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Word Explanation

lordkimlordkim Member Posts: 1,063
edited March 2013 in Site Resources
Just making this post so new users/players can actually see what all the contracted words means.
Please put more in, and ill edit it with time. Or Correct me if im wrong. PM me for corrections.

It is sentences like these that perhaps can make new users/players confused . Quote @Bhryaen :

And as a result there really isn't any meaningful chance of an Item Randomizer that can be toggled in-game- not in a Settings AO and not in a BGConfig AO. It's either a CC AO Item Randomizer or none at all. Now I really really like the Item Randomizer's option, so I'd rather have it. So CC AO it is! :-)



1PP/OPP One Pixel Productions
AC Armor Class
AD&D Advanced Dungeons&Dragons
AI Artificial Intelligence
AO Advanced Options
AoE Area of Effect
BG 1 Baldur´s gate 1
BG 2 Baldur´s gate 2
BGEE Baldur´s gate Enhanced Edition
BGT Baldur´s Gate trilogy
CC Character Creator
CE Collectors Edition
Cha Charisma
CHARNAME Charactername
Con Constitution
DAO Dragon Age Origins
DD Direct Damage
Dex Dexterity
D&D/DnD Dungeons & Dragons
DLC Downloadable Content
DM Dungeon Master
Dmg Damage
FR Forgotten Realms
GUI Graphical User Interface
HLA High Level Abilites
HP Hitpoint
IE Infinity Engine
Int Intelligence
IWD Ice Wind Dale
Kiting In combat: Running a targeted party member around outside of melee range. Usually used to keep an enemy occupied while being attacked with ranged weapons.
Lvl Level
MMO Massively multiplayer online game
MMORPGs Massively multiplayer online role-playing games
MnB Minsc and Boo
NWN Neverwinter Nights
NPC Non Playable Character
PvP Player versus Player
PC Playing Character
PS:T Planescape: Torment
RPG Role Playing Game
RTwP Real-Time with Pause
SR Spell Revisions
SoA Shadow of Amn
SCS Sword Coast Strategems
Str Strength
THAC0 To Hit Armor Class 0
ToB Throne of Bhaal
TotSC Tales of the Sword Coast
TBP The Black Pits
UI User Interface
Wis Wisdom
WotC Wizards of the Coast
XP Experience point




External Link :
D&D Glossary

Sources :
http://www.baldursgate.com/news/language/en/
http://www.gibberlings3.net/
http://www.spellholdstudios.net/
http://en.wikipedia.org
http://www.wizards.com
http://dragonage.wikia.com/wiki/Portal:Dragon_Age
http://forgottenrealms.wikia.com/wiki/Main_Page

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Comments

  • WardWard Member Posts: 1,305
    You forgot about MnB Minsc and Boo.
  • lordkimlordkim Member Posts: 1,063
    You forgot about MnB Minsc and Boo.
    Done :)

  • lansounetlansounet Member Posts: 1,182
    Nitpicking : PvP actually stands for Player versus Player
  • lordkimlordkim Member Posts: 1,063
    Nitpicking : PvP actually stands for Player versus Player
    Done :)
  • CadrosCadros Member Posts: 253
    I know we already have CHARNAME, but should there also be PC as in Player Character ?
  • lordkimlordkim Member Posts: 1,063
    I know we already have CHARNAME, but should there also be PC as in Player Character ?
    Done :)
  • KoreKore Member Posts: 245
    You should clarify that NPCs can refer to joinable characters. New players might get confused about that since it doesn't make logical sense to me that they're called NPCs, but I do anyway out of convention.
  • BhryaenBhryaen Member Posts: 2,874
    edited June 2012
    You quoted me but didn't spell out the CC: Character Creator (Screen). hehehe
  • KoreKore Member Posts: 245
    CC also means "crowd control", just saying :)
  • lordkimlordkim Member Posts: 1,063
    CC also means "crowd control", just saying :)
    Also in BG terms ?
  • lordkimlordkim Member Posts: 1,063
    You quoted me but didn't spell out the CC: Character Creator (Screen). hehehe
    hehe ;)

    Done :)

  • lordkimlordkim Member Posts: 1,063
    Updated a bit.
    Hopefully more will come.
  • aXidalaXidal Member Posts: 61
    edited June 2012
    OP: Overpowered
    PnP: Pen and Paper, in other words the original dungeons and dragons rpg, played with pen and paper.

    Edit: OP could also mean Original post or original poster. While thats not bg-related it is forum related, and I guess that is relevant too?
  • ZakerosZakeros Member Posts: 75
    DD - Direct Damage (spell type), which is soo liked by me ;)
  • lordkimlordkim Member Posts: 1,063
    DD - Direct Damage (spell type), which is soo liked by me ;)
    Done:)
  • DeeDee Member Posts: 10,447
    RTwP: Real-Time with Pause

    Referring to any real-time game that includes a pause feature. First used on this board by Aliteri - when I first saw it, I had no idea what it meant and had to use Google. ;)
  • lordkimlordkim Member Posts: 1,063
    RTwP: Real-Time with Pause

    Referring to any real-time game that includes a pause feature. First used on this board by Aliteri - when I first saw it, I had no idea what it meant and had to use Google. ;)
    Done :)
  • ShrimpShrimp Member Posts: 142
    Some very specific ones you'll see often for BG2 weapons :

    CF: Celestial Fury
    FoA: Flail of Ages
    MoD/iMoD: Mace of Disruption/improved Mace of Disruption

    I would understand if you think they shouldn't be in the list though.

    Oh and: FR, for Forgotten Realms
  • lordkimlordkim Member Posts: 1,063
    Ill Use FR. :O)
  • lordkimlordkim Member Posts: 1,063
    Updated.
  • CheesebellyCheesebelly Member Posts: 1,727
    ADHW - Abi Dalzim's Horrid Wilting :p

    I remember one of such threads back on the older BioBoards. Good times :)
  • mch202mch202 Member Posts: 1,455
    edited July 2012
    GUI - Graphical User Interface ( I know That UI is in the list but still.. )
    IE - Infinity Engine :)
    Post edited by mch202 on
  • lordkimlordkim Member Posts: 1,063
    Done;)
  • AthrogateAthrogate Member Posts: 8
    HLA - high level abilites. A term often used and mabye not so easy to guess.
  • wariisopwariisop Member Posts: 163
    You spelled Strength wrong.
  • lordkimlordkim Member Posts: 1,063
    Corrected and added new words.
  • SFischSFisch Member Posts: 59
    DLC: Downloadable content
  • lordkimlordkim Member Posts: 1,063
    Added :O)
  • lordkimlordkim Member Posts: 1,063
    ...hmmm......... bump............... ;)
  • LadyRhianLadyRhian Member Posts: 14,694
    DUHM- Draw Upon Holy Might (confused the heck out of me when I first encountered it)
    CL, CLW- Cure Light Wounds
    PVE- Player versus Environment or Player versus Everything- Essentially the opposite of PVP. Taking on the game as a single player versus taking on other online players.
    Cheesy- Using overpowered/unfair tactics or items to defeat a monster, boss or player. e.g. "Using a horde of summoned monsters to take out Sarevok is cheesy, but it works!"
    Cheese- anything considered unfair or overpowered.
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