Line #109 Characters/BleakWorld


1	A list of the various races and their classes in Bleak World
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3	[[foldercontrol]]
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5	[[folder: Humans]]
6	!!Vigilantes
7	* BadassNormal: No magic skills, only determination and gumption.
8	* InTheBlood: Many are the descendents of Abraham Van Helsing, vampire hunter extraordinaire.
9	* JackOfAllStats: They excel at many things, but are never the top in their field.
10	* PunchClockHero: They work day jobs and hunt the creatures of darkness in their downtime.
11	* VigilanteMan
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13	!!Priests
14	* ChristianityIsCatholic: Have some distinctly Catholic imagery to them, chiefly the desire to protect their flock.
15	* GoodShepherd: They care about their flock and their description in the guide book focuses more on protection than offensive motivation.
16	* TheLancer: In contrast to the vigilante, the Priest is more about protecting people than defeating the enemy, and depends on magic over martial combat.
17	* ReligiousBruiser
18	* ReligionIsMagic: You even get karma loss for it!
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20	!!Government
21	* AmericaSavesTheDay: Only the American Government is described as being part of the military class.
22	* ChurchMilitant: If playing as The Light in the Dark.
23	* ColonelBadass
24	* CorporateWarfare: If played using the Blackwood Corporation as your organization.
25	* MildlyMilitary: Not much is put into protocol or rank
26	* MilitarySuperhero
27	* SociopathicSoldier: If part of the Diabolus.
28	* TheBigGuy
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30	!!Slasher
31	* CoolMask: If you play this class you must wear a mask.
32	* EvilMakesYouMonstrous: The most evil Human class and the only one considered a monster.
33	* HockeyMaskAndChainsaw: If you want, you can make this archetype.
34	* HunterOfHisOwnKind: They are still technically humans.
35	* HuntingTheMostDangerousGame
36	* ImplacableMan: Their magic orients them towards this, but a non magical one is going to be a GlassCannon
37	%%* SlasherMovie
38	* TokenEvilTeammate: Most human classes are just trying to survive, but these guys are hunting down people and monsters alike.
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40	!!Intrepid reporter
41	* TheCracker: High technical skills, necessary to take pictures.
42	* DeadlineNews: If you can boost their combat skills by putting them in section 9 for example.
43	%%* TheFace
44	%%* FragileSpeedster: Second fastest thing in the game, but they have no combat skills.
45	%%* IntrepidReporter
46	%%* TheTeamBenefactor
47	%%* TheSmartGuy
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49	[[/folder]]
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51	[[folder: Vampires]]
52	!!Dracul
53	* BigBad: If vampires are portrayed as villainous, Dracul are usually at the top.
54	* ClassicalMovieVampire
55	* TheLeader: Dracul are the unambiguous heads of vampires, being opposed only by the Primal.
56	* LesbianVampire: All female dracul
57	* SmugSuper: They are incredibly powerful and they won't let you forget it.
58	* SquishyWizard: Powerful magic and shapeshifting, no combat or defense bonuses though.
59	* VampiresAreSexGods: Dracul gain significant bonuses to seduction.
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61	!!Mods
62	* HateSink: In universe, not even vampires can stand them.
63	* TheHeart: They contribute tangentially to the overall vampire plot, but are more concerned with sleeping around and having a good time. Essentially, the hate they garner from other vampires holds them together.
64	* PunchClockVillain: More concerned with themselves than any grand plan to wipe out the sun.
65	* SpannerInTheWorks: Not super useful in the grand scheme of things, in fact they are the ones who broke TheMasquerade in the firstplace!
66	%%* MightyGlacier: No magic, but staggering endurance and attack power.
67	* VampiresAreSexGods: Gain boosts to seduction.
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69	!!Primal
70	* {{Animorphism}}: They can turn into a dragon at their highest level.
71	* BlackEyesOfEvil
72	%%* TheBrute:
73	* MoreTeethThanTheOsmondFamily: Have a mouth filled with razor sharp teeth, much scarier than the Dracul's 2 large canines
74	* ObviouslyEvil: BlackEyesOfEvil, MoreTeethThanTheOsmondFamily. All tropes related to the Primal Vampire.
75	* VampiresAreSexGods: Less so than the other races, seeing as how they don't get bonuses to seduction checks. However, they have a pathological hatred of shirts and are described as very muscular.
76	* WalkingShirtlessScene: Have a pathological hatred of shirts.
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78	!!Nosferatu
79	* {{Animorphism}}: Have the power of shapeshifting.
80	* LooksLikeOrlok
81	* SwarmOfRats: Their 3rd level shapeshifting power.
82	* VampiresAreSexGods: [[AvertedTrope Averted]]. Unlike every other vampire class, the Nosferatu are not portrayed as sexy in the least.
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84	!!Wendigo
85	* CannibalismSuperpower
86	* TheLancer: Plays a good sidekick and {{Foil}} to the Dracul class vampires
87	* MagicalNativeAmerican: [[AvertedTrope Averted]]. They have no magical bonus.
88	* {{Wendigo}}
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90	[[/folder]]
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92	[[folder: Werebeasts]]
93	!!Werewolf
94	* TheLeader: Unambiguous alphas of the werebeasts.
95	* {{Lunacy}}
96	* OurWerewolvesAreDifferent: All the men are gay for one thing.
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98	!!Cat People
99	* CatFolk
100	* ShapeshifterModeLock: The cat people can still transform into their beast form, but they can never go back to being a human.
101	* TheSmartGuy
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103	!!Wereroaches
104	* TheBigGuy
105	* CursedWithAwesome: Their curse is that they can lift 100 times their own weight, fly, and survive without a head. True you still have to deal with the beast inside, but since that beast is a Cockroach eating a good deal of scraps and sugar should hold you over.
106	* DamageOverTime: They have poison bonuses, but no attack bonuses, thus making them this.
107	* OurWerebeastsAreDifferent: Specifically they are giant cockroaches
108	* StoneWall: They gain no bonuses to combat, but they do gain points in agility and resistances. In addition they can survive without a head.
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110	!!Fish People
111	* BlessedWithSuck: They can't breathe underwater without the use of magic, but have to live in it for 12 hours a day.
112	* FishPeople
113	* JokeCharacter: Have severe restrictions and very situational magic
114	** LethalJokeCharacter: That being said, it does have [[WhenAllYouHaveIsAHammer good combat bonuses]].
115	* OurMermaidsAreDifferent: They can't breathe underwater for one thing.
116	* ShapeshifterModeLock: Stuck as half frog/half human monsters permanently.
117	* ThisLooksLikeAJobForAquaman: They're lucky if they manage to be this important.
118	* UselessUsefulSpell: All their magic seems to fall under this
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120	!!Dog Soldier
121	* CursedWithAwesome: Being a werewolf doesn't seem too bad for these guys.
122	* GoneHorriblyWrong: [[AvertedTrope Averted]], they were designed to be a SuperSoldier program and they were. They also didn't rebel and are still loyal to America.
123	* TheLancer
124	* {{Magitek}}: A werewolf with an assault rifle
125	* SuperSoldier: Designed to be this.
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127	[[/folder]]
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129	[[folder: Witches]]
130	!!Phoenix
131	* BurnTheWitch: Ironically how they got their powers.
132	* HoistByTheirOwnPetard: Villagers tried to burn them to death, so they gained fire powers.
133	* PlayingWithFire: All their elemental spells are fire based.
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135	!!Wakedancer
136	* BeautyIsBad: The most evil witches and described as beautiful in the text.
137	* BlackMagicianGirl: Mostly combat oriented
138	* DanceBattler: They cast spells via dancing
139	* DealWithTheDevil: How they returned to life
140	* EvenEvilHasStandards: Generally seen as evil by even other witches.
141	* {{Necromancer}}: Has numerous spells for raising the dead.
142	* SignatureMove: The only witch class with the Summoning skill.
143	* ZombieApocalypse: Her final spell summons a very large number of zombies.
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145	!!Badlander
146	* BarrierWarrior: Has a good deal of defensive spells.
147	* BeingGoodSucks: Despite being relatively good, they are still hunted by humans for their magic.
148	* BurnTheWitch: Takes extreme fire damage
149	* MakingASplash: Has water themed elemental powers.
150	* TokenGoodTeammate: Being based on the Good Witch of the North, she is this for the witch race in general.
151	* WhiteMage: Very healing and defense oriented.
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153	!!Rotter
154	* AgeWithoutYouth: They can get it back with BloodMagic though.
155	* BloodMagic.
156	* BurnTheWitch: Takes extreme fire damage.
157	* MakeThemRot: Where the name comes from.
158	* RedMage: Has both healing and entropy spells.
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160	!!Skinshifter
161	* {{Animorphism}}
162	* ButtMonkey: The most routinely hunted witch.
163	* TheDruid
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166	[[/folder]]
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168	[[folder: Aliens]]
169	!!Overlords
170	%%* AliensAreBastards
171	* BigBad: [[MovingTheGoalposts Whatever their motives]], alien life still falls south of neutral and the Overlords are the leaders of the alien species.
172	%%* TheLeader
173	* MindRape: Depend on mental prowess to get ahead.
174	* ScaryDogmaticAliens: They wish to save us savages from ourselves and foreign invaders, which puts them either as conquistadors or as something else entirely.
175	%%* TheyLookLikeUsNow
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177	!!Cyborg
178	%%* AliensAreBastards
179	* TheBrute: They provide the main muscle during the invasion.
180	* NoBiochemicalBarriers: They're immune to Earth diseases.
181	* PaperThinDisguise: Even Vanguards are better at stealth than these guys.
182	%%* SuperSoldier
183	%%* UnwillingRoboticisation: Implied to be what happened.
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185	!!Infiltrator
186	%%* AliensAreBastards
187	* EvilIsPetty: These guys are the reason we have HR departments and the DMV.
188	* MarsNeedsWomen: Encouraged. Incidentally, if you go this route, Mars expects you to take care of the child.
189	* NoBiochemicalBarriers: The most resilient to our Earth diseases.
190	%%* TheyLookLikeUsNow
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192	!!Vanguard
193	* AlienAbduction
194	* AliensAreBastards
195	* AliensStealCattle: If they are so inclined.
196	* AnalProbing: Apparantly they do this [[ForScience in the name of science]].
197	* ForScience: Why they kidnap humans.
198	* TheLancer
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200	!!Infector
201	* AliensAreBastards
202	* TheSmartGuy: Mainly science oriented.
203	* TheyLookLikeUsNow
204	* WouldHurtAChild: Encouraged. The infector class can spread their disease through children and they have one of their disguises listed as Kindergarten teacher.
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206	[[/folder]]
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208	[[folder: Experiments]]
209	!!Patchwork
210	* ArtificialZombie
211	* BodyOfBodies
212	* FrankensteinsMonster
213	* GoneHorriblyWrong: Based on the original FrankensteinsMonster was it really any surprise?
214	* HearingVoices
215	* TheLeader
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217	!!Legion
218	* BodySurf: One of their powers
219	* DemonicPossession
220	* HearingVoices
221	* GoneHorriblyWrong
222	* TheLancer
223	* SealedInsideAPersonShapedCan: A human who's soul was destroyed by the demons and ghosts inside their mind.
224	* TokenEvilTeammate: While most experiments just want to regain their humanity, these guys need to actively take over and control multiple living bodies to get their [[EsotericHappyEnding "Happy Ending"]].
225	* VoiceOfTheLegion
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227	!!Android
228	* ArtificialZombie
229	* {{Cyborg}}
230	* CyberneticsEatYourSoul
231	* HearingVoices
232	* GoneHorriblyWrong
233	* RecruitTeenagersWithAttitude: Why did the scientists only use teenagers for their experiments?
234	* TheSmartGuy
235	* TeensAreMonsters: It's unknown whether the experiments or being a teenager made them the crazy.
236	* WeCanRebuildHim: If not created from a living person, they can also be this.
237	* WouldHurtAChild: Depending on the age of the teenager in question, the scientist who created them may be this.
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239	!!Radio Zombie
240	* ArtificialZombie
241	* TheBigGuy
242	* BlessedWithSuck: Incredible power and strength, but they pollute everything they go near and can basically never go into human society.
243	* FateWorseThanDeath: Constantly being killed and brought back to life with radiation.
244	* HearingVoices
245	* NuclearMutant
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247	!!Super Soldier
248	* BoxedCrook: The lowest of all criminals who were lobotomized and forced to fight America's wars as super soldiers
249	* HearingVoices
250	* GoneHorriblyWrong: [[AvertedTrope Averted]]. They serve America's interests as well as they were intended to... [[{{Foreshadowing}} for now]].
251	* SuperSoldier
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253	[[/folder]]
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255	[[folder: Ghosts]]
256	!!Spirit of Love
257	* AllLovingHero: [[AvertedTrope Averted]]. They are only powered by love, but do not necessarily have to follow it themselves.
258	* InLoveWithLove: Just because they are powered by love doesn't mean they understand it.
259	* PowerOfLove
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261	!!Spirit of Joy
262	%%* BlitheSpirit: [[{{Pun}} Pun intended]].
263	* ManicPixieDreamGirl: Is this no matter what gender
264	* PerkyGoth: By virtue of looking like they were when they died and also being the embodiment of joy.
265	* ThePollyanna
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267	!!Spirit of Hate
268	* PowerOfHate
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270	!!Spirit of Sorrow
271	* TheEeyore
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273	!!Spirit of Disgust
274	* NauseaFuel
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276	[[/folder]]
277
278	[[folder: Mummies]]
279	[[/folder]]
280	[[folder: Princesses]]
281	[[/folder]]
282	[[folder: Jotun]]

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