Terminologies

This page lists the various terminologies found in Verdict.

A

• Afk: A short term meaning Away from Keyboard. Can mean short term, as in not on the character in that moment, or long term, such as taking a break from the game

B

• Boating: A term meaning the retirement of a character, taken from 'boating away from the isle' that the game takes place on
• Book: To write out a roleplay

D

• Dot: Another term for Book, or writing out a roleplay.

E

• Eidolons: The creators of the current four planes of reality
• Emerald Moon: The second moon in Verdict's sky that houses the dragons up to 1047 AC, before it was broken up.
• Engagement: Battling using Verdict's combat system

F

• Faewild: One of the four primary planes

G

• Green Texting: Another term for Book, or writing out a roleplay.

H

• Hammer: The Military of Isegrad

M

Meta: Obtaining knowledge from sources outside a character's reach

P

• Pair: A partnership between characters, often romantic
• Pillar: A leader of Deliverance, or the Pillar of Soteria, a physical pillar in Deliverance
• Plane: A world
• Playby: A picture representing a character's appearance

R

• Red texting: Another term for Book, or writing out a roleplay
• Risen: Deliverance's term for independent, intelligent undead
• Rhyst: One of the four primary planes, and the one that the majority of the game takes place on
• Rpb: One of the many terms for Engagement, or battling using Verdict's combat system
• Rpl: A term meaning one's Roleplay level, or the level of their character

S

• Seeker: A researcher rank in Arlandria
• Seers: A rank of leadership in Arlandria
• Sheol: Hell
• ShimmerBeasts: Creatures created by the Shimmer, containing a piece of the fallen Eidolon

V

• Verb: One of the many terms for Engagement, or battling using Verdict's combat system
• Void: One of the four primary planes

W

• Warper: A tile that teleports a player to another map
• Wealdwalker: The Military of Arlandria
• White texting: A term for writing something within the say display