History TabletopGame / SeventhSea

* TheSpanishInquisition: As you'd [[StealthPun expect]]. Led by the ruthless [[KnightTemplar Cardinal]] [[EvilChancellor Verdugo]] who has decided that scientific discovery is heretical against the church.

* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Only this time it's with historical figures.

* LadyOfWar: Fauner Posen of Eisen. Do NOT mess with her.

** It's heavily suggested in some of the GM's sections that dracheneisen is actually [[spoiler: a form of pottery that's hardened and shined up through secret alchemical practices, and that the "mines" are actually clay beds.]] Whether this makes any logical sense, as the stuff is nigh-indestructible, is left up to the player to decide.

* CaptainErsatz: El Vago is modeled after {{Zorro}} and, [[WordOfGod apparently]], V of VForVendetta fame.

* FisherKing: The Ussuran Gias doesn't have a great deal of actual political power - but when he tells you to do something, you either do it, or Ussura itself ensures you regret not doing so.

* WretchedHive: The city of Freiburg in Eisen, unsurprising, as there's no real government there.

!!!Castille (Spain)

!!!Eisen (Germany/The remnants of the Holy Roman Empire)

* BonnieScotland: Called The Highland Marches.

* LandOfMyFathersAndTheirSheep: Called Breg, the area is still ruled by their own king who swore fealty to [[TheVirginQueen Elaine,]] [[KingArthur Queen of Avalon]] when she took the throne.
* {{Oireland}}: Called Inismore, it's actually better off than Ireland was at that period of history. They even have their own recognized king, [[CloudCuckoolander Jack]] [[AxCrazy O'Bannon]]

* BadassSpaniard: Pretty much any PC from Castille will be one of these, unless it's specifically being averted by the player.

* DidNotDoTheResearch: The Invisible College sourcebook treats rifles as though they are a complete gamebreaker, but in the real world by this time rifles had been around for centuries. It wasn't until the invention of the minie ball that they became a viable weapon, and given the invention rules, no one is going to be able to invent a minie ball.

* EvilIsStylish: While the Vodacce aren't necessarily evil, the rest of Theah thinks this trope applies. Hey, if even Montaigne considers their fashion impressive...

* ThemeParkVersion: Instead of a rich tapestry of smaller states and annexed countries, with their varied-but-dying cultures and languages, we have seven very simplistic countries.

** The game may not elaborate directly, but it can be assumed that the story of Jack is similar to the stories of "JackTheGiantKiller", "Literature/TheBraveLittleTailor", and "JackAndTheBeanstalk". One such tale has the hero tricking a giant by claiming he can squeeze water from a rock. He switches the rock for cheese, squeezes water from it, and fools the giant utterly. Also you can get a loaf of bread from an object with Jack, so cheese is not the only foodstuff.

* TheDoctorDolittle / VoluntaryShapeshifting: Pyeryem sorcery, the Ussuran sorcerous lineage, allows a character to talk to animals. This then allows them to bargain with the animal for its shape. If the animal agrees to give up its form, the sorcerer adds that shape to their library of forms, and may take that shape at will. More dangerous animals are harder to change into, obviously.

* ThemeParkVersion: This. This, this, this. Instead of a rich tapestry of smaller states and annexed countries, with their varied-but-dying cultures and languages, we have seven very simplistic countries.

* ThemeParkVersion: This. This, this, this. Instead of a rich tapestry of smaller states and annexed countries, with their varied-but-dying cultures and languages, we have seven very simplistic countries.

** The game may not elaborate directly, but it can be assumed that the story of Jack is similar to the stories of JackTheGiantKiller, TheBraveLittleTailor, and JackAndTheBeanstalk. One such tale has the hero tricking a giant by claiming he can squeeze water from a rock. He switches the rock for cheese, squeezes water from it, and fools the giant utterly. Also you can get a loaf of bread from an object with Jack, so cheese is not the only foodstuff.

* VolleyingInsults: Some swordsmen, especially Montaigne ones, are experts at this.

* WeAREStrugglingTogether: Rilasciare barely has any connection between the different groups, so organizing anything becomes difficult.

* {{Theme Park Version}}: This. This, this, this. Instead of a rich tapestry of smaller states and annexed countries, with their varied-but-dying cultures and languages, we have seven very simplistic countries.