Vocabulary

Certain terms used within the Shadowbane community are recognized across the entire MMO genre. For those that aren't, common Shadowbane-only vocabulary words are listed and defined in this article.

Shadowbane-Only Terms

• ARAC: an acronym for all races, all classes. Term is usually used to refer to the opposite of a server using special loreplay rules.
• Baked-In: special properties found on pieces of armor regardless of other effects.
• BH: is an acronym that can stand for one of two discipline runes, usually based on context. Blood Horn is a Minotaur-only rune or Bounty Hunter (most common reference) is a rune that grants the tracking ability.
• Bind/Binding: The spot where you are sent upon Recall (see below). You are automatically bound to your guild's city. If a character dies or logs out of the game for 15 minutes, he or she will be sent to the bind point. Players with no guild are sent to Sea Dog's Rest. A player may also choose use an Innkeeper to remain at an Inn while logged out.
• BM: is an acronym that can stand for one of three discipline runes, usually based on context. They are Battle Magus, a rune used by spell casters; Black Mask, a rune used by rogues; and Blade Master, a rune used by a specific type of meele weapon fighter.
• Chant: A type of spell that has a continuous effect and usually doesn't expire.
• Chaos Gate: An area in the center of Pandemonium. This is a popular leveling area.
• Chims: Means "chimeras" and refers to the Tainted Glade in the Tainted Swamp. This is a popular leveling and farming area.
• Errant: When a player has no guild or nation, they are considered Errant, a potential enemy to anyone. The crest symbols will appear gray and the player may suffer 50% of normal experience gain from monsters and no experience gain from other players. Errant characters are not bound to a city and will spawn at Sea Dog's Rest any time they enter the world, recall, or die.
• Errant Guild: A guild that has not yet acquired a city or pledged fealty to a nation is know as an errant guild, their nation crest will appear gray, while their sub-crest will bear their coat of arms. This can also occur if the guild looses their city in a bane, or is kicked out of a nation without a city of there own.
• Ettins: refers to the Ettin Village in Tainted Swamp. This is a popular leveling area.
• GM: an acronym for "grand master". This is used as a verb which means training a power to its maxiumum (40) points.
• Gold or Golding, when used in the context of training, is the act of adding as many trains as possible into a focus skill or to take a stat to the current possible maximum. This is referred to as "golding" because when at maximum trains, the skill or stat amount will display in gold color in your skills or stats window.
• GS is an acronym for "great sword", a two-handed weapon.
• Guards, when used in the context of leveling, refers to the City of Virankhaar in the zone of Kharsoom. This area is a popular leveling spot that features max-level Irekei Guard mobiles. This area offers the fastest leveling for characters level 70 and up, and is thus hotspot for PvP.
• GvG: Acronym for "guild versus guild"
• ID: Means "identify". Magic items found on mobile corpses require identification to know their magical properties. Identification can be achieved with a spell or a scroll.
• Khan is short for the city of Khan'Ov Srekel, a freehold city mostly used for arena-style PvP.
• NvN: Acronym for "nation versus nation"
• Obs: A shortening of the word "obsidian" usually used to refer to the resource mine in the Plain of Ashes.
• Recall: A spell or item that sends you back to your bind point (see above).
• RC: an acronym most commonly used for the Rune Caster discipline, but it can also apply to Rat Catcher.
• RoC: an acronym that stands for "Rise of Chaos", usually to refer to the isle of Maelstrom.
• SD: an acronym that can refer to Skydancer, an Aracoix-only discipline, or to Sun Dancer, an Irekei-only discipline.
• Snare: a type of debuff that reduces a creature's movement speed.
• Tagged, or Tag is a slang verb or noun which means to add someone to a guild or to describe someone's guild crest. E.G. "Please tag me to your guild", or "I like your tags".
• ToO: an acronym for "Throne of Oblivion", usually used to refer to the endgame isle of Oblivion.
• Tunnel is a noun that refers to the loading screen that appears when teleporting or after death. It is called so because it used to display an actual tunnel when these things occurred.
• UA is an acronym for "unarmed" which refers to Unarmed Combat.
• UDI stands for "undead isle". This term refers to Vander's Doom, the island containing The Doomplain and Greensward Pyre.
• WoO stands for window of opportunity. This refers to the window in which banes or mines can be set to become vulnerable.
• Zone usually refers to a Macrozone, one of the many icons found on the world map where adventure can be found.

MMO Terms

• Buff: an effect placed upon a creature that enhances it in some way. Usually indicated by a green icon on your effects bar.
• Debuff: an effect placed upon a creature that diminishes it in some way. Usually indicated by a purple icon on your effects bar.
• Mob is short for "mobile". This refers to the many monsters and creatures found in the world. For more about how mobs work, see Mob.
• OOM or OOS: Acronym for "I am out of mana" or "I am out of stamina." When a player says this, they usually want you to know why they have suddenly stopped casting spells or running. If your healer is out of mana, then they won't be able to heal you and are asking you to back off or stop pulling mobs.
• Gimp: A gimp/gimped character is one that has a flaw in its character build that is impossible to fix in any way other than creating a new character or expensive refinement. This term is often used as an insult.
• GL or NL: Acronyms which stand for guild leader or nation leader.