Glossary

TNE	The name of our rules. Stands for either "The Next Evolution" or "The Next Encounter"
OOC	Out Of Character
IC	In Character
1H	One-handed Weapon
2H	Two-handed Weapon
CP	Character Points. These are points gained that can be spent on your character to improve their skills.
MP	Monster Points. These are points gained while monstering that can be translated into CPs at a ratio dependant on what rank your character is. You can spend no more than 30 MPs on a character at any one time without explicit permission from the ref team.
Phys Rep	Physical Representation. An OOC object that is being used to represent an IC object.
PC	Player Character. Normal characters are called PCs.
NPC	Non-Player Character. A character that does not belong to a player, and is generally played by a monster, GM or Ref.
DPC	A player-character that is present under the direction of the GM to fulfil a particular role. Generally there is no risk to their character, and they gain no CP.
GM	Games Master. Someone who is responsible for running the game.
Ref	Referee; a member of the ref team, five people who oversee Elysium and handle all the admin required to keep it going.
Monster, Monster Crew	The monster crew is the group of people that play the roles that the player party will be going against. They may play anything from a goblin to a necromancer to a stolen child, all in one day.
LARP Safe	Whether the item in question is safe to LARP with. For full details on how to check whether armour or weaponry is safe for use, please see our safety section.
String Mail	A type of fabric that looks very much like chain mail. Generally frowned upon as a 'cheat', the maximum armour value you will be awarded for it is non-metal.
Uptime	What takes place on a game, meal, residential event is referred to as happening in 'uptime'.
Downtime	Anything that takes place anywhere but uptime is called 'downtime'. Different GMs have different rules to how much a character may achieve, if anything, during downtime.