In-Game Acronyms/Abbreviations

AD - Astral Diamonds
 

Adv - Adventure
 

AH - Auction House/Tarmalune Trade House
 

AoE - Area of Effect
 

AP - Action Points
 

APE - Used to describe the Epic Demonic Summoning in Avernus. The demon, a Soul-Infused Barlgura.
 

BHE - Big Heroic Encounter – often used to describe the Major Heroic Encounters.
 

BiS - Best in Slot (Colloquially referring to Encounter powers, Enchantments, Artifacts, Gears etc.)
 

BI - Black Ice
 

BtA - Binds to Account. You can't put it on the Auction House, but you can move it between your characters, mail it to yourself and deposit in the Shared Bank
 

BoE - Binds on Equip. Tradeable. You can pass it between your characters or resell it, up to when your character wears or uses some aspect of it. Once an item is equipped it then becomes BtC.
 

BoP - Binds on Pickup - As soon as your character picks it up, it's staying with them until you sell (for Gold where available, not trade), use or discard it.
 

BtC – Bound to Character
 

CTA - Call to Arms - a special version of existing skirmishes, typically with other special rewards attached to it
 

DD - Dungeon Delves
 

DF – Dragonflight – Stronghold Event
 

DoT - Damage Over Time
 

DPS - Damage per Second
 

EAdv – Epic Adventure
 

GG (gg)/GGs - Good Game or Good Going
 

HE - Heroic Encounter, timed events where a group of 5+ players is suggested for completion
 

HoT - Heal Over Time
 

HPS - Heals Per Second
 

ICD - Internal Cool Down (time)
 

IL - Item Level
 

INV/+ (Playstation - 'UP'/X)- Invite (to group, party or queue)
 

LF – Looking for
 

LFG - Looking for Group
 

M/Mod - Module
 

NPC - Non-Player Character
 

NW - Neverwinter (Game; Official Acronym)
 

OP - Overpowered or, when in relation to forum posts, Original Poster (Can also refer to the Paladin Class, formerly (pre-Mod 16) called Oathbound Paladin)
 

PE - Protector's Enclave
 

PVE - person versus environment or player versus environment
 

PVP - person versus person -or- player versus player
 

PUG - Pick up group, indicating groups created by random queue. Also used to indicate a team missing 1 or more components and accessing the queue to complete the team.
 

PWE - Perfect World Entertainment (Company)
 

PWI - Perfect World International (Game)
 

RAD - Rough Astral Diamonds
 

RP - Refinement Points
 

RNG - Random Number Generator – A term used to explain the chance of an item dropping from lockboxes or elsewhere in the game.
 

RNGesus – Player imagined God of RNG
 

SH - Stronghold
 

WAI - Working as Intended
 

WTT - Willing to Trade
 

ZAX/ADX - Zen to AD Exchange