Adventurers' Patois

Although humanoids speak a common language (with dialect variations), jargon specific to adventuring parties has developed. The relatively frequent exchange of adventurers between the different safe zones has led to a relatively consistent set of jargon for adventuring.

Aggro control

Managing which members of the party monsters direct their attacks towards

All Buffed up and nothing to fight

The situation of having a number of active Buffs but nothing to do that will use them

Buff it down your leg

Spending so long applying Buffs to yourself and your party that the fight is over before you do anything else

Crack on

To proceed in a straightforward manner, from the action of cracking LightRocks

Don't know don't care

An expression of disinterest in a monster's abilities because they're not going to last long enough to use many of them

Don't split the party

Either the practical advice not to split the party's strength, or the joking reference to same in circumstances where it does not apply (such as answering a call of nature while drinking in an inn)

Going in hard

Starting a fight with the most powerful Techniques and spells available

Point blanking it

Using a ranged weapon against targets within mêlée range, usually in order to use Techniques unavailable to mêlée weapons.

Stun lock

The use of Techniques to prevent an enemy from acting

TPW (total party wipe)

An encounter that ends with all the adventurers dead