Glossary

Out Of Character Terms

Channels

- Channels are a means with communicating out of character with anyone else that is subscribed to the channel. See Help Channels for more information.

IA (Interactions)

- IA refers to when staff animates mobiles to interact with the player's characters.

IC (In Character)

- This means something done while you are your character. Everything done in Unwritten Legends that does not use the ooc command, a channel, or involve customer service is in character.

Inventory

- The name for everything on your person, including what you are holding, wearing, and what is inside or on what you are holding or wearing.

MOB (Mobile)

- Computer controlled people, monsters, or animals.

NPC (Non-Player Character)

- Another term for a mobile that is a person.

OOC (Out Of Character)

- Something that involves "you" the player, and not the character. Also anything your character would not do/say in a medieval setting including references to modern-day ideas, words and concepts as well as game-based information that you may have learned in an OOC manner (for example, on the player boards) but which your character has no in-game knowledge of.

OOG (Out Of Game)

- Something that occurs outside the game.

PK/PVP (Player Killing/Player Versus Player)

- When a player enters combat with another player, it is called PVP, or player versus player. When a player kills another player, it is called PK, or player killing.

Room

- An area of space where the action of the game takes. Everything physical in the game, including your character, is always in a room.

RP (RolePlay)

- This means doing or saying things while you are in character. Acting on information your character wouldn't know or taking an action your character would not take based on his or her experiences is poor roleplaying.

Roundtime (RT)

- The amount of time you must dedicate to a task before moving on to the next action.  While in roundtime you may not do other actions that require roundtime.

SPC (Staff Played Character)

- A character that is played by staff including alterers, merchants, and other characters in roleplay.