Results 181 to 210 of 279
-
2007-02-20, 11:53 AM (ISO 8601)
- Join Date
- Jul 2005
- Location
- UK
Re: Common Acronyms, Abbreviations, and Terms
it's a backronym.
Professor Layton may well be fun with large groups of players, but you also have a higher Professor Latency.--The worst pun I have ever made
Bringing the magocracy to its knees...
I seriously hope that you have better things to do than look for white text in people's signatures.
-
2007-03-22, 11:04 AM (ISO 8601)
- Join Date
- Mar 2007
- Location
- California, Texas
- Gender
Re: Common Acronyms, Abbreviations, and Terms
What is a "gestalt" campaign?
-
2007-03-22, 11:34 AM (ISO 8601)
- Join Date
- Jul 2006
- Location
- BalWash, DelMarVa
- Gender
Re: Common Acronyms, Abbreviations, and Terms
That's a campaign where each character levels equally in two classes at the same time. See here for more info.
Want to meet some of the most awesome people on the internet? Come to the Baltimore/DC Area RenFest Meetup 2012!
-
2007-03-26, 02:15 PM (ISO 8601)
- Join Date
- Mar 2007
Re: Common Acronyms, Abbreviations, and Terms
What does PaO mean?
As in, "Every now and again, our DM thinks up an encounter way to hard and I as the party wizard have to PaO the encounter and I always make them squirrels."
-
2007-03-26, 04:09 PM (ISO 8601)
- Join Date
- Jan 2004
- Location
- Bensalem, PA
- Gender
Re: Common Acronyms, Abbreviations, and Terms
Polymorph any Object, as in the 8th level wizard spell.
Last edited by Zherog; 2007-03-26 at 04:09 PM.
John Ling
Frog God Games Lead Pathfinder Developer
Note: unless explicitly stated otherwise, opinions in my posts are my own and not those of Frog God Games.
-
2007-03-27, 04:16 PM (ISO 8601)
- Join Date
- Mar 2007
- Location
- California, Texas
- Gender
Re: Common Acronyms, Abbreviations, and Terms
Minor update needed: Complete Scoundrel has been published.
-
2007-03-28, 11:47 AM (ISO 8601)
- Join Date
- Jun 2006
- Location
- Fairfield, CA
- Gender
Re: Common Acronyms, Abbreviations, and Terms
Complete Scoundrel is out (CScn) as is the Magic Item Compendium (MIC), and Complete Champion (CCham) will be out soon.
Wiki - Q&A - FB - LIn - Tw
d20r Compilation PDF - last updated 9.11.14
d20r: Spells (I-L) - d20r: Spells (H) - d20r: Spells (G) - d20r: Spells (F) - d20r: Spells (E) - d20r: Spells (D) - d20r: Wizard class
-
2007-03-28, 06:37 PM (ISO 8601)
- Join Date
- Apr 2004
- Location
- Massachusetts
- Gender
Re: Common Acronyms, Abbreviations, and Terms
Added... stuff. From the posts above. It's in blue.
Get your facts first, and then you can distort them as much as you please. - Mark Twain
-
2007-04-11, 02:09 PM (ISO 8601)
- Join Date
- Aug 2006
- Location
- ATL
- Gender
Re: Common Acronyms, Abbreviations, and Terms
May want to throw in RFED :) being "rock falls, everyone dies"
-
2007-04-12, 01:10 PM (ISO 8601)
- Join Date
- Jan 2007
- Location
- Edmonton
- Gender
Re: Common Acronyms, Abbreviations, and Terms
MitD - refers to the Monster in the Dark from the Order of the Stick comic...
Good Judgement mostly comes from Experience.
Experience mostly comes from Bad Judgement...
-
2007-04-23, 11:01 PM (ISO 8601)
- Join Date
- May 2006
- Location
Re: Common Acronyms, Abbreviations, and Terms
for the love of god and all that is holy, what is THACO? i hear it all the time, but i dont know what it means.
&&
-
2007-04-23, 11:36 PM (ISO 8601)
- Join Date
- Jul 2006
- Location
- BalWash, DelMarVa
- Gender
Re: Common Acronyms, Abbreviations, and Terms
Want to meet some of the most awesome people on the internet? Come to the Baltimore/DC Area RenFest Meetup 2012!
-
2007-04-24, 06:58 AM (ISO 8601)
- Join Date
- Nov 2005
- Location
- By a Park
- Gender
Re: Common Acronyms, Abbreviations, and Terms
Of course, THAC0 is linked to the old AD&D concept of lower armor classes being better. The absolute best AC you could have was -10, while the absolute worst was 10. What you had to do when you made an attack roll is subtract your opponent's armor class from your character's THAC0. You had to roll equal to or higher than the resulting number to hit your opponent. As in 3.x D&D, a natural 20 always hit, and a natural 1 always failed.
For example, if you had a THAC0 of 15, with no other modifiers and were trying to hit an enemy wearing chainmail (which provided an AC of 5), you would have to roll a 10 or above to hit your enemy. If you were fighting an enemy with AC 0, you would have to roll 15 or above to hit—hence the name THAC0.
Note, although it is often pronnounced "Thack-oh" or even "Thay-coh", it is properly spelled with a zero, rather than an 'O' at the end. This is why my friends and I pronounced it "Thack-zee-roe" for a long while.The Future just aint what it used to be.
-
2007-04-24, 02:34 PM (ISO 8601)
- Join Date
- Feb 2006
- Location
- Kanagawa, Japan
- Gender
Re: Common Acronyms, Abbreviations, and Terms
Also, THAC0 and BAB can be directly converted:
BAB 0 = THAC0 20
BAB 1 = THAC0 19
etc...
In (A)D&D all Clases started with THAC0 20, but in (O)D&D they all started with THAC0 19. This is reflected in the way that full BAB 3.x Base Classes start with equivalent THAC0 19, whilst partial BAB 3.x Base Classes start with equivalent THAC0 20. THAC0 is itsef a simplification of (A)D&D 1.x Combat Matrices, which work slightly differently.
(A)D&D AC* and D&D 3.x AC are also related:
AC* 10 = AC 10
AC* 9 = AC 11
etc...
Although, strictly speaking, -10 AC was the theoretical maximum, some Dragons had AC -12. Also, many magical effects did not lower AC, but imposed penalties on enemy Attack Rolls (which effectively could raise AC above -10/-12).It is a joyful thing indeed to hold intimate converse with a man after ones own heart, chatting without reserve about things of interest or the fleeting topics of the world; but such, alas, are few and far between.
Yoshida Kenko (1283-1350), Tsurezure-Gusa (1340)
-
2007-04-26, 01:05 PM (ISO 8601)
- Join Date
- Dec 2006
- Location
- Brazil
- Gender
Re: Common Acronyms, Abbreviations, and Terms
Another one: DM fiat. I see people using it when commenting if something would be approved by a DM, I guess. What it means exacly?
Member of the Hinjo fan club. Go Hinjo!
"In Soviet Russia, the Darkness attacks you."
"Rogues not only have a lot more skill points, but sneak attack is so good it hurts..."
-
2007-04-26, 03:29 PM (ISO 8601)
- Join Date
- Nov 2005
- Location
- By a Park
- Gender
Re: Common Acronyms, Abbreviations, and Terms
"Fiat" means "a decree" or "an arbitrary order." So when people talk about "DM fiat," they simply simply mean the DM should make a final ruling on whatever is being discussed.
The Future just aint what it used to be.
-
2007-05-18, 06:55 PM (ISO 8601)
- Join Date
- Feb 2007
- Gender
Re: Common Acronyms, Abbreviations, and Terms
o.o That is a lot of soup. I read through the first list, and I dont remeber anything ;_; Thanks though
If a Paladin is ORDERED to deliver a message critical to the survival of his kingdom and is ORDERED not to delay, and then comes across a group of goblins/whatever harassing a fair maiden...
Does the paladin forsake his Good to carry out his orders?
or forsake his Lawful to take time and help people?
-
2007-05-18, 09:02 PM (ISO 8601)
- Join Date
- Nov 2005
- Location
- By a Park
- Gender
Re: Common Acronyms, Abbreviations, and Terms
I'm thinking it might not be a bad idea to have "Oberoni Fallacy" and "Stormwind Fallacy" to the list.
The Future just aint what it used to be.
-
2007-05-20, 12:16 AM (ISO 8601)
- Join Date
- May 2007
- Gender
Re: Common Acronyms, Abbreviations, and Terms
Hello there. I've been lurking on this site for a while now, but I have to ask: What does IOTSOV stand for?
Thank you.
-
2007-05-20, 06:44 AM (ISO 8601)
- Join Date
- Nov 2005
- Location
- By a Park
- Gender
Re: Common Acronyms, Abbreviations, and Terms
Last edited by Shhalahr Windrider; 2007-05-20 at 06:45 AM.
The Future just aint what it used to be.
-
2007-05-20, 09:03 AM (ISO 8601)
- Join Date
- May 2007
- Gender
Re: Common Acronyms, Abbreviations, and Terms
Ah. Thank you very much.
-
2007-05-29, 07:56 PM (ISO 8601)
- Join Date
- Jan 2007
- Gender
Re: Common Acronyms, Abbreviations, and Terms
What is "AMF"? (see http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=45728)
It's not on the list. I'm guessing it has to do with a condition where a character cannot use all of its abilities, but what's the acronym?
-
2007-06-10, 03:59 PM (ISO 8601)
- Join Date
- Oct 2006
- Location
- Dat Shoggoth
Re: Common Acronyms, Abbreviations, and Terms
Anti Magic Field.
Last edited by Illiterate Scribe; 2007-06-10 at 03:59 PM.
-
2007-06-23, 12:29 PM (ISO 8601)
- Join Date
- Jan 2007
- Location
- Edmonton
- Gender
Re: Common Acronyms, Abbreviations, and Terms
What's "PvP"?
Good Judgement mostly comes from Experience.
Experience mostly comes from Bad Judgement...
-
2007-06-23, 12:33 PM (ISO 8601)
- Join Date
- Jun 2006
- Location
- Fairfield, CA
- Gender
Re: Common Acronyms, Abbreviations, and Terms
Player Versus Player.
Wiki - Q&A - FB - LIn - Tw
d20r Compilation PDF - last updated 9.11.14
d20r: Spells (I-L) - d20r: Spells (H) - d20r: Spells (G) - d20r: Spells (F) - d20r: Spells (E) - d20r: Spells (D) - d20r: Wizard class
-
2007-07-05, 02:04 PM (ISO 8601)
- Join Date
- Apr 2007
Re: Common Acronyms, Abbreviations, and Terms
This thread is most helpful.
What is a "SLA"? I gathered it has something with Solars and Wishes.
-
2007-07-13, 09:24 AM (ISO 8601)
- Join Date
- Apr 2007
- Location
- Florida
- Gender
-
2007-07-22, 02:11 PM (ISO 8601)
- Join Date
- Jul 2007
- Location
- The desolate wastes of AZ
- Gender
Re: Common Acronyms, Abbreviations, and Terms
what is gestalt?
Awesome avatar by Kurnour
"Is it true that God answers all prayers?"
"Yes...sometimes the answer is 'no'."
"Then how do you tell the difference between any answer and the answer no?"
"..."
-
2007-07-22, 02:25 PM (ISO 8601)
- Join Date
- Jul 2005
- Location
- UK
Re: Common Acronyms, Abbreviations, and Terms
Professor Layton may well be fun with large groups of players, but you also have a higher Professor Latency.--The worst pun I have ever made
Bringing the magocracy to its knees...
I seriously hope that you have better things to do than look for white text in people's signatures.
-
2007-07-25, 06:39 PM (ISO 8601)
- Join Date
- Jun 2007
- Location
- Novi Sad, Serbia
- Gender
Re: Common Acronyms, Abbreviations, and Terms
What is FTL?
Its nice to be important but its more important to be nice
Many thanks to The Randomizer for awesome avatar