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AAA = Academy of the Advanced Arcane
'''''See also:''' [[NWN:List_of_acronyms | List of acronyms (NWN Wiki)]] and [http://www.mmoglossary.com/mmorpg_terms/1/index.html General MMORPG Terms (and their abbreviations)].''


[[Guild:AAAA|AAAA]] = Avlis Arms & Armour Association


[[Guild:ACE|ACE]] = Avlis Carpentry Enterprises (guild)
[[Wikipedia:Abbreviation | Abbreviations]], including [[Wikipedia:Contraction_(grammar) | contractions]], [[Wikipedia:Acronym | acronyms]], and initialisms, that are related to Avlis, or used by its players:


[[Wiktionary:AFAIK|AFAIK]] = as far as I know
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="white-space: pre-line; text-align:left"
 
|-
[[Wiktionary:AFK|AFK]] = away from keyboard
! scope="col" style="border-bottom-style: double;  border-bottom-width: medium; text-align:center" | Abbrev.
 
! scope="col" style="border-bottom-style: double;  border-bottom-width: medium; white-space: nowrap" | Full Wording (with extra details)
[[Guild:AAAA|AKN]] = Guild for Advancement of Knowledge in Nature
|-
 
! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | [[Guild:AAA | AAA]]
[[:Category:Team:Area Manager|AM]] = Area Manager  ''(deprecated, see: [[CCC]])''
| Academy of the Advanced Arcane
 
|-
[[Arcane#Academy_of_Mortal_Magic|AoMM]] = Academy of Mortal Magic
! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | [[Guild:AAAA | AAAA]]
 
| Avlis Arms & Armour Association
[[Avlis Side Kick|ASK]] = Avlis Side Kick
|-
 
! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | [[Guild:ACE | ACE]]
AT = Area Transition
| Avlis Carpentry Enterprises
 
|-
[[Guild:ATU|ATU]] = Avlis Tower University
! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | [[Wiktionary:AFAIK | AFAIK]]
 
| as far as I know
[[Creation Control Centre|CCC]] = Creation Control Centre
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | [[Wiktionary:AFK | AFK]]
[[Wikipedia:Chaotic_Evil#Chaotic_Evil|CE]] = Chaotic Evil
| away from keyboard
 
|-
[[Wikipedia:Chaotic_Good#Chaotic_Good|CG]] = Chaotic Good
! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | [[Guild:AJA | AJA]]
 
| Avlis Jeweler's Association
[[Wikipedia:Chaotic_Neutral#Chaotic_Neutral|CN]] = Chaotic Neutral
|-
 
! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | [[Guild:AKN | AKN]]
[http://www.city-of-doors.com/ CODI] = City of Doors Initiative
| data-sort-value="Advancement of Knowledge in Nature" | ''The Guild for'' Advancement of Knowledge in Nature
 
|-
[http://www.copap.org/portal.php?getpage=about CoPaP] = Confederation of Planes & Planets
! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | [[:Category:Team:Area Manager | AM]]
 
| Area Manager  ''(deprecated, see: [[CCC]])''
[[Wikipedia:Computer_roleplaying_game|CRPG]] = computer roleplaying game
|-
 
! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | [[Arcane#Academy_of_Mortal_Magic | AoMM]]
CvC = character versus character (see also: [[Rules]])
| Academy of Mortal Magic
 
|-
CvE = character versus environment
! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | [[Avlis Side Kick | ASK]]
 
| Avlis Side Kick
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dungeons_%26_Dragons DnD] = Dungeons and Dragons (also D&D)
|-
 
! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | [[Transition | AT]]
[http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/glossary&term=Glossary_dnd_effectivecharacterlevel&alpha= ECL] = effective character level
| area transition
 
|-
ELC = enforce legal characters
! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | [[Guild:ATU | ATU]]
 
| Avlis Tower University
[[Guild:FEAT|FEAT]] = Ferrell Exploration And Adventuring Troupe
|-
 
! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | [[Creation Control Centre | CCC]]
[[FOIG]] = Find Out In Game (May also refer to [[:Category:FOIG|FOIG, Inc.]])
| Creation Control Centre
 
|-
FoM = [[The Forest of Midnight]]
! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | [[Alignment#Chaotic_Evil | CE]]
 
| chaotic evil
HEAL = Hazardous Environment, Alchemical Laboratory (A likely reference to the [[Guild:HEAL|HEAL]] store chain)
|-
 
! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | [[Alignment#Chaotic_Good | CG]]
[http://nwn.bioware.com/underdark/ HoTU] = Hordes of The Underdark
| chaotic good
 
|-
[[Wikipedia:In_Character|IC]] = in character
! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | [[Alignment#Chaotic_Neutral | CN]]
 
| chaotic neutral
IG = In Game
|-
 
! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | <span class="plainlinks">[http://wayback.archive.org/web/20060508080950/http://www.city-of-doors.com/ CODI]</span>
[[Wiktionary:IIRC|IIRC]] = if I recall correctly
| City of Doors Initiative
 
|-
ILR = item level restrictions
! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | <span class="plainlinks">[http://www.copap.org/portal.php?getpage=about CoPaP]</span>
 
| Confederation of Planes & Planets
[[Wiktionary:IMHO|IMHO]] = in my honest opinion, in my humble opinion
|-
 
! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | [[Wikipedia:Role-playing_video_game | CRPG]]
[[Wiktionary:IMO|IMO]] = in my opinion
| computer role-playing game
 
|-
[[Wikipedia:IRC|IRC]] = Internet Relay Chat
! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | <span class="plainlinks">[http://www.avlis.org/viewtopic.php?f=24&t=7275 CvC]</span>
 
| character versus character (see also: [[Rules]])
[[Wikipedia:Lawful_Evil#Lawful_Evil|LE]] = Lawful Evil
|-
 
! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | CvE
[[Wikipedia:Lawful_Good#Lawful_Good|LG]] = Lawful Good
| character versus environment (see also: [[Wikipedia:Player_Versus_Environment | PvE]])
 
|-
[[Wikipedia:Lawful_Neutral#Lawful_Neutral|LN]] = Lawful Neutral
! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | [[Wikipedia:Dungeons_%26_Dragons | DnD]]
 
| Dungeons and Dragons (also D&D)
LRC = [[The Lost River Caverns]]
|-
 
! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | [[NWN:Effective_character_level | ECL]]
[[:Category:Team:MC|MC]] = Module Coordinator ''(deprecated, see: [[CCC]])''
| effective character level
 
|-
[[Wiktionary:MMORPG|MMORPG]] = massive multiplayer online roleplaying game
! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | [[NWN:Enforce_legal_character | ELC]]
 
| enforce legal character
[[Wikipedia:Neutral_Evil#Neutral_Evil|NE]] = Neutral Evil
|-
 
! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | [[Guild:FEAT | FEAT]]
[[Wikipedia:Neutral_Good#Neutral_Good|NG]] = Neutral Good
| Ferrell Exploration And Adventuring Troupe
 
|-
[[Wikipedia:Non-player_character|NPC]] = non-player character
! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | [[FOIG]]
 
| find out in game (may also refer to [[:Category:FOIG | FOIG, Inc.]])
[[Wikipedia:Neverwinter_Nights|NWN]] = Neverwinter Nights
|-
 
! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | [[The_Forest_of_Midnight | FoM]]
[http://www.nwnx.org/ NWNX] = Neverwinter Nights Extender
| Forest of Midnight
 
|-
[[Wikipedia:Out_of_Character|OOC]] = out of character
! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | [[Guild:HEAL | HEAL]]
 
| hazardous environment, alchemical laboratory
[[Guild:OrderofGorethar|OoG]] = Order of Gorethar
|-
 
! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | [[NWN:Hordes_of_the_Underdark | HotU]]
[[Guild:OrderofOMa|OoO]] = Order of O'Ma
| Hordes of the Underdark
 
|-
[[Guild:OrderoftheDragon|OotD]] = Order of the Dragon
! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | [[IC]]
 
| in character (see also: [[NWN:In-character | In-character]] on the NWN Wiki)
[[Guild:OrderofValok|OoV]] = Order of Valok
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | IG
[[Wikipedia:Player_character|PC]] = player character
| in game
 
|-
[[Rules:Player_Housing|PH]] = player housing
! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | [[Wiktionary:IIRC | IIRC]]
 
| if I recall correctly, or if I remember correctly
[http://avlis.org/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=5875 PJ] = PlasmaJohn
|-
 
! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | [[NWN:Item_level_restriction | ILR]]
[[Wikipedia:Private_message#Private_messaging|PM]] = private message
| item level restriction
 
|-
[[PnP]] = Pen and Paper
! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | [[Wiktionary:IMHO | IMHO]]
 
| in my humble opinion, or in my honest opinion
[[Wikipedia:Prestige_class|PrC]] = prestige class
|-
 
! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | [[Wiktionary:in_my_opinion#English | IMO]]
PvP = player versus player (see also: [[Rules]])
| in my opinion
 
|-
[[Wikipedia:Persistent_world|PW]] = persistent world
! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | [[Wikipedia:Internet_Relay_Chat | IRC]]
 
| Internet Relay Chat
[[QA]] = Quality Assurance, the people making sure that all the content added for the Avlis servers is bug-free before it is added.
|-
 
! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | [[Alignment#Lawful_Evil | LE]]
[http://www.avlis.org/portal.php?getpage=rpotm RPotM] = Role Player of the Month
| lawful evil
 
|-
[[Guild:SwordofToran|SoT]] = Sword of Toran (Guild)
! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | [[Alignment#Lawful_Good | LG]]
 
| lawful good
[[Wikipedia:Neverwinter_Nights:_Shadows_of_Undrentide|SoU]] = Shadows of Undrentide expansion pack
|-
 
! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | [[Alignment#Lawful_Neutral | LN]]
[[Wikipedia:True_Neutral#True_Neutral|TN]] = True Neutral
| lawful neutral
 
|-
[[Wikipedia:Total Party Kill|TPK]] = Total Party Kill (it happens)
! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | [[The_Lost_River_Caverns | LRC]]
 
| Lost River Caverns
[[Wiktionary:ttl|TTL]] = Trying To Lubricate
|-
 
! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | [[:Category:Team:MC | MC]]
[[Wiktionary:ttyl|TTYL]] = Talk To You Later
| Module Coordinator ''(deprecated, see: [[CCC]])''
 
|-
[[Wikipedia:Experience_point|XP]] = Experience point(s)
! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | [[Wikipedia:Massively_multiplayer_online_role-playing_game | MMORPG]]
| massively multiplayer online role-playing game
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | [[Alignment#Neutral_Evil | NE]]
| neutral evil
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | [[Alignment#Neutral_Good | NG]]
| neutral good
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | [[NWN:Non-player_character | NPC]]
| non-player character
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | [[NWN:Neverwinter_Nights | NWN]]
| Neverwinter Nights
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | <span class="plainlinks">[http://www.neverwinternights.info/nwncx.htm NWNCX]</span>
| Neverwinter Nights Client Extender
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | <span class="plainlinks">[http://www.neverwinternights.info/nwntx.htm NWNTX]</span>
| Neverwinter Nights Toolset Extender
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | <span class="plainlinks">[http://www.nwnx.org/ NWNX]</span>
| Neverwinter Nights Extender
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | [[OOC]]
| out of character (see also: [[NWN:Out-of-character | Out-of-character]] on the NWN Wiki)
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | [[Guild:Order_of_Gorethar | OoG]]
| Order of Gorethar
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | [[Guild:OrderofOMa | OoO]]
| Order of O'Ma
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | [[Guild:OrderoftheDragon | OotD]]
| Order of the Dragon
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | [[Guild:_Order_of_Valok | OoV]]
| Order of Valok
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | [[NWN:Player_character | PC]]
| player character
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | [[Rules:Player_Housing | PH]]
| player housing
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | <span class="plainlinks">[http://www.avlis.org/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=5875 PJ]</span>
| PlasmaJohn
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | [[Wikipedia:Personal_message | PM]]
| personal message, or private message
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | [[PnP]]
| pencil-and-paper (or pen-and-paper) role-playing game
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | [[NWN:Player_Resource_Consortium | PRC]]
| Player Resource Consortium
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | [[Prestige_Classes | PrC]]
| prestige class (see also: [[NWN:Prestige_class | Prestige class]] on the NWN Wiki)
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | [[Wikipedia:Player_Versus_Environment | PvE]]
| player versus environment, or player versus enemy
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | [[NWN:PvM | PvM]]
| player versus monster, or player versus mob (see also: [[Wikipedia:Player_Versus_Environment | PvE]])
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | [[NWN:PvP | PvP]]
| player versus player (see also: [[Wikipedia:Player_Versus_Player | PvP on Wikipedia]], <span class="plainlinks">[http://www.avlis.org/viewtopic.php?f=24&t=7275 PvP vs. CvC]</span> and [[Rules]])
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | [[NWN:Persistent_world | PW]]
| persistent world
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | [[QA]]
| Quality Assurance
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | <span class="plainlinks">[http://www.avlis.org/application.php RPotM]</span>
| Role Player of the Month
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | [[Guild:_Sword_of_Toran | SoT]]
| Sword of Toran
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | [[NWN:Shadows_of_Undrentide | SoU]]
| Shadows of Undrentide
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | [[Alignment#True_Neutral | TN]]
| true neutral
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | [[Wikipedia:Total_party_kill | TPK]]
| total party kill (see also: [[Achievements]])
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | [[Wiktionary:ttyl | TTYL]]
| talk to you later
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | [[NWN:Experience_point | XP]]
| Experience point(s) (see also: [[Experience_System | Experience System]])
|}
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See also: List of acronyms (NWN Wiki) and General MMORPG Terms (and their abbreviations).


Abbreviations, including contractions, acronyms, and initialisms, that are related to Avlis, or used by its players:

Abbrev. Full Wording (with extra details)
AAA Academy of the Advanced Arcane
AAAA Avlis Arms & Armour Association
ACE Avlis Carpentry Enterprises
AFAIK as far as I know
AFK away from keyboard
AJA Avlis Jeweler's Association
AKN The Guild for Advancement of Knowledge in Nature
AM Area Manager (deprecated, see: CCC)
AoMM Academy of Mortal Magic
ASK Avlis Side Kick
AT area transition
ATU Avlis Tower University
CCC Creation Control Centre
CE chaotic evil
CG chaotic good
CN chaotic neutral
CODI City of Doors Initiative
CoPaP Confederation of Planes & Planets
CRPG computer role-playing game
CvC character versus character (see also: Rules)
CvE character versus environment (see also: PvE)
DnD Dungeons and Dragons (also D&D)
ECL effective character level
ELC enforce legal character
FEAT Ferrell Exploration And Adventuring Troupe
FOIG find out in game (may also refer to FOIG, Inc.)
FoM Forest of Midnight
HEAL hazardous environment, alchemical laboratory
HotU Hordes of the Underdark
IC in character (see also: In-character on the NWN Wiki)
IG in game
IIRC if I recall correctly, or if I remember correctly
ILR item level restriction
IMHO in my humble opinion, or in my honest opinion
IMO in my opinion
IRC Internet Relay Chat
LE lawful evil
LG lawful good
LN lawful neutral
LRC Lost River Caverns
MC Module Coordinator (deprecated, see: CCC)
MMORPG massively multiplayer online role-playing game
NE neutral evil
NG neutral good
NPC non-player character
NWN Neverwinter Nights
NWNCX Neverwinter Nights Client Extender
NWNTX Neverwinter Nights Toolset Extender
NWNX Neverwinter Nights Extender
OOC out of character (see also: Out-of-character on the NWN Wiki)
OoG Order of Gorethar
OoO Order of O'Ma
OotD Order of the Dragon
OoV Order of Valok
PC player character
PH player housing
PJ PlasmaJohn
PM personal message, or private message
PnP pencil-and-paper (or pen-and-paper) role-playing game
PRC Player Resource Consortium
PrC prestige class (see also: Prestige class on the NWN Wiki)
PvE player versus environment, or player versus enemy
PvM player versus monster, or player versus mob (see also: PvE)
PvP player versus player (see also: PvP on Wikipedia, PvP vs. CvC and Rules)
PW persistent world
QA Quality Assurance
RPotM Role Player of the Month
SoT Sword of Toran
SoU Shadows of Undrentide
TN true neutral
TPK total party kill (see also: Achievements)
TTYL talk to you later
XP Experience point(s) (see also: Experience System)


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