Common acronyms

This is a list of common acronyms and abbreviations used by players when discussing Gemstone IV on Discord or other platforms. It is intended to be a reference for new or returning players to help them decipher what everyone else is saying. Nearly all the acronyms listed here are considered Out of Character (OOC) and should not be used when one is expected to be In Character (IC)

Acronym	Meaning	Category
AS	Attack Strength or Arcane Symbols	Mechanics
ASC	Ascension	Mechanics
BS	Blood Script, alternative currency for purchases at the Duskruin event	Event
CER	Combat Effectiveness Rating is the amount of padding or weighting on an item. This is a function of the number of "services" on the item. eg 5CER would be 'Somewhat'	Mechanics
CHE	CHE or the Cooperative Houses of Elanthia. Each character can be a member of one at a time. More commonly called 'your house'	Mechanics
CM or CMAN	Combat Maneuvers	Mechanics
CoL	Council of Light	Mechanics
CoS	Cloak of Shadows (712)	Spell
CS	Casting Strength	Mechanics
CP	Crit Padding, or Critical Strike Padding. On player armor only and allows for lower critical hits from higher end rolls in combat	Mechanics
CW	Crit Weighting, or Critical Strike Weighting. On player weapons only and allows for higher critical hits from lower end rolls in combat, often adds the level eg: SCW = somewhat crit weighted or around 5 CER	Mechanics
DR	Duskruin, a twice-yearly Simucoin event	Event
DS	Defense Strength	Mechanics
EG	Ebon Gate, a yearly Simucoin event	Event
EL	Elemental Lore, generally followed by "Air", "Earth", "Fire", or "Water"	Mechanics
EMC	Elemental Mana Control	Mechanics
ESP	ESP is old school amunet that was accessed with a crystal amulet. Now always on, its the updated in-game global communication network	Utility
FWI	Isle of the Four Winds also known as Four Winds Isle and Mist Harbor is a location only accessible to premium members	Location
GEF	Greater elemental flare	Mechanics
GH	GameHost	Utility
GM	GameMaster	Utility
GoS	Guardians of Sunfist	Mechanics
HESS	HESS is the High End Scrip Shop, as part of Duskruin where some of the higher tier unlocks and items are sold.	Mechanics
HP	Harness Power	Mechanics
HW	Hinterwilds the highest hunting area for post-cap players or Halfling Warrior depending on who you ask.	Location
IC	In Character	Roleplay
IMT	Icemule Trace	Location
KS	Kroderine Soul	Mechanics
KST	Kenstrom Story Time. The time period when the Wehnimer's Landing GM starts a town event to advance the storyline. Often preceeded by rain or 'weather' in Landing, and the saying "Buy Deeds"	Roleplay
Lich	Lich is a middle layer to allow scripting in game	Utility
LNET	Similar to amunet, global thought network but requiring Lich installed	Utility
LTE	Long-term experience	Mechanics
MIU	Magic Item Use	Mechanics
MHO	MHO are Meeting Hall Organizations. A recognized group of players. Any character can be a member of multiple MHOs unlike CHEs	Roleplay
MMC	Mental Mana Control	Mechanics
MOC	Multi Opponent Combat	Mechanics
NIR	Name(s) In Red (antiquated reference to GMs due to their names appearing in red on the defunct official forums)	Utility
OHE	One-Handed Edged weapons	Mechanics
OOC	Out of Character	Utility
OP	Over Powered	Utility
OSA	Open Sea Adventures	Mechanics
PF	Physical Fitness	Mechanics
RK	Raikhen is a currency for use in the Rumor Woods pay event. It was introduced in 2019.	Event
RPA	Roleplaying award is awarded to a player giving flat experience boost, and possibly a multiplier for a set amount of extra experience	Mechanics
RW	Rumor Woods	Event
S&H	Stalking and Hiding	Mechanics
SMC	Spiritual Mana Control	Mechanics
SMR	Standard maneuver roll	Mechanics
TC	Towncrier, A player run organization (MHO) that aggregates all the player and game news.	Utility
THW	Two-Handed Weapons	Mechanics
TP	Training Point	Mechanics
TWC	Two Weapon Combat	Mechanics
UAC or UCS	Unarmed Combat System	Mechanics
UCS	Unarmed Combat System	Mechanics
WL	Wehnimer's Landing	Location
WPS	WPS is weighting, padding, sighting. Often referencing the WPS Smithy wagon, an NPC that adds weighting to weapons, sighting to bows or padding to armor with beyond linearly increasing costs	Mechanics