Alliances are groups of guilds that work together.

See Section A.6, “Alliance Commands” for commands to create, join and leave alliances. Alternatively, you can use the Guild Window to manage your alliance.

See Also Guild.

Game Master. Players who have special powers within the game to control NPCs and normal players.

You can appeal for help from a GM by using the Petition Window.

A temporary group of players. Any player can create a new group, add members and remove members. Groups can contain members from any guilds or alliances

Groups are formed so that several players can complete quests together, hunt bands of monsters or other group activities.

Form a group using the Group Window.

A formal group of players. Any player can create a new guild, add members, name the guild and promote players withing the guild. Guilds can declare war upon each other, form alliances and help each other.

Guilds are the primary social group in PlaneShift. Being a member of a guild can give you access to assistance from other members, gifts of equipment from other members or possibly the chance to fight in a war against another guild!

See Section A.5, “Guild Commands” for commands to create, join and leave guilds. Alternatively, you can use the Guild Window.

See Also Alliance.

Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Game. A class of games that run over the Internet that allow hundreds or thousands of people to play the game simultaneously. PlaneShift itself is such a game.

Non-Player Character. Refers to any character in the game that is controlled by the server, not by a human player.

See PvP.

Player versus Player. Refers to fighting or killing other player characters rather than NPCs. Also known as Player Killing or just PKing.

Role-Playing Game. A game in which you take on the persona of a character and act as if you were that character.