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A list of common abbreviations used by this site and, often, Fire Emblem fans in general.

See also: List of Fire Emblem Games

General

Abbrev.	Short for	Description
RNG	Random Number Generator	An in-game mechanism that creates strings of random numbers (not to be confused with the “Range” stat)
RN	Random Number	A randomly-generated integer number from 0 to 99. These determine everything from level up gains, battle outcomes, skill activation and more
HM	Hard Mode	An in-game difficulty setting that is more difficult than normal
FE	Fire Emblem	Self-explanatory
BS	Blazing Sword	Different Fire Emblem games
TSS	The Sacred Stones
PoR	Path of Radiance
RD	Radiant Dawn
SD	Shadow Dragon
CC	Class Change	The official term for characters upgrading to a stronger class
CC	Creature Campaign	An extended play mode in The Sacred Stones
MVP	Most Valuable Player	The character who performed the most in a chapter
AR	Action Replay	An external device used to insert cheat codes into games
BEXP	Bonus Experience	Experience points used to level up characters outside of battle
IS	Intelligent Systems	The company that created and develops Fire Emblem games
NA	North America	One of the seven continents of the world
NOA	Nintendo of America	The company that publishes Fire Emblem in North America
NPC	Non-playable character	A character that cannot be controlled by the player

Stats

Characters and Classes

Abbrev.	Short for	Description
Lv	Level	A measure of a character’s combat ability
HP	Hit Points	How much damage a character can take before they die
Str	Strength	The character’s physical attack power
Mag	Magic	The character’s magical attack power
S/M	Strength/Magic	The character’s physical/magical attack power
Skl	Skill	Affects the character’s Accuracy and Critical rate
Wlv	Weapon Level	Determines what weapons a character can wield
Spd	Speed	Affects the character’s Attack Speed
AS	Attack Speed	Affects the character’s Avoid and their ability to double attack
Lck	Luck	Affects the character’s Accuracy, Avoid and Critical avoid
Def	Defence	The character’s physical defence
Res	Resistance	The character’s magical defence
Mdf	Magic Defence	The character’s magical defence
Mov	Move	The maximum amount of tiles a character can move
Bld	Build	Affects the character’s Attack Speed and ability to rescue
Con	Constitution	Affects the character’s Attack Speed and ability to rescue
Wt	Weight	Affects the character’s ability to be shoved or rescued
Affin	Affinity	Determines stat boosts gained from support relationships
Cap	Capacity	Determines how many Skills a character can equip

Weapons

Abbrev.	Short for	Description
Mt	Might	Affects the amount of damage done
Hit	Hit rate	Affects the chance of successfully striking an enemy
Crt	Critical	Affects the chance of performing a critical hit
Wt	Weight	Affects the Attack Speed of the user
Rng	Range	The range of tiles where the weapon can be used
Rank	Weapon rank	The weapon rank required for a character to equip this weapon
Prf	Preferential	Indicates this weapon can only be used by certain characters
EXP	Experience	Experience obtained from casting a staff
HP	Hit Points	Amount of Hit Points required to cast a spell
WEx	Weapon EXP	Determines how quickly weapon ranks rise
Uses	Item uses	How many times an item can be used before it breaks