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1	'''Basic Trope''': A character who has strong physical skills and magic.
2	* '''Straight''': [[TheHero Hiro]] has strong physical power and is also the RedMage.
3	* '''Exaggerated''': Hiro can learn more magic than anyone else and becomes stronger than any other party member.
4	* '''Downplayed''':
5	** Hiro is a knight, who learns a healing spell and [[KillItWithFire fireball]] spell, to diversify his combat powers.
6	** Hiro is a mage, who trains along with the knights so that he is not helpless against a PowerNullifier, but he still isn't nearly as good at hand-to-hand combat as they are.
7	** Hiro is a mostly ordinary civilian, who just happens to have picked up a little swordfighting and a spell or two.
8	* '''Justified''':
9	** Hiro fights with a magically-imbued sword.
10	** Hiro feels the need to balance out his skills, so he will be able to at least get by if he cannot use his magic.
11	** Hiro wore heavy armor all the time during his training, even while studying magic and sleeping, and he recites magical theorem while sparring with his master.
12	** Hiro knows a form of magic that boosts his physical abilities.
13	** Hiro is a swordsman with natural magical powers, due to his ancestry.
14	** Hiro's culture has everyone, even those who can use magic, learn how to use weapons, and possibly armor.
15	* '''Inverted''':
16	** An AloofArcher, who uses neither magic nor hand-to-hand combat, but fights well anyway.
17	** Hiro is the only party member with high ''[[StoneWall resistance]]'' to both physical and magical attacks.
18	** In a world where practicing both magic and fencing is the norm, Alice fights exclusively with her sword, and Bob fights exclusively with spells.
19	* '''Subverted''': Hiro is a Mage who wears armor... but only to try to defy SquishyWizard, not because he can actually fight without magic.
20	* '''Double Subverted''': ...at least that's [[ObfuscatingDisability what he'd like you to think]].
21	* '''Parodied''': Hiro is the [[MasterSwordsman best swordfighter in existence]], and can spam-attack dual-wielded Infinity [[KillItWithFire Firestorm]] +9000, but ironically can't [[CripplingOverspecialization tie his shoelaces, start a campfire, or even enchant a sword]].
22	* '''Zig Zagged''': Hiro is a knight, who learns one healing spell to help a friend in a moment of need, just in case Marcy is taken out, but then never needs to use it. Then he sees how useful Dennis' combat magic is, and decides to take a level in lightning. That works [[StoryBreakerPower incredibly well]], until [[NoSell he meets an enemy immune to it]]. Then, his trusty old sword saves the day.
23	* '''Averted''':
24	** The rules of the world make it impossible to be powerful with both magic and swordfighting, so Hiro has to pick one or the other.
25	** There is no magic in the work's setting.
26	* '''Enforced''': "I've got a loner hero, and I'm a swordfighting expert, but he needs to have magic, too. I know: I'll make him a MagicKnight."
27	* '''Lampshaded''': "Before long, I'll have you casting Fireball with the best of us. And then: you will be a MagicKnight."
28	* '''Invoked''':
29	** A country of magic users has an entire military of Magic Knights, divided into groups based on which end of the spectrum they favor.
30	** Hiro was tired of people stereotyping mages as [[WeakButSkilled weak old men]] and warriors as [[UnskilledButStrong big knuckleheads]]. So, he decided to master both disciplines to prove them wrong.
31	* '''Exploited''':
32	** Hiro is stripped of his ability to use magic in an AntiMagic zone and has to rely on his subpar swordplay, or...
33	** He is trapped in a magnetic zone where he has to ditch his weapons and armor, relying on his less than impressive magic.
34	* '''Defied''':
35	** Hiro doesn't learn any magic, so that he can become a highly skilled swordfighter. Meanwhile, Emperor Evulz has undead minions fight for him, so he doesn't have to worry about this "swordfighting" business and can concentrate on taking over the world.
36	** Alternatively, Hiro focuses entirely on magic, leaving his sword-fighting skills quite lacking, making him a SquishyWizard against Emperor Evulz's hordes.
37	* '''Discussed''': Hiro's player discusses the benefits of being a "Gish" with his tabletop buddies.
38	* '''Conversed''': "The way Hiro combines swordsmanship and magic sure makes him an asset to our group." "Yeah, but [[BadassNormal Lance]] could beat him in a duel, and [[SquishyWizard Dennis]] could chant circles around him."
39	* '''Implied''': Hiro is a RetiredBadass. While his past exploits are never shown on screen, when Alice looks through his old equipment, she finds both a sword and a SpellBook.
40	* '''Deconstructed''': Hiro can't keep up with ''two'' [[TrainingFromHell grueling training regimens]] at once, and he eventually starts to [[CantCatchUp lag behind his friends in power]].
41	* '''Reconstructed''':
42	** He takes advantage of his versatile abilities and finds ways to combine classes. He ends up able to fight 3/4 as well as a full knight, and use magic 3/4 as well as a full mage. Net result: 3/2 as much power as anyone else.
43	** [[CrutchCharacter Hiro carries most battles, getting the pure-class party members through fights that by rights should have ended their quest right then.]]
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49	%%* '''Plotted A Good Waste''': ???
50	%%* '''Played For Laughs''': ???

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