Editing Glossary (section)

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;[[Alchemy]]
:A skill that enables your character to combine components for use in magical spells.

;[[Microsoft Zone Archive/Asheron's Call Handbook/Administrators|Admin]]
:A game administrator who can intervene in in-game problems. Admin characters have a plus (+) sign in front of their names. See also [[#E|Envoy]].

;[[Strathelar's Order of Advocates|Advocate]]
:A player volunteer who used to answer questions and give minor assistance in the game. Advocates would wield glowing shields to distinguish themselves from ordinary players. The Advocates and [[#S|Sentinels]] program was disbanded in 2001.

;[[Aetheria]]
:Equippable magical sigils that increase personal power and "surge" randomly - an effect that dramatically improves the wielder or penalizes the opponent for a short period of time.

;[[Allegiances]]
:The main social system in AC. Similiar to that of a feudal society, character's swear allegiance to other character of equal or greater level, promising their [[Loyalty]] (a skill which affects [[XP Passup]]) in return for equipment and guidance.

;Alternative Character (Alt)
:An Alternative Character, or alt, is any character created by a player that is not considered their main character. Alts sub-types include [[Mules]] and Crafters.

;[[Appraise Skills]]
:[[#R|Retired]] skills that included Appraise Armor, Appraise Item, Appraise Magic Item, and Appraise Weapon and enabled your character to find out detailed information about them. These skills were replaced with the [[#T|Tinkering]] skills.

;[[Arcane Lore]]
:A skill that enables your character to learn new magic spells from scrolls or through experimentation.

;[[Asheron]]
:A powerful magician of the Empyrean race who created the portals now found on Dereth.

;[[Assessment Skill]]s
:Assess Creature and Assess Person enable your character to find out detailed information about creatures and people.

;[[Attributes]]
:Your character’s basic characteristics, such as Strength, Endurance, and Coordination. Beginning attribute levels determine beginning skill levels.

;[[Augmentations]]
:Unique abilities that can be augmented on to your character. This includes augmentations acquired through the use of [[Augmentation Gems]] and [[Luminance Auras]].

;[[Augmentation Gems]]
:Special gems that use large amounts of experience points to give your character unique abilities.