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Abbreviations
The abbreviations below appear in stat blocks, tables, and formulae, and nowhere else. Running prose spells every one of them out: an abbreviation belongs where space is short.
Rules abbreviations are set in capitals; coins are always lowercase. This is what keeps 5 SP — five Spell Points — apart from 5 sp, five silver pieces. Skill Points are never abbreviated, because SP is spoken for. An ability is never abbreviated in prose either: write a Dexterity saving throw, never a Dex. save. LCK appears on a character sheet only, since creatures have no Luck.
Every abbreviation the game uses is given on the Abbreviations table.
Abbreviations
| Abbreviation | Meaning |
|---|---|
| AC | Armour Class |
| CE | Chaotic Evil |
| CG | Chaotic Good |
| CHA | Charisma |
| CN | Chaotic Neutral |
| CON | Constitution |
| cp | copper piece(s) |
| CR | Challenge Rating |
| DC | Difficulty Class |
| DEX | Dexterity |
| ft. | foot, feet |
| GM | Game Master |
| gp | gold piece(s) |
| HP | Hit Point(s) |
| INT | Intelligence |
| lb. | pound(s) |
| lbf | pound(s) of draw force, used to rate a bow |
| LCK | Luck |
| LE | Lawful Evil |
| LG | Lawful Good |
| LN | Lawful Neutral |
| M | Material component |
| N | Neutral |
| n | the potency of an enchantment |
| NE | Neutral Evil |
| NG | Neutral Good |
| NPC | Non-player character |
| PB | Proficiency Bonus (creatures only; a player character has none) |
| PC | Player character |
| RP | Resistance Point(s) |
| S | Somatic component |
| sp | silver piece(s) |
| SP | Spell Point(s) |
| SR | Skill Rank |
| STR | Strength |
| V | Verbal component |
| WIS | Wisdom |
| XP | Experience Point(s) |