- Board or Forum: The board or forum is a general term used to refer to the entirety of this structure/site.
- Forum or Subforum: Forums are structures on the board, grouping related sub-forums or related topics together. This is often used in roleplay to organize character threads.
- Post: A single story of roleplay, written by one player. Posts can be initial posts or they can be replies to other posts.
- Reply: A single story or roleplay, written by one player in response to another player.
- Thread or Topic: A post/thread is a story, written by two or more players. One of the players writes a short story to start and the others respond on that with another short story, making a storyline. These posts are placed in a topic.

- NPC or Non-Playable Characters: A fictional character made up by the administrator, or other roleplayers. They are not actively played by any roleplayer, they are just imagined.
- OOC or Out of Character: Things that the roleplayer is saying out of threads or in game posts.
- Roleplayer: The person who plays the roleplay character.

- Administrator (Admin): The owner(s) of the roleplaying game, with power over the whole forum.
- Member: A person who is a non-staff roleplayer in the rpg.
- Moderator: The “manager” of the roleplaying game, with minor staff powers over certain forums.

- Godmodding: Controlling another roleplayer’s character without permission.

- Avatar: The image to the left of each post of a given forum account. The avatar is usually a physical representation of what the character looks like.
- Character Sheet/Profile: Is a separate informational listing, that gives other roleplayers the chance to learn more about your character or find important information.
- Faceclaim: A ‘claim’ on a particular face or representation of the roleplaying characters. With every character you can put a real life face on them, giving other roleplayers a visuality of your character.
- Post Template: A form of RPG graphic, usually coded in HTML and CSS, that emphasized the mood of the roleplaying post or presents an alternative image of the character’s appearance.
- Signature: A space beneath each post of a given forum account. The signature is usually the character’s name, current status, or an additional image of their faceclaim.