Common Acronyms, Abbreviations, and Terms

[Dimers]

Too long; didn't read. Made in response to long posts, specifically those that are hard-to-read walls of text.

Ahh, thank you. ... Amazing I haven't earned one of those myself. Maybe it's my lack of a signature ...

[Cicciograna]

Kylarra, jokey665...thank you! From what I always read about this build I understood it was quite broken...and now I know why.

[Theo Hammond]

What exactly is the Tier system folks often use when talking about 3.5 classes?

I'm assuming that PHB classes are Tier 1, but then i'm not certain. PHB2 = T2?, Complete Xxx T3? No idea what T4 might be...

[hamishspence]

Its an estimate of how powerful the class is relative to other classes- note that the tier system made the base assumption that versatility is important.

So a class which has great problem-solving spells, and can be deadly in melee as well, is rated higher than a class that can only do one thing well.

And a class that can only do one thing, and does it less well than many other generalists can, or is a generalist but very poor at it, gets very low ratings.

Hence, Wizard, Cleric, Druid, and Archivist tend to rate Tier 1.

Samurai, Commoners, Soulknives tend to rate Tier 5.

[Cyclocone]

Tier System for Classes.

[Theo Hammond]

Smashing, ta.

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Not sure i'll explain it to my gaming group though, arguements ahoy!

[Mercenary Pen]

An abbreviation from the boards that I've never deciphered the meaning of in all the birthday threads I've seen it in is AFONAL... Anyone able to assist?

[Fostire]

An abbreviation from the boards that I've never deciphered the meaning of in all the birthday threads I've seen it in is AFONAL... Anyone able to assist?

I think it's something like Annual Flaunting Of Numbers And Loot

[Mercenary Pen]

I think it's something like Annual Flaunting Of Numbers And Loot

Thanks very much, I'll try to remember that one.