Follow TV Tropes

Following

History PlayingWith / MagicKnight

Go To

OR

Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None


** The archer, who uses neither magic nor hand-to-hand combat, but fights well anyway.

to:

** The archer, An AloofArcher, who uses neither magic nor hand-to-hand combat, but fights well anyway.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
Trope was cut/disambiguated due to cleanup


** ArcherArchetype, who uses neither magic nor hand-to-hand combat, but fights well anyway.

to:

** ArcherArchetype, The archer, who uses neither magic nor hand-to-hand combat, but fights well anyway.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None


** Hiro is the only party member with high [[StoneWall resistance]] to both physical and magical attacks.

to:

** Hiro is the only party member with high [[StoneWall resistance]] ''[[StoneWall resistance]]'' to both physical and magical attacks.

Added: 694

Changed: 218

Removed: 22

Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
Added example(s)


* '''Inverted''': ArcherArchetype, who uses neither magic nor hand-to-hand combat, but fights well anyway.

to:

* '''Inverted''': '''Inverted''':
**
ArcherArchetype, who uses neither magic nor hand-to-hand combat, but fights well anyway.anyway.
** Hiro is the only party member with high [[StoneWall resistance]] to both physical and magical attacks.
** In a world where practicing both magic and fencing is the norm, Alice fights exclusively with her sword, and Bob fights exclusively with spells.



* '''Averted''': The rules of the world make it impossible to be powerful with both magic and swordfighting, so Hiro has to pick one or the other.

to:

* '''Averted''': '''Averted''':
**
The rules of the world make it impossible to be powerful with both magic and swordfighting, so Hiro has to pick one or the other.other.
** There is no magic in the work's setting.



* '''Implied''': Hiro is a RetiredBadass. While his past exploits are never shown on screen, when Alice looks through his old equipment, she finds both a sword and a SpellBook.



%%* '''Implied''': ???
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
that part didn't make sense grammatically and didn't follow up with what came after


** Until he's OvershadowedByAwesome, [[CrutchCharacter Hiro carries most battles, getting the pure-class party members through fights that by rights should have ended their quest right then.]]

to:

** Until he's OvershadowedByAwesome, ** [[CrutchCharacter Hiro carries most battles, getting the pure-class party members through fights that by rights should have ended their quest right then.]]
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None

Added DiffLines:

** Hiro is a swordsman with natural magical powers, due to his ancestry.
** Hiro's culture has everyone, even those who can use magic, learn how to use weapons, and possibly armor.

Added: 254

Changed: 252

Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None


* '''Defied''': Hiro doesn't learn any magic, so that he can become a highly skilled swordfighter. Meanwhile, Emperor Evulz has undead minions fight for him, so he doesn't have to worry about this "swordfighting" business and can concentrate on taking over the world.

to:

* '''Defied''': '''Defied''':
**
Hiro doesn't learn any magic, so that he can become a highly skilled swordfighter. Meanwhile, Emperor Evulz has undead minions fight for him, so he doesn't have to worry about this "swordfighting" business and can concentrate on taking over the world.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None


* '''Enforced''': I've got a loner hero, and I'm a swordfighting expert, but he needs to have magic, too. I know: I'll make him a MagicKnight.

to:

* '''Enforced''': I've "I've got a loner hero, and I'm a swordfighting expert, but he needs to have magic, too. I know: I'll make him a MagicKnight."
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None

Added DiffLines:

** Alternatively, Hiro focuses entirely on magic, leaving his sword-fighting skills quite lacking, making him a SquishyWizard against Emperor Evulz's hordes.

Added: 336

Changed: 132

Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None


* '''Invoked''': A country of magic users has an entire military of Magic Knights, divided into groups based on which end of the spectrum they favor.

to:

* '''Invoked''': '''Invoked''':
**
A country of magic users has an entire military of Magic Knights, divided into groups based on which end of the spectrum they favor.favor.
** Hiro was tired of people stereotyping mages as [[WeakButSkilled weak old men]] and warriors as [[UnskilledButStrong big knuckleheads]]. So, he decided to master both disciplines to prove them wrong.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
Fixed prose.


* '''Zig Zagged''': Hiro is a knight, who learns one healing spell to help a friend in a moment of need, just in case Marcy is taken out, but then never needs to use it. Then he sees how useful Dennis' combat magic is, and decides to take a level in lightning. That works [[StoryBreakerPower incredibly well]], until [[NoSell he meets an enemy immune to it]]. Then, he trusty old sword saves the day.

to:

* '''Zig Zagged''': Hiro is a knight, who learns one healing spell to help a friend in a moment of need, just in case Marcy is taken out, but then never needs to use it. Then he sees how useful Dennis' combat magic is, and decides to take a level in lightning. That works [[StoryBreakerPower incredibly well]], until [[NoSell he meets an enemy immune to it]]. Then, he his trusty old sword saves the day.

Added: 193

Changed: 507

Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None


* '''Reconstructed''': He takes advantage of his versatile abilities and finds ways to combine classes. He ends up able to fight 3/4 as well as a full knight, and use magic 3/4 as well as a full mage. Net result: 3/2 as much power as anyone else.
** Until he's OvershadowedByAwesome, [[CrutchCharacter Hiro carries most battles, getting the pure-class party members through fights that by rights should have ended their quest right then.]]

to:

* '''Reconstructed''': '''Reconstructed''':
**
He takes advantage of his versatile abilities and finds ways to combine classes. He ends up able to fight 3/4 as well as a full knight, and use magic 3/4 as well as a full mage. Net result: 3/2 as much power as anyone else.
** Until he's OvershadowedByAwesome, [[CrutchCharacter Hiro carries most battles, getting the pure-class party members through through fights that by rights should have ended their quest right then.]]
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None

Added DiffLines:

** Until he's OvershadowedByAwesome, [[CrutchCharacter Hiro carries most battles, getting the pure-class party members through fights that by rights should have ended their quest right then.]]
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None


** Hiro is stripped of his ability to use magic in an anti-magic zone and has to rely on his subpar swordplay, or...

to:

** Hiro is stripped of his ability to use magic in an anti-magic AntiMagic zone and has to rely on his subpar swordplay, or...

Top