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* BodyHorror: Gloop's LegoGenetics can qualify as this if you have a good imagination. Try picturing a creature with the torso of a gigantic bull, the arms of an octopus, teeny-tiny little [[MixAndMatchCritters crowbat]] feet, and a fleshless skull for a head.
* CatFolk: Some of the monsters.
* CatFolk: Some of the monsters.
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* BodyHorror: BodyHorror
** Gloop's LegoGenetics can qualify as this if you have a good imagination. Try picturing a creature with the torso of a gigantic bull, the arms of an octopus, teeny-tiny little [[MixAndMatchCritters crowbat]] feet, and a fleshless skull for a head.
* CatFolk: Some of ** The ogre cyclops seems normal enough, until it decides to fire its EyeBeams... and its ''head splits open across the monsters.middle to expose its brain''.
** Gloop's LegoGenetics can qualify as this if you have a good imagination. Try picturing a creature with the torso of a gigantic bull, the arms of an octopus, teeny-tiny little [[MixAndMatchCritters crowbat]] feet, and a fleshless skull for a head.
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* MixAndMatchCritters: Crowbats and crowcats. Gloop can do this too, if he mimics body parts from different creatures.
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* MixAndMatchCritters: Crowbats Many examples, including crowbats (crows with bat wings), crowcats (cats with crow wings), pigboars (granted they look about like regular boards), and crowcats. Gloop can do this too, if he mimics body parts from different creatures.buffalobull (a buffalo with longhorn bull horns). Also applies to a few bosses:
** The apple viper, which also qualifies as a {{Planimal}}.
** The rogue leon, which is a humanoid with lion head and bat wings.
** The devlin, which is half devil and half goblin.
** The apple viper, which also qualifies as a {{Planimal}}.
** The rogue leon, which is a humanoid with lion head and bat wings.
** The devlin, which is half devil and half goblin.
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* PettingZooPeople: A large, large number of enemies, to various different levels: [[CatFolk warcats]], [[FemaleFelineMaleMutt wardogs]], [[LizardFolk humanosaurs]], King Leon (lion), otter warriors... the list goes on for quite a while. Surprisingly, only one enemy type qualifies as being merely a LittleBitBeastly: the forked cat and its stronger types.
* {{Planimal}}: A number of enemies, including the spple viper, fireflower, shroomlizard, cursed pepper, taterbomb, etc.
* {{Planimal}}: A number of enemies, including the spple viper, fireflower, shroomlizard, cursed pepper, taterbomb, etc.
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* WithAFriendAndAStranger: Owen and Kate are childhood friends. Gloop and Shovel are the strangers.
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* BigBad: The Devil Prince.
* BiggerBad: The prince's father, Devil Lord, who you can fight in the post-game.
* BiggerBad: The prince's father, Devil Lord, who you can fight in the post-game.
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* BigBad: The Devil Prince.
* BiggerBad:Prince. Also The prince's father, Devil Lord, who you can fight in the post-game.
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* DeathIsCheap: Monsters who are killed simply return to Hell, which is exactly 21 floors underground. This becomes part of a gameplay mechanic, allowing the player to re-fight defeated bosses upon reaching the 20th and final floor of the dungeon.
** Also brings GameplayAndStoryIntegration into play: the Devil Princess doesn't mind that you killed her brother because he isn't really gone. She even tries to thank you for teaching the SmugSnake a lesson. The Devil Lord does get upset when you kill his kids, but only at the audacity that you, a mere human, would dare to harm [[SuperiorSpecies a devil]].
** Also brings GameplayAndStoryIntegration into play: the Devil Princess doesn't mind that you killed her brother because he isn't really gone. She even tries to thank you for teaching the SmugSnake a lesson. The Devil Lord does get upset when you kill his kids, but only at the audacity that you, a mere human, would dare to harm [[SuperiorSpecies a devil]].
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* DirtyCoward: Shovel is accused of being this because he hides whenever the party fights boss. On the other hand, he ''is'' just a shovel...
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* DirtyCoward: Shovel is accused of being this because he hides whenever the party fights boss. On the other hand, he ''is'' just a shovel...shovel, which Owen and Kate eventually come to realize and stop harassing him over it.
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** The Devil Prince; the left half of his face looks like a human's, [[TwoFaced but the right half has red skin and demonic features]].
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** The Devil Prince; Prince and his sister, the Devil Princess: the left half of his face looks their faces look like a human's, [[TwoFaced but the right half has red skin and demonic features]].features]]. Interestingly their father does ''not'' look like this; his face is completely red and demonic.
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* HiddenDepths: Woody, the accountant for the furniture shop, is originally a great example of a MiserAdvisor: ostensibly a good guy, but totally money-hungry. This lasts until the player gets access to the Laboratory room. In the name of world peace Woody chooses to sell you the Laboratory at a 1,000 gp loss to himself.
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** Among Owen and Kate's fellow townsfolk only the furniture shop employees (Woody and Frau) are actually given names. The rest are all caled by their professions: the Mayor, the Trader, etc. Justified as he probably hasn't actually ''asked'' any of their names; he actively dislikes the [[SleazyPolitician ethically questionable Mayor]] and the obnoxious Magic Shopkeeper, is too shy to carry on a real conversation with the beautiful Trader, etc.
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** Among Owen and Kate's fellow townsfolk only the furniture shop employees (Woody and Frau) are actually given names. The rest are all caled by their professions: the Mayor, the Trader, etc. Justified as he Owen probably hasn't actually ''asked'' any of their names; he actively dislikes the [[SleazyPolitician ethically questionable Mayor]] and the obnoxious Magic Shopkeeper, is too shy to carry on a real conversation with the beautiful Trader, etc.
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* DirtyCoward: Shovel is accused of being this because he hides whenever the party fights boss. On the other hand, he ''is'' just a shovel...
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* ChurchMilitant: The valkyries, who are stated to serve an "evil goddess."
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* ThePaladin: Owen. He's not involved with any church, but he does hold true to the trope of combining physical combat with healing and anti-evil magic.
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* HPToOne: The "Devastation" Magic.
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* MagicKnight: All three playable characters. Owen is primarily a physical attacker who also specializes in healing and support spells. Kate is primarily a blaster mage but she's also decent at physical attacks if you raise her STR stat and give her a good spear or bow. Gloop can use both types of magic and use any equipment, at least as long as he's mimicked the right enemies.
** Some enemies also combine magic and physical combat in this way. Mage cats, who use healing magic as well as decent bows, are a good example, as are the demon armors who use powerful spears as well as [[HPToOne the Devastation spell]].
** Some enemies also combine magic and physical combat in this way. Mage cats, who use healing magic as well as decent bows, are a good example, as are the demon armors who use powerful spears as well as [[HPToOne the Devastation spell]].
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* UselessUsefulSpell: Magic Barrier. It stops a single magic attack and hits the caster for 1/3 of the damage it would've done. The problem is that 90% of enemies don't use magic and when they do they're usually highly resistant to the element they use. The spell is useful for dealing with a few boss fights, but that's about it.
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* SleazyPolitician: The Mayor.
* VendorTrash: Animal enemies have a tendency to drop pelts. Humanoid enemies have a tendency to drop coins.
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* SleazyPolitician: The Mayor.
Mayor. He might not actually be corrupt, but he clearly cares far more about money than he does about world peace or even the safety of his own citizens.
* VendorTrash: Animal enemieshave a tendency to will often drop pelts. Humanoid pelts, while humanoid enemies have a tendency to will sometimes drop rare coins.
* VendorTrash: Animal enemies
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** Among Owen and Kate's fellow townsfolk only the furniture shop employees (Woody and Frau) are actually given names. The rest are all caled by their professions: the Mayor, the Trader, etc.
** Owen, likewise, is often referred to as Dungeon-Digger by his fellow townsfolk. Shovel just calls him Buddy.
** Owen, likewise, is often referred to as Dungeon-Digger by his fellow townsfolk. Shovel just calls him Buddy.
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** Among Owen and Kate's fellow townsfolk only the furniture shop employees (Woody and Frau) are actually given names. The rest are all caled by their professions: the Mayor, the Trader, etc. Justified as he probably hasn't actually ''asked'' any of their names; he actively dislikes the [[SleazyPolitician ethically questionable Mayor]] and the obnoxious Magic Shopkeeper, is too shy to carry on a real conversation with the beautiful Trader, etc.
** Owen, likewise, isoften referred to as Dungeon-Digger by most of his fellow townsfolk. Shovel just calls him Buddy.
** Owen, likewise, is
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* EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep: Many, many examples.
** Among Owen and Kate's fellow townsfolk only the furniture shop employees (Woody and Frau) are actually given names. The rest are all caled by their professions: the Mayor, the Trader, etc.
** Owen, likewise, is often referred to as Dungeon-Digger by his fellow townsfolk. Shovel just calls him Buddy.
** Many of the boss enemies in the game are referred to by their species or title instead of by a name. Notable examples include the Devil Lord and his children, who even sign their letters to Owen this way.
** The talking, magical shovel, as well, is most often just called Shovel. Possibly subverted as Shovel even refers to itself this way, implying [[GenericName that might be its actual name]].
** Among Owen and Kate's fellow townsfolk only the furniture shop employees (Woody and Frau) are actually given names. The rest are all caled by their professions: the Mayor, the Trader, etc.
** Owen, likewise, is often referred to as Dungeon-Digger by his fellow townsfolk. Shovel just calls him Buddy.
** Many of the boss enemies in the game are referred to by their species or title instead of by a name. Notable examples include the Devil Lord and his children, who even sign their letters to Owen this way.
** The talking, magical shovel, as well, is most often just called Shovel. Possibly subverted as Shovel even refers to itself this way, implying [[GenericName that might be its actual name]].
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* SleazyPolitician: The Mayor.
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* HolyHandGrenade: The Holy Light spell. It's extremely effective against undead like ghosts and skeletons, and usually one shots them.
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* HolyHandGrenade: The Holy Light spell. It's extremely effective against undead like ghosts and skeletons, and usually one shots {{One Hit Kill}}s them.
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* CombatPragmatist: Certain rooms allow the player to fight enemies under... less than fair conditions. Enemies spawning in bedrooms, for example, will be asleep at the start of combat. Demon cells and cellars also start the enemies off with status effects. The game actively encourages the use of these rooms.
* NeverSayDie: [[ZigZaggingTrope Zig-Zagged]].
** Played Straight: Enemies and players defeated in battle are [[NonLethalKO KO'd]], words like "destroy" are thrown around, and even the Devil Prince's letter threatening the mayor, [[spoiler:actually written by Owen]], stops short of saying the word die, instead threatening to "take [him] to Hell."
** Averted: There are times when the game does use unambiguous words like "kill" and "slay." Also, while it leaves the fate of some of the mooks ambiguous (on floor 2 you are told you're "capturing" hobgoblins, for example) it's abundantly clear that none of the boss enemies survive - some of them are even stuffed and put on display!
** Played Straight: Enemies and players defeated in battle are [[NonLethalKO KO'd]], words like "destroy" are thrown around, and even the Devil Prince's letter threatening the mayor, [[spoiler:actually written by Owen]], stops short of saying the word die, instead threatening to "take [him] to Hell."
** Averted: There are times when the game does use unambiguous words like "kill" and "slay." Also, while it leaves the fate of some of the mooks ambiguous (on floor 2 you are told you're "capturing" hobgoblins, for example) it's abundantly clear that none of the boss enemies survive - some of them are even stuffed and put on display!
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* WhatMeasureIsANonHuman: Sure the enemies are all monsters who want to rule the world, but they're not all that bad. Some of them, like the Elder Dragon, [[WouldntHurtAChild even offer to let Owen and Kate go if they surrender]], but that doesn't stop our heroes from killing them and stuffing their corpses to put on display.
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* WhatMeasureIsANonHuman: Sure the enemies are all monsters who want to rule the world, but they're not all that bad. Some of them, like the Elder Dragon, [[WouldntHurtAChild [[YouWillBeSpared even offer to let Owen and Kate go if they surrender]], but that doesn't stop our heroes from killing them and stuffing their corpses to put on display.
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* AntiHero: Owen and Kate are either [[Analysis/AntiHero Type 2 or Type 3]]. They're doing what they do for the sake of world peace, but they sometimes use some unscrupulous tactics to get what they want, including [[spoiler: forging a letter from the Devil Prince threatening to murder the town mayor, in order to get his permission to build a 10th floor]]. They also have no problem killing enemies, even ones who offered to spare their lives. (See WhatMeasureIsANonHuman, below.)
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* WhatMeasureIsANonHuman: Sure the enemies are all monsters who want to rule the world, but they're not all that bad. Some of them [[WouldntHurtAChild even offer to let Owen and Kate go if they surrender]], but that doesn't stop our heroes from killing them and stuffing their corpses to put on display.
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* WhatMeasureIsANonHuman: Sure the enemies are all monsters who want to rule the world, but they're not all that bad. Some of them them, like the Elder Dragon, [[WouldntHurtAChild even offer to let Owen and Kate go if they surrender]], but that doesn't stop our heroes from killing them and stuffing their corpses to put on display.
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* ChildSoldiers: Owen and Kate are 12 and 13 years old, respectively.
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* WhatMeasureIsANonHuman: Sure the enemies are all monsters who want to rule the world, but they're not all that bad. Some of them [[WouldntHurtAChild even offer to let Owen and Kate go if they surrender]], but that doesn't stop our heroes from killing them and stuffing their corpses to put on display.
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* HPToOne: The "Weaken" "Devastation" Magic.
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* RedRightHand:
** Ironsides the golem has a big hole in its chest, exposing a glowing heart-like object.
** The Devil Prince; the left half of his face looks like a human's, [[TwoFaced but the right half has red skin and demonic features]].
** Ironsides the golem has a big hole in its chest, exposing a glowing heart-like object.
** The Devil Prince; the left half of his face looks like a human's, [[TwoFaced but the right half has red skin and demonic features]].
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* TwoFaced / RedRightHand: The Devil Prince - the left half of his face looks like a human's, but the right half has red skin and demonic features.
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* TwoFaced / RedRightHand: The Devil Prince - the left half of his face looks like a human's, but the right half has red skin and demonic features.
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* FemaleFelineMaleMutt: The cat monsters are female; the dog monsters are male.
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* AnnoyingArrows: When you're introduced to bow type weapons you're told specifically that they deal extremely low damage but often have good secondary effects. This is pretty much accurate.
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* BigBad: The Devil Prince.
* BiggerBad: The prince's father, Devil Lord, who you can fight in the post-game.
* BodyHorror: Gloop's LegoGenetics can qualify as this if you have a good imagination. Try picturing a creature with the torso of a gigantic bull, the arms of an octopus, teeny-tiny little [[MixAndMatchCritters crowbat]] feet, and a fleshless skull for a head.
* BiggerBad: The prince's father, Devil Lord, who you can fight in the post-game.
* BodyHorror: Gloop's LegoGenetics can qualify as this if you have a good imagination. Try picturing a creature with the torso of a gigantic bull, the arms of an octopus, teeny-tiny little [[MixAndMatchCritters crowbat]] feet, and a fleshless skull for a head.
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* LifeDrain
* NonHumanSidekick: Gloop the slime, who joins Owen after a few days.
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* LifeDrain
LegoGenetics: Gloop the slime can mimic other creatures, and can even have each of his individual body parts (arms, legs, body, and head) be from different "donors."
* LifeDrain: Some special weapon abilities can do this, as can the Lifesteal spell.
* MixAndMatchCritters: Crowbats and crowcats. Gloop can do this too, if he mimics body parts from different creatures.
* NonHumanSidekick: Gloop the slime, who joins Owenafter a few days.early in his quest.
* LifeDrain: Some special weapon abilities can do this, as can the Lifesteal spell.
* MixAndMatchCritters: Crowbats and crowcats. Gloop can do this too, if he mimics body parts from different creatures.
* NonHumanSidekick: Gloop the slime, who joins Owen
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* FollowTheLeader: This game is very suspiciously similar to the PSP's ''Dungeon Maker: Hunting Ground''.
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* BlackAndWhiteMagic: Kate and Owen, respectively. The shopkeeper calls them "naughty and nice magic".
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* BlackAndWhiteMagic: Kate and Owen, Owen use them, respectively. The shopkeeper calls them "naughty and nice magic".nice" magic.
* CatFolk: Some of the monsters.
* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: Shovel ''really'' likes it when Owen rubs him with olive oil.
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* BlackAndWhiteMagic: Kate and Owen, respectively. The shopkeeper calls them "naughty and nice magic".
* BlackMagicianGirl: Tomboyish Kate uses primarily uses offensive magic, in contrast to Owen's repertoire of healing and support magic. She asks the magic shopkeeper for ever more powerful spells to use against monsters. To round out the trope description, she primarily equips bows and staves as weapons.
* BlackMagicianGirl: Tomboyish Kate uses primarily uses offensive magic, in contrast to Owen's repertoire of healing and support magic. She asks the magic shopkeeper for ever more powerful spells to use against monsters. To round out the trope description, she primarily equips bows and staves as weapons.
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* EyeBeams: Ironsides uses them.
* FelineFemaleMaleMutt: The cat monsters are female; the dog monsters are male.
* GuysSmashGirlsShoot: Kate can equip bows and staves, while Owen can't. Conversely, Kate can't equip axes or swords, while Owen can. Kate also has far more offensive magic than Owen.
* HolyHandGrenade: The Holy Light spell. It's extremely effective against undead like ghosts and skeletons, and usually one shots them.
* FelineFemaleMaleMutt: The cat monsters are female; the dog monsters are male.
* GuysSmashGirlsShoot: Kate can equip bows and staves, while Owen can't. Conversely, Kate can't equip axes or swords, while Owen can. Kate also has far more offensive magic than Owen.
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Owen is a young boy from the sleepy town of South Arc. The Mayor is dismayed by his town's [[NothingExcitingEverHappensHere lack of exciting tourist attractions]], so he gets a really bright idea - get someone (Owen) to build a dungeon in the nearby cave to attract monsters. Upon discovering a talking magic shovel, Owen is given the daunting task by the Mayor of transforming the town's only cave into something a hero would be proud of.
As the aspiring eponymous ''Master of the Monster Lair'', Owen must use his shovel to dig holes in the dungeon and create rooms for monsters to spawn in so that Owen (and presumably other future heroes) can fight them.
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! Tropes used in ''Master of the Monster Lair'':
* {{Crossover}}: Owen and Kate also appear in ''MyWorldMyWay''.
* DungeonCrawling
* HPToOne: The "Weaken" Magic.
* HubLevel: The town.
* ItemFarming: Owen and Kate raise their stats by eating food. Almost all decent food requires at least one ingredient you can't purchase in town. Half the time, fighting an enemy gets you equipment or VendorTrash rather than the food you're looking for. Do the math.
* LifeDrain
* NonHumanSidekick: Gloop the slime, who joins Owen after a few days.
* PowerCopying: While Owen and Kate raise their stats by eating food every day, Gloop has a chance of mimicking a body part of an enemy monster after every fight. What he's copying at the moment determines his stats, special attacks, and possible equipment. The only thing that persists between forms is learned spells; he can learn spells by copying the Head of certain monsters.
* TheReveal: [[spoiler:King Leon was using you to set up a dungeon as his base of operations to take over the world before the Devil Prince can.]]
* VendorTrash: Animal enemies have a tendency to drop pelts. Humanoid enemies have a tendency to drop coins.
* WeBuyAnything: The weapon/armor shop purchases any items/equipment you find.
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As the aspiring eponymous ''Master of the Monster Lair'', Owen must use his shovel to dig holes in the dungeon and create rooms for monsters to spawn in so that Owen (and presumably other future heroes) can fight them.
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! Tropes used in ''Master of the Monster Lair'':
* {{Crossover}}: Owen and Kate also appear in ''MyWorldMyWay''.
* DungeonCrawling
* HPToOne: The "Weaken" Magic.
* HubLevel: The town.
* ItemFarming: Owen and Kate raise their stats by eating food. Almost all decent food requires at least one ingredient you can't purchase in town. Half the time, fighting an enemy gets you equipment or VendorTrash rather than the food you're looking for. Do the math.
* LifeDrain
* NonHumanSidekick: Gloop the slime, who joins Owen after a few days.
* PowerCopying: While Owen and Kate raise their stats by eating food every day, Gloop has a chance of mimicking a body part of an enemy monster after every fight. What he's copying at the moment determines his stats, special attacks, and possible equipment. The only thing that persists between forms is learned spells; he can learn spells by copying the Head of certain monsters.
* TheReveal: [[spoiler:King Leon was using you to set up a dungeon as his base of operations to take over the world before the Devil Prince can.]]
* VendorTrash: Animal enemies have a tendency to drop pelts. Humanoid enemies have a tendency to drop coins.
* WeBuyAnything: The weapon/armor shop purchases any items/equipment you find.
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