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[[folder:Real Time Strategy]]
* ''VideoGame/WarCraftIII'', special campaign in the "the Frozen Throne" expansion. The RPG-like campaign is centered on half-ogre Rexxar who may be joined by other characters, and one option is to include Chen Stormstout, a humanoid panda, a kind-of Easter Egg character. Since he's optional, he doesn't have a single line of dialogue since his recruitment, nor any action specific to him.

[[folder:Role Playing Game]]

*** Though While Celine, Noel and Leon/Dias depending on the main character ARE optional in the end you will still run into them and have them in the party briefly in story so the player will have deliberately choose not to recruit them.

** In the initial game''VideoGame/{{Star Ocean|1}}'' you have 4 party members that are required. Roddick, Millie, Ronyx and Ilia, giving you a balanced default party. The rest are optional, although while most are hidden very well, a few like Cyuss the player will run into and offer to join during the course of the story, and will have to intentionally turn them away.
* Yuffie and Vincent in ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII'' were subject to this trope, and did not appear in the closing FMV of the game. This was eventually [[JustifiedTrope explained]] in the spinoff game ''VideoGame/DirgeOfCerberus''.
* The entire ''VideoGame/{{SaGa|RPG}}'' series of games (the ''Final Fantasy Legend'' trilogy, ''VideoGame/{{Romancing SaGa}}'', ''VideoGame/{{SaGa Frontier}}'', ''VideoGame/UnlimitedSaga'') are filled with optional characters you can recruit, often at almost any time during the plot.
* Mog, Umaro, and Gogo are optional characters in ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVI''; you also could try to defeat the last half of the game without picking up the majority of the characters you had in the first half. (In fact, it's technically possible with only ''three'' of them!)
** Mog less so than Umaro or Gogo, since Mog appears and fights with you at the beginning of the game.
** You can optionally recruit Shadow at certain points in the first half of the game, but he'll always leave your party sooner or later, sometimes even randomly after a battle. He does join your party for two plot-related events though. In the second half of the game [[spoiler: he can only be found again if you wait for him on the FloatingContinent. If you do, you can recruit him permanently from that point forward.]]
* ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyIX'': Quina is a permanent party member (s/he officially joins just before Fossil Roo), but is optional before you enter Gizmaluke's Grotto on Disc 1.
** And recommended. [[ThatOneBoss Gizamaluke]] is easier with Quina helping you, and he's still a pain even then.
* ''VideoGame/PaperMarioTheThousandYearDoor'' had Ms. Mowz as an unlockable character if you solved her trouble. She joins you permanently.

* ''VideoGame/ChronoTrigger'' has Magus, who starts out as a boss; however, you can choose whether or not to fight him at one point, and if you don't attack, he joins your party. In addition, [[spoiler:the ''main character'']] at one point [[PlotlineDeath dies]], and it is entirely optional whether you take the sidequest to bring them back. Obviously, these two won't appear in the ending if they're dead.

** Fawkes is required for part of ''VideoGame/{{Fallout 3}}'', but soon leaves.

* Your party members selection in ''VideoGame/DevilSurvivor'' differ before and after the [[MultipleEndings route split]]. In any case, the only party member you're guaranteed are the main character and Atsuro.
** Before the route split, your party will always consists of [[HelloInsertNameHere the main character]], Atsuro and Yuzu. Midori and Keisuke will join your party if you manage to make the correct choices.
** After the route split, your party will consist of whoever mandatorily join in that route. Yuzu, Midori and Keisuke stays in the party if they like the route you've chosen, otherwise they leave. Mari will join you on all routes except the bad end if you've completed her {{Sidequest}} in the previous chapters. Black Frost will also join on two routes if you've seen an optional scene concerning Midori and a Jack Frost.
* In ''VideoGame/DevilSurvivor2'', party members availability again differ before and after the [[MultipleEndings route split]]:
** Before the split, you have 11 potential party members. Only 5 of them are unkillable, including the main character. For the rest, you need to make the correct choices when you're shown their Death Clips, or you won't be able to save them and they'll be lost.
** After the route split, the player characters all split into factions, and you need to choose which faction to join. Your party will then consist of the surviving members of that faction. After you defeat the other factions, you can talk with their members, and if you have enough [[LevelUpAtIntimacyFive Fate ranks]] they will rejoin the party.

** In ''[[VideoGame/DragonAgeOriginsAwakening Awakening]]'', you can wind up without any party members by [[spoiler:giving Anders to the templars, refusing to let Oghren and Justice join the Wardens, ordering Nathaniel to be hanged, killing Velanna and refusing to let Sigrun accompany you into Kal Hirol.]]

* The SEBEC route of ''VideoGame/{{Persona 1}}'' only allows you to take one optional party member out of an available four ([[SmallNameBigEgo Brown]], [[DitzyGenius Elly]], [[ValleyGirl Ayase]] or [[GuideDangIt Reiji]]), while the Snow Queen route lets you take two out of three (Brown, Elly and [[ShelteredAristocrat Nanjo]]). This means you'd have to play the game ''fourteen'' times to see all the different characters and interactions in every ending. Hey, they had to put ReplayValue in there somehow!

* Einherjar in ''VideoGame/ValkyrieProfile2Silmeria'' (not sure about the other games) are entirely optional. Although you do get some stat growth items for leveling them up and releasing them from the party.

** The original ''VideoGame/ValkyrieProfile'' only has two party members that you must recruit, [[spoiler:Arngrim and Jelanda]], both of which you get in the prologue. Recruiting anyone past this point is optional. Due to how the game is set up, you need to recruit at least a couple people to send to Valhalla to not get the C-ending, which is effectively a game over for failing your mission. The A-Ending does require you also recruit [[spoiler:Mystina and Lucian]] because both characters are involved in this ending.

* ''VideoGame/YakuzaLikeADragon'' has Eri Kamataki, who can be recruited after progressing through the [[AnEntrepreneurIsYou business management minigame questline]]. Her starting class, Clerk, grants her [[DiscOneNuke very useful and speedy attacks early on]].

* There are three in ''[[VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiIIINocturne Shin Megami III: Nocturne]]''; Black Frost, [[VideoGame/DevilMayCry Dan]][[GuestFighter te]], and Samael. Black Frost can be recruited a while after you defeat him as an [[BonusBoss optional boss]], Dante automatically joins you in the Fifth Kalpa (which is entirely optional, but unavoidable if you're going for the [[spoiler:True Demon Ending]]), and Samael will only join you if you chose to side with Shijima.

* Pirates of the Caribbean, a game based very loosely on the movies has a field day with this. With the exception of two characters who are mandatory (and also impossible to kill) in the last part of the game, all characters are optional, randomly generated and fully expandable.

** ''Mask of the Betrayer'':

** In ''Storm of Zehir'', you can technically play the entire campaign solo. You don't even need to build a base party of four, never mind hiring any cohorts. It's not a ''good'' idea unless you've minmaxed out the wazoo, but it's mechanically possible.

* Not counting the early ''VideoGame/{{Ultima}}'' games where you create your own characters, and ''Ultima IV'' which requires a full party of 8, every Ultima between ''Ultima V'' and ''Ultima VII Part 2'' offered you a few optional choices in addition to the mandatory ones.
** ''Ultima V'' gives you Iolo and Shamino in your initial party, but you can ditch them at an inn if you wish. More than ten other characters can be chosen from for the remaining two slots, although [[SixthRangerTraitor one obvious traitor]] will turn on the party and make the game {{Unwinnable}}.
** ''Ultima VI'' has four mandatory party members and one more who's needed only briefly. There's another ten party members to choose from for your remaining three slots.
** ''Ultima VII'' starts you with Iolo, who will leave if asked. Two other characters join you temporarily. The remaining eight characters fill the rest of your slots, though the game is [[StopHelpingMe easier without them]].
** ''Ultima VII Part 2'' has three mandatory party members and a few [[GuestStarPartyMember Guest Star Party Members]]. Only Boydon can really be added, and he can't be resurrected if he dies. You do, however, gain the option to create automaton party members to carry extra gear.

** [[JokeCharacter Yves the Deku Scrub]]. Unlocking him requires you to give Tingle a total of 20 Deku Seeds in a single playthrough.

[[folder:Turn Based Strategy]]

* Due to how ''VideoGame/FireEmblem'' games work, all but a handful of the cast have no dialogue after they are introduced. They can die forever without affecting the plot, and one can miss them entirely without noticing.

** Similarly, in ''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemShadowDragonAndTheBladeOfLight Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon]]'' (a remake of the first game in the series) the only character who is a dark mage by default is available only in a Gaiden chapter more than halfway through the game (said chapter requires the player to kill off most playable characters to access. Of course, in this game, most characters can switch classes, but almost no one else is actually designed to be a dark mage.

** In ''Path of Radiance'', it's possible to turn down Heron Prince Reyson's offer to join. The player would have to be a total idiot to do so however, as not only is Reyson ''incredibly'' useful, but one also misses out on two other characters (his bodyguards), ''and'' the cast is forced to fight an incredibly tough boss in the next chapter. (Reyson can talk him out of fighting the group) All that the player can get out of refusing him is a Renewal scroll, which is [[UselessUsefulSpell practically useless.]] (And in the Japanese version, it actually ''was'' useless, as the only two characters compatible with it already knew the skill.)

** Not even the remake of ''VideoGame/FireEmblemGaiden'', ''VideoGame/FireEmblemEchoesShadowsOfValentia'', is free from this. Out of the Ram villagers, only two of them (Gray and Tobin) join Alm no matter what; the other two, Faye and Kliff, can stay put (and if this is done, they will only join in if the player makes Celica go outta her way to recruit them in Ram). The Whitewings and Atlas will not join in if the player has Celica to a certain place rather than another (though they might be re-recruitable later). Also, one cannot recruit Sonya ''and'' Deen at the same time: it's either one or the other. Last but not least, if Alm and Co. ''don't'' check Nuibaba's dungeons after defeating her, the player will miss recruiting Tatiana, and if she's not in the group her boyfriend Zeke won't be recruitable either.
** Nearly every student not a part of your chosen class and the staff, teachers, and knights of the monastery in ''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemThreeHouses Three Houses]]'' can be recruited into your class before the timeskip. The students can be recruited starting in chapter 2 by leveling up the player in their preferred skills and gaining their desired stats (which can be reduced by increasing your support level with them) or by getting their support level to B and waiting for them to come to you. Staff, teachers and knights only need a certain level for the player and only after certain chapters. There are some exceptions:

** A number of characters in ''VideoGame/DragonQuestV'' (capturable monsters, human allies, etc)

* In ''VideoGame/DeadInVinland'', only the four starting party members are required: Eirik, Blodeuwedd, Moira, and Kari. Everyone else is optional, and the ArbitraryHeadcountLimit means you don't have space for all of them. If an optional character dies, they're gone for good but you can still continue the game; if any of the starting four dies, it's GameOver.

** In [[VideoGame/MassEffect1 the first game]], it's not necessary to recruit both Wrex and Garrus, as the player can proceed with the game after recruiting one and leave the other behind. Similarly, in ''VideoGame/MassEffect2'' the player can progress to the endgame after recruiting Tali, Thane or Samara, skipping the other two characters entirely, and it's possible to either sell Legion to Cerberus and/or not wake Grunt from his tank. That's not counting DLC characters Zaeed and Kasumi.
** Of course, if you take that approach, it's highly unlikely that anyone will survive the assault on the [[TheVeryDefinitelyFinalDungeon Collector Base]]. You've got enough people for the required specialist slots, but without both Garrus and Grunt, the team's defensive score might not be high enough for everyone to make it out of the final segment alive.
** Don't forget Morinth, who joins you only if you [[spoiler:let her kill Samara during her loyalty mission.]]

** The interesting result of all these shenanigans is that there are only three characters who actually can be recruited in all three games, and with careful maneuvering you can actually set it up so that [[RevolvingDoorCasting none of them are with you from start to finish]]. In fact, you can play the series with certain characters simply not appearing at all (Samara, Thane and Wrex are good candidates). And again, [[SerialEscalation this is before DLC kicks in]]. Furthermore, through a [[http://masseffect.wikia.com/wiki/User_blog:Koveras_Alvane/The_Deadliest_Path series of careful choices]] (and rushing through the main quest), it is possible to kill off ''every single permanent and temporary squad mate'' from all three games, including [=DLCs=] - well, except Aria but [[spoiler:she is on the Citadel when the Reapers take it, so she is probably dead, too.]]

* ''VideoGame/CadenceOfHyrule'' has [[JokeCharacter Yves the Deku Scrub]]. Unlocking him requires you to give Tingle a total of 20 Deku Seeds in a single playthrough.

* ''VideoGame/OctopathTraveler'': By the strictest definition, anyone. While you can recruit the eight playable characters when you first encounter them, nothing forces you to do so. On the PC version, there's even an achievement for going through a character's story with just that character and no one else.
The initial eight characters are the only ones that can be in the main party. However, after completing a character's story, the most prominent people from their adventure can be encountered as NPCs across the world, now capable of being Guided/Allured.

** ''VideoGame/DragonQuestIV'' has Laurel, a wandering poet and spellcaster who can be hired by just 600 gold coins. Torneko's chapter is entirely beatable without him, but he's a useful addition.

* ''VideoGame/DragonQuestVI'' has a couple of these. The first one is Amos, who is cursed to become a monster every night; if you can get him a special seed, he can control the transformation and joins you. Additionally, if you have the Beastmaster class, you can actually recruit some of the monsters you come across and make them join you as permanent party members, who all have their own unique ability sets. This is removed in the [[UpdatedRerelease remake]], but in its place, several types of [[MascotMook Slimes]] can be recruited. Finally, in both versions, [[spoiler:Lizzie the Hackasaurus is available after Terry is recruited, and unlike the other monster units, she has plot significance and in the remake, proper Party Chat dialog.]]

* Due to how ''VideoGame/FireEmblem'' games work, all but a handful of cast have no dialogue after they are introduced. They can die forever without affecting the plot, and one can miss them entirely without noticing.

** Similarly, in ''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemShadowDragonAndTheBladeOfLight Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon]]'' (a remake of the first game in the series) the only character who is a dark mage by default is available only in a Gaiden chapter more than halfway through the game (said chapter requires the player to kill off most playable characters to access. Of course, in this game, most characters can switch classes, but almost no one one else is actually designed to be a dark mage.

** In ''Path of Radiance'', it's possible to turn down Heron Prince Reyson's offer to join. The player would have to be be a total idiot to do so however, as not only is Reyson ''incredibly'' useful, but one also miss out on two other characters (his bodyguards) AND the cast is forced to fight an incredibly tough boss in the next chapter. (Reyson can talk him out of fighting the group) All that the player can get out of refusing him is a Renewal scroll, which is [[UselessUsefulSpell practically useless.]] (And in the Japanese version, it actually ''was'' useless, as the only two characters compatible with it already knew the skill.)
** ''VideoGame/FireEmblemAwakening'' takes this to extremes, with the majority of the cast being technically optional. Donnel and Anna are only found in optional missions, but recruiting them requires more than simply completing their sidequests. Gaius, Tharja and Libra can all be killed off in battle before one can recruit them. Kellam can be missed if Chrom doesn't talk to him in the early chapter where the group first encounters him. Then there's the [[spoiler:children characters]] who are recruited through side missions one may not even unlock. And ''then'' there's the [[spoiler:[=SpotPass=] characters]] who only appear in optional missions near the end of the game if the player download certain content.
*** There are also a number of characters from previous games who can be recruited via [=SpotPass=], though they have no support options (and are completely devoid of any real dialogue at all outside of parley and combat with them), and in order to recruit them, one need to either spend hard-earned money or defeat them and their squad in combat.
** In ''VideoGame/FireEmblemFates'' there are plenty of characters that are this trope: Anna is only recruitable through DLC, the amiibo characters can only be gotten if the player, well, [[ShapedLikeItself use their amiibo]], certain characters can only be gotten if certain buildings or structures are upgraded all the way in My Castle (and often those characters are ''only'' available in certain paths), Mozu is found in an optional mission, and, like ''Awakening'', [[spoiler: children characters]] are recruited through side missions one might not even unlock. And in ''Birthright'', Midori is a particularly special case of this [[spoiler:as you have to have Kaze up to an A-support with the Avatar ''before'' chapter 15, or else he will die and Midori becomes [[PermanentlyMissableContent lost]], regardless of whether he's married or not.]] Two others also are particularly special: [[spoiler:Kana and possibly Nina will be lost if the female or male Avatars exercise their respective [[GayOption Bi Options]], Rhajat and Niles.]]
** Not even the remake of ''VideoGame/FireEmblemGaiden'', ''VideoGame/FireEmblemEchoesShadowsOfValentia'', is free of this. Outta the Ram villagers only two of them (Gray and Tobin) join Alm no matter what; the other two, Faye and Kliff, can stay put (and if this is done, they will only join in if the player makes Celica go outta her way to recruit them in Ram). The Whitewings and Atlas will not join in if the player has Celica to a certain place rather than another (though they might be re-recruitable later). Also, one cannot recruit Sonya ''and'' Deen at the same time: it's either one or the other. Last but not least, if Alm and Co. ''don't'' check Nuibaba's dungeons after defeating her, the player will miss recruiting Tatiana, and if she's not in the group her boyfriend Zeke won't be recruitable either.
** Nearly every student not apart of your chosen class and the staff, teachers, and knights of the monastary in ''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemThreeHouses Three Houses]]'' can be recruited into your class before the timeskip. The students can be recruited starting in chapter 2 by leveling up the player in their preferred skills and gaining their desired stats (which can be reduced by leveling up their support level) or by getting their support level to B and waiting for them to come to you. Staff, teachers and knights only need a certain level for the player and only after certain chapters. There are some exceptions:
*** The lords of other houses and their retainers are MutuallyExclusivePartyMembers, with the exception of [[spoiler:Hilda]], who can join other houses other than theirs [[spoiler:excluding a Black Eagles route where you side with Edelgard]] during chapter 12 and [[spoiler:Dedue]] who is KilledOffscreen if you didn't do their Paralouge before the timeskip.
*** Certain party members are also either automatic, optional, or mutally exclusive depending on the route chosen. They include [[spoiler:Catherine and Cyril, who automatically join in chapter 12 if you sided with the Church during the Black Eagles route, unavalible if you sided with Edlegard, and optional in other routes.]]
*** [[spoiler:Flayn and Seteth]] are mutually exclusive, with the former joining automatically after chapter 7, but latter only joining (automatically during chapter 12) on the [[spoiler:route you side with the church, with both of them unavalible for those who side with Edelgard.]]
*** [[spoiler:Lorenz, Ashe, and Lysithea]] can be recruited again after the timeskip. [[spoiler:Lorenz and Ashe]] must have been recruited prior to the timeskip (and only on the [[spoiler:Verdant Winds or Azure Moon]] routes), [[spoiler:Lysithea]] doesn't, but all three must be defeated by the player character in battle.
*** [[spoiler:Ferdinand and Caspar]] have their B supports locked behind the timeskip, requiring the non-Black Eagle players to focus on their required skills and stats to get them, while [[spoiler:Slyvain]] can automatically be recruited if the player is female. RecurringCharacter [[IntrepidMerchant Anna]] is avalible for all routes starting in chapter 3, but only if the player has bought the third DLC pass.
* In Creator/NipponIchi games, optional party members tend to be recruit-able in the post game, in actions that lead to NonStandardGameOver, or as DLC.

*** The lords of other houses and their retainers are [[MutuallyExclusivePartyMember Mutually Exclusive Party Members]], with the exception of [[spoiler:Hilda]], who can join other houses other than theirs [[spoiler:excluding a Black Eagles route where you side with Edelgard]] during chapter 12 and [[spoiler:Dedue]] who is KilledOffscreen if you didn't do their Paralouge before the timeskip.

* The SEBEC route of ''VideoGame/{{Persona}}'' only allows you to take one optional party member out of an available four ([[SmallNameBigEgo Brown]], [[DitzyGenius Elly]], [[ValleyGirl Ayase]] or [[GuideDangIt Reiji]]), while the Snow Queen route lets you take two out of three (Brown, Elly and [[ShelteredAristocrat Nanjo]]). This means you'd have to play the game ''fourteen'' times to see all the different characters and interactions in every ending. Hey, they had to put ReplayValue in there somehow!

* ''VideoGame/{{LISA}}: The Painful'' has over thirty party members, but only a handful of them are required to progress through the game. To "make up" for the several potential party members, the game also has a feature where all of them except [[{{Protagonist}} Brad]] can be permanently killed off by certain attacks from stronger enemies.

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* ''VideoGame/CadenceOfHyrule'' has [[JokeCharacter Yves the Deku Scrub]]. Unlocking him requires you to give Tingle a total of 20 Deku Seeds in a single playthrough. [[{{Rougelike}} Depending on the setup that particular run gives you]], you may find yourself running to the far corners of the map in order to get enough of them.
** Cadence herself technically counts as this in the Story Mode. If you don't go out of your way to interact with her on the overworld at all four locations she appears in following the tutorial section, she won't show up again as a playable character until the final dungeon of the game.
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* Every. EVERY. ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}''. Well, except your starter. And in ''VideoGame/PokemonBlackAndWhite'', [[spoiler:Reshiram/Zekrom]], unless you took the extremely tedious route of filling your entire PC before fighting them.
** Even after you've caught your second mon, you can retire your starter. The game requires you to have at least one Pokémon in your party at all times (You need at least two in your party if you want to trade in later games).

*** The lords of other houses and their retainers are [[MutuallyExclusivePartyMember MutuallyExclusivePartyMembers]], with the exception of [[spoiler:Hilda]], who can join other houses other than theirs [[spoiler:excluding a Black Eagles route where you side with Edlegard]] during chapter 12 and [[spoiler:Dedue]] who is KilledOffscreen if you didn't do their Paralouge before the timeskip.

*** [[spoiler:Flayn and Seteth]] are mutually exclusive, with the former being joining automatically after chapter 7, but latter only joining (automatically during chapter 12) on the [[spoiler:route you side with the church, with both of them unavalible for those who side with Edelgard.]]

*** [[spoiler:Ferdinand and Caspar]] have their B supports locked behind the timeskip, requiring the player to focus on their required skills and stats to get them, while [[spoiler:Slyvain]] can automatically be recruited if the player is female. RecurringCharacter [[IntrepidMerchant Anna]] is avalible for all routes starting in chapter 3, but only if the player has bought the third DLC pass.

*** [[spoiler:Ferdinand and Caspar]] have their B supports locked behind the timeskip, requiring the player to focus on their required skills and stats to get them, while [[spoiler:Slyvain]] can automatically be recruited if the player is female. ReoccuringCharacter [[IntrepedMerchant Anna]] is avalible for all routes starting in chapter 3, but only if the player has bought the third DLC pass.

** Nearly every student not apart of your chosen class and the staff, teachers, and knights of the monastary in ''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemThreeHouses Three Houses]]'' can be recruited into your class before the timeskip. The students can be recruited starting in chapter 2 by leveling up the player their preferred skills and gaining their desired stats (which can be reduced leveling up their support level) or by getting their support level to B and waiting for them to come to you. Staff, teachers and knights only need a certain level for the player and only after certain chapters. There are some exceptions:

*** Certain party members are also either automatic, optional, or mutally exclusive depending on the route chosen. They include [[spoiler:Catherine and Cyril, who automatically join in chapter 12 if you sided with the Church during the Black Eagles route, unavalible if you sided with Edlegard, optional in other routes, and Gilbert is the same as Cyril and Catherine, but is required after the timeskip if you picked the Blue Lions.]]

*** [[spoiler:Ferdinand and Caspar]] have their B supports locked behind the timeskip, requiring the player to focus on their required skills and stats to get them, while [[spoiler:Slyvain]] can automatically be recruited if the player is female.

* In ''VideoGame/PuzzleQuest: Challenge Of The Warlords'', only three of your potential nine party members are mandatory - Darkhunter, Khalkus, and Sunspear. You'll meet Flicker, Winter, and Elistara along the course of the story and can recruit them via side-missions. Princess Seraphine, Drong, and Patch require side-missions to find at all. If you follow the Plague Lord quest from the [[IOSGames iPhone]] version or the ''Plague Lords'' expansion, Galnoth the Dark Elf will join you (or rather, you'll force him to join you). You're also not obliged to have anyone actually in your party for the vast majority of the time, and if you make the wrong choices you can get Darkhunter to abandon you forever near the end.

* In ''VideoGame/BoxxyQuestTheGatheringStorm'', you get one for completing the Deep Web BonusDungeon – [[spoiler:a player avatar with the same name and gender you entered for yourself at the beginning of the game]]. They can use any weapon and know more skills than anyone else, but suffer the drawback of being unable to equip accessories.