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* MesACrowd: [[spoiler:Anesh can make copies of himself]], courtesy of an orange orb quest.

* {{Polyamory}}: [[spoiler:James, Anesh and Alanna. [[MesACrowd And Anesh]].]]

* {{Polyamory}}: [[spoiler:James, Anesh and Alanna. And Anesh.]]

The magic of that place can be brought back out to the real world, and James and his growing party of "delvers" have to navigate powers both in and outside the dungeon in their attempts to fix all of reality, which is far, far stranger than anyone imagined.

* TheMole: [[spoiler:Nate, originally.]]

* BagOfHolding: Mostly absent, much to the characters' annoyance, though some limited versions do show up eventually, like an infinite lunchbag (that will only hold food) and am expanded wallet (though don't put anything that shouldn't be folded into the latter; a gun comes out ''creased'').

* PunnyName: The main characters are overly fond of these, often refusing to name new dungeon monsters until they can come up with suitably painful puns for them. "Camracondas" (cable snakes with a security camera for a face), "Maul Carts" (psychotic office mail carts) and "Maimframes" (giant PCs) are among the many examples.

* SemanticSuperpower: The blue orb abilities are these. "Affix" just lets you join two things together, but with some imagination it turns out that's incredibly powerful in a fight. And anyone with a neck should not get in a fight against someone who has "Rotate Sixty Degrees".

* YearInsideHourOutside: The few minutes the door is open from our reality allows eight hours of dungeon-time.

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* ActionGirl: It's quicker to list the female characters who *aren't* this, though obviously the various dungeon powerups help with that. Alanna is described as amazonian and Theo plays rugby on the weekends before any magical assistance though.

* BiggerOnTheInside: Constantly. It's actually a surprise when a dungeon-related area *doesn't* do this [[spoiler:until it grows, that is]].

[[https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/15925/the-daily-grind ''The Daily Grind'']] is a webserial following a bored and stressed tech-support geek, who stumbles into an infinite office space that shows traits from [[RPGMechanicsVerse RPG mechanics]]. The monsters are made from stationery supplies, however, and the environments are twisted versions of cubicle farms that would give Creator/MCEscher a headache.

* AlienGeometries: The dungeon, naturally, with walls that go up forever without quite meeting the ceiling and extending out as far as you can see while also curving slightly upwards. Also in smaller areas via orange orbs, creating endless corridors, or sections that are shorter in one direction than the other.
* BagOfHolding: Mostly absent, much to the characters' annoyance, though some limited versions do show up eventually, like an infinite lunchbag and wallet (though don't put anything that shouldn't be folded into the latter).

* DiscussedTrope: Early on James and Anesh discuss which common RPG tropes they'll find, such as HealingPotion or BagOfHolding.
* DungeonBasedEconomy: The delver's develop a system of trade between themselves for the various orbs, and often use them as the stake in various random bets.

* ElectronicTelepathy: The skulljacks with a wifi adaptor allow this.
* EmpoweredBadassNormal: Alanna was pretty scary before she became bullet-proof. Afterwards, well...

* GeniusLoci: [[spoiler:the dungeon]].
* HiveMind: The skulljack upgrades can create these, among other uses. Some of the delvers take to this more than others.

* InsistentTerminology: Much of the main cast enjoy arguing exactly what parts of the dungeon should be called, and they each have their preferred nomenclature.

* LaserGuidedAmnesia: One of the major protective measures by the dungeon is to make those outside gradually forget about anyone who enters it. Which is fine if you're only in there a few minutes, and rather less so if you get stuck in one for a months or years.

* MagicEnhancement: Killing the creatures in the dungeon rewards coloured orbs, and these can be used to learn skills, solve problems, gain magical abilities or improve your "shell" or body.

* MalevolentArchitecture: Compared to [[spoiler:the school basement]] the office is positively *friendly*. Leaking pipes dripping unidentifiable corrosive liquids is one of least horrible things about it.

* MesACrowd: [[spoiler:Anesh, courtesy of an orange orb quest]].
* MindManipulation: Weaponised ideas are encountered frequently, and are far more powerful that they might otherwise sound. "No weapons allowed at work" becomes scary when said "work" is nightmare-office-dungeon full of hostile entities and you can no longer hold anything you consider a weapon.

* NotCompletelyUseless: "Ablate Rubber" is a much more useful ability than it seems when being attacked by a creature made entirely of electrical cables.
* OurMagesAreDifferent: All of the characters basically end up with magical abilities via using small coloured orbs scavenged from the corpses of living office stationery, but even among them Momo is unique in her ability to construct and use numerous types of magical devices.

* {{Polyamory}}: [[spoiler:James, Anesh and Alanna]].

* PunnyName: The main characters are overly fond of these, often refusing to name new dungeon monsters until they can come up with suitably painful puns for them. "Camracondas" (cable snakes with a security camera for a face), "Maul Carts" (psychotic office mail carts) and "Mainframes" (giant PCs) are among the many examples.

* SemanticSuperpower: The blue orb abilities are these. "Affix" just lets you join two things together, but with some imagination it turns out that's incredibly powerful in a fight.
* SufficientlyAnalyzedMagic: What the R&D team are *attempting* to do, with varying degrees of success.
* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: Injuries are exactly as serious as they should be, at least first. The various upgrades do help with that though. And experience and training are still very important even given the upgrades.
* TheMole: [[spoiler:Nate, originally]].

* YearInsideHourOutside: The few minutes the door is open from our reality allows eight hours of dungeon-time.

* ActionGirl: It's quicker to list the female characters who *aren't* this, though obviously the various dungeon powerups help with that. Alanna and Theo are both this without any magical assistance though.
* AlienGeometries: The dungeon, naturally, but also in smaller areas via orange orbs.
* BagOfHolding: Mostly absent, much to the characters' annoyance, though some limited versions do show up eventually.

* BiggerOnTheInside: Constantly. It's actually a surprise when a dungeon related area *doesn't* do this [[spoiler:until it grows, that is]].
* DungeonBasedEconomy: One of the initial drives for James is that the dungeon drops actual money, and completing quests grants even more.

* FakeMemories: One of the major protective measures by the dungeon is to make those outside gradually forget about anyone who enters it. Which is fine if you're only in there a few minutes, and rather less so if you get stuck in one for a months or years.

* HiveMind: The skulljack upgrades can create these, among other uses.

* MalevolentArchitecture: Compared to [[spoiler:the school basement]] the office is positively *friendly*.
* {{Masquerade}}: Enforced by the dungeon at first, though James decides he's not that bothered about keeping things hidden.

* NotCompletelyUseless: With a bit of creative thinking it turns out most the blue orb abilities fall into this category.
* OurMagesAreDifferent: Momo("Warwitch") is the prime example, but El also qualifies.

* {{Pun}}: The main characters are overly fond of these, often refusing to name new dungeon monsters until they can come up with suitably painful puns for them.

* RealityIsOutToLunch: Magic tends to have this effect frequently. Admittedly, that is why it's magic.

* SufficientlyAnalyzedMagic: What the R&D team are *attempting* to do.