4. FAQ.Q. Where are the technical FAQs about how to use this website?A: Here:
Druchii.net Forum Index > Frequently Asked QuestionsQ. What does that little R button next to the edit button do?A. It reports the post to the moderators. Please see above under the "How to contact the moderators/administrators" section.
Q. Where can I find the Dark Elf fonts used on this site?A. You can find them
here courtesy of Shadowspite.
Q. Can I post rules, or ask for rules on this site?A. You are not allowed to post rules on this site or ask for them as posting them would be copyright infringement (you can find a thread about it
here).
Generally there's no problem with quoting the rulebook to answer a rules question for example, but you are not allowed to post complete pages of rules or the complete rules for a special character for example.
Q. What are all the ranks and how many posts do you need to get them?A.
0 slave on the altar
10 Slave (off the altar)
25 Trainee Warrior
50 Warrior
75 Corsair
100 Shade
125 Dark Rider
150 Executioner
200 Cold One Knight
250 Black Guard
300 Beastmaster
400 Noble
500 Assassin
600 Highborn
800 Malekith's Personal Guard
1000 Malekith's Best Friend
Mods, Admins and people with a post count of 1000 or over can get a custom title.
Q. What do some Druchii Terms mean? A.
Ancri Dam (Heart of Stag-Talisman)
Autarii (the shades)
Caedlin (Mask)
Courva (Root extract used to enhance one's senses)
Drachau (Hand of Night-Ruler of one of the 6 cities)
Druhir (Druchii tongue)
Hakseer (Coming of age raid)
Hanil Khar (Bearing of Chains annual ceremony)
Hithuan (Druchii ettiquete code)
Hushhalta (Sleeping potion)
Kheitan (Gambeson)
Maelith (malevolent spirits)
Nauglir (Cold One)
Raksha (Restless dead-Autarii dialect)
Sa'an'ishar (lit Shields and Spears-Druchii battle cry)
Urhan (lit high one, leader of Autarii clan)
Vaulkhar (lit maker of Chains, the warlord of Druchau's army)
Vauvalka (illegal magic users)
Q. What do all the abbreviations mean? A.
Armies.• BoC = Beasts of Chaos
• Bret = Bretonians
• CD = Chaos Dwarfs
• Dawi = Dwarfs
• DE = Dark Elves
• DoC = Daemons of Chaos
• DoW = Dogs of War
• HE = High Elves
• HoC = Hordes of Chaos
• LM = Lizardmen
• O&G = Orcs and Goblins
• OK = Ogre Kingdoms
• RoC = Realm of Chaos
• Skaven
• SAD = Skaven (Skyre) Army of Doom
• TFC = Tzeentch's flying circus (screamer army)
• TK = Tomb Kings
• VC = Vampire Counts
• WE = Wood Elves
• WoC = Warriors of Chaos
Units, characters.• BG = Black Guard
• BM = Beast Master
• BT = Bolt Thrower
• CKoC = Chosen Knights of Chaos
• CO = Cold Ones
• CoB = Cauldron of Blood
• COC = Cold One Chariot
• CoCh = Chariot of Chaos
• COK = Cold One Knights
• DH = Death Hag
• DL = Dreadlord
• DP = Dragon Princes
• DR = Dark Riders
• GC = Great Cannon
• GE = Great Eagle
• GG = Grave Guard
• GK = Grail Knights
• GM = Grand Master (or TGM for The Grand Master)
• GUO = Great Unclean One
• HB = highborn
• HP = High Priest
• HS = High Sorceress
• HVG = Hellblaster Volley Gun
• ICK = Inner Circle Knights
• KE = Knights Errant
• KoC = Knights of Chaos
• KoS = Keeper of Secrets
• KotR = Knights of the Realm
• KotWW = Knights of the White Wolf
• LoC = Lord of Change
• LP = Liche Priest
• Ma = Master
• MoM = Master on Manticore
• MoP - Master on Pegasus
• Mus = musician (or muso)
• MXB = Multiple CrossBow (the unit or the weapon): the proper name for RXB.
• Og = Ogre
• RBT = Reaper AKA Repeater Bolt Throwers
• RoR = Regiments of Renown
• SH = Silver Helms
• SoP = Sorceress on Pegasus (SSoP for supreme sorceress)
• Spearelves = Dark Elf Warriors
• SS = Supreme Sorceress
• SSC = Screaming Skull Catapult
• STank = Steam Tank
• TG = Tomb Guard
• WE = Witch Elves
• WP = Warrior Priest
• WW = Way Watchers
Equipment, upgrades.• AHW = additional hand weapon
• BSB = Battle Standard Bearer
• CO = Cold One
• DP = Dark Pegasus
• DS = Dark Steed
• FC = Full Command
• FPA = Full Plate Armour
• GA = Gromril Armour
• GW = Great Weapon (not Game Workshops)
• HA = Halberd
• HA = Heavy Armour
• HLR = Hochland long rifle
• HW = Hand Weapon
• LA = Light Armour
• Mus, Muso = Musician
• Peg = Dark Pegasus (a.k.a. Peggy)
• RatG = Ratling gun
• RHB = Repeater Hand-Bows
• RoHC = Righ of Hotek champion
• RP = Repeater Pistol
• RXBow/RXB = Repeater cross bow
• SDC = Sea Dragon Cloak
• Sh = Shield
• Std = Standard bearer or standard
• xbows = (Repeater) Cross-Bows
• SP = Spear
Magic Items, spells, gifts.• AoD = Amour of Darkness
• AoES = Armor of Eternal Servitude
• BA = Blood Armour
• BCB = Banner of the Cold Blood AKA Banner of the Cold Ones
• BDE = Black Dragon Egg
• BH = Black Horror
• BL = Black Lotus
• BoHG = Banner of Hag Graef
• BoM = Banner of Murder
• BoN = Banner of Nagarythe
• BW = Bladewind
• CB = Caledor's Bane
• CoM = Crystal of Midnight
• CoS = Casket of Souls
• CoW = Cry of War
• CW = Chillwind
• DB = Doombolt
• DB, DrB = Dread Banner
• DS = Dispell Scroll
• DoD = Dance of Doom
• DVm = Dark Venom
• EYE = The Guiding Eye
• GE = The Guiding Eye
• GEM = Gem of Nightmares
• GoK = Gifts of Khaine
• GoM = Gem of Nightmares
• HB, HyB = Hydra Banner
• HyT = The Hydra’s Teeth
• IP = Infernal Puppet
• MB, Manb = Manbane
• MoC = Mark of Chaos
• MoK = Mark of Khorne
• MoN = Mark of Nurgle
• MoS = Mark of Slaanesh
• MoT = Mark of Tzeentch
• PoD = Power of Darkness
• PoIB = Pearl of Infinite Bleakeness
• PoK = Pendant of Khaeleth
• PoS = Potion of Strength
• PwS = Power Scroll
• RofD = Ring of Darkness
• RoH = Ring of Hotek
• RoK = Rune of Khaine
• RS = Rending Stars
• SD = Sacrificial Dagger
• SoHG = Standard of Hag Graef AKA Banner of Hag Graef
• SoS = Standard of Slaughter
• SS = Soul Stealer
• SSS = Sea Serpent Standard (Corsairs only)
• tGE = The Guiding Eye
• ToD = Touch of Death
• VHS= Van Horstman's Speculum
• WB = Witchbrew
• WoP = Word of Pain
• WMD = A 100 points item (Weapon of mass destruction)
Rules.• AP = Amour Piercing
• AS or ArSv = Armour Save
• ASF = Always Strikes First
• BtB = Base to Base (contact)
• CC = Close Combat
• DD = Dispel Dice
• D3 = Half the result of D6
• D6 = Six (6) sided die roll
• HtH = Hand to Hand (combat)
• KB = Killing Blow
• Ld = Leadership
• LoS = Line of Sight
• Lvl = Level (of a magic user)
• MM = Magic Missile
• MR = Magic Resistance
• PD = Power Dice
• PIaNE = Pursuit Into A New Enemy
• RAI = Rules As Intended (as opposed to RAW)
• RAW = Rules As Written (sometimes supposed not to be RAI)
• RiP = Remain in Play
• WS = Weapon Skill
• WYSIWYG = What You See Is What You Get
Tactics.• AS = Army Selection
• ACR = Active Combat Resolution, obtained by kill count
• Bus = long unit with many ranks (like 5x8)
• CR = Combat Resolution = ACR + SCR
• ETC = European Team Championships
• FC = Fast Cavalry
• GD = Golden Daemon
• GT = Grand Tournament
• HvA = Heavy Artillery
• Hvy Cav = Heavy Cavalry
• Lt Cav = Light Cavalry
• MMU = Many Medium Units
• MSU = Many Small Units
• MSE = Many Small Elites
• NAS or nas = no armour save
• RF = Refused Flank
• RFZ = Red Fury zone
• SCR = Static Combat Resolution, known before rolling dice: rank bonus, standard, magic banner, flank/rear charge, charge bonus…
• TWF = The Warhammer Forum
• VP = Victory Points
• WAAC= Win At All Costs
• WM = Warmachine
• WOg = Wounded Ogre
General.• AFAIK = As far as I know
• AKA = Also Know As
• DD = Druchii Discussion
• FAQ = Frequently Asked Questions
• GW = Game Workshops (not Great Weapon)
• IIRC = If I Recall Correctly, or If I Remember Correctly (I’m not sure which one is accurate)
• IMHO = In My Humble Opinion
• IMO = In My Opinion
• LOL = Laugh Out Loud
• OP = Original Post (1st one in a thread)
• OT = Off Topic
• PLOG = Painting Log
• Q&A = Questions and Answers
• WD = White Dwarf
• WFB = Warhammer Fantasy Battle
• WGD = Wargames Discussion
• WHFB = Warhammer Fantasy Battle
• WIP = Work In Progress
• W40k = Warhammer 40.000
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impressive work.