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[[Drop rate]] - dgeneral RPG term for the chance a monster will drop a given item.<br>=E=
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[[Achievements|Achievement]] - account-based system tied to a player's Blizzard Account ID, tracks achievements in all Blizzard games to determine "Blizzard Level".<br>
[[Quest#Adventures|Adventure]] - semi-random mini-quests that doesn't tie into the overall plot.<br>
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[[Battle.Net]] - Blizzard's online match-making component for several of their game franchises.<br>
[[Breakpoint]] - found in 2D games, and refer to how fast animations for attacking, spell casting, hit recovery, and many other things are displayed in frame-based games such as Diablo II.<br>
[[Buff]] - generally a non-permanent attribute added to a unit, affecting it directly or indirectly for a period of time in a positive manner.<br>
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[[Caster]] - type of class or monster, capable of using ranged magical spells, or spell-like abilities from a distance.<br>
[[Character customization]] - configuring your character through choices to appearance and gender when first creating a character and developing it within the game through skills, ability selections and items worn.<br>
[[Character]]s - collective term for both playable classes and non-player people (merchants, quest givers, townsfolk) within the game.<br>
[[Quest#Class-Specific_Quests|Class-specific Quest]] - quests offered to a specific class and no other class has access to them.<br>
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[[Quest#Class-Specific_Quests|Class-specific QuestDrop rate]] - quests offered to dgeneral RPG term for the chance a monster will drop a specific class and no other class has access to themgiven item.<br>
[[ESport]] - games played competitively at amateur and professional levels. Diablo III is not being developed with this in mind.<br>
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[[Quest]] - a set task to achieve a goal and be rewarded with experience, gold and/or items, not necessarily mandatory.<br>
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[[Reroll]] - starting a new character.<br>
[[Respec]] - deleting stats that you can on your existing character to reassign points to skills, proficiencies or attributes.<br>
[[Rush]] - process of using a higher level character to "rush" or "turbo" one or more lower level characters through the game. This is a useful tactic in most RPGs since characters earn higher rewards from higher level monsters.<br>
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[[Scripted Events|Scripted Event]] - randomly generated small, quest-like actions when the monsters or NPCs behave in an unusual fashion that's been programmed in advance.<br>
