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* BladeOnAStick: Jaxom's weapon of choice is a harpoon. Near the end of the book he declines a sword as a replacement and takes a spear instead because that's a lot closer to what he's used to.
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* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Prince Andru, ruler of the Rock of Bral. Near the end Jaxom crashes in yelling warnings that the necromancer Malakeesh is going to attack with an army of the undead, and the prince's advisors are hesitant to listen, but Andru not only ''does'' listen, he demands they arm Jaxom at once because every brave man's going to be needed if they're really being invaded.

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* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Prince Andru, ruler of the Rock of Bral. Near the end Jaxom crashes in yelling warnings that the necromancer Malakeesh is going to attack with an army of the undead, and the undead. The prince's advisors are hesitant to listen, but Andru not only ''does'' listen, he demands they arm Jaxom at once because every brave man's going to be needed if they're really being invaded.
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* BladeOnAStick: Jaxom's weapon is a harpoon. Near the end of the book he declines a sword as a replacement and takes a spear instead because that's a lot closer to what he's used to.

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* BladeOnAStick: Jaxom's weapon of choice is a harpoon. Near the end of the book he declines a sword as a replacement and takes a spear instead because that's a lot closer to what he's used to.
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* BladeOnAStick: Jaxom's WeaponOfChoice is a harpoon. Near the end of the book he declines a sword as a replacement and takes a spear instead because that's a lot closer to what he's used to.

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* BladeOnAStick: Jaxom's WeaponOfChoice weapon is a harpoon. Near the end of the book he declines a sword as a replacement and takes a spear instead because that's a lot closer to what he's used to.
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The player is Jaxom Star, who works as a scavenger who sails his small ship to the wrecks of larger vessels to find salvage to sell in his uncle's junk store on the Rock of Braal. One day the heroes of the ''Dragon Strike'' game come into the store looking for him, thinking he might've accidentally stumbled upon a clue to where a necromancer is hiding out among the asteroids, plotting evil. They ask Jaxom to lead them there, setting him off on the adventure of a lifetime.

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The player is Jaxom Star, who works as a scavenger who sails his small ship to the wrecks of larger vessels to find salvage to sell in his uncle's grandfather's junk store on the Rock of Braal.Bral. One day the heroes of the ''Dragon Strike'' game come into the store looking for him, thinking he might've accidentally stumbled upon a clue to where a necromancer is hiding out among the asteroids, plotting evil. They ask Jaxom to lead them there, setting him off on the adventure of a lifetime.



* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Prince Andru, ruler of the Rock of Braal. Near the end Jaxom crashes in yelling warnings that the necromancer Malakeesh is going to attack with an army of the undead, and the prince's advisors are hesitant to listen, but Andru not only ''does'' listen, he demands they arm Jaxom at once because every brave man's going to be needed if they're really being invaded.

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* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Prince Andru, ruler of the Rock of Braal.Bral. Near the end Jaxom crashes in yelling warnings that the necromancer Malakeesh is going to attack with an army of the undead, and the prince's advisors are hesitant to listen, but Andru not only ''does'' listen, he demands they arm Jaxom at once because every brave man's going to be needed if they're really being invaded.
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A book in the 90's revival of the ''Literature/EndlessQuest'' {{Gamebook}} series. More than simply that, it was based on the unreleased ''Spelljammer'' board game, which would've been the sequel to the ''TabletopGame/DragonStrike'' game. It would've been a universe where characters sail through "Wildspace" in wooden ships.

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A book in the 90's revival of the ''Literature/EndlessQuest'' {{Gamebook}} series. More than simply that, it was based on the unreleased ''Spelljammer'' ''Wildspace'' board game, which would've been the sequel to the ''TabletopGame/DragonStrike'' game. It would've been a universe where characters sail through "Wildspace" in wooden ships.
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* BladeOnAStick: Jaxom's WeaponOfChoice is a harpoon. Near the end of the book he declines a sword as a replacement and takes a spear instead because that's a lot closer to what he's used to.
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* AdaptationNameChange: In previous books the thief's name was Keela, but here it's Arakeela, as if it always had been.
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* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Prince Andru, ruler of the Rock of Braal. Near the end Jaxom crashes in yelling warnings that the necromancer Malakeesh is going to attack with an army of the undead, and the prince's advisors are hesitant to listen, but Andru not only ''does'' listen, he demands they arm Jaxom at once because every brave man's going to be needed if they're really being invaded.

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* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Prince Andru, ruler of the Rock of Braal. Near the end Jaxom crashes in yelling warnings that the necromancer Malakeesh is going to attack with an army of the undead, and the prince's advisors are hesitant to listen, but Andru not only ''does'' listen, he demands they arm Jaxom at once because every brave man's going to be needed if they're really being invaded.invaded.
* SpaceIsAnOcean: In this setting outer space is full of a gas called "phlogiston" that people use boats to travel through.
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* OneWingedAngel: Malakeesh uses a spell to turn himself into an ogre for the climactic battle.

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The player is Jaxom Star, who works as a scavenger who sails his small ship to the wrecks of larger vessels to find salvage to sell in his uncle's junk store. One day the heroes of the ''Dragon Strike'' game come into the store looking for him, thinking he might've accidentally stumbled upon a clue to where a necromancer is hiding out among the asteroids, plotting evil. They ask Jaxom to lead them there, setting him off on the adventure of a lifetime.

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The player is Jaxom Star, who works as a scavenger who sails his small ship to the wrecks of larger vessels to find salvage to sell in his uncle's junk store.store on the Rock of Braal. One day the heroes of the ''Dragon Strike'' game come into the store looking for him, thinking he might've accidentally stumbled upon a clue to where a necromancer is hiding out among the asteroids, plotting evil. They ask Jaxom to lead them there, setting him off on the adventure of a lifetime.



* AwesomeButImpractical: The trick to escaping a certain trap. Realizing that training a red dragon to guard a library is scary, but who the hell would go to the trouble to ''do'' it? Ergo, the dragon's only an illusion.
* TheFaceless: Jaxom Star's face is never seen even when he appears in an illustration.

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* AwesomeButImpractical: The trick to escaping a certain trap. [[spoiler: Realizing that training a red dragon to guard a library is scary, but who the hell would go to the trouble to ''do'' it? Ergo, the dragon's only an illusion.
illusion.]]
* TheFaceless: Jaxom Star's face is never seen even when he appears in an illustration.illustration.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Prince Andru, ruler of the Rock of Braal. Near the end Jaxom crashes in yelling warnings that the necromancer Malakeesh is going to attack with an army of the undead, and the prince's advisors are hesitant to listen, but Andru not only ''does'' listen, he demands they arm Jaxom at once because every brave man's going to be needed if they're really being invaded.
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!!''AWildRide'' provides examples of:

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!!''AWildRide'' !!''A Wild Ride'' provides examples of:
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A book in the 90's revival of the ''Literature/EndlessQuest'' {{Gamebook}} series. More than simply that, it was based on the unreleased ''Spelljammer'' board game, which would've been the sequel to the ''TabletopGame/DragonStrike'' game. It would've been a universe where characters sail through "Wildspace" in wooden ships.

The player is Jaxom Star, who works as a scavenger who sails his small ship to the wrecks of larger vessels to find salvage to sell in his uncle's junk store. One day the heroes of the ''Dragon Strike'' game come into the store looking for him, thinking he might've accidentally stumbled upon a clue to where a necromancer is hiding out among the asteroids, plotting evil. They ask Jaxom to lead them there, setting him off on the adventure of a lifetime.

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!!''AWildRide'' provides examples of:
* AwesomeButImpractical: The trick to escaping a certain trap. Realizing that training a red dragon to guard a library is scary, but who the hell would go to the trouble to ''do'' it? Ergo, the dragon's only an illusion.
* TheFaceless: Jaxom Star's face is never seen even when he appears in an illustration.

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