Welcome to GateCrasher!

Welcome to GateCrasher!

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Lexicon

Android: A robot with a synthetic living brain. Unlike robots, androids have true feelings.

Angel: A mortal, intelligent creature who exists to ensure justice. Angels are elementals, and can detect lies.

Antentropic: The energy radiated by the Prime Gate, capable of obscene gestures at the Law of Entropy. Used by high-tech people who consider magic inherently evil and don’t want to admit that’s what it is.

Anti-Tech Zone: An area where technology works poorly, if at all. High-tech devices are more vulnerable than low-tech devices.

Bound Contract: An agreement bonded by a demon or devil. Someone who breaks or violates a bound contract suffers severe consequences.

Breath Weapon: Wyvern and dragons breathe flame, poison gas, or even high-speed shrapnel (p. 29). Ogres have dangerous halitosis.

Cherub: The minor elemental form of angel. While cherubs also pursue justice, they’re not necessarily as aggressive about it as angels. Cherubs have a limited empathic ability.

Cold Metal: Any material difficult or impossible to affect with magic.

Cyborg: A living creature with mechanical parts. Most cyborgs are humanoids who accidentally lost one or more body parts. (Some mentally warped individuals chop off parts of themselves in favor of cybernetic replacement, but that’s their problem.) (p. 35).

Deflector Shield: A damage-absorbing energy field used around spacecraft.

Demihuman: A creature closely related to humans. Common demihumans include elves, gnomes, ogres, orcs, and dwarves. Human beings are lumped into this category.

Demon: Selfish elemental who exists only to further his own comfort and interests. Demons can bind contracts.

Devil: The minor elemental form of demon. Devils can bind written contracts, and are immune to fire damage.

Doppelganger: A shapeshifting humanoid. Devotees of pure chaos, doppelgangers take great joy in spreading confusion and mayhem.

Dwarf: A stocky demihuman. Dwarves prefer hard knowledge to magic and mysticism. Dwarves of both sexes have beards.

Elemental: A character whose biochemistry and physiology has been greatly affected by magic. Common elementals include angels, demons, ko’Sherkin, and wyvern. Despite the names, all of these elementals have human ancestors.

Elf: Elves are lithe demihumans noted for gentleness and artistic talent.

Enhancements: Extra abilities built into the body of an android, cyborg, or robot.

Extended Senses: Any sense possessed by normal humanoids, but with a range beyond normal. Includes the ability to see in the infrared and ultraviolet spectra, hearing ultrasonics and subsonics, and so on.

Fleshies: Term used in high-tech cultures to describe fully living and organic (non-cyborg, non-robot, and non-android) creatures.

Force Field: A barrier of energy that keeps material objects and intense radiation out. Usually refers to a small energy field used around a person.

Gate: An artificial, permanent warp in space. Summoners can create Gates for personal transportation. Don’t confuse minor gates with the Prime Gate.

Gee (G): Unit of gravity originally equal to Earth’s gravity at sea level. This is now defined as approximately 10 meters (32') per second squared, since Earth’s gravity and sea level now vary.

Gnome: Notorious practical jokers, gnomes are short humans (about 110 centimeters (3.5') tall).

Gods: Gods are formed by magical power and the belief of their followers. Most gods are careful to not offend their followers, as followers refuse to believe in gods who don’t meet their expectations.

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