Glossary

From DDO wiki

Many adventurers new to Stormreach are taken back at some the terms used conversationally by its veteran denizens. This is a partial list of terms you may or may not have seen or heard before.

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1337 - Leet - Elite - El33t 

Often used by older people to describe someone who is full of himself or arrogant.
Often used by younger people to refer to someone with above average or "elite" skills.
Can also be used by older congratulatory people to joke about someone with above average or "elite" skills.

28 Point Build

When starting DDO, you can use a maximum of 28 points for stat allocation for new characters. See 32 Point Build

32 Point Build

Once you've earned 1750 favor on any character, you can use 32 points in the initial stat allocation. As of Update 1 for DDO Unlimited (October 28, 2009), 32 point builds can be purchased from the DDO store.

3BC 

Three-Barrel Cove (quest)

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AA 

Arcane Archer, a ranger path or enhancement

AC 

Armor Class (game mechanic)

ADQ - DQ1 

Against the Demon Queen (quest)

AFAIK 

As Far As I Know

AFK 

Away from Keyboard: this player is telling you that they have left for a moment.

Aggro 

This is the name for the level of aggression a monster has towards any player. The person with the most "aggro" is usually who the Monster will target and persist to attack. Aggro is gained through dealing damage to the creature, taunting the creature with the intimidate skill, or healing party members. Most groups seek to have the Tank hold the Aggro.

AH 

Auction House. One is located in The Harbor. Speak to Spaulder Nine-Band there. It shows up as a red gavel icon on your map. Here you may post items for others to bid on or bid on items for yourself. Note when selling on the Auction House: there is a "Listing Fee" when you put the item on the Auction House list; there is also another selling fee of 30% if the item is sold. Factor those costs into the selling price of any items you decide to sell.

AHAP 

As Hard As Possible. Usually used in LFMs to say the quest will be done in the hardest difficulty that can by opened by the party.

Alt 

A player's alternate characters, these are characters that they play for fun but are not the main focus of their time in game.
Any character on a player's account he is not currently playing.
See also Avatar, Character, Toon and Main.

AOE 

Area Of Effect: AOE spells are spells that affect multiple targets in a designated area. Spells like Fireball have AOE damage because they damage the creatures surrounding the initial target of the spell.

Arcane 

An Arcane would refer to arcane casters, such as the wizard or sorcerer classes, and would exclude other casters (ie cleric)

ATM 

At The Moment.

Avatar 

The virtual incarnation of the player.

Axer Package 

A phrase referring to a collection of buffs in DDO. Generally refers to every possible useful buff for the given quest. But often non-useful but funny buffs like Merfolk's Blessing are included. Common buffs for all quests included: Haste, Rage, Displacement, Resist Energy: All, Prayer, Freedom of Movement, Deathward. Others depending on the quest or context it is used. Example of usage: "Hey what buffs do you need?" "I'll take an Axer Package." Note that this package is not required for good players, nor for self-sufficient players. When you only form groups that consist of you on your dwarven barbarian with the other five party members being clerics, wizards, sorcs, and bards, then yes, you will need the Axer package.

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BAB 

Base Attack Bonus: Number that represent your skills with a weapon, and increases as you gain levels. As your BAB increases, you gain a greater bonus to attack rolls and additional swings. The speed at which BAB increase depends on the class(es) you are training.

Battle Cleric 

A cleric who likes to and is built to fight in melee combat

BBL 

Be Back Later

BH 

Sometimes used to refer to a Beholder

Bio 

Often used as "Bio break", this term refers to someone taking a break for biological reasons. Often used in DDO to state a player is going to the bathroom.
Can also refer to the player's biography.

Bind or Binding 

The process of setting a resurrection point in a tavern, by talking to an NPC "spirit binder"

Bind, Bound, or Binding 

Binding an item to a character will make that item immune to permanent damage, but the item cannot be auctioned or traded

Body Pull 

Technique of getting close enough to a MOB to get only its attention and not its friends, and pull them back to fight alone

Box of Rocks 

A chest full of gemstones

BS 

Bastard sword (item), Bull's strength (buff) at lower levels, or Barkskin (buff) at higher levels

BRB 

Be Right Back, often used in conjunction with AFK.

BRT 

Be Right There

BTW

By The Way

Buff, Buffs, or Buffed 

Buffs are generally cast on characters at the beginning of quests and after shrining to give resistance to damaging effects

BYOH 

Bring Your Own Heals, generally seen on the LFM to let people know that there isnt a healer in the group

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Capped 

The point in which a character has reached the maximum amount of experience they can get

Caster 

Typically a wizard or sorcerer, but technically any class that casts spells. (ie cleric)

CC 

Crowd Control: Refers to effects capable of affecting large amount of hostile mobs to reduce the damage taken. Casting classes (Bards, Sorcerers, Wizards) are often asked to do CC. This involves AOE stuns, Web spells, and Daze spells to prevent monsters to deal damage to party members.

CE 

Combat Expertise (feat)

Char 

Character

Chew Toy 

A Tank, who's main job is to acquire and maintain agro from a specific mob/mobs

Chump Block 

A character that tanks, even though they are likely to die in the process

Clickie 

An item that, upon double clicking the item icon, generates a spell or other effect. (ie haste clickie, grease clickie)

CLW 

Cure Light Wounds: A healing spell used frequently by clerics.

CMW 

Cure Moderate Wounds: A healing spell used frequently by clerics.

CSW 

Cure Serious Wounds: A healing spell used frequently by clerics.

CO6 

The Cult of the Six: A quest chain on Sorrowdusk Isle, accessible from the House Deneith ward. Sometimes called COT6

Coyle 

An infamous NPC you must protect in the Threnal East quests who dies quite easily

Crawl 

A dungeon crawl to show newbies the ropes, and/or to complete all side quests and objectives

Crit 

Critical Hit, high attack rolls that occur naturally on the dice, give bonuses to damage

CR 

Challenge Rating: The difficulty of a monster. The rating is not always accurate for every monster.

CYA 

See You

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DA 

Dwarven axe (item) or Dungeon Alert

DC 

Disconnect: This often refers to a player who looses his internet connection or his client-side connection to the game.
Difficulty Class: The foundation of most skills in DDO, based on a D20 dice roll versus a DC. The DC of any given object, spell, trap, or magic item is the "check" that you must roll above to succeed.

DD 

Dimension Door (spell)
Disable Device (skill)

DBF 

Delayed Blast Fireball (spell)

Dev 

Developers: These are the good men and women who actually work on the game itself. The Dev team can consist of artists, programmers, and managers. There are other types of employees, like public relations, but they are not specifically Devs since they are not directly developing the game.

Diplo 

Diplomacy (skill), used to redirect aggro onto others

Disco Inferno 

Wall of Fire & Otto's Sphere of Dancing used together

Divine 

Divine spell casters excel at curing ailments and healing allies (ie Cleric, Favored Soul, Paladin)

DM 

Dungeon Master, the game referee.

DPS 

Damage per second or Damage per swing. Method of calculation of damage. Most often used to represent a general focus on damage rather than precise numbers. Note that there is no actual measurement for DPS, rather it is a play style where one intends to do high damage for each round of attack, as opposed to stat damage or crowd control.

DR 

Damage Reduction, formatted DR N/TYPE, where N = Absorbed Damage, and type = what ignores the DR

Dragonmark 

A mark that looks like an elaborate tattoo and grants magical powers to the bearer. Specific dragonmarks are found only in the bloodlines of certain families, and therefore only certain races may manifest true dragonmarks. In DDO, characters may spend feats to purchase dragonmarks.

DS 

Deepwood sniper (path), the path a ranger follows to focus skills on ranged attacks and scouting.

DSD 

Detect Secret Doors (spell)

Dump Stat 

A starting ability you put no build points into.

DV 

Divine Vitality: This is a cleric ability which is used at the expense of a Turn Undead. DVs are optional enhancements that a Cleric may choose to take in order to refill small amounts of Spell Points to a target party member but not himself.

DQ1 

Against the Demon Queen chapter 1(quest)

DQ2 

Against the Demon Queen chapter 2(raid)

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End game

Term used to refer to the activities or quests done by characters at the maximum level.

EULA 

End User Licence Agreement

EZ 

Easy

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F2S 

Flesh to Stone (spell)

Farming 

Running a quest, or explorer area, multiple times for loot.

Favor 

Points given for completing quests. Special benefits are made available to users who obtain enough favor with certain patrons

FF 

Feather Fall

Finger 

Finger of Death (spell)

Firewall 

Wall of Fire (spell) the terminology used often misleads people to search for the spell in the F's, as opposed to the W's

Flagged 

Having completed the required quests, or gathered the required items, to move onto the next chapter of a story line. usually a raid.

Fleshy 

Term used for denoting a "flesh and bone" race (eg Human)

FO 

Finish Out: This is often a fast way of telling everyone in the group that it is ok to Recall out of a dungeon after it has been completed.

FOD 

Finger of Death (spell)

FOM 

Freedom of Movement (buff)

Fred 

Fred The Mind Flayer can respec feats, and is found under the garden in House J

FtS 

Flesh to Stone (spell)

FTW 

For The Win: Simply put, anything that is followed by "FTW" means it is a good thing. (e.g.. "+4 Ghost Touch Adamantine Bastard swords FTW!")

FVS 

Favored Soul (class)

F2P 

Free to Play, new to mod 9. users can now play DDO without paying, but suffer some drawbacks (eg limited chars)

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GA 

Greataxe

GG 

Good Game: Often used as a congratulatory response to a good group or good job on a task. This has been used alternatively as a condescending insult flavored with sarcasm. (e.g.. "GG, Noob...")

GH 

Greater Heroism (buff), can also reference the Gianthold Area or Good hope (spell)

Ghost Run 

When players intentionally die to have someone carries their soul stone through the quest

Gimped 

Built with abilities that don't have synergy to the build or multiclassing in a way that hurts your character more than any benefit he may gain from it. Common solution to this is a reroll.

GIMPO 

God In My Personal Opinion. Typically used to describe a good character build.

GJ 

Good Job: used in the same context as GG.

GLOER 

Good Luck On End Reward

GM 

Game Master: these are the fellows who are employed by Turbine to help players with unusual problems like monsters not spawning, getting stuck, items disappearing, and other events which disrupt the flow of gameplay. They also moderate behavior of players when it gets out of hand. Consider the GMs to be like the Police of DDO, when something goes wrong, you contact them.

GMW 

Grey Moon Waning: A quest chain on Sorrowdusk Isle, accessible from the House Deneith ward.

Gold Farmers or Spammer 

People who try to sell gold or platinum in game

GS 

Green Steel Item, could also mean Greatsword (item)

GTG 

"Got to Go" or "Good to Go", sometimes creating confusion, especially at the beginning of quests

GTWF 

Greater Two Weapon Fighting (feat)

Guild Group 

A group comprised mostly or entirely of members of a guild. Usually these players know one another well, and work together as a team. A very different experience from a PUG.

G2G 

Got To Go, players often use G2G as opposed to GTG which has two different meanings.

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Hagglebot 

A character built to have extraordinary Haggle skill, often at the expense of skills used in combat.

Healbot 

A character dedicated to healing and who does little else in a quest.

HIPS 

Hiding in Plain Sight (quest)

Hi Welcome 

Phrase used on the forums for many reasons. Often interpretation is left to the reader.

Hound 

Hound of Xoriat (raid)

House D 

The House Deneith ward, an area north of the Marketplace.

House J 

The House Jorasco ward, an area north of the Marketplace.

House K 

The House Kundarak ward, an area north of the Marketplace.

House P 

The House Phiarlan ward, an area north of the Marketplace.

HoX 

Hound of Xoriat (raid)

HP 

Hit Points

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IC 

In Character: For all intents and purposes, this term is most commonly used in MMORPGs to describe a player's Roleplaying state. If he is in character, then he is talking and acting as his character. Alternatively, and commonly used in internet lingo, IC is a fast way of saying "I see"

IDK 

I Don't Know

IIRC 

If I Remember Correctly

IMO 

In My Opinion

INC 

Incoming, often used to let other players know that a group of MOBS are heading towards the group. Someone who pulls will often let his party know that the pull was successful by saying "INC". Also used when a zerger or a scout has drawn more attention than he can handle and is heading back to the group for help dispatching the swarm of enemies he's found.

Incapped 

Incapacitated is the term to describe a character who has fallen but is not yet dead

Intimitank 

Refers to a player that excels at holding aggro with the Intimidate skill while keeping a good Armor Class and, most of the time, good saving throws and hit points.

IP 

In Progress, generally seen on the LFM to let people know that the group is already in quest

IRL 

In Real Life

ISO 

In Search Of. Commonly used in trading posts on many massively multiplayer online game forums.

ITWF 

Improved Two Weapon Fighting (feat)

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JK 

Just Kidding

JMO 

Just My Opinion

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KEK 

Another version of LOL, KEK was commonly used in World of Warcraft due to the Horde's translation of LOL when viewed by an Alliance member. Kek originated from Korean players on Battlenet who would show laughter via "kekekekekeke".

Kite or Kiting 

Strategy of attacking one or more melee monsters with ranged attacks and running around so they can't hit you.

KK 

OK

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Lag 

Delayed or slowed gaming experience due to, but not limited to; internet connection or pc problems. usually results in a frozen frame in-game.

LD 

Link Dead, an alternate description of a disconnection, usually used when the disconnection was abrupt.

Leet 

Elite

Leroy Jenkins 

A reference to a You-Tube video of someone wrecking an intricately planned WoW raid by rushing into combat and getting everyone killed. A term for someone who Zergs when the rest of the party is not.

LFG 

Looking for Group

LFH 

Looking For Ham (outdated terminology) consuming ham was the way to regenerate hp & sp before the induction of the rest shrine.

LFH 

Looking for Help, Not always looking for someone of equal level, this can sometimes be used to seek the aid of a higher level character for whatever reason.
Alternatively, Looking For Healer, this means the group has everything they need except a healing class.
Can also can refer to the LFH emote, which stands for looking for ham.

LFM 

Looking for More (alternatively, LF1M, LF2M, etc shows how many more are needed for a complete group)

LotD 

Litany of the Dead - item or quest

LMAO 

Laughing My As* Off (Laughing really hard)

Log or Logging 

Process of exiting the DDO software completely, or to change characters

LOH 

Lay On Hands (enhancement), the ability of paladins to heal with divine powers

lol 

Laughing out Loud

Lowbie 

Someone of low level: Usually refers to characters between levels 1-4, but some of the more jaded veterans will use this to refer to all characters three or more levels below the cap.

LS 

Longsword

LVL 

Level, typically referring to a characters experience level

L8ter 

Later

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M/A 

Mature Audience

Main 

A player's Main character.

Mana 

Spell Points

Meat Shield 

This term is often used to refer to the tanking classes of the group. Paladins or Fighters, usually, but Barbarians and Rangers can be meat shields as well. They are the front line tanks that take the beating so the squishy classes don't have to.

ML 

Minimum Level requirements, referring to items

MM 

Magic Missile

MMO or MMOG 

Massive Multi-player On-line Game

Mob 

Stands for Mobile Object. Common term used to describe a monster or other enemy that you encounter.

MoBB 

Maladroit of Bone Breaking weapon, combo that deals most effective dexterity damage

Mod 

Module, Modification (ie DDO Mod 9), or Modifier (ie Str Mod)

MT 

Mistell: this is used to apologize to a player when someone sends them a message that was intended for another player.
Alternatively, MT can refer to the "Main Tank" of a group.

MU 

Magic User: Bards, Clerics, Sorcerers and Wizards are all Magic Users. Paladins and Rangers are usually not referred to as magic users, even though they can (and should) have spell points and cast spells after level 4.

Mule 

Describes a character as having been created to hold extra items. Some are created and run through a few missions to improve the Haggle skill and or to collect Coin Lord favor and increase the size of the mule's pack. Thereby increasing the amount of extra storage provided by a single mule character.

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Necro/Necro 1,2,3 

Necropolis/Necropolis crypt series

Neg 10 P 

Loss of 10% quest XP bonus form player deaths

Nerf 

To Nerf is to make something less effective. At its very essence, players feel Nerfing something usually holds a negative effect on them. During the "balancing" phases of most game development, many aspects are being "Nerfed" from what may have been an overpowered status.

Newb - Newbie 

Title given to new players who may not fully understand the intricacies of the game itself. Often stemming from a lack of playing time, or a younger person who wants to learn the game but simply doesn't yet.

NHE or N/H/E 

Normal/Hard/Elite (quest difficulty levels) sometimes used individually

NM or Nvm 

Nevermind

Noob - N00b - Nub 

Term used to refer to a player lacking skills for no reason other than lack of concern. Usually considered very derogatory.
Care must be taken to differentiate between the two definitions based on context!

NP 

No Problem. As in the person was glad to help.

NPC 

Non Player Character

NT or NTY 

No Thanks or No Thank You

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OIC 

"Oh, I See"

OMG 

"Oh My God"

OMW 

On My Way

OOC 

Out Of Character, an RP term

OOM 

Out Of Mana

OP 

Original Poster

ORLY? 

Oh Really?

Owned 

Originally spelled PWNED!, probably originating from players mistyping the word "owned" in the heat of battle. This term denotes complete domination, usually in a (virtual) physical sense. 'Your Sorcerer was totally PWNED! by that ogre!'

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PA 

Power Attack (feat)

PC 

Player Character

PD 

Perma-Death, a play style that retires a character after they die for the first time. Strict rules regarding PD groups vary between groups and/or guilds.

PG 

Pure Good

Piking 

A term used to describe someone that is leaching XP or loot from the activity, without contributing anything to the party.

Pileon, Pile-on 

A group member that contribute less or worse. Usually considered derogatory.

PK 

Phantasmal Killer: a sorcerer/wizard spell that can instantly kill many creatures in DDO.
Alternatively, and more commonly among other MMORPGs, PK means "Player Killer".

PnP 

Pen and Paper: This refers to the tabletop version of Dungeons and Dragons.

POP 

Prison of the Planes (quest)

POP# 

Pearl Of Power (item), an item used to increase a caster's mana. The sharp would be replaced with a number designating its power.

Pots 

Potions (item)

Power 5 

+5 equivalent weapon effects, most of which can instantly kill monsters on a good roll. (Vorpal, Paralyzing, Banashing, Smiting, Disrupting)

Power Leveling 

Getting more powerful characters to run quests while you tag along. There are limits in DDO to how far you can take this tactic

PPL 

People

PrC 

Prestige Class, a path a class will take to gain special benifits (eg Rangers' Tempest, Bards' Warchanter and Rogues' Assassin)

PrE 

Prestige Enhancement, like PrC's but slightly altered and more limited-scope as Enhancements

Proc

Also called "Proc Rate", refers to items that generate effects on hit (such as a Guard effect on certain items like Air Guard or Concordant Opposition) and the chance that those effects will go off.

PST 

Please Send Tell: The player is requesting that you talk to him/her using the TELL function: /tell <their name> <Message>
Usually used to ask for communication regarding an LFM, LFG, or buy/sell advert

PUG 

Pick Up Group: a group of random players brought together through LFM/LFG usually to run one mission.
Usually a very different experience from a Guild Group

PvE 

Player versus Environment: Running missions, exploring encounter areas and the like.

PvP 

Player versus Player: Killing or competing against other players
PvP is limited in DDO to very specific areas, and players may opt in only by going to those areas.

PWN 

A 1337 term pronounced as "own" (sometimes pronounced "pone"). This means to greatly overpower or defeat an adversary.
Usually regarded as extremely juvenile.

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QFE 

Quoted for Emphasis: used primarily on the forums, this message is used to denote strong agreement, usually with the wording of an argument as well as the actual content

QFT 

Quoted For Truth: used primarily on the forums, this message is used to denote strong agreement, usually with the wording of an argument as well as the actual content. Also used in derrogatory "Quit F*$%ing Talking".

QQ 

Emoticon for crying eyes. Often used as a noun or verb to mean whine/whining

Quest Chain 

A series of quests connected by storyline and intended to be run all in one session. Examples in DDO include Grey Moon Waning/Cult of the Six, the Waterworks, and the Catacombs.

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Raid 

Raid quests are typically epic in scope and intended for 12 players to enter at one time. The lowest level Raid quest in the game at this time is Tempest Spine, which is available in House Jorasco to all characters levels 8 and up.

Rambo 

A player that runs ahead of the party and doesn't work as team player. Akin to Zerger.

Ransack 

When you open chest so many times in one week that it offers lower-level treasure or no treasure at all.

Reroll 

to abandon a character and create another one from scratch to replace it

Respec 

to change out feats or enhancements. You can respec feats with Fred the Mind Flayer, or respec enhancements at a trainer.

Rez 

Resurrection

RFN 

Right Fracking Now!

RL 

Real Life (Yes, there is a world out there!)

ROFL 

Rolling On the Floor Laughing

RP 

Roleplay
Derivatives include: RPer 'roleplayer' and RPing 'Roleplaying'

RR 

Race Required, referring to items, also Reroll or Reaver's Refuge (town area)

Run 

To go through a quest, often in a methodical way for a specific purpose. (ie Loot Run, or Delera's Run)

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SC 

StormCleave (quest)

SF 

Solid Fog (spell)

Shield Wall 

Characters line up in close proximity between obstacles to form a line monsters can't cross

SoC 

Stone of Change

SoS 

Stealer of Souls (quest) or Sword of Shadow (item)

Soul Train 

Using the command "/death" to take you to your bind point. Commonly used for those out of the way areas like Meridia or the Reaver's Refuge.

SP or Spell Pen 

Spell Penetration (feat). SP also refers to "Spell Points", which are consumed when casting spells.

Spamming 

Doing the same attack/spell over and over again, or sending unsolicited in game mail

Splashing

Multiclassing only a few levels of a class (around 1-3).

Squishy 

Typically refers to a character with low AC and HP's, or a character that cannot defend themselves effectively in normal situations

SR 

Spell Resistance (buff)

SS 

Shortsword (item), or Stoneskin (buff)

Stealth Humping or Shadow Humping 

Pushing jump while in stealth mode

Steam Tunnels 

An Instanced zone available from the Marketplace in which one can find the entrance to the Quest Chain usually called STK.

STK 

Shan-To-Kor: a Quest Chain available from the Marketplace.

Stone(s) 

Soul Stones that are left over after you die where your ghost is bound. They can be picked up and carried

Sub or SubT 

The Subterrane, a high-level explorer area which leads to the Vision of Destruction and Hound of Xoriat raids. Also a popular place to use the Greater Teleport spell on others while in a raid party to go to such far-flung places as Meridia or Twilight Forge.

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Tank 

A universal term used in MMORPGs to describe the frontline "protection" class. In DDO this role is often filled by the Paladin or Fighter of a group. A Tank's purpose is to manage aggro and keep party members safe by taking all the damage.
Tanking can be optimized by investing in the Intimidate skill.

Tap or Tap Runs 

Tapestry, or Tapestry farming in the Orchard area outside of Necropolis

TBF 

Trial by Fire (quest)

THAC0 

To Hit Armour Class Zero

THF 

Two-Handed Fighting (feat)

Tome 

An item consumed by a character to increase base attribute scores

Toon

An alternate word used to describe a player's "Character".
Also see Avatar, Alt, Character and Main.

TP 

Turbine Points, the currency used in the DDO Store added with the release of Module 9.

TPK 

Total Party Kill

TR 

Tangleroot Gorge, a frequently run low level Quest Chain. Also, True Reincarnation.

Trap Monkey 

A rogue specializing in disabling traps and opening locks, or any other class with those skills

Troll 

A socially retarded individual that intentionally causes grief and distress upon others, while hiding behind the anonymity of the internet. It's also a green monster with a long nose, known for its ability to regenerate. Sadly, Giantbane weapons only work on the latter kind of troll.

TS 

Tempest Spine: A raid quest available from House Phiarlan.

TTYL 

Talk To You Later

TY 

Thank You

TYVM 

Thank You Very Much

TWF 

Two Weapon Fighting (feat)

Twink 

The process of giving items obtained by one of your characters to another of your characters

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Uber 

Decked Out, typically used to describe a character equipped with the best of weapons and items, and stats that are buffed with tomes

UMD 

Use Magic Device: A skill used mostly by Rogues and Bards to allow them to use wands, scrolls and race restricted items.

UWA or UA 

Under-Water Action, an item option that allows permanent water-breathing

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VoD 

A Vision of Destruction (quest)

Voice(s) 

Voice of the Master (item), usually used at the end of a quest to remind users to "make sure your Voices are on"

VON 

Vault of Night: A quest chain found in House Kundarak. Part 5 and 6 of this chain are raids.

Vorp 

Vorpal, a potent weapon with the ability to sever the heads of those it strikes

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Waggro or Wife-aggro 

wife or significant other has aggro on your game playing and you have to log out to go to Bed Bath and Beyond for example.

WF 

Warforged (race) or Weapon Finesse (feat)

Window farming 

high XP quests from a chain are re-opened repeatedly without running the entire chain again. After completing the quest, one player finishes out and opens the quest window without finalizing the difficulty choice. The other players then finish out, and the quest can be re-run.

WK 

The Chamber of Raiyum quest in the Tomb of the Wizard King

WoE, W/E 

Weakening of Enfeebling weapon, combo that deals most effective strength damage, or Waves of Exhaustion spell

Woot or W00t 

Woohoo!!!

WoP, W/P 

Wounding of Puncturing weapon, combo that deals most effective constitution damage

Working As Intended or WAI 

Typically used to express that even if it's broke, it's not getting fixed

WTB 

Want to buy

WTG 

Want to give

WTS 

Want to sell

WTT 

Want to trade

WW 

Waterworks
A Wilderness Adventure Area available from the the Harbor.
Frequently used to refer to the quest chain available from inside the Wilderness Adventure Area.

Wilderness Adventure Area 

An open area with many mobs and usually with extra quests for exploration and rare encounters. Some Wilderness Adventure Areas also contain entrances to further quests.

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XC 

Xorian Cipher (quest)

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YW 

You're Welcome

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Zerg 

Zerging is a term used to describe a hasteful method based on brute force to getting past a dungeon. The idea here is that adding more force (either through number of characters or lack of restraint with spell usage) the task is more easily overcome. The term "Zerg" originates from the Blizzard game Starcraft which includes a race known as the Zerg. The focal point of their tactical strategy is to create hordes of units that continually swarm the opposing factions.
An alternate usage involves a character rushing ahead of the rest of the party to deal with particular threats (casters, archers, certain traps) while the main party deals with a large group of mostly nonthreatening mobs.

ZOMG 

A 1337 version of "OMG". Adding a Z to the beginning of anything usually adds emphasis.