Captain's Log: There's some sort of log at the start of each chapter. Chapter 1 had an entry in Pav's journal, the Side Chapter had Odysseus' letter to Ulysses, and Chapter 2 had an adventurer's log written by Taranis.
Cloudcuckoolander's Minder: Everybody is this to Cog, to the point that they have shifts for watching him.
Cutting the Knot: Instead of trying to get around all the ninja's traps blocking the route to their village, Pav simply plows through them all.
Durable Deathtrap: Subverted. The pyramid ruins are old, but the ninjas freshly installed the traps.
Foregone Conclusion: The fact that there will be ten members by the end, and which characters they will be.