Line #27 PlayingWith/BarrierWarrior


1	'''Basic Trope''': A person who fights with (usually magical) barriers, often not just for defense.
2	* '''Straight''': Bob, can create mirror-like barriers to reflect his opponents' attacks both for himself and for his allies.
3	* '''Exaggerated''': AwesomenessByAnalysis allows Bob to do all sort of cool things using his barriers.
4	* '''Downplayed''': Bob's "barriers" are more like areas of high density and high speed air, they can deflect some objects but won't stop dead on bullets.
5	* '''Justified''': In the story, [[PersonalityPowers each person has power that represents one's heart]]: Bob's power comes from his desire to protect others.
6	* '''Inverted''': Bob is the only character unable to use barriers, and thus must [[FragileSpeedster rely on quick and deadly attack to fell the enemy before his enemy can attack him]].
7	* '''Subverted''': Bob doesn't use barrier magic but ''illusions'' that look like them.
8	* '''Double Subverted''': YourMindMakesItReal.
9	* '''Parodied''': Bob's power is the ability to build brick walls very quickly.
10	* '''Zig Zagged''': Bob uses magical barriers in combat, except they're actually illusions and YourMindMakesItReal, but he carriers a ProtectiveCharm around that allows him to create magical barriers just in case of facing a mind control immune enemy.
11	* '''Averted''':
12	** No one is capable of making magical barriers, let alone being a BarrierWarrior.
13	** Bob uses an [[LuckilyMyShieldWillProtectMe actual shield]] instead.
14	* '''Enforced''': [[RuleOfCool "Swords are so yesterday, it's time for an unconventional hero that is on the other side of the equipments!"]]
15	* '''Lampshaded''': "Why I won, you ask? Because I'm well-protected."
16	* '''Invoked''': Bob knows that Emperor Evulz' attacks are mostly [[EnergyWeapon Frickin' Laser Beams]], so he trains himself in the art of reflective barriers, hoping that it will work just like in anime and videogames.
17	* '''Exploited''': Team's resident SquishyWizard / GlassCannon always takes cover behind Bob's shields in order to perform his attacks with relative impunity.
18	* '''Defied''': Emperor Evulz decides to use an [[ArmorPiercingAttack barrier piercing spell]] to bypass Bob's defense.
19	* '''Discussed''': "I know we laughed when Bob joined the party, but man, between him and HealingHands Harry have basically kept us all alive."
20	* '''Conversed''': "So, why does Bob have barriers as a power and not some shield generator gizmo?" "You mean you'd rather there be ''another'' guy with vaguely defined energy beam powers or claw hands?"
21	* '''Deconstructed''': Barriers aren't effective weapons. Compared to other characters, Bob has few combat maneuvers and this limits his effectiveness in battle.
22	* '''Reconstructed''':
23	** Bob has few combat options and this is deliberate. His role is not combat but defense and so he's optimized for defending.
24	** Bob teams up with a warrior which offensive capabilities are complemented by his defensive abilities [[BashBrothers in order to increase their effectiveness]].
25	** One of those specific situations is when Bob runs into someone with his barrier, and having a nice solid magical barrier makes it ''very'' easy to charge the enemy.
26	** While his barriers are not conventional weapons, they can be lethal if used cleverly (e.g. [[PortalCut splitting body in half by placing the shield in the middle of his body]]).
27	** Bob trains in firearms, becoming nearly invincible as he hides behind a barrier and mows down enemies.[[note]]Assuming things can go out the barrier but not in, or at the very least that Bob can open and close a hole in it that he can shoot through.[[/note]]
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29	Reflect back to BarrierWarrior
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31	%% Optional items, added after Conversed, at your discretion:
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33	%%* '''Implied''': ???
34	%%* '''Plotted A Good Waste''': ???
35	%%* '''Played For Laughs''': ???

Context PlayingWith / BarrierWarrior