Hunter: The Reckoning lexicon

This is an index of terms in the Hunter: The Reckoning lexicon.

Core rulebook

General terms used by the imbued in the Hunter: The Reckoning Rulebook and the Laws of the Reckoning.

• Avenger
• Bait
• The Burden
• Bystander
• The Chosen
• Conviction (Game Term)
• Creed
• Defender
• Defenseless
• Edge
• Gawker
• Gone fishing
• Heralds
• The Hunt
• Hunter-net
• The Imbued
• Innocent
• Judge
• Lurker
• Martyr
• Messengers
• Monster
• Most Dangerous Game (MDG)
• Puppet
• Pylon
• Redeemer
• Second Sight
• The Soulless
• Touched
• Virtue Traits (Game Term)
• Visionary
• Wacko
• The Word
• Yokel

Creedbooks

Terms used by specific creeds in their respective splatbooks. Most of these, but not all, are specifically representative of their respective creeds' viewpoints on the hunt.

• Adversaries (from Hunter Book: Visionary)
• Afflicted (from Hunter Book: Redeemer)
• Balancer (from Hunter Book: Hermit)
• Beasts (from Hunter Book: Redeemer)
• Big Idea (from Hunter Book: Visionary)
• Bleeding hearts (from Hunter Book: Defender)
• Bruise (from HTR: Hunter Book: Avenger )
• Bullseye (from Hunter Book: Avenger)
• Bully (from Hunter Book: Innocent)
• Burnout (from Hunter Book: Innocent)
• The Call (from Hunter Book: Innocent)
• Called (from Hunter Book: Defender)
• The Calling (from Hunter Book: Redeemer)
• The Challenge (from Hunter Book: Visionary)
• Charge (from Hunter Book: Defender)
• Charity case (from Hunter Book: Martyr)
• The Choice (from Hunter Book: Martyr)
• Conscripts (from Hunter Book: Redeemer)
• Crackhead (from Hunter Book: Visionary)
• Crave (from Hunter Book: Avenger)
• Cross to bear (from Hunter Book: Martyr)
• DADT (from Hunter Book: Innocent)
• Dark One (from Hunter Book: Hermit)
• Defender (from Hunter Book: Defender)
• Demo (from Hunter Book: Avenger)
• Drama queen (from Hunter Book: Martyr)
• The Dream (from Hunter Book: Redeemer)
• Drone (from Hunter Book: Avenger)
• Dud (from Hunter Book: Avenger)
• The Dutiful (from Hunter Book: Redeemer)
• Echo (from Hunter Book: Avenger)
• Fang (from Hunter Book: Avenger)
• Flicker (from Hunter Book: Avenger)
• Frother (from Hunter Book: Redeemer)
• Game hunter (from Hunter Book: Innocent)
• Godhead (from Hunter Book: Innocent)
• Good Samaritan (from Hunter Book: Redeemer)
• Headshrinker (from Hunter Book: Innocent)
• The Hidden (from Hunter Book: Innocent)
• Hole (from Hunter Book: Martyr)
• Homebody (from Hunter Book: Visionary)
• Hometown hero (from Hunter Book: Innocent)
• Honcho (from Hunter Book: Innocent)
• In the field (from Hunter Book: Visionary)
• Jones (from Hunter Book: Avenger)
• Kamikaze (from Hunter Book: Defender)
• Lobo (from Hunter Book: Avenger)
• Loner (from Hunter Book: Innocent)
• Lurker or skulker (from Hunter Book: Visionary; not the same as the term in the core rulebook)
• Merlin (from Hunter Book: Avenger)
• Micro-manager (from Hunter Book: Visionary)
• The other side (from Hunter Book: Innocent)
• Outcast (from Hunter Book: Hermit)
• Penitent (from Hunter Book: Redeemer)
• The Plan (from Hunter Book: Innocent)
• Preacher (from Hunter Book: Martyr)
• Prophet (from Hunter Book: Visionary)
• Pup (from Hunter Book: Innocent)
• Put wood on (from Hunter Book: Avenger)
• Pyro (from Hunter Book: Avenger)
• Recluse (from Hunter Book: Defender)
• Revelation (from Hunter Book: Visionary)
• Rot (from Hunter Book: Avenger)
• Runaways (from Hunter Book: Defender)
• Sell-out (from Hunter Book: Redeemer)
• The Service (from Hunter Book: Redeemer)
• Shark (from Hunter Book: Innocent)
• Shining One (from Hunter Book: Hermit)
• Shitkicker (from Hunter Book: Avenger)
• Slacker (from Hunter Book: Martyr)
• Smoke (from Hunter Book: Avenger)
• Soldier (from Hunter Book: Innocent)
• Static (from Hunter Book: Hermit)
• Stub (from Hunter Book: Avenger)
• The Tested (from Hunter Book: Martyr)
• The Time (from Hunter Book: Martyr)
• Tough (from Hunter Book: Innocent)
• Tunnel Visionary (from Hunter Book: Visionary)
• Visionary (from Hunter Book: Visionary)
• The Vulnerable (from Hunter Book: Redeemer)
• Wake-up (from Hunter Book: Avenger)
• The Watch (from Hunter Book: Defender)
• Wisp (from Hunter Book: Avenger)
• Writing on the wall (from Hunter Book: Redeemer)

Apocrypha

Terms used by Fyodor in the Apocrypha.

• The Call: The imbuing
• Dark One: Monster; a supernatural being better not specified
• The Darkness: The supernatural, monsters as a general phenomenon
• Devil: Leech, Vampire, Blood drinker
• Devil's parasite: Pawn, Puppet, Renfield; a human, controlled by a blood drinker or other supernatural being, who appears corrupt to our sight
• Hunter: Chosen, Imbued
• Manipulator: Luck Binder, Warlock, Witch, Wizard
• Ostrich: Bystander, Gawker
• Puppeteer: Demon, Demonic possession, Poltergeist, Spirit rider; A spirit controlling a person, animal or object
• Shambling corpse: Rot, Shambler, Walking dead, Zombie
• Shining One: Herald, Messenger
• Sign: A symbol in our code
• Skin-changer: Loup-garou, Shapechanger, Werewolf
• Wisp: Ghost, Phantom, Shade, Spirit

Hunter: Holy War

Terms used by the kiswah (Middle Eastern imbued) in Hunter: Holy War.

• Adites
• Al-Ghariyyan
• Amalikites
• Bayt al-Shan'a, House of Abominations
• Dam batlub dam, "Blood demands blood"
• Dar al..., "House of"
• Dhimmi
• Dunya
• Fard
• Fatwa
• Fellaheen
• Gweilo
• Hija
• Ikhwan al-harb, "Brotherhood of War"
• Jahiliyya
• Jar (plural jiran)
• Jihad
• Jinn
• Kiswah
• Maktub, "It is written"
• Midianites
• Mujahidin
• Taqiyya
• Thalmudites
• Thugra, "Monogram" or "Insignia"
• Was'it

References

• HTR: Hunter: The Reckoning Rulebook, p. 20-21, 176-177
• cMET: Laws of the Reckoning, p. 16-17, 38, 90
• HTR: Hunter Book: Avenger, p. 21
• HTR: Hunter Book: Defender, p. 20-21
• HTR: Hunter Book: Hermit, p. 23
• HTR: Hunter Book: Innocent, p. 20-21
• HTR: Hunter Book: Judge, p. 16
• HTR: Hunter Book: Martyr, p. 18
• HTR: Hunter Book: Redeemer, p. 20
• HTR: Hunter Book: Visionary, p. 20-21
• HTR: Apocrypha, p. 7
• HTR: Hunter: Holy War, p. 22