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Terms & abbreviations

Dark Ages chat mixes path shorthand, hunt roles, spell abbreviations, Gaelic-inspired names, and community slang.

Practical guide

3 steps for this topic
  1. Read unfamiliar shorthand in context: the same letters can mean a class role, a spell, a hunting area, a progression resource, or a social institution.
  2. Search exact client spellings for Gaelic-inspired skill and spell names before buying materials or asking a trainer.
  3. When joining a hunt, ask the leader to define the route, role, loot rule, and any abbreviated callouts before the first pull.

Key details

Keep these with the route
Common progression terms
Insight means ordinary level; AB or Ability means Medenian progression; master, GM, and sub describe later character states.
Common hunt terms
Bash, heal, curse, control, pull, spawn, and reset describe jobs or actions rather than character classes.

Detailed reference

3 tables · 66 entries
Gaelic Translations57 entries
TermMeaning
aislingplayer
aiteprotection
aoremove
aosdasecond age
ardgreat
armachdarmor
asgall
atharlightning
beagminor, small
beannaichblessing (dexterity)
beathalife
beothaichlife
breisleichconfusion
cailvigor
ceannlaidir
comlhacompanions, group
cradhcurse
creagearth
dachaidhhomeland
dallblindness
danaan
deof
deireas
deolight
deoch
deummagical liquid, potion
diagod
dionprotection
dubhaimid
faileasreflect
fas
feinself
fiorelement stored in potion form
garnear
glioca
gramail
iocheal
ionad? Translation: instead
lamhhand, touching, close range
leasaich
luathas
meallcluster
morbig, "greater"
nadur
pramhsleep
puinneag
puinseinpoison
salwater
searg
seuncharm
sgrios
sithmagic
sonruich? Translation: specify*
spionspider
sradfire
suainparalysis
tuathapeople
Abreviations6 entries
AbreviationFull NameExample
adsard deo searg"ads the skeletons"
sdStrikedown"i need 5 aqua stones for sd2"
micmor ioc comlha
aicard ioc comlha
mdcmor dion comlha
bcbeag cradh
Slang3 entries
AbreviationMeaning/ContextExample
aodamage to remove sleep effects
fcast flower
spellscast aite and fas

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