General Rules - Sourcebook Abbreviations

A fair amount of the material that appears on this blog is drawn from or adapted from a variety of sourcebook, both "official" ones published by Wizards of the Coast, and "unofficial" supplements published under authority of the Open Game License by various third party publishers. When referencing materials from these sourcebooks, I always try to identify the original source either using the full name of the sourcebook or by using the abbreviations found in the following key:

	A&EG	Arms and Equipment Guide
	B&B	Bow & Blade: A Guidebook to Wood Elves
	BEA#	Bleeding Edge Adventure (#)
	BoEM	The Book of Eldritch Might
	BoEM2	The Book of Eldritch Might II
	BoEM3	The Book of Eldritch Might III
	BoED	The Book of Exalted Deeds
	BoHM	The Book of Hallowed Might
	BoIM	The Book of Iron Might
	BoRL	The Book of Roguish Luck
	BoVD	The Book of Vile Darkness
	CAd	Complete Adventurer
	CAr	Complete Arcane
	CC	Creature Collection
	CC2	Creature Collection II: The Dark Menagerie
	CC3	Creature Collection III: Savage Bestiary
	CD	Complete Divine
	CGtB	The Complete Guide to Beholders
	CGtD	The Complete Guide to Doppelgangers
	CGtDragons	The Complete Guide to Dragons
	CGtDrow	The Complete Guide to Drow
	CGtWW	The Complete Guide to Werewolves
	CHB	The Cavalier's Handbook
	CoFP	Creatures of Freeport
	CoR	Champions of Ruin
	CoSp	City of Splendors
	CS	Complete Scoundrel
	CW	Complete Warrior
	D###	Dragon Magazine (issue ###)
	DCC##	Dungeon Crawl Classics (##)
	DD	The Divine & the Defeated
	DF:CoL	Dawnforge: Crucible of Legend
	DL	Draconic Lore
	DLCS	DragonLance Campaign Setting
	DM	Drow Magic: Sorcery of Endless Night
	DMagic	Dragon Magic
	DMPI	Dragon Magic: Power Incarnate
	Dragons	AEG's Dragons
	Dungeons	AEG's Dungeons
	ECS	Eberron Campaign Setting
	ER	Eternal Rome: Roleplaying in the Age of Gods and Emperors
	Evil	AEG's Evil
	Færies	Færies
	F&F	Fang & Fury: A Guidebook to Vampires
	Feats	AEG's Feats
	FB	Frostburn
	FF	Fiend Folio
	FitW	Fury in the Wastelands: The Orcs of Tellene
	FM	Fey Magic: Dreaming the Reverie
	FPT	The Freeport Trilogy
	GL	Giant Lore
	Gods	AEG's Gods
	H:EA	Hamunaptra: Egyptian Adventures
	H&H	Hammer & Helm: A Guidebook to Dwarves
	HO	Hollowfaust: The City of Necromancers
	LM	Libris Mortis: The Book of Undead
	Magic	AEG's Magic
	M:AtS	Midnight: Against the Shadow
	M	Midnight
	MM	Monster Manual
	MM2	Monster Manual II
	MM3	Monster Manual III
	MM4	Monster Manual IV
	MM5	Monster Manual V
	MoE	Magic of Eberron
	MosF	Monsters of Færûn
	MotP	Manual of the Planes
	N:AA	Nyambe: African Adventures
	N:BtG	Necromancy: Beyond the Grave
	NHB	The Noble's Handbook
	OA	Oriental Adventures
	OfB	Out for Blood
	P&P	Portals & Planes
	PGtCD	The Player's Guide to Clerics and Druids
	PGtFB	The Player's Guide to Fighters and Barbarians
	PGtRR	The Player's Guide to Rangers and Rogues
	PGtWBS	The Player's Guide to Wizards, Bards, and Sorcerers
	PHB	Player's Handbook
	PHB2	Player's Handbook II
	PoF	Path of Faith
	PoM	Path of Magic
	PoS	Path of Shadow
	PotS	Path of the Sword
	PP	The Penumbral Pentagon
	PRPG	Pathfinder Roleplaying Game
	QF	The Quintessential Fighter
	RoE	Races of Eberron
	RoF	Races of Færûn
	RR	Relics & Rituals
	RR2	Relics & Rituals II
	RR:E	Relics & Rituals: Excalibur
	SB	SpirosBlaak: A Campaign Setting for the d20 System
	SC	Spell Compendium
	SK	Serpent Kingdoms
	SS	Sandstorm
	S&S	Spells & Spellcraft
	SFHB	The Seafarer's Handbook
	SHB	The Shaman's Handbook
	Shamans	Shamans: Call of the Wild
	ShSo	Shining South
	SoE	School of Evocation
	SoI	School of Illusion
	So&St	Sorcery & Steam
	SW	Stormwrack
	T&B	Tome & Blood
	T:BE	Testament: Roleplaying in the Biblical Era
	TL	Twisted Lore
	TWPM	Thieves' World Player's Manual
	UHB	The Unholy Warrior's Handbook
	Undead	AEG's Undead
	VW:SA	Vigil Watch: Secrets of the Asaatthi
	VW:WR	Vigil Watch: Warrens of the Ratmen
	W&R	Wrath & Rage: A Guidebook to Orcs and Half-Orcs
	War	AEG's War
	WQ	White Wolf Quarterly
	WS	Wildscape
	WHB	The Witch's Handbook
	WW	The Wise and the Wicked

These are all of the sourcebooks I have used abbreviations for thus far. As I add new sourcebook material to this blog, I will expand this list whenever I use an abbreviation for new sourcebook.

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