Pre-Formatted Tables
B3: The most commonly-used geographic distributions
world *everywhere* [default] miami Miami, FL
aa Ann Arbor, MI midlands Midlands, UK
ab Alberta, Canada milw Milwaukee, WI
akron Akron, OH mn Minnesota
atl Atlanta, GA mo Missouri
atl Atlantic Prov's (NB, PEI, Newf.) mtl Montreal, Quebec, Canada
aus Australia na North America (Mex, Can, USA)
austin Austin, TX ne New Engl. (CT,MA,ME,NH,RI,VT)
az Arizona neworleans New Orleans, LA
ba San Francisco Bay area, CA nj New Jersey
bc British Columbia no Norway
belwue Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany ns Nova Scotia
bergen Bergen County, NJ ny New York
ca California nyc New York City, NY
can Canada nz New Zealand
ch Switzerland oau Orlando, FL
chi Chicago, IL oc Orange County, FL
chico Chico, CA oh Ohio
cle Cleveland, OH ok Oklahoma
cmh Columbus, OH ont Ontario, Canada
co Colorado or Oregon
dc Washington, DC ott Ottawa, Canada
det Detroit, MI pa Pennsylvania
dfw Dallas-Ft. Worth, TX pdx Portland, OR
dsm Des Moines, IA pgh Pittsburgh, PA
ed Edinborough, Scotland, UK phl Philadelphia, PA
edm Edmonton, UK pnw Pacific Northwest (ID,OR,WA)
es Spain qc Quebec, Canada
fj Japan rg Rio Grande Valley, NM
fl Florida sac Sacramento, CA
ga Georgia sba Santa Barbara, CA
hfx Halifax, NS, Canada scot Scotland, UK
hk Hong Kong sea Seattle, WA
houston Houston, TX stgt Stuttgart, B-W, Germany
hsv Huntsville, Alabama stl St. Louis, MO
ia Iowa su Soviet Union
ie Ireland tba Tampa Bay Area, FL
il Illinois tn Tennessee
il Israel tor Toronto, CA
in Indiana tx Texas
ka Karlsruhe, Germany uk United Kingdom
kc Kansas City metro area usa United States of America
ks Kansas utah Utah
kw Kitchener-Waterloo, Ont., Canada va Virginia
ky Kentucky vic Victoria, BC, Canada
la Los Angeles County, CA wa Washington
lon London area, UK wgtn Wellington, New Zealand
lou Louisiana wi Wisconsin
md Maryland wny West NY (Rochester, Buffalo)
mi Michigan za South Africa
B15: Where to post
*Damp;&D-related programs/binaries: alt.games.frp.dnd-utils,
or rec.games.frp.archives
Discussion of computer programs: alt.games.frp.dnd-utils
TSR sucks eggs: alt.flame.tsr
SSI/TSR computer games: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.rpg
"Test--Please ignore": misc.test
Which RPG is the best: rec.games.frp.advocacy
Which RPG is the worst: rec.games.frp.advocacy
Which game company is best/worst: rec.games.frp.advocacy
Convention announcements: rec.games.frp.announce
Announcement of PBEM openings: rec.games.frp.announce
Gamers wanted in Area "X": rec.games.frp.announce
Fiction: rec.games.frp.archives
Resources for *D&D (net.books): rec.games.frp.archives
New rules for combat,init, psi: rec.games.frp.archives
Multiple spells, monsters, NPCs: rec.games.frp.archives
Unfinished resources for *D&D: rec.games.frp.archives,
or r.g.f.dnd
Very short resources for *D&D: rec.games.frp.archives,
or r.g.f.dnd
Discussion of *D&D resources: rec.games.frp.dnd
Discussion of *D&D, TSR, etc.: rec.games.frp.dnd
For sale: rec.games.frp.marketplace
Wanted to buy: rec.games.frp.marketplace
Dragon Dice: rec.games.trading-cards.*
or alt.games.dice
C4: TSR's e-mail addresses
G1: Common abbreviations
Gaming-Related
*D&D Any version of the D&D game
AD&D, ADnD Advanced Dungeons & Dragons, any edition
AD&D1 Advanced Dungeons & Dragons, 1st edition
AD&D2 Advanced Dungeons & Dragons, 2nd edition
AD&D2R Advanced Dungeons & Dragons, revised 2nd edition
AD&D2.5 Advanced Dungeons & Dragons, revised 2nd edition
ADND-L AD&D discussion mailing list
AoE Area of Effect
BD&D, BDnD Basic Dungeons & Dragons, as opposed to Advanced D&D
BoA Book of Artifacts
BR Birthright
C*HB Complete Handbook series
Fighter's, Priest's, Thief's, Wizard's, Psionics,
Ranger's, Bard's, Druid's, Paladin's, Barbarian's,
Necromancer's, Ninja's
CB* Complete Book of series
Elves, Dwarves, Gnomes & Halflings, Humanoids
CT, C&T Player's Option: Combat & Tactics
D&D, DnD Dungeons & Dragons, any version except Advanced
D&D3 Dungeons & Dragons, 3rd edition (the successor of
Advanced Dungeons & Dragons)
DDG Deities and Demigods
DL DragonLance
DMG Dungeon Masters Guide, any edition
DMG1 Dungeon Masters Guide, 1st edition
DMG2 Dungeon Masters Guide, 2nd edition
DMG2R Dungeon Masters Guide, Revised 2nd edition
DMG3 Dungeon Masters Guide, 3rd edition
DMO Dungeon Master's Option book(s)
DS Dark Sun
FR Forgotten Realms
GAMA GAme Manufacturers Association
GH Greyhawk
GM Game Master
HLC Dungeon Master's Option: High-Level Campaigns
HW Hollow World
IC In Character
IMC In My Campaign
IYC In Your Campaign
L&L, LL Legends & Lore
LC Living Campaign (RPGA campaign usually found at cons)
LD, LDU Level-Drain, Level-Draining Undead
LK Lankhmar
MC Monstrous Compendium (usually followed by the appendix
number)
MM Monster Manual/Monstrous Manual
MMII Monster Manual II
MoP Manual of the Planes
MPGN ftp.mpgn.com, the Multi-Player Gaming Network site
MUD Multiple-User Dungeon
OA Oriental Adventures
OD&D Old/Original D&D, as opposed to the later Advanced D&D
OOC Out Of Character
PBeM Play By E-Mail
PBWWW Play By World Wide Web
PH Player's Handbook, any edition
PH1 Player's Handbook, 1st edition
PH2 Player's Handbook, 2nd edition
PH2R Player's Handbook, Revised 2nd edition
PH3 Player's Handbook, 3rd edition
PO Player's Option books
PS Planescape
rgfd Rec.games.frp.dnd
rgf.* Rec.games.frp.* hierarchy
RL Ravenloft
RPGA Role-Playing Gamers' Association
SP, S&P Player's Option: Skills & Powers
Sp&M, SPaM Player's Option: Spells & Magic
3e Dungeons & Dragons, 3rd edition
ToM Tome of Magic
ToVK Tome of Vast Knolwedge (computer program)
UA Unearthed Arcana
WoG, WG World of Greyhawk
WotC Wizards of the Coast
General
:-) Smiley (tilt your head 90 degrees); with endless
variations
AFAIK As Far As I Know
BTW By The Way
CFV Call For Votes
F2F Face-to-Face
FWIW For What It's Worth
HAND Have A Nice Day
HTH Hope That Helps
IDH(T)*IFOM I Don't Have (The) In Front Of Me
IIRC If I Remember Correctly
IMHO In My Humble/Honest Opinion (but rarely actually is)
IOW In Other Words
IRC Internet Relay Chat (realtime text-based conferencing
system)
LOL Laughing Out Loud
Ob... Obligatory reference to... (e.g. ObD&D, ObCthulhu, in a
post otherwise about something else)
REQ Request
RFC Request For Comments
RFD Request For Discussion
ROTFL Rolling On The Floor Laughing
RTFM Read The F***ing Manual!
SO Significant Other (i.e. date/fiance(e)/spouse)
TANSTAAFL There Ain't No Such Thing As A Free Lunch
TPTB The Powers That Be
WRT With Regard/Respect To
YHBT You Have Been Trolled
YMMV Your Mileage May Vary
G3: Frequently misspelled words
aarakocra dispel medieval rogue
Baatezu dweomer mythoi Tanar'ri
Cthulhu falchion paladin tarrasque
deity/deities ixixachitl rakshasa thief
H1a: RPG newsgroups
H3a: Common file extensions
Extension File type Transfer as Then...
.arc Archive binary un-archive
.asc Text ascii read normally
.au Unix Sound file binary player needed
.bmp Graphic (bitmap) binary viewer needed
.doc Word/WordPerfect file binary viewer needed
.exe Executable file binary execute
.gif Graphic binary viewer needed
.gz GNUzip compressed file binary un-compress (gzip)
.hqx Macintosh encoded file binary un-encode
.jpg Graphic binary viewer needed
.lzh LHarc archive binary un-archive
.mpg Video graphic file binary player needed
.pdf Adobe/Acrobat file binary viewer needed
.ps Adobe PostScript file binary viewer needed
.sit Macintosh compressed binary un-compress (Stuffit)
.tar Unix tape archive binary un-archive
.tar.z \ Compressed Unix
.taz > tape archive binary un-compress (gzip)
.tgz / then un-archive
.tif Graphic binary viewer needed
.txt Text ascii read normally
.uue Unix encoded file ascii un-encode (uudecode)
.voc Soundblaster sound file binary player needed
.wav Sound file binary player needed
.z Unix compressed file binary un-compress
(gzip, decompress)
.zip Compressed file binary un-compress
(pkzip/unzip)
H3b: FTP instructions
ftp rtfm.mit.edu connect to the site; a message follows
anonymous type this when it asks for your name
type your address as the password
cd /pub/usenet go to the directory you want to be
cd rec.games.moria one level down (no slash)
dir look at what's there
get r.g.m_F_A_Q get the file; case-sensitive
quit stop this mysterious thing
H3c: Using numerical addresses to FTP
ftp 18.70.0.209 connect with numerical address
H3d: Transfer mode
binary set binary transfer mode
ascii set back to text transfer mode
H11: Mailing Lists
Listservs
Majordomos
J2a: Ambidexterity and multiple weapons
to-hit penalty
normal ambidextrous
main/off-hand main/off-hand
Fighting w/ one weapon 0 -2 0 0
Fighting w/ two weapons* -2 -4 -2 -2
Fighting w/ Two-weapon Style spec. 0 -2 0 0
* The penalty for using two weapons is modified by the character's Reaction Adjustment, based on DEX; however, the penalty can never be lowered beyond 0 by either this modifier or ambidexterity (i.e., the DEX Reaction Adjustment may only lessen the effects of the penalty, not grant any plusses to hit). Any other modifers work as usual.
J2b: Specialization and multiple weapons
1 weapon 2 weapons | 2 weapons Att/rnd
Character level Att/rnd Att/rnd | main off-hand
Fighter 1-6/all other classes 1/1 2/1 | 1/1 1/1
Fighter 7-12, 1-6 specialized* 3/2 5/2 | 3/2 1/1
Fighter 13+, 7-12 specialized 2/1 3/1 | 2/1 1/1
Fighter 13+ specialized 5/2 7/2 | 5/2 1/1
* "Specialized" refers to whether or not a fighter has specialized in the weapon being used in his main hand, not to "Two-Weapon Style specialization"
K7a: Suggested crossbow damage
S/M L
Hand 1d4 1d4-1
Light 1d6+1 1d8+1
Medium 1d8+1 1d10+1
Heavy 1d10+1 2d6+1
K7b: Suggested to-hit penalties for bows
Warrior Wizard Priest/Rogue
Longbow -3 -6 -4
Short bow -2 -5 -3
Crossbow -1 -4 -2
Copyright © 2000 by Joel A. Hahn