Glossary

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Achievements
Achievements are in-game checkpoints that net a user both gamerscore and turns when claimed. There are five categories of achievements (kill humans, level, quests, referrals and wins), and they get progressively more difficult as you level each category further.

Administrator
The administrator (admin) is Lestat. He codes, operates and owns Coven Wars.

Agility
Agility is one of the four primary statistics. It determines both the order in which you and your opponent hit each other and how often you actually hit your opponent.

Alignment
Alignment determines how good or evil you are; having a positive alignment indicates that you are good, while having a negative alignment indicates that you are evil. Alignment can be modified by worshiping at the Church or by attacking people with an alignment.

Allocation Points (A.P.)
Allocation Points (A.P.) are awarded upon leveling up or purchasing a premium package. They can be used to augment your four primary statistics: Agility, Endurance, Stamina and Strength.

Arcade
The Midnight Arcade is the only place where users can gamble either money or turns in exchange for the possibility of winning money. It is located in Death Valley.

Armor
Armor is a broad term which refers to any piece of equipment that reduces the amount of damage you take in battle.

Attacking
Attacking another player initiates a battle between you and the player. The battle system compares both of your inventories and statistics and, depending on which of you is better, awards victory to a player. The winning player earns both blood and money, while the losing player has the chance of losing money (if they had money in their hand when they were attacked). Attacking another player costs 1 turn.


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Battle History
The Battle History is a record of all of the battles they have been engaged in. It can be accessed via this page.

Battle Limiter
The Battle Limiter is a feature used to combat spawn killing (the act of killing a player right as they revive); when a player attacks another player in combat, their battle limiter is set to full, and they are immune to attacks for five minutes.

Blacklist
The Blacklist is a feature which allows you to list certain players as your enemies and find them quickly in order to attack them. It is located here.

Blood
Blood is the measurement of experience in Coven Wars. As you gain blood, you increase in level; as you increase in level, the blood requirement for leveling up increases, as well. Blood can be gained in many ways, such as attacking other players, hunting for humans, and turning in quests.


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Cache
The Cache is a set of battle preferences saved from performing an advanced search. It retains all parameters set in the search, and lasts until it is either overridden with another search or expires after a few hours of player inactivity.

Chat
Chat is a real-time discussion forum used to communicate with other players in the game. There are four sections of the chat: General, Gamble / Trade, Roleplay and Adult; each has specific rules, all of which can be found here.

Chat Moderator
Chat Moderators are staff members with the ability to ban users from the chat and forum and also to delete and edit forum posts.

Church
The Church is the place to either follow the path of the darkness or bask in the glory of holy light. Worshipping here will adjust your alignment appropriately; you are able to worship here once daily.

Crafting
Crafting is a practicable skill which allows players to create SoulSteel bars, which can be used to create improved weapons and armors. The weapons and armors require SoulSteel bars to craft, and have a chance to be crafted unsuccessfully, wasting the materials used; SoulSteel bars, on the other hand, require Souls, which can be found while Hunting, and money, and will always be crafted successfully.


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Dead
Death is a character state in the game. While dead, you cannot practice your hunting skill or attack (or be attacked) by other players; you are fully healed once every half hour.

Death Valley
Death Valley is the main explorable area of the game. Here, most other areas are accessible.

Dual-Wield
Dual-Wielding is the act of using two weapons at once. It reduces the total effectiveness of both weapons, but it does moderately improve your weapon damage.

Durability
Durability refers to the repair of your equipment. As it decreases, the effectiveness of your equipment decreases, as well. SoulCharged Weaponry has a base durability above 100%. Once it drops below 100%, however, they lose their SoulCharged bonus and cannot be repaired.


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Endurance
Endurance is a trainable statistic which increases the length of time you can be engaged in a single battle.


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Forums
The Forums are a venue of communication in the game. They are actively moderated, and are subject to the rules of the game.

Frenzied
Frenzied is a character state. While frenzied, a user can attack another user whenever that user is alive and can be attacked. Frenzy ignores the usual 2 hour waiting after attacking a user once.


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Gamerscore
Gamerscore is a metric used to measure your progress in the game. As you unlock achievements, it will increase.

Game Secrets
Game Secrets are plot-related things in the game that would spoil or otherwise give a user an unfair advantage versus other users if they were told about it. Spoiling game secrets is a bannable offense.

Game Updates
Game Updates are updates made to the game. An archived list of all updates can be found here.

Gym
The Insomniac Gym is the only place where you can train your agility, endurance, or strength using turns.


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Hall of Fame
The Hall of Fame is where users are ranked based on several different criteria, such as alignment, level, and wealth.

Hangman
Hangman is a game in the Midnight Arcade. For 1 turn, you can play to win money.

Help Files
The Help Files are a set of documents intended to help you learn the game. You are reading them now. Hi.

Hippie Den
The Hippie Den is where users are ranked based on their Karma.

Hospital
The Hospital is a source of revival for a user who has been defeated in battle. Reviving here costs money; joining a coven can help offset this cost, however.

Hunting
Hunting is a skill learned in the Hunting Grounds by defeating humans. Increasing it allows you to explore further from the origin in the Hunting Grounds and also increases the amount of money you scavenge when you defeat a human.

Hunting Grounds
The Hunting Grounds is an expanse of territory infested by humans. Defeating them grants blood, money, hunting experience, and souls.


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Identification Number (ID)
Identification Numbers, or ID numbers, is a unique number assigned to each user when they sign-up. It cannot be changed, and is intended to allow a user to be tracked despite name changes.

Interest
Interest is money that is claimable from the bank once every 24 hours. It amounts to 0.1% of the amount of money you have in your bank account; this number is instead 0.4% if you are a premium member.

Inventory
Your Inventory is where all of the equipment and consumables you have are listed. This list includes any equipment you currently have equipped.

IP Ban
IP Bans are a form of moderation action taken against a user who has repeatedly broken the rules of the game. It entirely bans a user from accessing the site, and is only given as a last-resort.


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Jailing
Jailing is a form of moderation action taken against a user who has either broken the rules of the website repeatedly after being warned, or has seriously broken the rules. It is typically non-reversible.


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Karma
Karma is intended to be a measurement of how insightful the forum activity of a user is. Users with premium can either give or take away karma in the forums.


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Level
Level signifies the game progress a user has made. It determines the amount of blood necessary to increase in level, and also the tier of weapons and armor a user can wield.

Loremaster
Loremasters are staff members with creative control over the game. They are tasked with creating the story of Coven Wars and have no moderation abilities.


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Mailbox
The Mailbox is where users can retrieve their private mail messages.

Marketplace
The Marketplace is the only place in the game where users can sell their old or unwanted equipment and vials. Selling an item in the marketplace will remove 5% of the money the seller receives as commission.

Moderator
Moderators are staff members with the ability to ban and jail users. They are second only to the Administrator, Lestat.

Money
Money is money, and can be spent virtually everywhere! It can be earned through battling other users, hunting, or spending turns at the Storage Facility and Arcade.

Multi
A Multi, short for multiple account, occurs when a single user has 2 accounts. This is not allowed.


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Notifications
Notifications are news items that occur when something occurs with your character. They are viewable on the notifications page.


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Polling Booth
The Polling Booth is where the administrator queries the userbase regarding game content or community issues. Voting here will reward you with turns!

Porcelain Sky
The Porcelain Sky Network is a network of websites; Coven Wars is a part of this network.

Potion Master
The Potion Master, located in Death Valley, allows users to make unique potions out of various components.

Premium
Premium is an upgrade to normal member status. Users who are premium receive several boons to their character, including increased turn generation, bank interest, and a special icon next to their name.

Premium Center
The Premium Center is a premium only shop located in Death Valley. It allows premium members to do several neat things!


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Question of the Day (QotD)
The Question of the Day is a daily question which, when answered correctly, rewards turns. The amount given depends on the difficulty of the question.


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Rock, Paper, Scissors
Rock, Paper, Scissors is an arcade game in which fortunes are both made and lost. It is not for the faint of heart.


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SoulCharged Weaponry
SoulCharged Weapons are weapons whose base statistics have been improved. This effect is not permanent; once their durability drops below 100%, they lose their bonuses.

Souls
Souls are collected from humans while hunting. They are used in crafting and in some potions at the Potion Master.

Spam
Spam is the repetitive sending of emoticons, images, or text; in excess, it is against the rules!

Spawn Killing
Spawn Killing is the act of killing a user right as they respawn. The Battle Limiter prevents this from happening if the user is actively attacking at respawn.

Stamina
Stamina is the statistic that determines the amount of hit points you have. More details about it can be learned on the statistics page.

Statistics
Statistics include the four primary statistics (Agility, Endurance, Stamina, Strength) and the derived statistics (hit points, level, and blood).

Storage Facility
The Storage Facility, located in Death Valley, allows users to exchange their turns for money. The amount of money a user gets is determined by level.

Strength
Strength increases the amount of damage you do while attacking. It also increases the frequency of your blocking, and decreases the frequency of your enemy blocking your attacks.


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Training
Training is the act of spending turns to improve one of the three core statistics: AGILITY, ENDURANCE, and STRENGTH.

Turns
Turns are the most important unit in the game. They are necessary to perform nearly everything in the game, including attacking and hunting.


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Vampire Council
The Vampire Council is composed of all of the staff members of the game. This includes the Administrator, Chat Moderators, Loremaster, and Moderators.

Vials
Vials are consumable items which bestow a user with benefits when used. For a list of vials and their effects, please see the Vial page in the help files.