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    it's a backronym.
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    What is a "gestalt" campaign?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Tyrael View Post
    What is a "gestalt" campaign?
    That's a campaign where each character levels equally in two classes at the same time. See here for more info.
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    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."

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    Polymorph any Object, as in the 8th level wizard spell.
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    Minor update needed: Complete Scoundrel has been published.

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    Complete Scoundrel is out (CScn) as is the Magic Item Compendium (MIC), and Complete Champion (CCham) will be out soon.

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    Added... stuff. From the posts above. It's in blue.

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    May want to throw in RFED :) being "rock falls, everyone dies"

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    MitD - refers to the Monster in the Dark from the Order of the Stick comic...
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    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.
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    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.
    It's from AD&D and it means To Hit Armor Class 0 (zero).
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    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.
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    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

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    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).
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    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?

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    "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.
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    o.o That is a lot of soup. I read through the first list, and I dont remeber anything ;_; Thanks though
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    I'm thinking it might not be a bad idea to have "Oberoni Fallacy" and "Stormwind Fallacy" to the list.
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    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.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Nnanji View Post
    Hello there. I've been lurking on this site for a while now, but I have to ask: What does IOTSOV stand for?
    Initiate of the Sevenfold Veil.

    It is a Prestige Class from Complete Arcane. This class is an abjuration specialist that can set up different warding "veils" keyed to seven colors of the rainbow.
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    Ah. Thank you very much.

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    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?

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    Anti Magic Field.
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    What's "PvP"?
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    Player Versus Player.

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    This thread is most helpful.
    What is a "SLA"? I gathered it has something with Solars and Wishes.

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    Quote Originally Posted by SKarious View Post
    This thread is most helpful.
    What is a "SLA"? I gathered it has something with Solars and Wishes.
    I believe SLA is short for Spell Like Abilities.

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    what is gestalt?


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    Professor Layton may well be fun with large groups of players, but you also have a higher Professor Latency.
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    What is FTL?
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