUDmail is the mailing system of Karchan. You type 'mail', and it takes you to a screen where you send letters and such to other users or possibly yourself.
 * Alt. An alt is another word for character, stemming from the worth 'alternative'. If you have 6 characters, you have six alts. (Or, a main and 5 alts.)
 * Main. Your primary character, the one you play the most, are most closely associated with, or played first. If people refer to you OOC by a character's name, this is typically the one they use. e.g., Did you hear, Jaxom is editing the terminology page now?