poly

en-verb

poly (third-person singular simple present polys, present participle polying, simple past and past participle polyed)

polys (present singular third-person)
polying (participle present)
polyed (participle past)
polyed (past)

(transitive, intransitive, video games, roguelikes) To polymorph; to transform by magic.


genocide

en-noun

genocide (countable and uncountable, plural genocides)

Armenian Genocide
Jewish Holocaust
destruction of Carthage
genocide

Coined by lawyer of Polish-Jewish descent Raphael Lemkin in 1943 or 1944 in reference to the Armenian Genocide and the Jewish Holocaust. From the stem of Ancient Greek γένος (génos, “race, kind”) (cognate with Latin gēns (“tribe, clan”), whence genus) + -cide (“killing, killer”). Doublet of gendercide. Compare genticide.

der

I used genocide in my first ascension, but have been genocideless ever since. Makes the game much more interesting, but then again, if one hasn't ascended yet, it will be interesting anyway.

2000, Kimmo Kasila, “Arch lich at Minetown bones, Help!”, in rec.games.roguelike.nethack (Usenet):

(video games, roguelikes) The elimination of an entire class of monsters by the player.


pacifist

From French pacifiste, equivalent to pacific + -ist.

pacifist

one who loves, supports, or favours peace

(video games, roguelikes) A player who attempts the challenge of winning a game without attacking any enemy characters.


valk

(informal, video games, roguelikes) valkyrie


pacifism

en-noun

pacifism (countable and uncountable, plural pacifisms)

From French pacifisme, from pacifique; pacific + -ism.

(video games, roguelikes) The additional challenge of winning a game without harming any enemy characters.

pacifizëm

doctrine that disputes should be settled without violence


RNG

RNG (countable and uncountable, plural RNGs)

Random Number God
Random Number God#English

(roguelikes, humorous) Initialism of Random Number God.

QRNG

quantum random number generator; quasirandom number generator


geno

(video games, roguelikes, informal) Genocide.


geno

en-verb

geno (third-person singular simple present genos, present participle genoing, simple past and past participle genoed)

genos (present singular third-person)
genoing (participle present)
genoed (participle past)
genoed (past)

I decided to geno insects because of the risk of swarms in the early game.

(video games, roguelikes, transitive, informal) To (commit) genocide.


polyself

(video games, roguelikes) The transformation of one's own character into another type of creature.


polyself

polyself (third-person singular simple present polyselfs, present participle polyselfing, simple past and past participle polyselfed)

polyselfs (present singular third-person)
polyselfing (participle present)
polyselfed (participle past)
polyselfed (past)

(video games, roguelikes, intransitive) To transform one's own character into another type of creature.


polypile

polypile (third-person singular simple present polypiles, present participle polypiling, simple past and past participle polypiled)

polypiles (present singular third-person)
polypiling (participle present)
polypiled (participle past)
polypiled (past)

(video games, roguelikes) To stack (items) so as to polymorph them into different items in a single turn.


savescummer

(video games, roguelikes) A player who savescums.


startscum

startscum (third-person singular simple present startscums, present participle startscumming, simple past and past participle startscummed)

startscums (present singular third-person)
startscumming (participle present)
startscummed (participle past)
startscummed (past)

(intransitive, video games, roguelikes, derogatory) To start and quit the game repeatedly in order to obtain a favourable starting situation (this being generated at random for each game).


Random Number God

en-noun

Random Number God (plural Random Number Gods)

1998, Chris Kern, Rules (was Re: Angband Rule Number One!), rec.games.roguelike.angband, Usenet
Rule #1 of Angband is this: NEVER forget that you are a but a pathetic slave to the entity that is the Random Number God. The RNG will laugh in your face and taunt you in many ways. No matter how you may try to evade it or con it, it knows your deepest desires. You cannot hide from the RNG's mind what you are attempting to scum for. It can see your character sheet and find out what resists you are missing. It knows many insidious ways to inflict harm upon your psyche and drive you to emotional turmoil. The RNG is a marionette, and you are the slavering puppet. You will cry in relief when he gives you an artifact and then wail in despair while the RNG laughs at your pitiful failures. You CANNOT escape the horror.

1999, Brandon Pitman, Re: [Z] Death by act of Random Number God, rec.games.roguelike.angband, Usenet

Here's my current character, after a brief bout with a graveyard at 2400', and the tempting given me by the Random Number God to try to clear it, despite the certain death offered by closely encountering it.

2002, Eric Bock, “[Zce] [YACD] Deception and temptation by the Random Number God”, in rec.games.roguelike.angband (Usenet):

2002, John Hansen, Re: Random funny moments., rec.games.roguelike.nethack, Usenet
The Random Number God at work again, I see.

pseudorandom number generator
pseudorandom number generator

(roguelikes, humorous) The pseudorandom number generator used by a roguelike game's engine.


genocidable

There had been the argument in the past that removing all the genocidable monsters would increase the generation rate of the more dangerous non-genocidable monsters.

2012 January 6, Janis, “A prelimary review of UnNethack”, in rec.games.roguelike.nethack (Usenet):

(video games, roguelikes, of a class of monsters) Capable of being completely eliminated from the game by means of magic.


YASD

(video games, roguelikes, slang) The player's accidental death, caused by carelessness, in a roguelike video game.


twoweapon

en-verb

twoweapon (third-person singular simple present twoweapons, present participle twoweaponing, simple past and past participle twoweaponed)

twoweapons (present singular third-person)
twoweaponing (participle present)
twoweaponed (participle past)
twoweaponed (past)

(transitive, intransitive, video games, roguelikes) To wield two weapons simultaneously.


polyless

(video games, roguelikes) Without any polymorphs (magical transformations).


genoless

(video games, roguelikes) Without genociding any type of monster.


DfV

(video games, roguelikes, intransitive) Initialism of dig for victory.


dig for victory

dig for victory (third-person singular simple present digs for victory, present participle digging for victory, simple past and past participle dug for victory)

digs for victory (present singular third-person)
digging for victory (participle present)
dug for victory (participle past)
dug for victory (past)

From a wartime slogan promoting victory gardens.

(video games, roguelikes) To descend through the dungeon as quickly as possible, without spending unnecessary time on the upper levels.