History YMMV / Avernum

* LesYay: Two female NPCs from the town Cotra (and New Cotra in A3), Elspeth and Nance, run an arms shop together and they are in love with each other, which is the sole reason they got banished to Avernum. Even the sign in front of Elspeth's shop in A3:RW says it has a rainbow design (the symbol of LGBT) around the edge.

* ThatOneAttack: You will learn to dread enemy mages' Daze and Lightning spells.

* UglyCute: The friendly spiders. When you click on them to talk with them, there's a voieclip that says "Hello!" or "Hi!" in a high-pitched voice.

* DarthWiki/MostAnnoyingSound: In ''Escape from the Pit'', you constantly hear a woman saying something like "[[SpeakingSimlish Daiyokeepokeh.]]" in every town.

* [[ItsTheSameNowItSucks It's The Same Now It Sucks]]: Avernum 4's plot falls into this category for some.
* MostAnnoyingSound: In ''Escape from the Pit'', you constantly hear a woman saying something like "[[SpeakingSimlish Daiyokeepokeh.]]" in every town.

* TheyChangedItNowItSucks: Many fans felt this about the engine switch the series underwent for Avernum IV through VI. Also a case of TheyCopiedItSoItSucks--the later games are nicknamed "Averforge" for their similarities to ''VideoGame/{{Geneforge}}''.

* TheyChangedItNowItSucks: Many fans felt this about the engine switch the series underwent for Avernum IV through VI. Also a case of TheyCopiedItSoItSucks--the later games are nicknamed "Averforge" for their similarities to ''VideoGame/{{Geneforge}}''.

** Chitrachs deserve special mention, not because they're all that tough compared to Doomguards, but because the Eastern Gallery in the fourth game was made into a ScrappyLevel purely by their presence. (To be more specific, more than two hundred of them were present.) And chitraches tend to be near null bugs, a creature who can render mages/priests useless with the terrible act of... being close to them. Yeah.

* CompleteMonster (or MagnificentBastard): Gladwell seems to have done more damage to Avernum through sabotage than any organization, demon or dragon. And even though he earns a death at the hands of the player in every game he's appeared he canonically won't stay dead [[spoiler: until perhaps the end]].

* BigLippedAlligatorMoment: Giant Intelligent Friendly Talking Spiders. The in-game narration will briefly consider the possibility that you've just gone insane. At least one [[EngagingConversation proposes]] [[InterspeciesRomance to you.]]

** If you thought the Eastern Gallery was bad, wait until the outside of Khoth's Library at the end of the game, where you get regularly swarmed by chitrachs which
1. Now have ''three'' attacks on their turn (two is more than enough to stunlock anyone who isn't wearing the heaviest armor possible)
2. Are highly resistance to any form of magic, in a game where [[LinearWarriorsQuadraticWizards Linear Warriors Quadratic Wizards]] rules supreme.
3. When they spawn, they completely surround you, and you have to fight 6+ at a time.

** If you thought the Eastern Gallery was bad, wait until the outside of Khoth's Library at the end of the game, where you get regularly swarmed by chitrachs which 1. Now have ''three'' attacks on their turn (two is more than enough to stunlock anyone who isn't wearing the heaviest armor possible) 2. Are highly resistance to any form of magic, in a game where [[LinearWarriorsQuadraticWizards Linear Warriors Quadratic Wizards]] rules supreme. 3. When they spawn, they completely surround you, and you have to fight 6+ at a time.

* TheyChangedItNowItSucks: Many fans felt this about the engine switch the series underwent for Avernum IV through VI. Also a case of TheyCopiedItSoItSucks--the later games are nicknamed "Averforge" for their similarities to {{Geneforge}}.

** Spraying Shrubs don't attack directly, but spray the entire party with acid every turn. You tend to encounter several at once, so it can take several turns to get rid of them all. Meanwhile, it's easy to die without even realizing you're dying.

** The Spiral Pit in 1/Escape From the Pit. It lulls you into a false sense of security by siccing low to mid level undead at you, but halfway through the dungeon, the lights go out, severely limiting your vision and maneuverability, you have to fight through half a dozen [[DemonicSpiders Stalker Wights]], and the last fight of the dungeon is against [[BossInMookClothing Ghosts that can do]] ''[[BossInMookClothin over 100 damage]]'' [[BossInMookClothing in a single attack]].

* ScrappyLevel: Avernum 4's Eastern Gallery manages this entirely through DemonicSpiders, giant insects known as chitrachs. They're fairly hard to hit, they have high HP and damage resistances, and every time you perform a melee attack on them they have a chance of blocking and damaging ''you''. Oh, and there are 227 of them out for your tender flesh. Enjoy!

* GoddamnedBats: The gremlins. They're not tough, not very fast... but their only ranged attack is a confusion ray. And they also run away while everyone is confused.

* CompleteMonster (or MagnificentBastard, [[YourMileageMayVary YMMV]]): Gladwell seems to have done more damage to Avernum through sabotage than any organization, demon or dragon. And even though he earns a death at the hands of the player in every game he's appeared he canonically won't stay dead [[spoiler: until perhaps the end]].