History PlayingWith / SchrodingersPlayerCharacter

* '''Exaggerated''': ''Tales of Troperion'' boasts [[LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters twenty-plus]] [[FantasyCharacterClasses pre-made characters]] constructed to fill various niches [[SquareRaceRoundClass and show off more unusual combinations]], along with a CharacterCustomization system. Once the player selects their hero/creates their party, none of the other characters get so much as a name-drop.

* '''Subverted''': The other possible choices show up [[EleventhHourRanger late in the game]] with [[LeakedExperience appropriately scaled levels]] and equipment.

** Choose a character, and the game will immediately pull a WhatTheHellHero and inform you that the characters you didn't choose have been erased from existence, YouMonster

* '''Parodied''': "Go ahead and choose a character to start playing. Although they all have different abilities, they do the same things, just with different names."

** The other two characters never appear in selected player character's storyline. But beat the game with all three characters will unlock fourth storyline where all of them appear, and reveal how each of them come from alternate timeline.
* '''Averted''':

* '''Zig Zagged''': Rex is actually motivated by his yearning for Lady Velvet, and a major subplot in his scenario revolves around winning her heart. However, Lady Velvet's scenario only gives him a passing mention or two. Swift's story is completely disconnected from either of the others, save for an optional mission where [[AmbiguousGender they]] can swipe some plot-related trinkets from her manor and potentially end up fighting one or both of them.

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

* '''Justified''': ''Tales of Troperion'' has three stories, each taking place in a different part of the game world. You can play only one story at a time. Each story has a different protaganist. Rex, Lady Velvet, and Swift are those protaganists.

* '''Double Subverted''': ...[[BigBadFriend as agents for the Big Bad]]. Who, after the battle, are promptly revealed as [[ActuallyADoombot a robot or clone]] or [[DyingAsYourself under mind control]]. [[hottip:*:In sum, the other choices are NotAsYouKnowThem had you played as them.]]

* '''Deconstructed''': {{BigBad}}: "Ah, a knight, let me call up my wizard, he should be a good test of your abilities. Pay no attention to the side room of traps, that's for other guests...not that there has or will be any others."
* '''Reconstructed''': "...It's too bad the room won't get any use. It's really quite interesting, and I've even baited it with a nice trophy that transcends space and time."
* '''Zig Zagged''': Rex is actually motivated by his yearning for Lady Velvet, and a major subplot in his scenario revolves around winning her heart. However, Lady Velvet's scenario only gives him a passing mention or two. Swift's story is completely disconnected from either of the others, save for an optional mission where [[AmbiguousGender they]] can swipe some plot-related trinkets from her manor and potientially end up fighting one or both of them.
* '''Averted''': Rex, Lady Velvet and Swift are all adventuring together; the player's decision at the start of the game simply determines which of their plot arcs becomes the driving force of the story, along with which {{Side Quest}}s and such are available.

* '''Lampshaded''': Every situation where another character would excel at is pointed out. "Now, Rex if you could disguise yourself as a guard we could just walk right into the castle. Its too bad you will never master that technique."

* '''Invoked''': {{BigBad}}: Anti-knight trap check. Anti-wizard trap check. Anti-thief trap check.

* '''Plotted A Good Waste''': The dialog in the game is identical for every character. Even situations where the powers of one character's power might be used to get past the plot are simply ignored.

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* '''Deconstructed''': {{BigBad}}: "Ah, a knight, let me call up my wizard, he should be a good test of your abilities. Pay no attention to the side room of traps, that's for other guests... not that there has or will be any others."
* '''Reconstructed''': "... Its too bad the room won't get any use. Its really quite interesting, and I've even baited it with a nice trophy that transcends space and time."

* '''Exaggerated''': ''Tales of Troperion'' boasts [[LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters twenty-plus]] [[FantasyCharacterClasses pre-made characters]] constructed to fill various niches [[RogueElephant and show off more unusual combinations]], along with a CharacterCustomization system. Once the player selects their hero/creates their party, none of the other characters get so much as a name-drop.

** Alternately, while the player may choose to play as only Rex, Velvet, or Swift exclusively, the other two become {{NPC}}s whose stories still go on in the background, and occasionally interact with the player's character.

** Alternately, while the player may choose to play as only Rex, Velvet, or Swift exclusively, the other two become {{NPC}}s whose stories still go on in the background, and occasionally intersect with the player's character.