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''': ??? |
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