History VideoGame / DawnOfHeroes

* DropTheHammer: Templars and Colossi wield them with a shield, Valkyries use two simultaneously.

* AnAxeToGrind: The Sabretooth class wields two.

* SimpleStaff: Used by many spellcasters to boost their spell damage.

* ActionGirl: Quite a handful. You start the game proper with 2 magic-slinging girls, and after completing the 2nd act of the game a [[CrazyAwesome catwoman berserker who dual-wields axes and could resurrect herself]] joins up with you for free. If you have the gold you can hire more heroines to your cause.

* PettingZooPeople: Cat-people, wolf-people, snake-people, bird-people - and that's just the tip of the iceberg.

''Dawn of Heroes'' is a turn-based strategy game for the UsefulNotes/NintendoDS, developed by Wicked Studios and published by Majesco Entertainment. On the surface, it's easy to dismiss it as a VideoGame/FinalFantasyTactics clone, with a 2-D map on the touch screen, rendered in 3-D on the top screen, except that you could only deploy 5 people at a time and the game for the most part prevents all members of one team from focusing attacks or actions on any one target, emphasizing strategy over brute force - most of the time.

!Being a Strategic Roleplaying Game, the following tropes are present:

* ActionGirl - Quite a handful. You start the game proper with 2 magic-slinging girls, and after completing the 2nd act of the game a [[CrazyAwesome catwoman berserker who dual-wields axes and could resurrect herself]] joins up with you for free. If you have the gold you can hire more heroines to your cause.
* AnAdventurerIsYou - Characters fall under 4 broad types, Attacker, Control, Guardian, and Support.
* AnAxeToGrind - The Sabretooth class wields two.
* AntiGrinding - New units join up at the same level of power as the rest of the team...

* ArmorIsUseless - Averted. Armor provides physical damage resistance and bonus HP, much more than shields, and like shields can have enchantments on them too.
* BareFistedMonk - the doshu, in spades.
* BlackMagic - The Necroxis class can damage enemies with his spells and can turn some of that damage into healing for his allies or for himself. Even his basic ranged attack nets him some HP back.
* BlowYouAway - Thanes, avian warriors, can propel allies a fair distance over terrain and enemies. Very useful in sending melee attackers toward the enemy's rear support characters ''before'' they charge in for the last few squares and strike. Jiro himself can use his Tornado skill (which has a huge area of effect) to pull enemies toward him.
* CastFromHitPoints - The Crusader can learn to heal allies by spending some mana and the same amount of HP the skill prescribes. Fortunately, the crusader starts with a skill that occasionally recovers life while attacking, and can learn a passive skill that always recovers life when it KO's an enemy.
* {{Cap}} - The party's level caps at [[spoiler: 25]], beyond which they just earn gold and items.
* ChosenOne - Jiro, Reynald, and later the rest of their companions are known as such.
* CombatMedic - Reynald. Starts out in a pure healing and support capacity, eventually learns to call lightning down on the wicked and literally charge his hammer strikes with electricity.
* CloudCuckoolander - Reynald
* DangerousForbiddenTechnique - Some Guardian-types have the ability to drop some percentage of their defense, usually Physical, to increase damage output. This is usually mitigated by the armor and shield they wear, which reduces Physical damage. The Berserker's version is more dangerous, as it makes her more vulnerable to Affliction and Magical damage, uses less sturdy armor (less HP), and dual wields axes (even less HP and no bonus resistances). High-level Thanes actually gain an attack bonus the more physical damage they take.
* DeadpanSnarker - Jiro, Elfyra
* DeathOfAThousandCuts - A character with a defense of 99% against a certain damage type still receives 1 damage from an attack of that type.
* DropTheHammer - Templars and Colossi wield them with a shield, Valkyries use two simultaneously
* DualWielding - seen with the Doshu (knuckles), Kensei (swords), Lurker (crescents), Sabretooth (axes), and Valkyrie (hammers) classes.
* EscortMission - There are missions where you have to prevent an under-equipped character from dying. He or she takes up one of your deployable slots, d'oh!
* GoodOldFisticuffs - used by any character that can equip Knuckles such as the Doshu and the Gothi.
* GuestStarPartyMember - The good thing is you have full control over the escorted VIP.
* HeroesPreferSwords - Jiro pairs his sword with a shield. So do the Crusader and Zealot classes.
* IShallTauntYou - Guardian-type characters will usually have a move that takes the heat off of the less beefy characters in your party.
* KillItWithFire - Elfyra
* LargeAndInCharge - There are some enemies that occupy a 2x2 spot on the map instead of the typical one square per unit. They often have dangerous abilities, but can be attacked by more than 2 characters per turn as a trade-off.
* LargeAndInCharge - A lot of the act bosses and some mini-bosses.
* LargeHam - The Prophecy Belt.
* LevelGrinding - ...Do you have the appropriate enhanced gear for them? No? Back to that previous level, then.
* NoExperiencePointsForMedic - Averted. The party gains levels, instead of individual characters. Skills are learned by characters when the party level hits a certain number. Even characters you never use will learn new skills, and new characters' starting skills all depend on the party level.
* PettingZooPeople - cat-people, wolf-people, snake-people, bird-people - and that's just the tip of the iceberg.
* PowerEqualsRarity - Blue items are rarer to find after an encounter compared to green ones, and are twice as good compared to a similarly named green item.
* PuzzleBoss - Later stages feel like this. Case in point - 4 enemies, 3 of which explode for massive damage and can revive one of its allies including their leader. Their leader can revive all of the fallen with one spell. All come back with 100% HP and MP and can use their abilities immediately. You have only 2 units, one of which is a VIP that must not fall during the battle. Your mission - defeat all enemies.
* RagtagBunchOfMisfits - Jiro's company. Initially consisting of a human warrior and cleric, they are quickly joined by a jaguar-woman shaman and a legless, floating, dark elf/fire elemental sorceress - and this is still the tutorial. By the end of the first arc, a male human crusader joins them, and if the player has the money a blond warrior woman and a martial artist called a doshu can be hired.
* RPGElements - your warband gains experience as they win battles, learning better skills and picking up gear with special abilities, which cannot be bought in towns.
* ShieldsAreUseless - Averted. Shields raise HP, reduce incoming physical damage, and some shields have a chance to cast buffs on their wielders, raising magic defense or lowering the armor of whoever its wielder strikes next.
* SimpleStaff - Used by many spellcasters to boost their spell damage.
* TakingYouWithMe - If her level is high enough, Elfyra gains this as a passive ability upon losing all her HitPoints.
* TheComputerIsACheatingBastard

* ThrowingYourShieldAlwaysWorks - Zealots can throw their shields to inflict Physical damage, and have a 1 in 4 chance of disabling whoever they hit with it.
* VillainForgotToLevelGrind - allows bosses and mini-bosses to be repeatedly defeated for loot and experience, or maybe just for revenge.

* CrowningMomentofFunny - "Help, we're about to be attacked by a children's story!"

** LevelGrinding - ...But do you have the appropriate enhanced gear for them? No? Back to that previous level, then.

** GuestStarPartyMember - The good thing is you have full control over the above VIP.

* TheComputerIsACheatingBastard - When going after rogue mercenaries, they always will have more HP than your characters. Their 2-3 activated abilities are randomized, but the activation rate or percent effectiveness of their passive abilities are at least 50% better than your units of a similar class. For example: Your Khan can get up to a 20% chance to Sidestep a hit that deals physical damage. An enemy Khan on a money mission will have this evasion rate at 50%, and will still have more HP than your Khan. ''And this is supposedly the Normal encounter.''

''Dawn of Heroes'' is a turn-based strategy game for the NintendoDS, developed by Wicked Studios and published by Majesco Entertainment. On the surface, it's easy to dismiss it as a FinalFantasyTactics clone, with a 2-D map on the touch screen, rendered in 3-D on the top screen, except that you could only deploy 5 people at a time and the game for the most part prevents all members of one team from focusing attacks or actions on any one target, emphasizing strategy over brute force - most of the time.

* ThatOneBoss - 50% chance to evade physical damage? That's not right, Sadao.
* ThatOneLevel - You have four low-level characters, and you're fighting 3 raptors while hitching a ride on the back of a giant turtle. Sounds awesome, right? Not when your party's tank goes critical after being attacked by two of these raptors, and unfortunately, the same degree of frailty cannot be applied to the big lizards. The mission objective - defeat all 3 raptors. Have fun.