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** Embracing the curse, and thus using it far more often results in a higher Craving, meaning you must feed more often[[note]]to compare, if you suppress the craving, you will only lose 1 point per in game hour, if you feed constantly and have maximum craving, you will lose 6 points per in game hour[[/note]], wcurse heavily and never feed thehich makes the aforesaid lengthy parts much more difficult. On the flip side, if you do everything correctly, you can get and make some pretty damn powerful items.
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** Embracing the curse, and thus using it far more often results in a higher Craving, meaning you must feed more often[[note]]to compare, if you suppress the craving, you will only lose 1 point per in game hour, if you feed constantly and have maximum craving, you will lose 6 points per in game hour[[/note]], wcurse heavily and never feed thehich hour, if you run out of spirit points, you die[[/note]], which makes the aforesaid lengthy parts much more difficult. Furthermore, to get the most out of each usage of an ability, you must time it so that you kill the enemy when they are below a certain threshold (below 25% health to restore the flat amount plus whatever life the enemy had left), otherwise it will restore a flat amount of Spirit Points, which if you've been embracing it, will probably be peanuts to what you need to stay alive. On the flip side, if you do everything correctly, you can get and make some pretty damn powerful items.
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* BoringButPractical / DifficultButAwesome: The [[spoiler:Spirit-Eater Curse again]], depending on how you run with it.
** To expand, if you play the [[GoodIsBoring Good Route]], and suppress the thing, and only use it against Undead, then your craving will be far lower, and you will lose spirit points MUCH, MUCH slower, which can be a Godsend for several VERY lengthy parts of the game with little to feed on. This can make for an easier time, but you can potentially deny yourself several powerful items.
** Embracing the curse, and thus using it far more often results in a higher Craving, meaning you must feed more often[[note]]to compare, if you suppress the craving, you will only lose 1 point per in game hour, if you feed constantly and have maximum craving, you will lose 6 points per in game hour[[/note]], wcurse heavily and never feed thehich makes the aforesaid lengthy parts much more difficult. On the flip side, if you do everything correctly, you can get and make some pretty damn powerful items.
** To expand, if you play the [[GoodIsBoring Good Route]], and suppress the thing, and only use it against Undead, then your craving will be far lower, and you will lose spirit points MUCH, MUCH slower, which can be a Godsend for several VERY lengthy parts of the game with little to feed on. This can make for an easier time, but you can potentially deny yourself several powerful items.
** Embracing the curse, and thus using it far more often results in a higher Craving, meaning you must feed more often[[note]]to compare, if you suppress the craving, you will only lose 1 point per in game hour, if you feed constantly and have maximum craving, you will lose 6 points per in game hour[[/note]], wcurse heavily and never feed thehich makes the aforesaid lengthy parts much more difficult. On the flip side, if you do everything correctly, you can get and make some pretty damn powerful items.
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* HeroInsurance: Averted in one of the taverns in Mulsantir, where the owner will force you to pay a fine if you start a fight and/or vandalise any of the furniture.
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* LegendaryWeapon: The game has the longsword Sivlem, a weapon that has been attached to many glorious deeds. Its FlavorText has a weird {{Invoked|Trope}} DoubleSubversion when the mage enchanting it intended to give it [[TalkingWeapon an intelligence]] that would [[InvokedTrope drive its wielder to yet greater acts of heroism]], but applied said intelligence to a more mundane blade by mistake.
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* [[CuteMonsterGirl Cute Monster Guy]]: Gannayev the Hagspawn. {{Lampshaded}} when he jokingly denies that he's a Hagspawn simply on the basis that he's way too pretty to be one. [[spoiler:Gann looks so beautiful because his mother actually loved his father, whereas other hags/nighthags are incapable of love and thus give birth to hideously ugly hagspawns.]]
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* [[CuteMonsterGirl Cute Monster Guy]]: Gannayev the Hagspawn. {{Lampshaded}} when whe0\n he jokingly denies that he's a Hagspawn simply on the basis that he's way too pretty to be one. [[spoiler:Gann looks so beautiful because his mother actually loved his father, whereas other hags/nighthags are incapable of love and thus give birth to hideously ugly hagspawns.]]
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* GameBreakingBug: The initial version broke the "go to the swamp to retrieve the silver shard" quest early in the OC.
* GodsHandsAreTied: [[spoiler:Kelemvor would love to end the spirit eater curse for you, but the entire pantheon would come down on him if he were to toss aside another god's judgement against his own follower. However, he ''is'' willing to [[LoopholeAbuse abuse some loopholes]] to let ''you'' end it. The Wall of the Faithless, on the other hand, is there to stay]]
* GodsHandsAreTied: [[spoiler:Kelemvor would love to end the spirit eater curse for you, but the entire pantheon would come down on him if he were to toss aside another god's judgement against his own follower. However, he ''is'' willing to [[LoopholeAbuse abuse some loopholes]] to let ''you'' end it. The Wall of the Faithless, on the other hand, is there to stay]]
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* HeterosexualLifePartners / HoYay: A male PlayerCharacter with a very high influence with Gann can [[spoiler: begin sharing his thoughts and memories with him. They become extremely close and in some endings they go WalkingTheEarth as true companions.]]
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* LastVillainStand: Provided you [[spoiler:proceed with the invasion of the Fugue Plane]] instead of [[spoiler:defending against said invasion]], Araman pulls this after the battle when [[spoiler:Kelemvor has already agreed to let you try to get your soul back]]. [[TooDumbToLive Factor in that your party probably consists of four 30th-level characters by now.]]
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* LastVillainStand: Provided you [[spoiler:proceed with the invasion of the Fugue Plane]] instead of [[spoiler:defending against said invasion]], Araman pulls this after the battle when [[spoiler:Kelemvor has already agreed to let you try to get your soul back]]. [[TooDumbToLive Factor in that your party probably consists of four 30th-level characters by now.]]]] It's entirely possible your spellcasters will obliterate him in one turn.
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* {{Pride}}:
--> '''Gann''': ''I noticed that... your eyes are like mirrors, which makes them doubly pleasing to me.''
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--> '''Gann''': ''I noticed that... your eyes are like mirrors,PlotHole[=/=]WritersCannotDoMath: Part of Myrkul's plan in creating the Spirit-Eater Curse was [[spoiler:to ensure his immortality by abusing the ''TabletopGame/ForgottenRealms[='=]'' GodsNeedPrayerBadly rule (i.e. as long as there's a Spirit-Eater, there's always going to be someone who believes in him, thus he can't truly die)]]. Problem is, the Spirit-Eater has been around for centuries, but the Time of Troubles, after which makes them doubly pleasing to me.''GodsNeedPrayerBadly was established by the Overgod Ao (and incidentally, during which Myrkul was killed and replaced by Cyric as god of the dead), took place in 1358, and the game takes place in 1374.
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* WarriorHeaven: [[spoiler:If you choose to bind Akachi to your soul, Kelemvor is more than willing to reward your sacrifice by at least making the afterlife exciting for you, and you spend all of eternity kicking ass in taking names in the Fugue Plane with either Gannayev or Safiya as the other half of your eternal BattleCouple.]]
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* WarriorHeaven: [[spoiler:If you choose to bind Akachi to your soul, Kelemvor is more than willing to reward your sacrifice by at least making the afterlife exciting for you, and you spend all of eternity kicking ass in and taking names in the Fugue Plane with either Gannayev or Safiya as the other half of your eternal BattleCouple.]]
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* BearsAreBadNews: Especially when said bear happens to be a bear ''god''. With an army. Which includes ghost bears.
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* EverythingIsWorseWithBears: Especially when said bear happens to be a bear ''god''. With an army. Which includes ghost bears.
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* FlatEarthAtheist: Gann, [[spoiler:even after meeting a god ''in person'']]. This only becomes more interesting when you realize that he's a ''divine'' spellcaster -- a type of magic which, ''by definition'', requires belief in a higher power.
** {{Fanon}} jokingly insists that he [[AGodAmI worships himself]]. Granted, there is an ''actual'' explanation (he puts his faith in ''[[NatureSpirit spirits]]''. It's best not to argue with him on the semantics), but why spoil the fun?
** {{Fanon}} jokingly insists that he [[AGodAmI worships himself]]. Granted, there is an ''actual'' explanation (he puts his faith in ''[[NatureSpirit spirits]]''. It's best not to argue with him on the semantics), but why spoil the fun?
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* FlatEarthAtheist: Gann, [[spoiler:even after meeting a god ''in person'']]. This only becomes more interesting when you realize that he's a ''divine'' spellcaster -- a type of magic which, ''by definition'', requires belief in a higher power.
** {{Fanon}} jokingly insists thatpower. The answer is he [[AGodAmI worships himself]]. Granted, there is an ''actual'' explanation (he puts his faith in ''[[NatureSpirit spirits]]''. It's best not to argue with him on the semantics), but why spoil the fun?spirits.
** {{Fanon}} jokingly insists that
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* ExecutiveMeddling: Chris Avellone notes that Gann was originally going to be Bi, as "that felt true to how he perceived love". Given that the same company has no issues with [[TempleOfElementalEvil Bertram and lesbian flirting]], I guess Hasbro thinks gays can only be minor characters.
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* ExecutiveMeddling: Chris Avellone notes that Gann was originally going to be Bi, as "that felt true to how he perceived love". Given that the same company has no issues with [[TempleOfElementalEvil Bertram and lesbian flirting]], I guess Hasbro thinks gays can it seems it's only be OK for minor characters.
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* NoCanonForTheWicked: Implied aversion in ''Storm of Zehir'', where One of Many turns up in a random encounter.
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* TheThreeFacesOfEve: [[spoiler:Safiya (Maiden), Lienna (Mother), and Nefris (Crone)]] were created by the Founder with this in mind. Ironically, even though the Founder identifies [[spoiler:Lienna]] as the Mother, it's the Crone that actually acts as one to the Maiden.
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* {{Casanova}} / TheCharmer: Gann. He banged so damn many girls that they locked him in ''prison.''
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* EstrogenBrigadeBait: Gann, full stop. He's one InUniverse, too; see the {{Casanova}} entry above.
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* EstrogenBrigadeBait: Gann, full stop. He's one InUniverse, too; see the {{Casanova}} TheCasanova entry above.
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* CessationOfExistence: The fate of anthing [[spoiler:consumed by the Spirit Eater.]]
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* CessationOfExistence: The fate of anthing anything [[spoiler:consumed by the Spirit Eater.]]
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* GuideDangIt: Not bringing Gann to Skein makes it impossible to complete the [[LevelUpAtIntimacy5 romantic subplot]] with him. Of course, the game decides to hint at this only ''after'' it's too late.
** Why would you ever not want him with you in the first place?
*** Because <Charname> is a druid or Spirit Shaman and then Gann's redundant?
*** He's only redundant if you make him. As a druid, his anti-spirit stuff is still useful. And I know people who make another spirit shaman as the PC for more anti-spritness, plus they change the spell list... so he's only redundant if you want him to be.
*** Being a hagspawn and going to an area filled with hags should probably set off some pretty big alarms that maybe Gann might have some connection to the place.
*** He also, specifically, asks to join you. That should be a huge hint that he's going to have storyline options there.
** Why would you ever not want him with you in the first place?
*** Because <Charname> is a druid or Spirit Shaman and then Gann's redundant?
*** He's only redundant if you make him. As a druid, his anti-spirit stuff is still useful. And I know people who make another spirit shaman as the PC for more anti-spritness, plus they change the spell list... so he's only redundant if you want him to be.
*** Being a hagspawn and going to an area filled with hags should probably set off some pretty big alarms that maybe Gann might have some connection to the place.
*** He also, specifically, asks to join you. That should be a huge hint that he's going to have storyline options there.
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* DidNotDoTheResearch: Myrkul's ulterior motive for creating the Spirit-eater curse. Besides punishing Akachi, [[spoiler:the intent was to ensure his {{immortality}} by abusing the Realms' GodsNeedPrayerBadly rule: As long as the Spirit-eater existed, there would always be at least one person who feared and/or worshiped him, so he could never truly die. Only problem is, the GNPB rule was only established by Ao after the Time of Troubles sixteen years ago, and Myrkul was killed before it came into being. Yet the Spirit-eater's been around for centuries, so either Myrkul was CrazyPrepared, or Obsidian screwed up.]]
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* BraggingRightsReward: [[spoiler:Akachi's Scythe can be combined with Myrkul's spirit essence to make an [[InfinityPlusOneSword Infinity + 1 Scythe]] called Spiritual Evisceration.]] It'd be nice if you actually had something to use it on; instead you get it after you've probably already got your character at 30th level, designed for a different weapon class than scythes (which are rarely seen since HeroesPreferSwords), and [[spoiler:one short dungeon from the end of the game]].
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** [[spoiler:Akachi's Scythe can be combined with Myrkul's spirit essence to make an [[InfinityPlusOneSword Infinity + 1 Scythe]] called Spiritual Evisceration.]] It'd be nice if you actually had something to use it on; instead you get it after you've probably already got your character at 30th level, designed for a different weapon class than scythes (which are rarely seen since HeroesPreferSwords), and [[spoiler:one short dungeon from the end of the game]].
** [[spoiler:Akachi's Scythe can be combined with Myrkul's spirit essence to make an [[InfinityPlusOneSword Infinity + 1 Scythe]] called Spiritual Evisceration.]] It'd be nice if you actually had something to use it on; instead you get it after you've probably already got your character at 30th level, designed for a different weapon class than scythes (which are rarely seen since HeroesPreferSwords), and [[spoiler:one short dungeon from the end of the game]].
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* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:If you're male and had romanced Elanee, Ammon Jerro reveals that she took a piece of the King of Shadows' CollapsingLair that would have struck you.]]
** [[spoiler:This is also how Casavir died.]]
* HeyItsThatVoice: Crispin Freeman as Gann.
** [[spoiler:This is also how Casavir died.]]
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* HeroicSacrifice: HeroicSacrifice:
** [[spoiler:If you're male and had romanced Elanee, Ammon Jerro reveals that she took a piece of the King of Shadows' CollapsingLair that would have struck you.]]
** [[spoiler:This is also how Casavir died.]]
* HeyItsThatVoice: Crispin Freeman as Gann. [[{{Retcon}} Maybe.]]]]
** [[spoiler:If you're male and had romanced Elanee, Ammon Jerro reveals that she took a piece of the King of Shadows' CollapsingLair that would have struck you.]]
** [[spoiler:This is also how Casavir died.
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* GodsHandsAreTied: [[spoiler:Kelemvor would love to end the spirit eater curse for you, but the entire pantheon would come down on him if he were to toss aside another god's judgement against his own follower. However, he ''is'' willing to [[LoopholeAbuse abuse some loopholes]] to let ''you'' end it. The Wall of the Faithless, on the other hand, is there to stay]]
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* InsultBackfire: Insulting Gann often ''increases'' your influence with him.
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* DreamingTheTruth: With dreams being a major theme of the series, it's only natural that several of the dreams you travel through through let you in on the backstory.
* DreamingOfTimesGoneBy: Safiya confesses to having very twisted dreams of [[spoiler:being trapped in the Wall of the Faithless - which she was back when she was part of the Founder]].
* DreamingOfTimesGoneBy: Safiya confesses to having very twisted dreams of [[spoiler:being trapped in the Wall of the Faithless - which she was back when she was part of the Founder]].
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* ConvertedForLove: In one of the endings, [[spoiler:Either Gannayev or Safiya (both n/atheists) will swear themselves to Kelemvor so that they can stay with you in the City of Judgement.]]
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* ConvertedForLove: ConvertingForLove: In one of the endings, [[spoiler:Either Gannayev or Safiya (both n/atheists) will swear themselves to Kelemvor so that they can stay with you in the City of Judgement.]]
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* BondingOverMissingParents: Telling Gannayev about your own ParentalAbandonment hooks you a decent amount of influence points and gets him willing to talk slightly more about his past.
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* WarriorHeaven: [[spoiler:If you choose to bind Akachi to your soul, Kelemvor is more than willing to reward your sacrifice by at least making the afterlife exciting for you, and you spend all of eternity kicking ass in taking names in the City of Judgement with either Gannayev or Safiya as the other half of your eternal BattleCouple.]]
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* [[CuteMonsterGirl Cute Monster Guy]]: Gannayev the Hagspawn. {{Lampshaded}} when he jokingly denies that he's a Hagspawn simply on the basis that he's way too pretty to be one. [[spoiler:Gann looks so beautiful because his mother actually loved his father, whereas other hags/nighthags are incapable of love and thus give birth to hideously ugly hagspawns.]]
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* ConvertedForLove: In one of the endings, [[spoiler:Either Gannayev or Safiya (both n/atheists) will swear themselves to Kelemvor so that they can stay with you in the City of Judgement.]]
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* LoveConquersAll: One of the possible endings, and appropriately enough the hardest to achieve.
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* WhatTheHellHero: In both of the standard endings, at least one member of your party will be unhappy with your choice. [[spoiler:Binding your soul to Akachi's will anger Kaelyn, as it means you've sworn yourself to protect the very thing she seeks to destroy, and the One of Many just mocks you for choosing an eternity in the City of Judgement. If you free yourself from the curse but not end it, however, Safiya will be angry that you've let Akachi continue to suffer, and Okku will be mad that you've ditched your chance to end the curse for good for your own survival.]] And then there's the Bad End, where ''everyone'' (save [[spoiler:the One of Many]]) will be against you.
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* DaddyHadAGoodReasonForAbandoningYou: [[spoiler:Namely, Gann's mother was forced into it by her hag sisters, presumably on pain of death for either of them.]]
* DrivenToMadness: Gulk'aush as a result of [[spoiler:being forced to eat her love alive, piece by piece.]]
* FlayingAlive: the fate of [[spoiler:Gannayev's father]].
* GoOutWithASmile: According to Gulk'aush, [[spoiler:Gann's father kept his smile, even as he was flayed alive]].
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* LukeIAmYourFather: [[spoiler:The Founder to Safiya, and the insane Night Hag in the Skein to Gann.]]
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* StarCrossedLovers: [[spoiler:Akachi and the Founder]]
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* DidNotDoTheResearch: Myrkul's ulterior motive for creating the Spirit-eater curse. Besides punishing Akachi, [[spoiler:the intent was to ensure his {{immortality}} by abusing the Realms' GodsNeedPrayerBadly rule: As long as the Spirit-eater existed, there would always be at least one person who feared and/or worshiped him, so he could never truly die. Only problem is, the GNPB rule was only established by Ao after the Time of Troubles sixteen years ago, and Myrkul was killed before it came into being. Yet the Spirit-eater's been around for centuries, so either Myrkul was CrazyPrepared, or Obsidian screwed up.]]
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[[NeverwinterNights2/Tropes0ToF Tropes 0-F]] | [[NeverwinterNights2/TropesGToL Tropes G-L]] | [[NeverwinterNights2/TropesMToR Tropes M-R]] | [[NeverwinterNights2/TropesSToZ Tropes S-Z]] | '''''Mask of the Betrayer''''' | ''NeverwinterNights2/{{Storm of Zehir}}'' | ''NeverwinterNights2/{{Mysteries of Westgate}}''
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!!!''VideoGame/NeverwinterNights2: Mask of the Betrayer'' provides examples of the following tropes:
* AGodAmI: Well, not so much a God as [[spoiler:an utterly unnatural god-killing ''thing'' that has declared war on the planes by its very existence]], but this is [[spoiler:your reward if you're aiming for the evil ending.]]
* AndIMustScream: The Wall of the Faithless. [[spoiler:Turns out to be the final resting place of former TokenEvilTeammate, Bishop.]]
* AnimalThemeNaming: Kaelyn the Dove and her half-celestial siblings call themselves the Menagerie. The other members you meet are Efrem the Stag and Susah the Crow.
** With high influence, Kaelyn may induct you into the Menagerie, after which you can add a similar moniker to your name. If you ask her what she thinks would be a good fit she suggests "the Wolf" after the telthor wolf you ate during your escape from Okku's barrow.
* ArbitraryHeadcountLimit: More {{egregious}} here since the limit is only one different than the member of followers you can accumulate in the game.
* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: Gann's not quite happy with Anya's dream construct of him for a number of reasons.
-->'''Gann:''' That Gann there, he is a fantasy you have conjured up, and he is becoming a wedge between you and the waking world, Anya. He also has terrible fashion sense, and the nose is all wrong.
* ArtificialHuman: [[spoiler:Safiya.]]
* BadassAdorable: Kaelyn the Dove, full stop.
* BagOfSpilling: At least you keep character levels and equipped armor.
* BaldOfAwesome: Safiya is a rare female example. [[spoiler:Depending on your actions, she could also become a BaldOfEvil]].
* BattleAmongstTheFlames: The fight against the [[BuffySpeak man-shaped fire elemental thingy]] in the Ashenwood, which is the ''source'' of the flames.
* BittersweetEnding: One of the MultipleEndings.
* BlessedWithSuck / CursedWithAwesome: The [[spoiler:Spirit-Eater Curse]], depending how you play it. While it's entirely up to you to decide whether it's either a horrible dog-raping curse or the most awesome ability ever, it's absolutely certain that about every NPC you come in contact with will disagree with you.
** Arguably, your situation is not great. Yes, you just beat an incredibly powerful avatar of the dark side of magic, but [[spoiler:your close friends and followers may well be dead. The shard that has been inside your body for all your life has been removed (but not very well), you didn't get crushed to death at the end of [=NWN 2=], but you are thousands of miles from home, trapped in a country full of beings who would gladly kill you. Oh yeah, and you are afflicted with a curse that has ALWAYS killed all previous victims, will turn you into a ravening husk along the way, and will mean that your soul will automatically be taken to the Wall of the Faithless.]]
* BodySurf: [[spoiler:The spirit-eater.]]
* BonusBoss: [[spoiler:The badger spirit]] and [[spoiler:Myrkul after possessing One of Many]].
* BoxedCrook: Gann's initial reason for joining you.
* BraggingRightsReward: [[spoiler:Akachi's Scythe can be combined with Myrkul's spirit essence to make an [[InfinityPlusOneSword Infinity + 1 Scythe]] called Spiritual Evisceration.]] It'd be nice if you actually had something to use it on; instead you get it after you've probably already got your character at 30th level, designed for a different weapon class than scythes (which are rarely seen since HeroesPreferSwords), and [[spoiler:one short dungeon from the end of the game]].
** A couple of different [[GameMod fan modules]] have an InfinityPlusOneSword as an end-of-game reward. Modders, next time you decide to give out an InfinityPlusOneSword, give the player something to use it on. (I'm looking at ''you'', "Temple of Torm".)
* [[CuteMonsterGirl Cute Monster Guy]]: Gannayev the Hagspawn. {{Lampshaded}} when he jokingly denies that he's a Hagspawn simply on the basis that he's way too pretty to be one. [[spoiler:Gann looks so beautiful because his mother actually loved his father, whereas other hags/nighthags are incapable of love and thus give birth to hideously ugly hagspawns.]]
** Actually, some of the hagspawns born from night hags have an appearance more like that of their father.
* {{Casanova}} / TheCharmer: Gann. He banged so damn many girls that they locked him in ''prison.''
* TheCorruption: [[spoiler:The Spirit Eater curse]].
* TheDandy: Gann is entirely aware that he's probably the only attractive Hagspawn out there -- a fact which he feels he must constantly broadcast to all the world.
* DarkerAndEdgier: And arguably all the better for it.
* DarkWorld
* DarkIsNotEvil: The good ending for Kaelyn the Dove implies that [[spoiler:Kaelyn becomes a fallen angel. Even so, a good majority, especially the souls on the Wall of the Faithless, still consider her a hero.]]
* DefeatMeansFriendship: Okku, if you [[spoiler:don't devour him.]]
* DeliberatelyMonochrome: The Plane of Shadows.
* TheDevTeamThinksOfEverything: There are several changes to dialog over the course of the game if your character is a priest of Kelemvor.
* DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu: [[spoiler:Did You Just EAT Myrkul?]]
** [[DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu Did You Just Arm Wrestle An Iron Golem?]]: An NPC Berserker will offer to arm wrestle you, and is tough enough to beat a player transformed into an Iron Golem when he is at full power. To win, you need strength boosts on top of the transformation.
* DirtyMindReading: According to Gann, the prison warden of Mulsantir has more than a few dirty dreams to spare.
-->'''Gann:''' ... and old mother, do not think your mind has not laid down paths for me to stroll. ''Such'' thoughts in a woman your age – it would put even a farmer's fieryloined daughter to shame.
* DissonantSerenity: Kaelyn always talks in a soft, motherly tone, which can be a bit disturbing when she's supposed to be angry, such as whenever she talks about the Wall or [[spoiler:if you side with Araman in the endgame.]]
* DysfunctionJunction: Surprisingly averted... [[spoiler:well, unless you have One of Many and regularly go out of your way to gain Influence with it]], given the darker tone of this installment. There's a bit of banter back and forth, and Gann certainly likes teasing Kaelyn from time to time, but the party feels much more cohesive and calm compared to the OC gang.
* EarlyBirdBoss: Okku, because you lack a real tank in your party.
* EstrogenBrigadeBait: Gann, full stop. He's one InUniverse, too; see the {{Casanova}} entry above.
* EternalLove: [[spoiler:Gann cheerfully points out in the ending where both of you remain in the City of Judgement that "eternal servitude" isn't such a bad deal once you think about it - after all, who else can brag about ''literally'' being together forever?]]
* EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep: The Founder.
* EverythingIsWorseWithBears: Especially when said bear happens to be a bear ''god''. With an army. Which includes ghost bears.
* EvilTastesGood
* ExecutiveMeddling: Chris Avellone notes that Gann was originally going to be Bi, as "that felt true to how he perceived love". Given that the same company has no issues with [[TempleOfElementalEvil Bertram and lesbian flirting]], I guess Hasbro thinks gays can only be minor characters.
* FallenAngel: Kaelyn the Dove can be considered one, being barred from entering Celestia. [[spoiler:She becomes a real one in the ending as well.]]
* FantasyCounterpartCulture: Rashemen is based partly on Slavic myths, particularly ancient Russia.
* FatalFlaw: Kaelyn's obession with destroying the Wall of the Faithless.
* FiveManBand
** TheHero: The Player
** TheLancer: Gannayev-of-Dreams
** TheSmartGuy: Safiya
** TheBigGuy: Okku or One Of Many
** TheChick: Kaelyn the Dove
* FlatEarthAtheist: Gann, [[spoiler:even after meeting a god ''in person'']]. This only becomes more interesting when you realize that he's a ''divine'' spellcaster -- a type of magic which, ''by definition'', requires belief in a higher power.
** {{Fanon}} jokingly insists that he [[AGodAmI worships himself]]. Granted, there is an ''actual'' explanation (he puts his faith in ''[[NatureSpirit spirits]]''. It's best not to argue with him on the semantics), but why spoil the fun?
* GameBreakingBug: The initial version broke the "go to the swamp to retrieve the silver shard" quest early in the OC.
* GoodIsNotNice: Kaelyn is genuinely heroic, but she tends to get... ''angry'' when the topic of the Wall comes up.
* GoodVersusGood: The crusade involves celestials fighting paladins to the death.
** Or even paladin versus paladin, if the player is one.
* GuideDangIt: Not bringing Gann to Skein makes it impossible to complete the [[LevelUpAtIntimacy5 romantic subplot]] with him. Of course, the game decides to hint at this only ''after'' it's too late.
** Why would you ever not want him with you in the first place?
*** Because <Charname> is a druid or Spirit Shaman and then Gann's redundant?
*** He's only redundant if you make him. As a druid, his anti-spirit stuff is still useful. And I know people who make another spirit shaman as the PC for more anti-spritness, plus they change the spell list... so he's only redundant if you want him to be.
*** Being a hagspawn and going to an area filled with hags should probably set off some pretty big alarms that maybe Gann might have some connection to the place.
*** He also, specifically, asks to join you. That should be a huge hint that he's going to have storyline options there.
* GeniusLoci: In the Ashenwood. It's even ''called'' one.
* HannibalLecture: [[spoiler:Myrkul will lecture Kaelyn and Gann.]]
** ShutUpHannibal: [[spoiler:See DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu above.]]
* HalfHumanHybrid: Kaelyn, Gann.
* HeroAntagonist: Araman and Okku.
* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:If you're male and had romanced Elanee, Ammon Jerro reveals that she took a piece of the King of Shadows' CollapsingLair that would have struck you.]]
** [[spoiler:This is also how Casavir died.]]
* HeyItsThatVoice: Crispin Freeman as Gann.
* HeterosexualLifePartners / HoYay: A male PlayerCharacter with a very high influence with Gann can [[spoiler: begin sharing his thoughts and memories with him. They become extremely close and in some endings they go WalkingTheEarth as true companions.]]
* IntellectualAnimal: Okku.
* InterspeciesRomance: Guaranteed if you romance Gann. Near-guaranteed if you romance Safiya (if one assumes that PlayerCharacters are divided equally among the playable races).
* JourneyToTheCenterOfTheMind: The [[spoiler:VeryDefinitelyFinalDungeon]].
* KillerRabbit: ([[spoiler:The badger spirit, again]])
* LastVillainStand: Provided you [[spoiler:proceed with the invasion of the Fugue Plane]] instead of [[spoiler:defending against said invasion]], Araman pulls this after the battle when [[spoiler:Kelemvor has already agreed to let you try to get your soul back]]. [[TooDumbToLive Factor in that your party probably consists of four 30th-level characters by now.]]
* LetsPlay: Lt. Danger carries on with the same character into this part, and it's if anything more interesting now that there's a genuinely interesting story to critique. Found [[http://lparchive.org/LetsPlay/MotB/index.html here]].
* LevelUpAtIntimacy5
* LightAndMirrorsPuzzle
* LoveConquersAll: One of the possible endings, and appropriately enough the hardest to achieve.
* LukeIAmYourFather: [[spoiler:The Founder to Safiya, and the insane Night Hag in the Skein to Gann.]]
* MultipleEndings
* TheMultiverse: You visit several other planes, more are mentioned.
* ManySpiritsInsideOfOne: One of Many.
* MundaneUtility: According to Gannayev, the best use for being able to travel through dreams is to get laid.
* NarratorAllAlong: [[spoiler:Kelemvor.]]
* NatureSpirit: Quite a few, but Okku most notably. This is arguably Rashemen's [[PlanetOfHats hat]].
* NotInThisForYourRevolution: The expansion pack is praised for giving a motive that is believable for all characters -- [[spoiler:saving yourself from a curse that is slowly killing you]] -- over the "Save the world" that the original game forced the players into. So even if the player character has no reason to stop what has been plaguing the lands for decades, they still have a reason to finish the main quest.
* OminousFog: {{Lampshaded}}.
* OptionalPartyMember: One of Many is an odd example, as you can get either him or Okku, depending on if [[spoiler:you consume Okku]]. Similarly, [[spoiler:Araman]] can be obtained if [[spoiler:if you side against the Third Crusade]] in place of Kaelyn (who will attack you if you meet the conditions for him).
* PardonMyKlingon: Subverted by Kaelyn the Dove:
---> '''Kaelyn:''' You ... you are a ... Oh, I don't know any curses. How embarrassing.
* ParentalAbandonment: The player carried over from [=NWN 2=], and Gann.
** DisappearedDad: Safiya's father is never brought up [[spoiler:because she [[TrulySingleParent literally]] never had one.]]
* PeekABangs: Gannayev, possibly symbolic of his deep-seated and carefully hidden fear of showing people who he really is.
* {{Pride}}:
--> '''Gann''': ''I noticed that... your eyes are like mirrors, which makes them doubly pleasing to me.''
* PointOfNoReturn: The Betrayer's Gate.
* ThePowerOfFriendship: The player and his/her respective followers can get some really powerful feats and buffs when they have a high positive influence.
* PowerPerversionPotential: Potential which Gann gleefully abuses.
* ProudWarriorRaceGuy: Okku has many elements, most noticeable when he encounters carrion-eating spirts at the coven.
* ThePunishment: [[spoiler:Akachi. Poor, poor, Akachi.]]
* RageAgainstTheHeavens: You can actually take either side.
* RagtagBunchOfMisfits: Consisting of you, a somewhat Machiavellian wizard, a Hagspawn casanova, an exiled half-angel, and either an undead abomination or a giant talking SPIRIT RAINBOW BEAR.
* RainbowPimpGear: {{Lampshaded}} with the item Rainbow Armor, which according to the item description was made by a color-blind mage.
* ReincarnationRomance: [[spoiler:Male {{Player Character}}s can enter into one with Safiya. [[http://www.formspring.me/GZiets/q/322955310316683214 Females could as well before ExecutiveMeddling.]]]]
* RoadCone: The expansion assumes the player did not [[spoiler:join the King of Shadows]] at the end of the OC.
* SelfDeprecation: There REALLY is a lot of self-deprecating humor.
* SequenceBreaking: Getting Gann's influence high enough before the end of Act I will tip you off to the [[spoiler:spirit eater curse]] before you're supposed to know about it.
* SoulJar
* SoBeautifulItsACurse: Gann is apparently so damn pretty that they had to throw him in jail to keep him from banging every girl in Rashemen.
** The amazing part is, ''they actually pull the trope off'' without making it seem utterly ridiculous; [[spoiler:he's a pretty ''hagspawn'', so none of the local humans trust him worth a damn and the only reason they don't kill him is out of fear that he'd overpower them and take their daughters anyway, and he's a ''pretty'' hagspawn, so all of the hags find him legitimately abhorrent and not actually "beautiful" at all. Even his mother takes a while to come around, and even then...]]
* SociopathicHero: One of Many.
* SpeakingSimlish: One Of Many is a dark twist, he speaks with a "call of the dead" that any mortal creature can understand.
* StupidSexyFlanders: A male PC with a high enough Charisma stat can catch Gann in one of these moments when they first meet.
** Likely an artifact from when Gann was going to be Bi.
* TheThreeFacesOfEve: [[spoiler:Safiya (Maiden), Lienna (Mother), and Nefris (Crone)]] were created by the Founder with this in mind. Ironically, even though the Founder identifies [[spoiler:Lienna]] as the Mother, it's the Crone that actually acts as one to the Maiden.
* TokenEvilTeammate: One Of Many, an insane HiveMind that Kaelyn openly states "should not ''be''".
* TrulySingleParent: [[spoiler:The Founder]]
* [[UglyGuysHotDaughter Ugly Girl's Hot Son]]: Gann. Full stop.
* VillainsNeverLie: ([[spoiler:Myrkul. The player character can even lampshade it to Kaelyn. Later subverted when Kelemvor reveals that though he wasn't lying to ''her'', he was lying to ''you'' and to the founder.]])
* WellIntentionedExtremist: Kaelyn is on the verge of being one.
* WizardNeedsFoodBadly: [[spoiler:With souls!]]
* YouAreWorthHell: If you choose to [[spoiler:stay on the Fugue Plane in order to bind the spirit eater there, your love interest will go as far as pledging their soul to the God of the Dead so that you won't have to be alone there]].
* YouKilledMyFather: [[spoiler:Once Gann finds out the truth behind his ParentalAbandonment, he's more than happy to help "end the dream" of the hags responsible.]]
* YouKillItYouBoughtIt: The Spirit-eater pretty reliably {{body surf}}s to the closest living, intelligent creature when its current victim dies.
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!!!''VideoGame/NeverwinterNights2: Mask of the Betrayer'' provides examples of the following tropes:
* AGodAmI: Well, not so much a God as [[spoiler:an utterly unnatural god-killing ''thing'' that has declared war on the planes by its very existence]], but this is [[spoiler:your reward if you're aiming for the evil ending.]]
* AndIMustScream: The Wall of the Faithless. [[spoiler:Turns out to be the final resting place of former TokenEvilTeammate, Bishop.]]
* AnimalThemeNaming: Kaelyn the Dove and her half-celestial siblings call themselves the Menagerie. The other members you meet are Efrem the Stag and Susah the Crow.
** With high influence, Kaelyn may induct you into the Menagerie, after which you can add a similar moniker to your name. If you ask her what she thinks would be a good fit she suggests "the Wolf" after the telthor wolf you ate during your escape from Okku's barrow.
* ArbitraryHeadcountLimit: More {{egregious}} here since the limit is only one different than the member of followers you can accumulate in the game.
* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: Gann's not quite happy with Anya's dream construct of him for a number of reasons.
-->'''Gann:''' That Gann there, he is a fantasy you have conjured up, and he is becoming a wedge between you and the waking world, Anya. He also has terrible fashion sense, and the nose is all wrong.
* ArtificialHuman: [[spoiler:Safiya.]]
* BadassAdorable: Kaelyn the Dove, full stop.
* BagOfSpilling: At least you keep character levels and equipped armor.
* BaldOfAwesome: Safiya is a rare female example. [[spoiler:Depending on your actions, she could also become a BaldOfEvil]].
* BattleAmongstTheFlames: The fight against the [[BuffySpeak man-shaped fire elemental thingy]] in the Ashenwood, which is the ''source'' of the flames.
* BittersweetEnding: One of the MultipleEndings.
* BlessedWithSuck / CursedWithAwesome: The [[spoiler:Spirit-Eater Curse]], depending how you play it. While it's entirely up to you to decide whether it's either a horrible dog-raping curse or the most awesome ability ever, it's absolutely certain that about every NPC you come in contact with will disagree with you.
** Arguably, your situation is not great. Yes, you just beat an incredibly powerful avatar of the dark side of magic, but [[spoiler:your close friends and followers may well be dead. The shard that has been inside your body for all your life has been removed (but not very well), you didn't get crushed to death at the end of [=NWN 2=], but you are thousands of miles from home, trapped in a country full of beings who would gladly kill you. Oh yeah, and you are afflicted with a curse that has ALWAYS killed all previous victims, will turn you into a ravening husk along the way, and will mean that your soul will automatically be taken to the Wall of the Faithless.]]
* BodySurf: [[spoiler:The spirit-eater.]]
* BonusBoss: [[spoiler:The badger spirit]] and [[spoiler:Myrkul after possessing One of Many]].
* BoxedCrook: Gann's initial reason for joining you.
* BraggingRightsReward: [[spoiler:Akachi's Scythe can be combined with Myrkul's spirit essence to make an [[InfinityPlusOneSword Infinity + 1 Scythe]] called Spiritual Evisceration.]] It'd be nice if you actually had something to use it on; instead you get it after you've probably already got your character at 30th level, designed for a different weapon class than scythes (which are rarely seen since HeroesPreferSwords), and [[spoiler:one short dungeon from the end of the game]].
** A couple of different [[GameMod fan modules]] have an InfinityPlusOneSword as an end-of-game reward. Modders, next time you decide to give out an InfinityPlusOneSword, give the player something to use it on. (I'm looking at ''you'', "Temple of Torm".)
* [[CuteMonsterGirl Cute Monster Guy]]: Gannayev the Hagspawn. {{Lampshaded}} when he jokingly denies that he's a Hagspawn simply on the basis that he's way too pretty to be one. [[spoiler:Gann looks so beautiful because his mother actually loved his father, whereas other hags/nighthags are incapable of love and thus give birth to hideously ugly hagspawns.]]
** Actually, some of the hagspawns born from night hags have an appearance more like that of their father.
* {{Casanova}} / TheCharmer: Gann. He banged so damn many girls that they locked him in ''prison.''
* TheCorruption: [[spoiler:The Spirit Eater curse]].
* TheDandy: Gann is entirely aware that he's probably the only attractive Hagspawn out there -- a fact which he feels he must constantly broadcast to all the world.
* DarkerAndEdgier: And arguably all the better for it.
* DarkWorld
* DarkIsNotEvil: The good ending for Kaelyn the Dove implies that [[spoiler:Kaelyn becomes a fallen angel. Even so, a good majority, especially the souls on the Wall of the Faithless, still consider her a hero.]]
* DefeatMeansFriendship: Okku, if you [[spoiler:don't devour him.]]
* DeliberatelyMonochrome: The Plane of Shadows.
* TheDevTeamThinksOfEverything: There are several changes to dialog over the course of the game if your character is a priest of Kelemvor.
* DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu: [[spoiler:Did You Just EAT Myrkul?]]
** [[DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu Did You Just Arm Wrestle An Iron Golem?]]: An NPC Berserker will offer to arm wrestle you, and is tough enough to beat a player transformed into an Iron Golem when he is at full power. To win, you need strength boosts on top of the transformation.
* DirtyMindReading: According to Gann, the prison warden of Mulsantir has more than a few dirty dreams to spare.
-->'''Gann:''' ... and old mother, do not think your mind has not laid down paths for me to stroll. ''Such'' thoughts in a woman your age – it would put even a farmer's fieryloined daughter to shame.
* DissonantSerenity: Kaelyn always talks in a soft, motherly tone, which can be a bit disturbing when she's supposed to be angry, such as whenever she talks about the Wall or [[spoiler:if you side with Araman in the endgame.]]
* DysfunctionJunction: Surprisingly averted... [[spoiler:well, unless you have One of Many and regularly go out of your way to gain Influence with it]], given the darker tone of this installment. There's a bit of banter back and forth, and Gann certainly likes teasing Kaelyn from time to time, but the party feels much more cohesive and calm compared to the OC gang.
* EarlyBirdBoss: Okku, because you lack a real tank in your party.
* EstrogenBrigadeBait: Gann, full stop. He's one InUniverse, too; see the {{Casanova}} entry above.
* EternalLove: [[spoiler:Gann cheerfully points out in the ending where both of you remain in the City of Judgement that "eternal servitude" isn't such a bad deal once you think about it - after all, who else can brag about ''literally'' being together forever?]]
* EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep: The Founder.
* EverythingIsWorseWithBears: Especially when said bear happens to be a bear ''god''. With an army. Which includes ghost bears.
* EvilTastesGood
* ExecutiveMeddling: Chris Avellone notes that Gann was originally going to be Bi, as "that felt true to how he perceived love". Given that the same company has no issues with [[TempleOfElementalEvil Bertram and lesbian flirting]], I guess Hasbro thinks gays can only be minor characters.
* FallenAngel: Kaelyn the Dove can be considered one, being barred from entering Celestia. [[spoiler:She becomes a real one in the ending as well.]]
* FantasyCounterpartCulture: Rashemen is based partly on Slavic myths, particularly ancient Russia.
* FatalFlaw: Kaelyn's obession with destroying the Wall of the Faithless.
* FiveManBand
** TheHero: The Player
** TheLancer: Gannayev-of-Dreams
** TheSmartGuy: Safiya
** TheBigGuy: Okku or One Of Many
** TheChick: Kaelyn the Dove
* FlatEarthAtheist: Gann, [[spoiler:even after meeting a god ''in person'']]. This only becomes more interesting when you realize that he's a ''divine'' spellcaster -- a type of magic which, ''by definition'', requires belief in a higher power.
** {{Fanon}} jokingly insists that he [[AGodAmI worships himself]]. Granted, there is an ''actual'' explanation (he puts his faith in ''[[NatureSpirit spirits]]''. It's best not to argue with him on the semantics), but why spoil the fun?
* GameBreakingBug: The initial version broke the "go to the swamp to retrieve the silver shard" quest early in the OC.
* GoodIsNotNice: Kaelyn is genuinely heroic, but she tends to get... ''angry'' when the topic of the Wall comes up.
* GoodVersusGood: The crusade involves celestials fighting paladins to the death.
** Or even paladin versus paladin, if the player is one.
* GuideDangIt: Not bringing Gann to Skein makes it impossible to complete the [[LevelUpAtIntimacy5 romantic subplot]] with him. Of course, the game decides to hint at this only ''after'' it's too late.
** Why would you ever not want him with you in the first place?
*** Because <Charname> is a druid or Spirit Shaman and then Gann's redundant?
*** He's only redundant if you make him. As a druid, his anti-spirit stuff is still useful. And I know people who make another spirit shaman as the PC for more anti-spritness, plus they change the spell list... so he's only redundant if you want him to be.
*** Being a hagspawn and going to an area filled with hags should probably set off some pretty big alarms that maybe Gann might have some connection to the place.
*** He also, specifically, asks to join you. That should be a huge hint that he's going to have storyline options there.
* GeniusLoci: In the Ashenwood. It's even ''called'' one.
* HannibalLecture: [[spoiler:Myrkul will lecture Kaelyn and Gann.]]
** ShutUpHannibal: [[spoiler:See DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu above.]]
* HalfHumanHybrid: Kaelyn, Gann.
* HeroAntagonist: Araman and Okku.
* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:If you're male and had romanced Elanee, Ammon Jerro reveals that she took a piece of the King of Shadows' CollapsingLair that would have struck you.]]
** [[spoiler:This is also how Casavir died.]]
* HeyItsThatVoice: Crispin Freeman as Gann.
* HeterosexualLifePartners / HoYay: A male PlayerCharacter with a very high influence with Gann can [[spoiler: begin sharing his thoughts and memories with him. They become extremely close and in some endings they go WalkingTheEarth as true companions.]]
* IntellectualAnimal: Okku.
* InterspeciesRomance: Guaranteed if you romance Gann. Near-guaranteed if you romance Safiya (if one assumes that PlayerCharacters are divided equally among the playable races).
* JourneyToTheCenterOfTheMind: The [[spoiler:VeryDefinitelyFinalDungeon]].
* KillerRabbit: ([[spoiler:The badger spirit, again]])
* LastVillainStand: Provided you [[spoiler:proceed with the invasion of the Fugue Plane]] instead of [[spoiler:defending against said invasion]], Araman pulls this after the battle when [[spoiler:Kelemvor has already agreed to let you try to get your soul back]]. [[TooDumbToLive Factor in that your party probably consists of four 30th-level characters by now.]]
* LetsPlay: Lt. Danger carries on with the same character into this part, and it's if anything more interesting now that there's a genuinely interesting story to critique. Found [[http://lparchive.org/LetsPlay/MotB/index.html here]].
* LevelUpAtIntimacy5
* LightAndMirrorsPuzzle
* LoveConquersAll: One of the possible endings, and appropriately enough the hardest to achieve.
* LukeIAmYourFather: [[spoiler:The Founder to Safiya, and the insane Night Hag in the Skein to Gann.]]
* MultipleEndings
* TheMultiverse: You visit several other planes, more are mentioned.
* ManySpiritsInsideOfOne: One of Many.
* MundaneUtility: According to Gannayev, the best use for being able to travel through dreams is to get laid.
* NarratorAllAlong: [[spoiler:Kelemvor.]]
* NatureSpirit: Quite a few, but Okku most notably. This is arguably Rashemen's [[PlanetOfHats hat]].
* NotInThisForYourRevolution: The expansion pack is praised for giving a motive that is believable for all characters -- [[spoiler:saving yourself from a curse that is slowly killing you]] -- over the "Save the world" that the original game forced the players into. So even if the player character has no reason to stop what has been plaguing the lands for decades, they still have a reason to finish the main quest.
* OminousFog: {{Lampshaded}}.
* OptionalPartyMember: One of Many is an odd example, as you can get either him or Okku, depending on if [[spoiler:you consume Okku]]. Similarly, [[spoiler:Araman]] can be obtained if [[spoiler:if you side against the Third Crusade]] in place of Kaelyn (who will attack you if you meet the conditions for him).
* PardonMyKlingon: Subverted by Kaelyn the Dove:
---> '''Kaelyn:''' You ... you are a ... Oh, I don't know any curses. How embarrassing.
* ParentalAbandonment: The player carried over from [=NWN 2=], and Gann.
** DisappearedDad: Safiya's father is never brought up [[spoiler:because she [[TrulySingleParent literally]] never had one.]]
* PeekABangs: Gannayev, possibly symbolic of his deep-seated and carefully hidden fear of showing people who he really is.
* {{Pride}}:
--> '''Gann''': ''I noticed that... your eyes are like mirrors, which makes them doubly pleasing to me.''
* PointOfNoReturn: The Betrayer's Gate.
* ThePowerOfFriendship: The player and his/her respective followers can get some really powerful feats and buffs when they have a high positive influence.
* PowerPerversionPotential: Potential which Gann gleefully abuses.
* ProudWarriorRaceGuy: Okku has many elements, most noticeable when he encounters carrion-eating spirts at the coven.
* ThePunishment: [[spoiler:Akachi. Poor, poor, Akachi.]]
* RageAgainstTheHeavens: You can actually take either side.
* RagtagBunchOfMisfits: Consisting of you, a somewhat Machiavellian wizard, a Hagspawn casanova, an exiled half-angel, and either an undead abomination or a giant talking SPIRIT RAINBOW BEAR.
* RainbowPimpGear: {{Lampshaded}} with the item Rainbow Armor, which according to the item description was made by a color-blind mage.
* ReincarnationRomance: [[spoiler:Male {{Player Character}}s can enter into one with Safiya. [[http://www.formspring.me/GZiets/q/322955310316683214 Females could as well before ExecutiveMeddling.]]]]
* RoadCone: The expansion assumes the player did not [[spoiler:join the King of Shadows]] at the end of the OC.
* SelfDeprecation: There REALLY is a lot of self-deprecating humor.
* SequenceBreaking: Getting Gann's influence high enough before the end of Act I will tip you off to the [[spoiler:spirit eater curse]] before you're supposed to know about it.
* SoulJar
* SoBeautifulItsACurse: Gann is apparently so damn pretty that they had to throw him in jail to keep him from banging every girl in Rashemen.
** The amazing part is, ''they actually pull the trope off'' without making it seem utterly ridiculous; [[spoiler:he's a pretty ''hagspawn'', so none of the local humans trust him worth a damn and the only reason they don't kill him is out of fear that he'd overpower them and take their daughters anyway, and he's a ''pretty'' hagspawn, so all of the hags find him legitimately abhorrent and not actually "beautiful" at all. Even his mother takes a while to come around, and even then...]]
* SociopathicHero: One of Many.
* SpeakingSimlish: One Of Many is a dark twist, he speaks with a "call of the dead" that any mortal creature can understand.
* StupidSexyFlanders: A male PC with a high enough Charisma stat can catch Gann in one of these moments when they first meet.
** Likely an artifact from when Gann was going to be Bi.
* TheThreeFacesOfEve: [[spoiler:Safiya (Maiden), Lienna (Mother), and Nefris (Crone)]] were created by the Founder with this in mind. Ironically, even though the Founder identifies [[spoiler:Lienna]] as the Mother, it's the Crone that actually acts as one to the Maiden.
* TokenEvilTeammate: One Of Many, an insane HiveMind that Kaelyn openly states "should not ''be''".
* TrulySingleParent: [[spoiler:The Founder]]
* [[UglyGuysHotDaughter Ugly Girl's Hot Son]]: Gann. Full stop.
* VillainsNeverLie: ([[spoiler:Myrkul. The player character can even lampshade it to Kaelyn. Later subverted when Kelemvor reveals that though he wasn't lying to ''her'', he was lying to ''you'' and to the founder.]])
* WellIntentionedExtremist: Kaelyn is on the verge of being one.
* WizardNeedsFoodBadly: [[spoiler:With souls!]]
* YouAreWorthHell: If you choose to [[spoiler:stay on the Fugue Plane in order to bind the spirit eater there, your love interest will go as far as pledging their soul to the God of the Dead so that you won't have to be alone there]].
* YouKilledMyFather: [[spoiler:Once Gann finds out the truth behind his ParentalAbandonment, he's more than happy to help "end the dream" of the hags responsible.]]
* YouKillItYouBoughtIt: The Spirit-eater pretty reliably {{body surf}}s to the closest living, intelligent creature when its current victim dies.
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