nethack spoiler site http://www.nethack.de/ Maintainer: Sascha Wostmann (sascha@nethack.de) ----------------------------------------------------------------- The _in_Complete NetHack Acronym and Abbreviation List ======================================================== originally by Satoshi Asami (asami@cs.berkeley.edu), with some additions by Boudewijn Wayers (kroisos@win.tue.nl) and a lot by Adam Dawes (adam@darkside.demon.co.uk). And finally Sascha Wostmann (wostmann@geocities.com) revised the list again to remove the not-so-common abbrevations Nethack, being the addictive game that it is, obviously leaves the player vastly less time to write messages for newsgroups than he would otherwise have. As a result of this, the rec.games.roguelike.nethack newsgroup is full of cryptic looking acronyms and abbreviations. This spoiler contains a list of all the more popular (and some of the less popular) acronyms that you might find on your journey through the newsgroup. The following convention has become popular amongst many of the rec.games.roguelike.nethack inhabitants for abbreviations: the symbol used within the game to represent the object proceeds the abbreviation to make things clearer. So for example, a potion of confusion would be abbreviated to "!PoC". In some cases this symbol is omitted, for example the PYEC is always a tool, no need to mention it. In the list below, there will always be the symbols proceeding the abbreviation. If the symbol is shown, you may omit the character for the object, for example !oEH instead of !PoEH, because it's clear that you mean a potion. Also, a lowercase 'b' or 'c' may sometimes be added to the start to indicate blessed/cursed status. For example, 'b?SoG' might be used to indicate a blessed scroll of genocide. In summary, don't use uncommon abbrevations unless you translate them the first time you use it, for example "A potion of Invisibility (PoI) will make you invisible, and if you throw the PoI at a monster, you make this monster invisible" Good luck! Some abbreviations that pop up from time to time: ------------------------------------------------- ESP Extra-Sensory Perception Mojo Mjollnir Vorpy Vorpal Blade WW Water Walking r.g.r.n. rec.games.roguelike.nethack SLASH Super Lots'O Added Stuff Hack - a variant of Nethack NHTNG Nethack - The Next Generation - a variant of Nethack YKYBPTMNW... You know you've been playing too much Nethack when... YKYPNTLW... You know you've played Nethack too long (or: late) when... IDHTSCIFOM I don't have the source code in front of me common usenet abbrevations: --------------------------- IMHO In My Humble Opinion IMNSHO In my Not-So Humble Opinion AFAIK As far as I know AFAIR As far as I recall IIRC If I remember correctly BTW By the way HTH Hope that helps ROTFL, ROFL Rolling on (the) floor, laughing SCNR Sorry Could Not Resist AKA Also Known As Yet another...: --------------- YAAD Yet Another Annoying Death YAFM Yet Another Funny Message YAFMC Yet Another Funny Message Combination YASM Yet Another Stupid Move or Yet Another Strange Message YASD Yet Another Stupid Death AKA TYTK = Taas Yksi Tyhm„ Kuolema (Finnish :) ^ that's ä or ae or "a YAAP Yet Another Ascension Post AKA TYYNPV = Taas Yksi Yl”snousemus Postiviesti (Finnish :) ^ and that's ö or oe or "o People, Monsters: ----------------- @WoY, Wiz, Rodney Wizard of Yendor (Yendor spelled backwards = Rodney) ML Master Lich MF Mind Flayer MMF Master Mind Flayer (only in Slash/Slash'em) PW purple worm SHK shopkeeper VL vampire lord Potions: -------- !PoEH Potion of Extra Healing !PoGL Potion of Gain Level !PoW Potion of Water !PoHW Potion of Holy Water !PoUW Potion of Unholy Water Amulets: -------- "AoESP Amulet of ESP "AoLS Amulet of Life Saving "AoMB Amulet of Magical Breathing "AoY Amulet of Yendor Tools: ------ (BoH Bag of Holding (BoO Bell of Opening (ML Magic Lamp (MM Magic Marker (PYEC Platinum Yendorian Express Card (UH Unicorn Horn Books: ------ +BotD Book of the Dead Wands: ------ /WoW Wand of Wishing /WoC Wand of Cancellation or Wand of Cold (make clear which one you mean!) /WoCM Wand of Create Monster /WoD Wand of Death or Wand of Digging (make clear which one you mean!) /WoP Wand of Polymorph or Wand of Probing (make clear which one you mean!) /WoT Wand of Teleportation /WoUT Wand of Undead Turning Rings: ------ =RoC Ring of Conflict =RoPC Ring of Polymorph Control =RoTC Ring of Teleport Control Scrolls: -------- ?SoC Scroll of Charging ?SoCM Scroll of Confuse Monster or Scroll of Create Monster (make clear which one you mean!) ?SoEA Scroll of Enchant Armour ?SoEW Scroll of Enchant Weapon ?SoG Scroll of Genocide ?SoI Scroll of Identify ?SoRC Scroll of Remove Curse Armor: ------ [?DSM Any Dragon scale mail, the question mark indicates the color. Beware, there are two B ones (Blue and Black) and two G ones (gray and Green) [BoL Levitation Boots (Boots of Levitation) [BoS, [SB Speed Boots (Boots of Speed) [BoWW, [WWB Water Walking Boots (Boots of Water Walking) [CoD Cloak of Displacement [CoI Cloak of Invisibility [CoMR Cloak of Magic Resistance [GoD Gauntlets of Dexterity [GoP Gauntlets of Power [HoB Helm of Brilliance [HoOA Helm of Opposite Alignment [HoT Helm of Telepathy [SoR Shield of Reflection