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Found in many RPGs, a Saving Throw is a dice roll to see how much an attack or magic ability will effect an enemy.
Instead of having the loot spew out of the corpse it-self, this concept is based on having to interact with the corpse to obtain the loot.
A Secret area is a place hidden that few will find unless they know where to look.
Characters that harbor their past even though it may be revealed later. They are commonly uncovered in a number of video games.
Forced labor, indentured servitude, humans relegated to property. One of the greatest affronts to individual freedom. Some games employ this as a gameplay mechanic or a major story point.
Sometimes, you want to play games with a real person who's sitting right next to you. These games have you covered.
Using stealth often requires the player to accomplish their objective without being detected by enemies. Methods of detection can vary from game to game, and can be based on an enemy's line of sight, how quiet the player is, or even how the player interacts with the environment.
Valve's counterpart to Microsoft's popular achievement system.
Steam Cloud is a built in feature in some Steam games, it synchronizes game saves, settings and other data to the internet for access from any computer that has Steam installed.
Steam Trading Cards is a built in feature in the Steam client. It lets users collect cards from certain games and trade them and receive rewards for complete sets.
Summoning involves bringing a distant ally into battle to either perform a single, devastating attack or to fight on the behalf of the summoner.
An aesthetic sub-genre of fantasy, focusing on brutal barbarians and arcane wizardly magic.
Gameplay type emphasizing deliberately paced tactical battle where each side politely takes turns moving and attacking one another through varied forms of combat.
Animals that have the ability of speech and in some cases are anthropomorphic.
Many games that feature a theft mechanic also include a some form of risk or punishment. Other games just let players steal things as if it's a perfectly normal thing to do.
A mechanical system designed to capture or cause harm. Either the player can set traps for their enemies or others set them for the player.
Turn-based games divide game actions into distinct parts, called turns. This gives the player time to strategically choose actions as the battle or events unfold.
The Undead is an umbrella term describing creatures that do not exhibit the key fundamental attributes that are associated with life, such as respiration, and blood circulation. They are divided into two main categories: Ethereal and Corporeal, depending on whether or not they have a body.
Games where players can choose to talk their way out fighting, which is often an option in RPGs.
A video game concept in which plainly valuable items, weapons, and even hard currency are routinely found in trash cans and roadside dumpsters.
A biological entity with the innate ability to control the behavior and direction of water using little to no physical contact.
Being learned scholars and masters of the arcane arts, wizards wield great power by manipulating magical energy for the forces of good and evil.
A middleware engine for game audio, developed by Audiokinetic Inc.
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