Getting started - FAQ

Abbrevations

WoD Specific Abbrevations

abbr - abbrevation --> see this site ;)
AB - Armor bonus
Acc - Account of a player which contains all the heros
AET - Tome: Advanced evasion techniques
Ag/Agi - Agility
AH - Apply Herbs
AoW - Tome: The Art of War
AR - Attack roll
BB - Blunderbuss
Ch - Charisma
Co - Constitution
CT - Cut-Throat!
DB - Dodge Blow / Data Base --> or the admin Darkblade is meant ;)
De - Dexterity
DefS - Tome: Defensive Sorcery
DM - Dodge missile
DS - Double Shot, Double Strike
EP - Experience points
FB - Flame Blessing
FM - Field marshall
FP - Fixed price
GL - Group Leader
GM - Group merchant
GR - Group Representative
GS - Group storage
HaD - Tome: Over Hill and Dale
HP - Hitpoints
MR - Main round
HL - Heros' Level
In/Int - Intelligence
Ini - Initiative
KC - Knife Combat
Lvl - Level
MP - Mana points
MC - Melee combat
PA - Premium Account
Pe - Perception
PH - Preventive Healing
PM - Protective Magic / Personal Message (under Taverne-->Messages)
PoW - Poison own Weapon
PR - Parry Roll
pre-round - preliminary round
PW - Poison Weapon / Password
RC - Ranged combat
RH - Roundhouse
RL - Real-Life
RM - Resist Magic
RP - Reset point / Role-Play
Sbt! - Small, but tall! - a Dungeon
SL - Scientific Lecture
SotP - Shadows of the Past - a high-level dungeon
SR - Skill rank
St/Str - Srength
TTE! - Time to eat!
TM - Transfer Mana
TV - Treasure Vault
TW - Skill: Use Throwing Weapons / Throwing Weapons
UOS - Use Offensive Scrolls
UPS - Use Protective Scrolls
US - Use Shield
USS - Use Supportive Scrolls
WoP - Words of Power
Wi - Willpower
WoD - Name of the game - World of Dungeons
WoW - Words of Wisdom

Trade Chat Abbrevations

[t/s] trade or sell
[b] Buying
[s] Selling
[PC] Price Check
qry – Query means a private chat between two users in IRC

Further Abbrevations

For some players it's usual to shorten the names of the hero classes or races, for example Barbarian by "Barb" or something. There are lots of different possibilities, but most become obvious after a short time of thinking. Moreover, some players shorten terms in a different way than explained above. In most cases, they uses the initials of the single words. Just think about, what who's saying that and in which situation, than you should be able to figure out what is meant, in most cases. Please be free to ask people to explain abbrevations if you didn't get the one or the other. Abbrevations may be useful and "cool" but to overdo things isn't really beneficial. That collection is not meant to be totally completed, but lists the most common and most ususal abbrevations as well as those which often are in demand. If you've got something new, refer to the "Suggestions for the game"-forum or to any wiki moderator.

imba - imbalanced (unusually strong)
Push/buff - means an improvement for the heros made by skills etc.
Debuff/Degradation - Skill which weakens a hero or an enemy.