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<center>''This article is about the language. For the player, see [[Player%27s_Playground|Players]].''</center> | <center>''This article is about the language. For the player, see [[Player%27s_Playground|Players]].''</center> | ||
<center>''For the Avlis player newsletter, see [[The_Avlissian|The Avlissian]].''</center> | |||
[[Avlissian]] is the language spoken by players of Blackdagger: The World of Avlis. | [[Avlissian]] is the language spoken by players of Blackdagger: The World of Avlis. | ||
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===FOIG=== | ===FOIG=== | ||
''Abbreviation'' | ''Abbreviation'' | ||
# Find out in game. Means to either encourage a player to seek previously asked information inside the game itself, or to state a reason why certain information was removed. | # Find out in game. Means to either encourage a player to seek previously asked information inside the game itself, or to state a reason why certain information was removed ''(Also may refer to [[:Category:FOIG|FOIG, Inc.]], named after the abbreviation)''. | ||
:: '''Origin:''' First used by [[User:PlasmaJohn|PlasmaJohn]] in [http://www.avlis.org/viewtopic.php?p=668202# | #: | ||
#: '''Origin:''' First used by [[User:PlasmaJohn | PlasmaJohn]] in [http://www.avlis.org/viewtopic.php?p=668202#p668202 this post], FOIG quickly became a craze, with curiosities like the [[:File:Foig3gh.gif | FOIG stamp image]] appearing. FOIG is a popular answer used by [[The Avlis Team | the Avlis Team]] to questions regarding details on [[:Category:Systems | in-game systems]]. | |||
===IC=== | ===IC=== | ||
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''Verb'' | ''Verb'' | ||
# To bring your laptop to an Avlis meet, only to find out that it doesn't pick up the wireless connection available. | # To bring your laptop to an Avlis meet, only to find out that it doesn't pick up the wireless connection available. | ||
===To Pull a Xeo=== | ===To Pull a Xeo=== | ||
''Verb'' | ''Verb'' | ||
# To lock yourself into your own inn room, by placing the key of the room into the chest. | # To lock yourself into your own inn room, by placing the key of the room into the chest. | ||
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#: '''Origin:''' The player Xeo Bodacea, commonly referred to as Xeo, and naming himself that on Irc, used to lock himself into his inn room often, resulting in a posting on the boards with a call for DM help to get him out. Because of the public attention that this frequent mistake he made generated, his name became synonymous with the action. | |||
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# Might also refer to subsequently retireing and reviving the same character. | # Might also refer to subsequently retireing and reviving the same character. | ||
::'''Origin:''' The same player also retired and revived his character [[PCs:Isamu|Isamu]] several times. | #: | ||
#: '''Origin:''' The same player also retired and revived his character [[PCs:Isamu|Isamu]] several times. | |||
[[Category:Language]] | [[Category:Language]] | ||
Latest revision as of 16:23, 11 June 2017
Avlissian is the language spoken by players of Blackdagger: The World of Avlis.
Vocabulary
FOIG
Abbreviation
- Find out in game. Means to either encourage a player to seek previously asked information inside the game itself, or to state a reason why certain information was removed (Also may refer to FOIG, Inc., named after the abbreviation).
- Origin: First used by PlasmaJohn in this post, FOIG quickly became a craze, with curiosities like the FOIG stamp image appearing. FOIG is a popular answer used by the Avlis Team to questions regarding details on in-game systems.
IC
Adjective
- An acronym for "In Character". Information deemed "IC" is something your character might know, given access to the right channels of information.
OOC
Adjective
- An acronym for "Out of Character". This is a phrase to describe things that you as a player know, but which your character never could.
To Pull a Ghostie
Verb
- To bring your laptop to an Avlis meet, only to find out that it doesn't pick up the wireless connection available.
To Pull a Xeo
Verb
- To lock yourself into your own inn room, by placing the key of the room into the chest.
- Origin: The player Xeo Bodacea, commonly referred to as Xeo, and naming himself that on Irc, used to lock himself into his inn room often, resulting in a posting on the boards with a call for DM help to get him out. Because of the public attention that this frequent mistake he made generated, his name became synonymous with the action.
- Might also refer to subsequently retireing and reviving the same character.
- Origin: The same player also retired and revived his character Isamu several times.