The Wizard's Wardrobe A&T
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| The Wizard's Wardrobe; WW | The entire IC playing arena of our roleplaying world |
| Admin | The leadership that creates and maintains the overall world; Admin roleplay key leadership positions in the wizarding world. |
| Moderators (Mods) | Various leaders who assist with a particular site, a group of members or an aspect of roleplaying in our world. Mods usually RP characters with similar roles. |
| Roleplaying; RP | The portrayal of an IC character in imaginary settings |
| Player; Member | Any real-life person that has completed an application and been approved to roleplay in our world |
| Character | Any created entity that lives within our imaginary world |
| Player Character; PC | A character created and owned by a specific player |
| Non-Player Character; NPC | A character that is not owned by any particular member. Members may create or use existing NPC’s to enhance their scenes. |
| Feature Character; FC | Any character appearing by name in the HP series |
| Site, PC | A specific group of people or location in our world. The primary population consists of PC's. |
| Site, NPC | A specific group of people or location in our world; The primary population consists of NPC's. |
| Realism | The concept of roleplaying what could realistically happen in the IC world |
| Timeline; Timeflow | The movement of time in the Wizard's Wardrobe; IC = IRL time. |
| Rules, Regulations, Guidelines; R&R | The system of guidelines that govern our roleplaying experience |
| Chargen | The process of creating a character in our world |
| Spell | Any magical act, including potions, charms, transformations |
| School, primary | A place of learning for children 10 and under |
| School, secondary | A place of learning for children ages 11-17 |
| University | A place of learning for adults |
Chargen A&T
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Categories | A grouping of similar stats |
| Credit | An OOC unit used to purchase Chargen abilities or traits |
| Statistic, Stat | A specific fact or ability of a character |
| Attractiveness | A stat indicating a character's physical looks |
| Nationality | A stat indicating a character's ethnicity |
| Magical Affinity | An area where a character learns quickly and/or is naturally talented. |
| Magical Talent | A special ability, made possible by magic, that is unique to a select number of people (ex. Animagus, Parseltongue) |
| Wealth | A stat indicating a character comes from a wealthy family |
| Possessions, perishable | Items owned by the character that will spoil after one school year. (ex. all food, certain potions ingredients) |
| Possessions, non-perishable | Items owned by the character until lost, sold, stolen or given away. |
| Biography; Bio | The character's history and ongoing story, created partly through Chargen and partly through ongoing journal |
| Character Directory | Each character is assigned a personal strand to keep their stats and bios. All players may view these pages. |
| Stats Page | The first page of a character's directory, reserved for a character's current Chargen stats |
| Journal; bios page | Continuing pages of a character's page, where they may write journal entries of their roleplaying experience. |
Hogwarts A&T
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| House |
Gryffindor, Hufflepuff, Ravenclaw & Slytherin The four divisions of Hogwarts |
| House Points | IC unit that is used for rewards and punishments which are tallied toward the goal of the House Cup |
| Faculty and Staff | Mods for academics and general life at Hogwarts |
| Prefects | Mods for Houses |
| Quidditch Captains | Mods for House Quidditch teams |
| Term | 1/3 of a school year. Fall Term- September to December, Winter Term- January to March, and Summer Term- April to June. |
| Year | Level of school, running from First Year to Seventh Year |
| Class, Live | A class held real-time over AIM. |
| Class, MB | A class held post & response over the site MBs |
| Homework, IC | Homework that the character must do ICly, but does not require out-of-class, IRL time to complete. |
| Homework, OOC | Homework that the character must do ICly that will require out-of-class, IRL time to complete. |
| Grades | A player's score for the term in a particular class over a term, a combination of IC and OOC effort |
| Sorting | The process of determining a character's House. This is determined OOCly between the Admin and the player, then roleplayed ICly by the character. |
| Uniform | The standard daily student-wear of black robe, House blazon and black hat. |
| The Rumor Mill | A system of spreading and learning verbal news and gossip. |
| OWL's & NEWT's | Standard secondary wizarding proficiency exams |
General Harry Potter A&T
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| J.K. Rowling; JKR | The author of the Harry Potter series that we are all obsessed with. |
| Harry Potter, HP | The series of books that form the basis of our world |
| Muggle | Non-magical people |
| Pure-blood | A term indicating a person's magical ancestry |
| Mud-blood | A derogatory term indicating a person of mixed or Muggle ancestry |
|
Wizard Money Galleons, Sickles & Knuts |
The coinage used by magical people in the British Isles. 1 Galleon = 17 Sickles = 493 Knuts |
| Ministry of Magic; MoM | The magical governing body of the British Isles. Other nations have similar governing bodies by various names. |
| Quidditch | A wizarding sport played on broomsticks and found throughout the magical world. |
Commom Net A&T
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| AIM | AOL Instant Messenger, our primary IM program |
| MSN, ICQ | Other IM programs |
| MB | Messageboard |
| Post | A single entry on a messageboard |
| Strand | A string of related posts |
| IRL | In Real Life-- Refers to the player's real life |
| IC | In Character-- The character is acting or being referred to. |
| OOC | Out of Character-- The player is acting or referring to themselves outside of their character |
| IAL | In Another Life-- The player is referring to another character other than the one they presently animate, be it a WW or non-WW character. |
| SPAM | Unwanted, unsolicited e-mail or junk e-mail |