History TabletopGame / TunnelsAndTrolls

* FountainOfYouth: In the Judges Guild adventure ''Jungle of Lost Souls'', the PlayerCharacters can find a fountain with water that reduces the drinker's age by one year for each weight unit of water drunk.

* FighterMageThief: Almost, but not quite. There are the ''types'' Warrior, Wizard, and Rogue (and Warrior-Wizard), but they're not classic classes and the Rogue is not a Thief but a free-lancing Wizard.

%% * MagicAmpersand

* AnAdventurerIsYou

* CharacterLevel: In editions up to 5th.

* DamageReduction: How armor works in later editions.
* DungeonCrawling: Main focus of the game in its earliest iterations, similarily to Dungeons&Dragons.

* GameMaster

* HouseRules: Strongly and actively encouraged by the designer, and fan-submitted house rules have found their way into the official set on a number of occasions.
* LinearWarriorsQuadraticWizards

* MagicAmpersand
* MagicKnight: Rogues, and especially Warrior-Wizards.
* MagicWand: Or rather Magic Staff. ''Deluxe'' edition has both.
* TheMagocracy
* PoisonIsCorrosive: The mist in one room in the Solo Dungeon #4 ''Naked Doom''.
* PrestigeClass

* TheSixStats: Nearly; replaces Wisdom with Luck.

* LuckStat: Used to calculate power in combat, but won't help you with meeting the stat requirements of either [[{{BFS}} heavier]] [[{{AnAxeToGrind}} melee weapons]] or ranged armanents. Mostly useful for saving throws.[[note]]In fact, in the first edition only Luck was used for saving throws.[[/note]] In the first edition, it also served as DamageReduction against ranged attacks.

* GameBreaker: In earlier editions, there was a spell allowing to permanently triple any given weapon effectiveness. A single Wizard could enchant all of his party weaponry during a TimeSkip. Later [[{{Nerf}} nerfed]] by making the effect temporary.

Up to the beginning of the 1980s, ''T & T'' enjoyed moderate success, reaching its classic 5th edition in 1979. Then competition from a large number of new games, as well as significant rewrites of older games like ''D & D'', pushed it into obscurity. According to Wiki/TheOtherWiki, in 1999 ''Pyramid'' magazine named ''Tunnels & Trolls'' as one of The ''Millennium's Most Underrated Games''. It still has its loyal followers in many countries, though, with Japan still publishing an official magazine for it (for example). In 2005 a 30th Anniversary Edition (aka 7th edition) was published with modernized rules.

* CharacterAlignment: Emphatically averted.

* LoadsAndLoadsOfRules: Averted.

* VancianMagic: (Mostly) averted. ''T & T'' has spells arranged into power levels, but capacity is governed by [[{{Mana}} spell points]].

* FiveRaces: Except it's six: there are two Fairy races[[note]]probably to avoid a loaded term, races are actually known as ''kindreds'' from 5th edition on[[/note]], actual Fairies and Leprechauns.

** ''Magazine/{{Pegasus}}'' magazine issue #7, solitaire adventure "The Old Dwarf Mine". If the PlayerCharacters pull a stake out of a skeleton, the skeleton will become a evil vampire with r

* PrestigeClass: With a caveat that they had to be rolled during character generation, making them a rare occurence. [[{{MagicKnight}} Warrior-Wizards]] in 5th edition[[note]]To qualify, need to roll all stats at at least 12.[[/note]], and Specialists in ''Deluxe''.[[note]]When rolling stats, at least one of the eight stats needs to get a triple result on dice. This itself qualifies the character for Specialist, but also greatly increases the odds of her having amazing stat value right at the beginning, because triples are rolled over and added during stat rolling in that edition[[/note]].

* ScratchDamage: ''Spite Damage'' from ''Deluxe'' edition.[[note]]Every six rolled on dice in combat means one point of damage which will come through, regardless of armor or enemy's combat roll.[[/note]] Makes combat more dangerous even for experienced characters in full enchanted plate armor and weaponry.

* ScratchDamage: ''Spite Damage'' from ''Deluxe'' edition.[[note]]Every six rolled on dice in combat means one point of damage which will come through, regardless of armor or enemy's combat roll.[[/note]] Makes combat more dangerous even for experienced characters in full enchanted plate armor and weaponry.

* ExperiencePoints: Named [[{{CallAHitpointASmeerp}} Adventure Points]] in later editions.

** [[{{WizardsAndWitches}} Wizard]]: The DPS, [[{{TheMedic}} The Healer]], The Status Effect Guy - loaded with myriad of spells, Wizards can reliably deal damage, heal and otherwise support his allies, and do other non-combat related things, as long as he's not out of [[{{CastFromStamina}} Strength]] or [[{{Mana}} Wizardry]], depending on the edition. They also can reduce the cost of casting by increasing their level and using staves or wands. They'd be better kept away from harm, as their combat capabilities are [[{{SquishyWizard}} limited]] - in first edition they didn't even get bonuses from stats for fighting, in addition of just not being allowed to use any weapons other than various daggers or staves (which meant the were never able to be better fighters, period). Later editions allowed them to use their stats fully when fighting with those allowed weaponry. Also, Wizards in T&T were never banned from wearing armor.

** In ''Deluxe'', Rogues of 7th level can transition into either Warrior-Rogue[[note]]keeps all the possesed spellcasting abilities, but gives up learning any new magic, while gaining all combat abilities of the Warrior.[[/note]], or Wizard-Rogue[[note]]gains all the perks of being a true Wizard, including the privilege of learning new spells for money.[[/note]], for the cost of not getting extra [[{{SkillScoresAndPerks}} Talents]].

* VancianMagic: (Mostly) averted. ''T & T'' has spells arranged into power levels, but capacity is governed by [[{{Mana}} spell points]].

* GenderIsNoObject: at least since the 4th edition[[note]]from 1977[[/note]], and likely earlier, the rules have completely avoided gender discrimination[[note]]having a female editor for the 5th edition might have helped, but Ken St. Andre seems to been equality-minded for far longer than it's been fashionable[[/note]]. Female warriors are common in rulesbook examples and in published adventures; the 4th edition introduction describes adventurers as "brave men and women".

* TropesAreTools: Although it started off as a SerialNumbersFiledOff version of TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons, it introduced the concept of Skills which eventually made their way back into D&D, solving a long-standing problem of how to deal with things like picking locks, disarming traps, and pretty much anything else that wasn't strict wargaming. The skill system was also the basis of the skill system in {{VideoGame/Wasteland}}, which had a considerable impact on stat-based computer roleplaying.

** [[{{BadassNormal}} Warrior]]: The Tank, Melee DPS, possibly Archer - the best person to put up in front to keep the hordes away from squishies. In 1st edition they weren't that powerful, but later editons given them the ability to have their [[{{DamageReduction}} armor's effectiveness]] doubled, and in ''Deluxe'' their combat capabilities get stronger with [[{{TheManMakesTheWeapon}} their growing level]], even aside effects of growing stat scores.

* CharacterCustomization

* DungeonCrawling
* ExperiencePoints: Named [[{{CallAHitpointASmeerp}} Adventure Points]].

** In ''Deluxe'', Rogues of 7th level can transition into either Warrior-Rogue[[note]]keeps all the possesed spellcasting abilities, but gives up learning any new magic, while gaining all combat abilities of the Warrior.[[/note]], or Wizard-Rogue[note]gains all the perks of being a true Wizard, including the privilege of learning new spells for money.[[/note]], for the cost of not getting extra [[{{SkillScoresAndPerks}} Talents]].

* PrestigeClass: With a caveat that they had to be rolled during character generation, making them a rare occurence. [[{{MagicKnight}} Warrior-Wizards]] in 5th edition[[note]]To qualify, need to roll all stats at at least 12.[[/note]], and Specialists in ''Deluxe''.[[note]]When rolling stats, at least one of the eight stats needs to get a triple result on dice. This itself qualifies the character for Specialist, but also greatly increases the odds of her having amazing stat value right at the beginning, because triples are rolled over and added during stat rolling in that edition[[/note][.

* PrestigeClass: With a caveat that they had to be rolled during character generation, making them a rare occurence. [[{{MagicKnight}} Warrior-Wizards]] in 5th edition[[note]]To qualify, need to roll all stats at at least 12.[[/note]], and Specialists in ''Deluxe''.[[note]]When rolling stats, at least one of the eight stats needs to get a triple result on dice. This itself qualifies the character for Specialist, but also greatly increases the odds of her having amazing stat value right at the beginning, because triples are rolled over and added during stat rolling in that edition[/note].
** In ''Deluxe'', Rogues of 7th level can transition into either Warrior-Rogue[note]keeps all the possesed spellcasting abilities, but gives up learning any new magic, while gaining all combat abilities of the Warrior.[/note], or Wizard-Rogue[note]gains all the perks of being a true Wizard, including the privilege of learning new spells for money.[/note], for the cost of not getting extra [[{{SkillScoresAndPerks}} Talents]].

* PrestigeClass: With a caveat that they had to be rolled during character generation, making them a rare occurence. [[{{MagicKnight}} Warrior-Wizards]] in 5th edition[[note]]To qualify, need to roll all stats at at least 12.[[/note]], and Specialists in ''Deluxe''.[[note]]When rolling stats, at least one of the eight stats needs to get a triple result on dice. This itself qualifies the character for Specialist, but also greatly increases the odds of her having amazing stat value right at the beginning, because triples are rolled over and added during stat rolling in that edition.[/note]