History Webcomic / DungeonReset

* AGlitchInTheMatrix: As Dawoon was supposed to die in one of the game's cruel traps, but survived thanks to Seung-Woo moving onto the next stage, his stats are ''all messed up''. The GameMaster rabbit is confused, then horrified to find this glitch not only affects the dungeon, making certain changes permanent after every reset, but also means Dawoon [[LevelGrinding can level grind]] for monster kill tallys more easily.

* AGlitchInTheMatrix: As Dawoon was supposed to die in one of the game's cruel traps, but survived thanks to Seung-Woo moving onto the next stage, his stats are ''all messed up''. The GameMaster rabbit is confused, then horrified to find this glitch not only affects the dungeon, making certain changes permanent after every reset, but also means Dawoon [[LevelGrinding can level grind]] for monster kill tallys more easily.

But as he lays dying, Dawoon's companions defeat the Level 1 Boss. All survivors of the dungeon gain rewards and move on to Level 2... but not Dawoon. Through some twist of fate Dawoon is granted the same boons as his teammates, but left behind in the dungeon while Seung-Woo's group progresses to the next stage. Even the snarky rabbit-shaped game master is confused, calling Dawoon a bug in the system -- one he has no qualms about crushing. (Or leaving in a pit trap to starve to death.)

* YouHaveGotToBeKiddingMe: To the GameMaster rabbit's ''horror'', he finds Dawoon hasn't died, but has become a AGlitchInTheMatrix. Thereafter he doesn't call the player by their name anymore, but a "[[GlitchEntity damned bastard error]]". Dawoon is not immortal however, and can still die, but uses every trick in the book to stay alive and thwart the rabbit another day, much to the guide's chagrin.

* YouGottaBeKiddingMe: To the GameMaster rabbit's ''horror'', he finds Dawoon hasn't died, but has become a AGlitchInTheMatrix. Thereafter he doesn't call the player by their name anymore, but a "[[GlitchEntity damned bastard error]]". Dawoon is not immortal however, and can still die, but uses every trick in the book to stay alive and thwart the rabbit another day, much to the guide's chagrin.

* GameMaster: The rabbit guide or 'game assistant' as he refers to himself is a god-like being who abducts and harvests humans from the real world, just to run his DeathCourse gauntlet game, without giving them any hope or promise they'll ever be [[TrappedInAnotherWorld allowed to go home]] again.

* TheAce: Ryu Seung-woo becomes the leader of the survivors because he's good at ''everything''. His swordsmanship is top-notch, his Skill is a flashy lightning-summoning ability, his planning and tactics keep the group alive, and his interpersonal abilities make him someone his fellow survivors look up to and are glad to follow. Dawoon in particular idolizes Ryu Seung-woo, hoping to become "a man like him" some day.

* DishingOutDirt: After getting the ability to create sandblocks, Dawoon levels up the Skill until he has the ability to move and mould sand, clay, earth, and stone with ease.

* ImprovisedGolems: After finding out the key to defeat the golems (by stealing their golem cores inside them), Dawoon is able to not only create golems loyal to him, but also to shift their cores between a variety of bodies depending on whether he needs them for construction, close-range combat, ranged combat, defense, or travel. Thusfar, he's created golem bodies resembling elephants, gorillas, centaurs, and ostriches out of nothing more than clay and golem cores.

* LogicalWeakness: Creatures made from a certain substance will be just as susceptible to skills designed to manipulate them, making defeating them potentially much easier. Just ask the earth golem boss and the stone gargoyle guardian after Dawoon was done with them.

* VerbalTicName: Dawoon names his squirrel pet "pokkyuu", after the sound it makes.

** Dawoon's dirt digging ability was also seen this way by both him and the rabbit at first. With it turning out to be a MagikarpPower like most of the other proficiency-based skills (that he exploits like no tomorrow once he realizes this), it soon becomes his main bread-and-butter in handling combat situations once it evolves into [[DishingOutDirt full-on earth manipulation]].

* MakeAnExampleOfThem: The rabbit game guide swiftly decapitates the first human who stands up to him, as a way of showing the kidnapped players they've got no recourse to fight against him.

* EvilTowerOfOminousness: Averted for Dawoon, as he's the one that creates the towers as a way to navigate the dungeon's surroundings and to map the environment. Played With for the unknowing players, who are suspicious of the towers that suddenly appear in the middle of nowhere (especially after the Rabbit tells them to enter the tower).

** Dawoon's "Skill" acquired at the start of the game is "Purification," the ability to clean dirty things. He can't use it to defend the group from monsters or detect traps, which puts him at the bottom of the pecking order. [[spoiler: Subverted in that Dawoon's Skill ''was'' valuable in keeping players alive outside of combat, they just didn't appreciate his contributions until he was gone. "Purification" can make poisonous monster meat and dangerous mushrooms perfectly edible, clean wounds, and make any source of water safe to drink. Dawoon also uses his Skill to destroy fields of poison gas that separate the levels, and create rudimentary gas masks by imbuing the Skill into a simple face covering.]]
** Dawoon's dirt digging ability was also seen this way by both him and the rabbit at first. With it turning out to be a MagikarpPower like most of the other proficiency-based skills (that he exploits like no tomorrow once he realizes this), it soon becomes his main bread-and-butter in handling situations once it evolves into [[DishingOutDirt full-on earth manipulation]].

* NotQuiteDead: What kicks off the plot and results in Dawoon's existence becoming 'glitched'. On the way to the boss room of stage 1, Dawoon fell into a deep pitfall trap with spikes at the bottom, getting impaled through his abdomen as he landed. Since the group was being chased through the area by a massive rolling boulder trap, his group couldn't stay behind to help him out, and so Dawoon was left behind to bleed out alone in the hole. However, he managed to endure the gradual blood loss until Seung-woo and the remaining survivors killed the final boss of stage one, granting all active stage 1 players the reward of full recovery, healing their fatigue, restoring any missing limbs they'd lost and healing all wounds. Though separated from the group, Dawoon nonetheless still received the reward as well and recovered from his fatal injuries, but couldn't alert anybody to his situation before his party was transported to stage 2 and he was left behind in the trap as it and the dungeon reset in preparation for the next round of players. This results in Dawoon becoming a proverbial 'bug' in the dungeon's mechanics, able to interact with and use the environment to serve his needs, but immune to any status effects or limitations the dungeon tries to implement upon normal players as a means of controlling them.

** Dawoon's "Purification" Skill isn't useful in combat or as a defensive recourse. His dungeoneer companions look down on him as a burden, not realizing that Dawoon's Skill is the only thing making the plant and animal monsters they battle edible without expert butchering or cooking techniques.

Jeong Dawoon and 100 other average, modern-day folks were suddenly transported to a [[RPGMechanicsVerse video game style]] "dungeon" by a cruel, rabbit-shaped Guide who orders them to play his game... or die. With each person granted a video-game skill and a starting weapon, the unwitting players are forced to battle monsters, scavenge for supplies, and try to stay alive in an environment full of terrifying beasts and deadly traps. Their numbers quickly dwindle 'till only a handful are left. Even though Dawoon started the game with a tiny knife and a nearly useless skill called "Purification," he manages to survive the hazards of Level 1 by sticking with a group led by the charismatic Ryu Seung-Woo. In fact, the amateur dungeoneers are within spitting distance of the Boss Fight when Dawoon falls victim to a hidden pit trap. His companions are forced to flee, leaving Dawoon behind to bleed out.

Now Dawoon has to figure out how to survive in the first level of a fatal video-game-esque world using only his wits, his "useless" Purification skill, and [[SurvivalSandbox the tools that can be found in a Level 1 dungeon]].

* TheAce: Ryu Seung-woo becomes the leader of the survivors because he's good at ''everything''. His swordsmanship is top-notch, his skill is a flashy lightning-summoning ability, his planning and tactics keep the group alive, and his interpersonal skills make him someone his fellow survivors look up to and are glad to follow. Dawoon in particular idolizes Ryu Seung-woo, hoping to become "a man like him" some day.
* {{Cooldown}}: The biggest disadvantage of the "Vigor of the Horned Boar" skill is the long cooldown period. When first acquired, it gives the users a huge boost in physical ability for ten seconds that allows them to punch above their weight, but once it runs out it can't be used for over a minute. Thankfully, repeated use remedies this along with improving the increase in power even further, something that Dawoon also makes liberal use of by training and fighting with it active as often as possible.
* DishingOutDirt: After getting the ability to create sandblocks, Dawoon levels up the skill until he has the ability to move and mould sand, clay, earth, and stone with ease.

* DurableDeathtrap: Averted. [[spoiler: On the Life Tower, Dawoon is able to become the owner of the altar because while exploring the temple, the traps installed have gone rusted due to lack of maintenance and time.]]

** Dawoon's "Purification" skill isn't useful in combat or as a defensive recourse. His dungeoneer companions look down on him as a burden, not realizing that Dawoon's skill is the only thing making the plant and animal monsters they battle edible without expert butchering or cooking techniques.
** This is also Dawoon's survival strategy after he gets stranded at the bottom of a pit trap: by StatGrinding seemingly useless non-combat skills and utilizing them in creative ways, Dawoon is able to take on much tougher opponents by himself. After all, making a brick out of compressed sand isn't an impressive "skill" by itself -- but dropping a thousand bricks out of his inventory on top of a wild animal that's trying to eat him? That's a useful trick!
* RPGMechanicsVerse: All "Players" transported to the dungeon start with a superpower-like "Skill" and a basic weapon. They can improve their skills [[StatGrinding by using them repeatedly]]. They have stats, like "Health" and "Satiety" that can be viewed in a SuddenGameInterface window. Players also gain access to an [[PlayerInventory inventory]] where they can store any materials they gather, accessible through a pop-up window.

* StatGrinding: Stuck in a rocky, spike-lined pit with nothing better to do, Dawoon starts digging through the sandy soil at the bottom of the trap to tunnel his way out. And digging, and digging, and digging, and soon enough he finds out he's got a new skill: Master of Sand Blocks Level 1. The dungeon appears to have scores of achievements and skills for seemingly useless activities like digging through sand or building fountains. Dawoon practices these non-combat skills obsessively until he can use them to protect himself.
* SuddenGameInterface: Players can view the details of their skills and the contents of their inventory in little text bubbles/ windows that appear with a thought.

* TooDumbToLive: The glasses-wearing idiot in the first chapter who was demanding more food from Dawoon while calling him useless dead weight. The same guy who was providing respawning food from his inventory ''and'' had the power to detoxify and cook the poisoned meat the monsters had. Their whole group was trapped in a ''survival'' game, and he was essentially telling a crucial party member to go get himself killed off. Thankfully, Seung Woo was there to shut him up.
** Thankfully, the next time the guy appears (albeit without the glasses), he seems to have realized along with everyone else just how important Dawoon was during an interlude where Sung brings up the food shortage their group has to deal with despite an abundance of boars.

** Dawoon's "skill" acquired at the start of the game is "Purification," the ability to clean dirty things. He can't use it to defend the group from monsters or detect traps, which puts him at the bottom of the pecking order. [[spoiler: Subverted in that Dawoon's skill ''was'' valuable in keeping players alive outside of combat, they just didn't appreciate his contributions until he was gone. "Purification" can make poisonous monster meat and dangerous mushrooms perfectly edible, clean wounds, and make any source of water safe to drink. Dawoon also uses his skill to destroy fields of poison gas that separate the levels, and create rudimentary gas masks by imbuing the skill into a simple face covering.]]

** Oh Changseok, the Elder/ founder of Gap Village, has a skill called "Insight." At first the skill was disappointing because it granted no benefits to combat or defense, but as Changseok leveled up his "Insight" he discovered it could show him the strengths and weaknesses of monsters, dungeons, and other players. Though the skill became impressive, Changseok was ultimately too weak to face the final dungeon of Stage 4. His "Insight" revealed just how dangerous the dungeon truly was, and he fled as he companions took on the challenge.

Now Dawoon has to figure out how to survive in the first level of a fatal video-game-esque world, using only his "useless" Purification skill and [[SurvivalSandbox the tools that can be found in a Level 1 dungeon]].

* RealityEnsues: [[spoiler: On the Life Tower, Dawoon is able to become the owner of the altar because while exploring the temple, the traps installed have gone rusted due to lack of maintenance and time.]]

Jeong Dawoon and 100 other average, modern-day folks were suddenly transported to a [[RPGMechanicsVerse video game style]] "dungeon" by a cruel, rabbit-shaped "Guide" who orders them to play his game... or die. With each person granted a video-game like skill and a weapon, these "players" are forced to battle monsters, scavenge for supplies, and try to stay alive in an environment full of terrifying beasts and deadly traps. Their numbers quickly dwindle 'till only a handful are left. Even though Dawoon started the game with a tiny knife and a nearly useless skill called "Purification," he manages to survive the hazards of Level 1 by sticking with a group led by the charismatic Ryu Seung-Woo. In fact, the amateur dungeoneers are within spitting distance of the Boss Fight when Dawoon falls victim to a hidden pit trap. His companions are forced to flee, leaving Dawoon behind to bleed out.

But as he lays dying, Dawoon's companions defeat the Level 1 Boss. All survivors of the battle gain rewards and move on to Level 2 - but not Dawoon. Through some twist of fate Dawoon is granted the same boons as his teammates, but left behind in the dungeon while Seung-Woo's group progresses to the next stage. Even the snarky rabbit-shaped game master is confused, calling Dawoon a bug in the system - one he has no qualms about crushing. (Or leaving in a pit trap to starve to death.)

* MookMaker: Through the Golem cores he's able to easily farm from the Stage 1 boss (because he has expert control over dirt, which the golem is made from), he's soon able to make an army's worth of various golems loyal to him.

* FormulaWithATwist: It's SummonedToAnotherWorld meets Minecraft-esque [[WideOpenSandbox sandbox]] [[SurvivalSandbox survival]].

* TheAce: Ryu Seung-woo becomes the leader of the survivors because he's good at ''everything''. His swordsmanship is top-notch, his planning and tactics keep the group alive, and his interpersonal skills make him someone his fellow survivors look up to and are glad to follow. Dawoon in particular idolizes Ryu Seung-woo, hoping to become "a man like him" some day.

* {{Cooldown}}: The biggest disadvantage of the "Vigor of the Horned Boar" skill is the long cooldown period. It gives users a huge power boost for a couple seconds that allows them to punch above their weight, but once it runs out it can't be used for a few minutes.

* DishingOutDirt: After getting the ability to create sandblocks, Dawoon eventually is able to create and master the ability to control earth.

* EvilTowerOfOminousness: Averted for Dawoon for he's the one that creates the towers as a way to navigate and map the environment. Played With for the unknowing players, who is suspicious of them especially after the Rabbit tells them to enter the tower.

** The rabbit-shaped "game guider" wears a tailed tuxedo jacket, bow tie, and a top hat. No pants. When he [[spoiler: becomes the manager of Dawoon's Historic Ruins, he adds a vest and an ascot to the ensemble]].

* ImprovisedGolems: After finding out the key to defeat the golems (by stealing their golem cores inside them), Dawoon is able to not only create loyal golems, but also shape them to what he wants.

* RPGMechanicsVerse: All "Players" transported to the dungeon start with a superpower-like "Skill" and a basic weapon. They can improve their skills [[StatGrinding by using them repeatedly]]. They have stats, like "Health" and "Satiety" that can be viewed in a SuddenGameInterface window. Players gain access to an [[PlayerInventory inventory]] where they can store any materials they gather, also accessible through a pop-up window.

* WhatKindOfLamePowerIsHeartAnyway: Dawoon's "skill" acquired at the start of the game is "Purification," the ability to clean dirty things. He can't use it to defend the group from monsters or detect traps, which puts him at the bottom of the pecking order.

Jeong Dawoon and 100 other average, modern-day folks were suddenly transported to a [[RPGMechanicsVerse video game style]] "dungeon" by a cruel, rabbit-shaped "Guide" who orders them to play his game... or die. With each person granted a video-game like skill and a weapon, these "players" are forced to battle monsters, scavenge for supplies, and try to stay alive in an environment full of terrifying beasts and deadly traps. Their numbers quickly dwindle 'till only a handful are left. Even though Dawoon started the game with a tiny knife and a nearly useless skill called "Purification," he manages to survive the hazards of Level 1 by sticking with the group. In fact, the amateur dungeoneers are within spitting distance of the Boss Fight when Dawoon falls victim to a hidden pit trap. His companions are forced to flee, leaving Dawoon behind to bleed out.

But as he lays dying, Dawoon's companions defeat the Level 1 Boss. All survivors of the battle gain rewards and move on to Level 2 - but not Dawoon. Through some twist of fate Dawoon is granted the same boons as his teammates, but left behind in the dungeon while they progress to the next stage. Even the snarky rabbit-shaped game master is confused, calling Dawoon a bug in the system - one he has no qualms about crushing.

Now, Dawoon's got to figure out how to survive in the first level of a fatal video-game-esque world, using only his "useless" Purification skill and [[SurvivalSandbox the tools that can be found in a Level 1 dungeon]].

* TheAce: Ryu Seung-woo become the leader of the survivors. His swordsmanship is top-notch, his planning and tactics keep the group alive, and his interpersonal skills make him someone his fellow survivors look up to and are glad to follow. Dawoon in particular looks up to Ryu Seung-woo, hoping to become "a man like him" some day.

* SuddenGameInterface: Players can view the details of their skills and the contents of their inventory in little text bubbles that appear with a thought.