Post by Lady Subaru on Dec 3, 2006 3:10:45 GMT -5
All of the following information is from the official .hack//SIGN website
-The World
-Chaos Gates
-Chests
-Dungeons
-Fields
-Portals
-Monsters
-Items
-Towns
-Grunties
-Member Addresses
-The World
"The World" is a popular massive multiplayer online role playing game (MMORPG) set in a fantastic universe of strange lands, monsters, treasure, and adventure. Players access the game by donning virtual reality headsets and connecting through the Internet, assuming new identities as player characters (PCs) in "The World". Players have a choice of different "classes," or types of characters, each with their own abilities that determine how they appear to others and what items they can use in the game. Once inside this virtual universe, players are free to pursue their own goals, either adventuring by themselves or joining with others in parties. The most common place to visit is the dungeon, a set of subterranean caverns containing portals that reveal fierce creatures to be fought and treasures to be collected. As a player defeats these monsters, he/she gains experience and collects items in an effort to become more powerful, explore more dangerous areas and experience more of the game world. The system administrators also arrange periodic 'events' where players can participate in adventures not available in the regular game. Players can contact each other through email to arrange group excursions or simply chat and interact within "The World" in real time.
We've created our very own text-based version of The World here. ^^
-Chaos Gates
Chaos Gates are transit points in the game where player characters go to travel between different parts of "The World". Each gate looks like a rotating mirror filled with translucent blue glass. Every town possesses a single chaos gate, and from this gate players can reach fields and other towns.
To distinguish this action, players say that they either "Gate In" or "Gate Out" when arriving and leaving fields.
-Chests
Golden boxes that contain a variety of items the players can collect and trade. A single chest with a special item inside sits at the end of a dungeon to reward players.
These can only be given away to players by staff or through special events.
-Dungeons
A set of underground rooms or caverns underneath a field. Dungeons contain more difficult monsters than fields and many portals for the players to encounter. At the deepest part of every dungeon is a Gott Statue that players much reach to complete the area. Typically a chest containing special items rewards the player for reaching the end.
Players can feel free to roam dungeons as they see fit.
-Fields
When players leave a town to seek adventure, they go looking for it in the fields of The World. A field is an area defined by three keywords and used at a chaos gate like a telephone number, determining what kind of place it will be. A wide variety of fields exist including open plains, forest, jungles, snow filled tundra, and volcanic wastelands. Every field contains a dungeon, and it is by exploring fields and dungeons that players advance in the game.
Simply go under "Areas" and post. Special fields for some events will get their own subforums.
-Portals
Glowing multi-ringed objects which, when approached, reveal either monsters or chests containing items. A portal is the primary way players find challenges to gain experience. Portals can be found in fields and dungeons.
These Portals can be encountered when you want, or, to keep it interesting, when a staff member wants to throw one at you.
-Monsters
The World is filled with a wide variety of fantastic creatures for the players to meet and do battle. They come in many shapes and sizes from man sized warriors to enormous dragons. Difficult monsters have more hit points and frequently sport special abilities to make their defeat more challenging for experienced players.
These Monsters can usually only be seen in fields and in dungeons, but every few months, they do break through the barrier around the Root Towns and attack.
-Items
Items are objects in the game which players collect for their special abilities or for trade. Examples of items include weapons, armor, and potions. Weapons and armor help players defend themselves against monsters. Potions can be used during the game to provide a one time effect, like healing a player.
The more basic Fortune Wires, healing items, and magic scrolls can be just found, but a staff member must award anything like rare items or fancy cool weaponry or anything like that.
-Towns
Towns are focal points for each server where players gather to chat, buy items, save their games, store items, and raise grunties. Each server's town is modeled differently. For example, Mac Anu's town is a dense river city while Dun Loreag is a rural urban village set on a misty mountain top. Towns are the easiest place in the game to find players for parties or to ask for help.
All Towns are lister in the category "Root Towns".
-Grunties
Cute piglike creatures, players can raise and ride them in the game for quick transportation across fields. Grunties eat grunty food, which can be collected in fields and dungeons. There are many different kinds of food a player can feed his/her grunty.
You can have a couple grunties if you want, you can even be creative with it and come up with some unique kinds of grunties.
-Member Addresses
Member Addresses are used for Flash Mail, a type of communication used inside the World to contact players who might be on different servers or doing other things. It's commonly used to assemble a party to go out and explore dungeons or just hang out in fields.
I won't make you do much with these, but just referancing it would be nice, from an RP point ov view.