History PlayingWith / BagOfSpilling

** Baron started the first game [[WithThisHerring with a rusty knife and old gambeson]], and ended it with Excalibur. He doesn't have Excalibur at the start of the sequel, but at least he's supplied with a steel longsword and cuirass.

* '''Played For Laughs''': Baron lost his gear [[NoodleIncident in a vaguely alluded to event]]. [[NeverLiveItDown People mocking or nagging him over it]] becomes a very long RunningGag.

** Baron's old weapons are powered by ToxicPhlebotinum that is only found on the BigBad's planet, which is [[EarthShatteringKaboom destroyed]] at the end of the first game.

** The opening cutscene shows a mysterious rival stealing Baron's fire sword and magical armor, underestimating Baron by leaving him with just a knife

** Baron was out doing something mundane when the BigBad attacked his house, and didn't think to bring any of his weapons with him because they weren't needed.
** Baron was captured by the BigBad, so naturally the latter would strip off Baron's gears to disarm him.
** The Baron you play as in the second game as is [[OneSteveLimit not the same Baron from the first game]].

** Despite staring a completely different character all of Baron's gear and techniques are available - even though quite a few of them should logically be lost forever.

* '''Parodied''': After defeating the BigBad, Baron throws aside all of his weapons because he doesn't feel like carrying them back out of the dungeon.
* '''Zig Zagged''': Baron has all his stuff for the first mission of the game. Then in the next, he gets captured and loses it all. But after the next, he gets it back for good.

** The villain in the second game decides to wait until after Baron got out of practice before setting his plan into motion.
** The villain in the second game decides to use the stolen gear against Baron. MirrorBoss ensues.

* '''Played For Drama''': The bad end of the previous game was made canon. He [[BeardOfSorrow really fell apart]] [[MyGreatestFailure after he failed to save Princess Allision]]. [[TheAlcoholic He explicitly drank away his ]][[DrowningMySorrows savings and pawned his gear for liquor.]] The new threat was the only thing that gave him a reason to come out of his downward destructive spiral.

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** Baron still has all of his old weapon and abilities... But is so laughably out of practice with them that, barring a few EmergentGameplay tricks, they are mostly useless until he relearns how to use them.

** Baron still has all of his old weapon and abilities... But is so laughably out of practice with them that, barring a few EmergentGameplay tricks, they mostly useless until he relearns how to use them.

* '''Played For Drama''': The bad end of the previous game was made canon. He [[BeardOfSorrow really fell apart]] [[TheAlcoholic after the princess's death]]. He [[DrowningMySorrows explicitly drank away his savings and pawned his gear for liquor.]] The new threat was the only thing that gave him a reason to come out of his downward destructive spiral.

* '''Inverted''': Baron has a lot of new powers that he didn't have in the first game.

** Baron has most of the old weapons from the first game.[[SoLastSeason They do Scratch Damage in the game 2.]]

** Baron has most of the old weapons from the first game. They do ScratchDamage in the game 2.

** Baron lost his old weapons because he forgot they existed.

** Baron thought that he was going to no longer have to fight anymore and sold his weapons

* '''Downplayed''': Baron has a handful of late game items and abilities as the new basics - the others were either near useless or [[GameBreaker just plain too strong.]]

** The Baron you play in the second game as is [[OneSteveLimit not the same Baron from the first game]].

* '''Exploited''': The villain in the second game decides to wait until after Baron got out of practice before setting his plan into motion.

%%* '''Plotted A Good Waste''': ???

* '''Downplayed''': ???

* '''Exploited''': ???

%%* '''Played For Laughs''': ???
%%* '''Played For Drama''': ???

* '''Parodied''': After defeating the BigBad, Baron throws aside all of his weapons because he doesn't feel like carrying them back out of the dungeon,
* '''Deconstructed''': All of the items and powers Baron collected during the game are stripped from him by the authority of the land he saved because, in the absence of a foe, he becomes the biggest potential threat to the re-established order with them in his possession.
* '''Reconstructed''': He realizes that those particular powers were a crutch and sets off on the sequel to become powerful on his own terms, for himself.

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* '''Justified''': Baron's old weapons are powered by ToxicPhlebotinum that is only found on the BigBad's planet, which is [[EarthShatteringKaboom destroyed]] at the end of the first game.

* '''Lampshaded''': After defeating the first boss in the second game, Baron points out that it would have been a lot easier if he still had his [[InfinityPlusOneSword Ultima Weapon]].

** The opening cutscene shows a mysterious rival stealing Baron's fire sword and magical armor, underestimating Baron by leaving him with just a knife.

** '''Double Subverted''': ...but as you go to open it, toxic gas seeps from under the floor and you wake up in a prison cell with none of your weapons except a [[JokeItem wooden spoon you found on the floor]].

* '''Straight''': At the end of the first game, Bob has a glowing fire sword and magical armor. At the beginning of game 2, he only has a rusty knife.
* '''Exaggerated''': At the end of the first game, Bob is a PhysicalGod who can defeat dragons with his bare hands. At the beginning of game 2, he can barely defeat sewer rats, and fights with a wooden stick or even bare hands.
* '''Justified''': Bob's old weapons are powered by ToxicPhlebotinum that is only found on the BigBad's planet, which is [[EarthShatteringKaboom destroyed]] at the end of the first game.
* '''Inverted''': Bob has a lot of new powers that he didn't have in the first game.

* '''Parodied''': After defeating the BigBad, Bob throws aside all of his weapons because he doesn't feel like carrying them back out of the dungeon,
* '''Deconstructed''': All of the items and powers Bob collected during the game are stripped from him by the authority of the land he saved because, in the absence of a foe, he becomes the biggest potential threat to the re-established order with them in his possession.

* '''Zig Zagged''': Bob has all his stuff for the first mission of the game. Then in the next, he gets captured and loses it all. But after the next, he gets it back for good.
* '''Averted''': Bob has all the same abilities that he had in the first game, or the second game features a completely new character.

* '''Lampshaded''': After defeating the first boss in the second game, Bob points out that it would have been a lot easier if he still had his [[InfinityPlusOneSword Ultima Weapon]].
* '''Invoked''': Bob throws away all his powerful stuff and purposefully forgets how to use his powers because he assumes he doesn't need them anymore now that the villain is dead.
* '''Defied''': After Bob loses his stuff, the first thing that happens is a quest to get his stuff back.
* '''Discussed''': "What happened to Bob's fire sword? Why is he using that wooden stick?"

* '''Zig Zagged''': Bob has all his stuff for the first mission of the game. Then in the next, he gets captured and loses
it all. But after the next, he gets it back for good.

* '''Deconstructed''': ???
* '''Reconstructed''': ???

* '''Invoked''': ???

* '''Zig Zagged''': ???

* '''Defied''': ???

* '''Conversed''': ???

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* '''Exaggerated''': At the end of the first game, Bob is a PhysicalGod who can defeat dragons with his bare hands. At the beginning of game 2, he can barely defeat sewer rats, and fights with a wooden stick.