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1	'''Basic Trope''': A character takes an attack in order to gain an advantage in a fight.
2	* '''Straight''': [[FragileSpeedster Bob]] lunges at [[MightyGlacier Alice]], who moves to take the attack in the shoulder. Bob's sword becomes stuck, slowing him down for Alice to land the finishing move.
3	* '''Exaggerated''':
4	** Every hit Bob landed in the fight was calculated by Alice.
5	** Every single fight that takes place involves a deliberate injury gambit.
6	* '''Downplayed''': Alice didn't actually intend to be hit, but she's tough enough to take the pain and quick-witted enough to take advantage of the opening Bob has now left himself.
7	* '''Justified''': Opponents often lower their guard at the moment of victory.
8	** Alice becomes more powerful the more wounded she is. The strike to the shoulder was just the power boost she needed.
9	* '''Inverted''': Bob is attempting to [[ThrowingTheFight throw the fight]] in a convincing way, and deliberately attacks in a way that injures Alice but leaves himself open.
10	* '''Subverted''': After restraining Bob, Alice tells Bob that she wasn't actually expecting to get hit...
11	* '''Double Subverted''': ...but when she did, she knew she could use it to her advantage.
12	* '''Parodied''': ???
13	* '''Zig Zagged''': Bob stabs himself to get at Alice, in a move suspiciously like seppuku
14	* '''Averted''': No attacks are deliberately taken.
15	* '''Enforced''': ???
16	* '''Lampshaded''': "I'm beginning to think that I'm a little bit of a masochist."
17	* '''Invoked''': Alice decided to do this, as Bob is a fragile speedster and having his blade lodged in her side would take away the "speedster" part.
18	* '''Exploited''': Bob's sword was poisoned, because he knew Alice would have to concede an attack to hit him.
19	* '''Defied''': Bob has oiled his sword so he can easily withdraw it.
20	** Bob is using a reach weapon like a spear, leaving the impaled Alice to feebly flail at empty air.
21	* '''Discussed''': Isn't there a way that doesn't involve getting horrifically injured?
22	* '''Conversed''': ???
23	* '''Deconstructed''':
24	** The wound becomes infected, and Alice eventually has to be hospitalised.
25	** Alice's skill in hitting a mobile opponent is reduced to the extent where she has to invoke deliberate injury gambits to win fights.
26	* '''Reconstructed''':
27	** Alice uses some of the money she was paid for taking down Bob to cover her living costs while she's out of action.
28	** Alice trains herself to survive grievous injuries so that she can do so repeatedly.
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30	I've been hit, but it's opened the way to DeliberateInjuryGambit!
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32	%% Optional items, added after Conversed, at your discretion:
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34	%%* '''Implied''': ???
35	%%* '''Plotted A Good Waste''': ???
36	%%* '''Played For Laughs''': ???

Context PlayingWith / DeliberateInjuryGambit