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2007-07-25, 06:47 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Common Acronyms, Abbreviations, and Terms
From Context, I would say "For the Loss" or "For the Lose"—Opposite of FTW, which means "For the Win."
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2007-07-30, 02:26 PM (ISO 8601)
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While most probably the correct context of FTL, in a sci-fi game could also easily refer to Faster Than Light travel.
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2007-08-10, 12:35 PM (ISO 8601)
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Updates made, and are, as ever, in blue.
Last edited by Gorbash Kazdar; 2007-08-10 at 12:36 PM.
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2007-08-10, 12:52 PM (ISO 8601)
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Originally Posted by Gorby
edit: the original thread on WotC is long since purged, I believe. But here's a thread on the Nifty Message Board where the original WotC post by Oberoni was quoted.Last edited by Zherog; 2007-08-10 at 12:55 PM.
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2007-08-11, 03:54 PM (ISO 8601)
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2007-08-18, 11:01 AM (ISO 8601)
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Since I've been here, I've seen several referenced to casters (particularly psions) "going nova". Am I correct in guessing that "going nova" means blowing all their high level spells on one encounter? If so, why are psions particularly good at it?
Thanks.
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2007-08-18, 03:20 PM (ISO 8601)
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You surmise correctly.
Psions are good at going nova because many of their powers can be augmented. Whereas spellcasters have most aspects of their spells scale with level up to a certain point, typically psionic powers only automatically scale with respect to duration and range. To get more out of a power, a manifester has to augment the power: spend extra power points.
This augmentation also comes with the benefit of no absolute caps beyond the psionic character's manifester level. Whereas a wizard's fireball can never do more than 10d6 damage on its own regardless of the wizard's caster level, a 20th level kineticist can unleash a 20d6 energy ball. Due to this expanding power level, a fully augmented psionic power can be more powerful than a spell of the same level, though it should be noted such powers require the psionic energy of a much higher level power. For instance, that energy ball is a fourth level power, but it cost more power points than a 10th level power.
This augmentation allows a psion to go nova using virtually any of his or her known powers, whereas a wizard would only find a few of his or her highest level appropriate for such a task.The Future just ain’t what it used to be.
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2007-08-22, 12:29 PM (ISO 8601)
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Can anyone explain what a "Batman Mage" is? I see it regularly listed next to CoDzilla, so I imagine that it is some power wizard in late game.
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2007-09-11, 02:58 PM (ISO 8601)
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"Batman Mage" refers to a wizard who, much like the DC Comics character Batman, is capable of overcoming almost any situation with the right combination of spells. Such spells heavily focus on Utility and Battlefield Control functions (once again, two areas in which Batman excels). Many of these spells are drawn from a fairly narrow list of some of the more powerful spells. Most Bataman spells are core.
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2007-09-25, 10:42 PM (ISO 8601)
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Um, I just wanted to thank the original poster and those who followed, as there's a fair bit of terminology I just didn't recognize, and I'm now able to follow an Oots Forum conversation much easier.
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2007-10-03, 12:11 PM (ISO 8601)
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I'd like to suggest adding the Term "Optimizier" to the list. The definition could be something like:
Optimizier: A player who makes characters very effective at their intended purpose while considering the integrity of the character's backstory and personality. A player might optimize a character for combat, or for social skills, or any number of other situations. Also used when referring to how capable a character is at a given task (i.e. "this character is very optimized for combat").
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2007-10-03, 05:07 PM (ISO 8601)
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Tormskull, I would also suggest adding something to the effect of 'Some people use powergamer to refer to this' or a link in the power gamer definition.
The fact is, none of these have straight dictionary definitions, so you have to compensate for different uses by designating the correct term as a replacement."It does me no injury for my neighbor to say there are twenty gods or no god. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg."
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2007-12-02, 12:38 AM (ISO 8601)
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To further elaborate, a sort of running internet discussion joke that "Batman can beat anyone with prep time" resembles the wizard, since if the wizard knows what the enemy is, he can prepare the right spells ahead of time. As the theory goes, a wizard without proper information or prep time will generally retreat, much like Batman does after being beaten, where he researches the enemy in his batcave (or perhaps Magnificent Mansion), develops an antidote serum, and then returns to utterly ruin his target.
Also, after the nth time of seeing this question asked, it would probably be prudent to have some sort of description added to the terminology section.
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2007-12-24, 04:13 PM (ISO 8601)
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I'd hate to ask, but what does E6 mean? I can't search for something that short on the forums, and using the Find function on my browser to look for 'E' would be ridiculous.
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2007-12-27, 04:53 PM (ISO 8601)
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http://forum.rpg.net/showthread.php?t=352719
E6 is a d20 variant in which characters only up to level 6, and then earn extra feats instead of leveling beyond that.
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2007-12-27, 04:56 PM (ISO 8601)
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E6 refers to an augmentation to the D&D game which caps maximum level at 6th level (hence, E6). More information here.
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d20r: Spells (I-L) - d20r: Spells (H) - d20r: Spells (G) - d20r: Spells (F) - d20r: Spells (E) - d20r: Spells (D) - d20r: Wizard class
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2008-01-10, 10:58 PM (ISO 8601)
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Hey.
WBL is something I've seen a lot of lately, but usn't up on the list. What's that now?
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2008-01-16, 08:00 PM (ISO 8601)
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2008-01-30, 06:12 PM (ISO 8601)
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What exactly is a "bag o' rats?" I've tried searching the forum and googling it, and I've gathered that it's an excercise in rule-breaking similar to Pun-Pun, and that it involves exploiting Combat Reflexes and a bag of rats in order to get a near infinite number of attacks. How does it work, though?
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2008-01-30, 07:54 PM (ISO 8601)
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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
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2008-01-31, 03:39 PM (ISO 8601)
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2008-02-03, 12:21 PM (ISO 8601)
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Another variant involves whirlwind attacking the rats and cleaving into your enemies. This only works in D&D 3.0, because 3.5 added the "When you use the Whirlwind Attack feat, you also forfeit any bonus or extra attacks granted by other feats, spells, or abilities" clause to the feat.
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2008-04-05, 09:58 AM (ISO 8601)
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thank you for all your abbreviations ,i believe all people in the forum can learn more about the words ,it is really helpful to all the people.
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2008-04-23, 10:06 AM (ISO 8601)
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May I suggest the following chat abbreviation?
TBH - to be honest.
I've seen it crop up a lot lately and I had to go look on www.acronymfinder.com to figure out what it meant.Spoiler
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2008-05-05, 09:51 PM (ISO 8601)
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Various typos corrected, minor changes to remove dated information or make definitions clearer. Added Batman Mage, bag'o'rats, blaster, Pun-Pun, 4E, E6, FUBAR, SNAFU, TBH, WTF, WBL, nova, GSL, ninja'd, RuC, CoSR, and A:tEoS.
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2008-05-10, 06:07 PM (ISO 8601)
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Last edited by Sstoopidtallkid; 2008-05-10 at 06:11 PM.
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2008-05-10, 07:21 PM (ISO 8601)
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2008-05-16, 02:34 AM (ISO 8601)
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This thread really is a must read.
This only suggestion I could make would beCleric of Cheeseweasle: Nickname for a cleric of Pelor who takes the Good and Healing domains.
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2008-05-19, 10:00 AM (ISO 8601)
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Added optimizer.
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2008-06-16, 12:44 AM (ISO 8601)
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Maybe it's just me, but I've seen NSFW occasionally applied to non-adult content that might still be unsuitable for a workplaces, libraries, etc. Specifically, I'm thinking of loud or obnoxious video or audio clips, large files that might get blocked by company servers or firewalls, etc. This usage is, in my experience, somewhat rarer than NSFW = sexually explicit or suggestive, but it might be worth mentioning nonetheless.