History VideoGame / KnightsOfPenAndPaper

* BonusBoss: The most difficult boss in the game, faced after defeating all the dragon enemies in a room, is a... [[spoiler:Mom on a kitchen]]? You won't be laughing anymore once she slaughters your entire party in a single turn.

A video game RPG about controlling a group of people playing a tabletop RPG. As silly as that sounds, that's the premise behind ''Knights of Pen and Paper'', an indie RPG, and the first game of both Creator/BeholdStudios and their ''VideoGame/OfPenAndPaper'' series, that takes cues from older turn-based [=RPGs=], and blends them in the most meta way possible.

The game received a {{Numbered Sequel|s}}, ''VideoGame/KnightsOfPenAndPaper2'' developed by Creator/KyyGames and also published by Creator/ParadoxInteractive, as well as a Sci-Fi SpiritualSuccessor from its original developer, VideoGame/GalaxyOfPenAndPaper.

!!This RPG provides examples of:

* AnInteriorDesignerIsYou: A subversion, as one of the core mechanics is decorating the room the game is played in.
* AnnoyingYoungerSibling: The basic concept behind the Little Brother player.

* AutoSave: The game does it after resting.

** One of the room items is a rug that gives you 30% more EXP at the cost of losing control of your characters, this works as well as it sounds since anything more then a single elite mooks will cause your characters to attack at random enemies, whiles they will all focus your tank when you're unable to heal besides regen.

* EliteMook: [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Elite monsters.]]

* HeelFaceRevolvingDoor: The King, due to being cursed into evil on more than one occasion.
* {{Hipster}}: Is one of the players.

* HolyHandGrenade: Clerics and Paladins.

* LevelUpFillUp: For HitPoints and {{Mana}}.

* TheMedic: Both Clerics and Bards can take this role.
%%* MightyGlacier: The whole point of Paladins and Knights. Warriors and Barbarians can also fill in, although they aren't quite as good at it.

* RatStomp: An early optional easy sidequest is this. (Or not so easy, if you choose to spawn in some Giant Rats.)

*** Maya Me Beach - play on Miami Beach. You can also see [[WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants a sponge and a starfish lying on a rock and Mr Krabbs]].

** On the Swamp Area, [[Franchise/ScoobyDoo The Mystery Machine]] can be seen drowning in the background. Similarly, frogs similar to [[Franchise/TheMuppets Kermits]] are there too.
* TheFourthWallWillNotProtectYou: In the first confrontation with the villain, he blasts the party so hard the players feel it, to even the [=GMs'=] shock. [[spoiler: In the final phase of the final battle against him, he manifests into the room the players are in to kill them. Unfortunately for him, he brought the RPG mechanics with him while being [[ClippedWingAngel much weaker himself]].]]

* DifficultySpike: The random encounters at the final dungeon of the main campaign throw groups of 5 or 7 of one of the toughest enemies in the game. There is a clear gap of difficulty between those guys (plus the occasional lv70 dragon on the same dungeon) and the previous quests. Then when you get to the final boss, possibly being lucky to avoid all the encounters, you'll find out he's [[HardLevelsEasyBosses much easier to deal with]]!

*** Journey Village - Characters from the PSN game {{VideoGame/Journey}}.

* SelfDeprecation: The team that made the first game, Behold Studios, is from Brazil, and they included a side quest where the heroes have to escort [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saci_%28Brazilian_folklore%29 Saci]], a figure from Brazilian folklore. Saci talks like the stereotypical Brazilian {{troll}}, saying stuff like "HUEHUEHUEHUE" and "GIBE MONY PLS".

A video game RPG about controlling a group of people playing a tabletop RPG. As silly as that sounds, that's the premise behind ''Knights of Pen and Paper'', an indie RPG from Creator/BeholdStudios that takes cues from older turn-based [=RPGs=], and blends them in the most meta way possible.

The game received a NumberedSequel, ''VideoGame/KnightsOfPenAndPaper2'' developed by Creator/KyyGames and published by Creator/ParadoxInteractive, as well as a Sci-Fi SpiritualSuccessor from its original developer, VideoGame/GalaxyOfPenAndPaper.

* OneHundredAndEight: One of the equips is a set of 108 assembled similarly to prayer beads.

* ChestMonster: Mimics are referenced when the chest icon for the dungeon RandomEvents are selected:

* ShoutOut: Quite a list.

*** Sands of Time Desert - [[VideoGame/PrinceOfPersiaTheSandsOfTime Prince Of Persia The Sands of Time]]. You can see [[Franchise/MortalKombat Cyrax]]'s head buried in the sand.

* YouAllMeetInACell: How the main campaign kicks off.

The game received a sequel developed by Kyy Games and published by Creator/ParadoxInteractive, as well as a Sci-Fi SpiritualSuccessor from its original developer, VideoGame/GalaxyOfPenAndPaper.

* AwesomeButImpractical: One of the room items is a rug that gives you 30% more EXP at the cost of losing control of your characters, this works as well as it sounds since anything more then a single elite mooks will cause your characters to attack at random enemies, whiles they will all focus your tank when you're unable to heal besides regen.

* {{Foreshadowing}}: The "Wizards of the East Coast" location is - oddly enough - placed on the west side of the map. [[spoiler: It's eventually revealed that this is because your world map encompasses the far eastern portion of the rest of the world.]]

* RecursiveReality: [[spoiler: On top of the example listed in the TheFourthWallWillNotProtectYou entry, eventually the players pass through a mysterious portal that takes them to the real world. Both times they're still acting as their characters, and everything still runs on RPG mechanics.]]

*** Maya Me Beach - play on Miami Beach. You can see [[WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants Mr Krabbs]].

A video game RPG about controlling a group of people playing an tabletop RPG. As silly as that sounds, that's the premise behind ''Knights of Pen and Paper'', an indie RPG from Creator/BeholdStudios that takes cues from older turn-based [=RPGs=], and blends them in the most meta way possible.

A video game RPG about controlling a group of people playing an tabletop RPG. As silly as that sounds, that's the premise behind ''Knights of Pen and Paper'', an indie RPG that takes cues from older turn-based [=RPGs=], and blends them in the most meta way possible.

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