ADOM Guidebook


Appendix O - Abbreviations commonly used when discussing ADOM

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.

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
YAFM   - yet another funny message
YAGBU  - yet another Guidebook update
YASD   - yet another (sad, strange) stupid death
YAVP   - yet another victory post

Updated September 27th, 2002
© Copyright Andrew Williams 2000-2002