History SlidingScaleOfGameplayAndStoryIntegration / RolePlayingGames

* ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXV'': Two/Thirds through the game, [[spoiler:Ignis is blinded in battle with the Empire. In the next bits of gameplay he is much less agile and cannot aim his attacks properly, causing him to be TheLoad for awhile. He regains some mobility and attacks over the next few chapters, but it isn't until the timeskip and ten years of night that he regains his full capabilities.

** Why does everything outside of towns try to kill you? FantasticRacism against humans is very common in the Underground (and [[spoiler: seven human souls-of which you're the seventh- are needed to escape the Underground]]), so some monsters (the ones who know what humans look like) will attack you on sight. That, and some monsters genuinely don't realize that they're putting you in danger; Vulkin, for example, mistakenly believes that the lava they shoot heals people.

* ''VideoGame/ChronoTrigger'' has a couple.

** One scene has Fran get induced with extra strength and near insanity, causing her to break free from her restraints. The fight after this scene reflects this by inducing the Berserk status on Fran.

** In the rematch against Ba'gamnan, he will only attack Balthier if he's in the party due to his hatred towards him.

** There is a rather sneaky example early on, which becomes this in hindsight. All party members begin with 2 ATB-slots, except Vanille, who has 3. After becoming l'Cie, they all gain 1 -- again, except Vanille, who still has 3. [[spoiler:She's already a l'Cie, and has been for [[Really700YearsOld much longer than the other four playable characters]].]]

** The Monado is meant in-story to not be able to harm biologic, sentient life. When some enemies that fit the description are found, the Monado is only able to deal ScratchDamage, such as when you fight High Entia assassins. This is downplayed as some enemies like the Chikin and the Hodes display primitive societies (and appear to be organized in tribes) so they appear to have sentience, but the Monado can harm them normally.

** Limit breaks are noted to come from emotions, which the fury and sadness status effects magnify. It also has an effect on which characters get their limit meters filled easily, Barrett an AngryBlackMan who lets his emotions lead his way in the best of times needs the least amount of damage to fill his, Aerith the WhiteMagicianGirl who is likely the least maladjusted of the team has a very high damage threshold to use her Limit Break.

** The Eidolon battle against Odin shows signs of this with his in-battle behavior. Before Odin appeared, Lightning was venting her frustration at Hope, who was following her and proved to be more of a hinderance than help because he's a civilian and has little to no combat experience. While battling Odin, he will specifically target his attacks on Hope, as Lightning wanted to get rid of him. In contrast, increasing the gauge on Odin requires Lightning to heal Hope, proving that her anger at him was unfounded and that she really isn't trying to get the kid killed.

** Cloud is noted in-story to be extraordinarily strong as an Ex member of Soldier, even next to the rest of the party who are some of the most capable people on the planet. In game he is coded to be at a higher level then the rest and even on the same level he is stronger than them across nearly every stat.

*** Junpei's insecurities are expanded upon from just being jealous of Makoto to questioning his place in S.E.E.S., starting with Mitsuru replacing him on the frontline upon Fuuka taking over as [[SupportPartyMember Navigator]], then culminating with him snapping at Yukari after the Shirakawa Boulevard operation over the string of successes the other second years have been having. In gameplay, this is represented by the second half of the Arqa block (the section the player must clear in between these two story events) is largely filled with enemies weak to [[BlowYouAway Wind]], Ice, Lightning, Light, or Darkness, making Junpei's Fire and Physical focused abilities obsolete for that section of the game while other the other party members end up as much more useful.

*** The Jail Monarches of this game each serve as a ShadowArchetype to a character from ''Persona 5''. Because of that, each of them is weak to a specific element associated with that character. Alice serves as a counterpart to Ann, and so is weak to Fire. Ango is a counterpart to Yusuke, and so is weak to Ice. Mariko is a counterpart to Okumura, and so is weak to both Psi, the element Okumura's daughter Haru specializes in, and Curse, both of which are also the weakness combination of Okumura's MDL-GM robots. [[spoiler:Akira is a counterpart to Ryuji and Makoto, and so is weak to [[ShockAndAwe Electricity]] and Nuclear, their respective elements. EMMA is a counterpart to Maruki and Sophia, and so is weak to Bless and Curse, the latter of whom specializing in the former element and the former having been opposed the most by Joker, Akechi, and Sumire, who each specializes in one of the two elements]].

*** Astrologian uses aether pulled from the stars around them, thus running out of MP on an Astrologian is extremely difficult because they draw on the metaphysical power of something fundamentally infinite. Their star-charting ability also allows them to see into the future, and as such many of their healing in-lore and in gameplay require them to plan things ahead, which results in most of their spells being fairly weak in the first few seconds of casting, but much stronger if their conditions are met (IE: Earthly Star charging for 10 seconds and gaining a massive damage and healing boost, Helios healing for more and making the buff last 30 seconds instead of 10 so you can plan when it pops easier, and Essential Dignity healing significantly more when the target's health is below 75/50%). When dealing with The First in ''Shadowbringers'', Astrologians even find a bit of LoopholeAbuse in this logic by focusing downward, since technically the planet ALSO counts a "star", a solution that boggles your job trainer's mind.

*** Astrologian draws upon the infinite power of space and stars, and thus have some of the better mana conservation of the healer jobs. Their star-charting ability also allows them to see into the future, and as such many of their buffs and healing strategies in-lore and in gameplay play them to be preemptive healers ready to get a spellcast out before damage is done even though their kit is better served towards being a reactive healer like White Mage. When dealing with The First in ''Shadowbringers'', Astrologians even find a bit of LoopholeAbuse in this logic by focusing downward, since technically the planet ALSO counts a "star", a solution that boggles your job trainer's mind.

** When [[spoiler:Mythra]] is awakened, she provides Rex with a form of precognition that enables him to evade enemy attacks, which proves crucial to driving back the enemy at [[spoiler:Olethro Ruins]]. This is represented in ingame battle situations with the Foresight ability, unique to her Affinity Chart, which confers increased accuracy and evasion chances to all party members while she's active.