glossary.tex

\ifdefined\glossarytitle
  \relax
\else
  \newcommand\glossarytitle{Lexicon}
\fi

\newglossary*{mech}{Mechanics}
\newglossary*{people}{People}
\glssetcategoryattribute{people}{indexonlyfirst}{true}
\glssetcategoryattribute{mech}{indexonlyfirst}{true}

\glsdefpostdesc{general}{.}
\glssetcategoryattribute{general}{glossnamefont}{sc}
\glsdefpostdesc{people}{.\space\adforn{15}\space}
\glsdefpostdesc{rules}{.\space\adforn{35}\space}
\glsdefpostdesc{god}{.}
\glsdefpostdesc{acronym}{.}
\glsdefpostdesc{location}{.\quad\adforn{14}\space}
\glsdefpostdesc{symbol}{.}

\glssetcategoryattribute{god}{glossnamefont}{textsf}

\newignoredglossary*{peeps}

\glssetcategoryattribute{rules}{nonumberlist}{true}
\glssetcategoryattribute{rules}{noindex}{true}
\glssetcategoryattribute{rules}{glossnamefont}{textsc}

\glssetcategoryattribute{location}{glossnamefont}{emph}

\makeglossaries

% We only want to show full descriptions (e.g. 'PC (Player Character)') in some books. These books make the file '.switch-gls', but most use nothing.

\IfFileExists{.switch-gls}{
  \setabbreviationstyle[acronym]{long-short-sc-desc}
}{
  \setabbreviationstyle[acronym]{short-sc-desc}
}

\newacronym[
  description={a brand GNU RPG},
  name={BIND},
  nonumberlist,
]{BIND}{BIND}{BIND Is Not DnD}

\newacronym[
  description={means the spell's total level},
  text={spell level},
  nonumberlist,
]{lv}{Lv}{Spell Level}

\newacronym[
  description={is the universal way to measure time in \glsentrytext{fenestra}, where one \glsentrytext{cycle} equals three `years'},
  name={Gnomish Machine Time (GMT)},
  prefix={a\space},
]{gmt}{GMT}{Gnomish Machine Time}

\newacronym[
  description={are the smallest unit of currency},
  shortplural={cp},
  name={Copper Pieces ({\scshape cp})},
  longplural={copper pieces},
  prefix={a\space},
]{cp}{cp}{copper piece}

\newacronym[
  description={gets you 100 copper pieces},
  name={Silver Pieces ({\scshape sp})},
  sort={silver piece},
  longplural={silver pieces},
  shortplural={sp},
  prefix={a\space},
  ]{sp}{sp}{silver piece}

\newacronym[
  description={convert to ten silver, or a thousand copper pieces},
  shortplural={gp},
  longplural={gold pieces},
  name={Gold Pieces ({\scshape gp})},
  sort={Gold Piece},
  prefix={a\space},
]{gp}{gp}{Gold Piece}

\newacronym[
  description={measure of how much luck the character has left, used solely to avoid Damage},
  shortplural={FP},
  prefix={an\space},
  name={Fate Points (FP)},
  ]{fp}{FP}{Fate Point}

\newacronym[
  description={provide linear, measure of a character's health and injury},
  shortplural={HP},
  prefix={an\space},
  prefixfirst={a\space},
  name={Health Points (HP)},
  ]{hp}{HP}{Health Point}

\newacronym[
  description={measure how tired, hungry, and fed-up characters feel.
  Characters can put up with a number of Exhaustion Points equal to their \glsentrytext{hp}, after which they receive penalties to act},
  shortplural={EP},
  prefix={an\space},
  name={Exhaustion Points (EP)},
  ]{ep}{EP}{Exhaustion Point}

\newacronym[
  description={means the number players need to roll on the dice to achieve a \emph{tie} with the task.
  Rolling higher indicates they have their prize, rolling lower means some nasty outcome is upon them, and rolling a tie means both (or neither)},
  shortplural={TNs},
  prefix={a\space},
  ]{tn}{TN}{Tie Number}

\newacronym[
  description={work as the ``battery power'' of a magic user, which allows them to power spells},
  shortplural={MP},
  name={Mana Points (MP)},
  prefix={an\space},
  prefixfirst={a\space},
  ]{mp}{MP}{Mana Point}

\newacronym[
  description={measure how many actions someone can take in a round, based on how fast they can move and react},
  shortplural={AP},
  name={Action Points (AP)},
  prefix={an\space},
  ]{ap}{AP}{Action Point}

\newacronym[
  description={form an abstract measurement of how much valuable experience and learning characters have acquired.  PCs spend XP to buy Traits},
  shortplural={XP},
  prefix={an\space},
  name={Experience Points (XP)},
  nonumberlist,
  ]{xp}{XP}{Experience Point}

\newacronym[
  description={give a rough estimate of a creature's combat abilities},
  shortplural={CRs},
  prefix={a\space},
  name={Creature Ratings (CR)},
  nonumberlist,
  ]{cr}{CR}{Combat Rating}

\newacronym[
  description={-- one of the characters run by the people playing the game},
  prefix={a\space},
  ]{pc}{PC}{Player Character}

\newacronym[
  description={show magical shielding from the Force sphere},
  shortplural={SP}
  prefix={a\space},
  ]{SP}{SP}{Shield Point}

\newacronym[
  description={represent armour of any type, or other states which help avoid Damage},
  shortplural={DR},
  prefix={a\space},
  ]{dr}{DR}{Damage Resistance}

\newacronym[
  description={ -- anyone in the world played by the \glsentrytext{gm} rather than a player},
  prefix={an\space},
  prefixfirst={a\space},
  ]{npc}{NPC}{Non-Player Character}

\newacronym[
  description={books work a little like `print on demand', but it's faster, and cheaper, and if you don't like the paper-quality, you have only yourself to blame},
  prefix={a\space},
  ]{piy}{PiY}{Print it Yourself}

\newacronym[
  description={means that the file is for printing, not for reading on a screen},
  prefix={a\space},
  nonumberlist,
  ]{pdf}{pdf}{Printable Document Format}

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\newglossaryentry{gm}{
  prefix={a\space},
  name={The Judge},
  text={Judge},
  sort={Judge},
  type={mech},
  nonumberlist,
  description={rolls encounters, interprets the rules, and forgets to bring enough pencils},
}

\newglossaryentry{storypoint}{
  name={Story Points},
  text={Story Point},
  type={mech},
  prefix={a\space},
  description={allow players to declare that some part of their backstory arrives on scene to help the situation. They also grant \glsfmtplural{xp}},
}

\newglossaryentry{interval}{