These abbreviations are commonly used on the newsgroup rec.games.roguelike.adom. Many of them are used in these documents as well.They are used partly to protect new players from spoilers and partly for speed.
In general, a leading P for potion might be replaced by ! for potion. Likewise a leading S for scroll might be replaced by ? for scroll and a leading W might be replaced by \ for wand.
In general, artifacts, locations and NPCs are capitalized in the description.
Abbr. | Meaning |
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7LB | seven league boots |
ACW | Ancient Chaos Wyrm |
AMW | Ancient Mummy Wrapping |
Andy | Andor Drakon |
AoB | amulet of balance |
AoC | amulet of chaos |
AoLS | amulet of life saving |
AoO | amulet of order |
AotME | Axe of the Minotaur Emperor |
AP | Assassin Prince |
ASB | Ancient Stone Beast |
Barney | Srraxxarrakex (big purple dinosaur) |
BDC | Blue Dragon Caves |
BoW | Bracers of War |
CoC | Caverns of Chaos |
CoK | crystal of knowledge |
CoS | Crown of Science |
DD | Druid Dungeon |
DH | Dwarven Halls |
DSM | dragon scale mail |
DT | Dwarftown |
EM | Emperor Moloch |
EPM | eternium plate mail |
Fisty | Fistanarius |
GM | greater moloch |
GTB | greater telekinetic blast |
HMV | High Mountain Village |
HP | hit points |
ID | Infinite Dungeon |
IIRC | if I recall correctly |
IME | in my experience |
Kelly | Khelavaster |
Kenny | the cute dog (South Park and the cute dog's tendency to die in every game) |
LBoH | long bow of hunting |
LoS | line of sight |
MM | Mad Minstrel |
MT | Mana Temple |
MWS | magical writing set |
N+S | combination of Needle + Sting, the artifact daggers |
NG | newsgroup (usually rec.games.roguelike.adom) |
NPC | non-player character |
PC | player character |
PC | Puppy Cave |
PG | Platinum Girdle |
PoCC | potion of cure corruption |
PoEd | potion of education |
PoEH | potion of extra healing |
PoEx | potion of exchange |
PoGA | potion of gain attributes |
PoI | potion of invisibility |
PoUH | potion of ultra healing |
PP | power points |
RGRA | the newsgroup rec.games.roguelike.adom |
RNG | random number generator |
RoI | ring of ice |
RoI | Ring of Immunity |
RoR | Robes of Resistance |
RotF | ring of the fish |
RotHK | Ring of the High Kings |
RotMC | Ring of the Master Cat |
SC | Scintillating Cave |
SIL | the dungeon level where MaLaKaI resides |
SLB | seven league boots |
SMC | Small Cave |
SoCR | scroll of chaos resistance |
SoFS | scroll of familiar summoning |
SoGI | scroll of greater identify |
SoN | Sword of Nonnak |
SotS | Shirt of the Saints |
TB | Thomas Biskup |
TC | teleport control |
TotRR | Trident of the Red Rooster |
ToEF | Tower of Eternal Flames |
twins | combination of Needle + Sting, the artifact daggers |
UCG | ultimate chaos god |
ULE | ultra lawful ending |
UNE | ultra neutral ending |
VD | village dungeon |
WADOMF | cheater program/player character editor for windows |
WMoPC | writhing mass of primal chaos |
WoD | wand of destruction |
WoT | wand of teleportation |
WoTC | wand of trap creation |
WoTD | wand of trap detection |
WoWi | wand of wishing |
WoWo | wand of wonder |
YAFM | yet another funny message |
YAGBU | yet another Guidebook update |
YASD | yet another (sad, strange) stupid death |
YAVP | yet another victory post |