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* '''Straight''': You can choose the MC's face, name, species and gender.
* '''Exaggerated''': ???

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* '''Straight''': You can choose the MC's face, name, species species, and gender.
* '''Exaggerated''': ???You cannot select any traits for the MC. The other characters skillfully avoid referring to the MC's name, gender, age, or species for the entire game.



* '''Lampshaded''': ???

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* '''Lampshaded''': ???"Hello, Mister...Miss...sorry, what's your gender? Not to be rude, but you look extremely androgynous and generic."



* '''Defied''': ???

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* '''Defied''': ???The MC becomes self-aware and chooses a name and gender for themself, independent of the player's choices.
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* '''Exaggerated''': The FiveManBand change their jobs with the JobSystem. The only thing they have of their own are their names, which you chose using the HelloInsertNameHere mechanic, and their genders.

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* '''Exaggerated''': The FiveManBand change their jobs with the JobSystem. The only thing they have of their own are their names, which you chose using the HelloInsertNameHere mechanic, and their genders.???

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** The main character always conceals their identity behind a mask and/or bulky clothing either by choice, being necessitated by circumstance, or because they are unable to remove the concealing pieces.

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** The main character always conceals their identity behind is permanently sealed into a mask and/or bulky clothing either by choice, being necessitated by circumstance, or because they are suit of armor and unable to remove their helmet to show their face.
** The player character works in an extremely hazardous environment that necessitates wearing protective gear, including a protective suit and mask. Because most of
the concealing pieces. game takes place in this environment, they never get a chance to remove them.
** The game is played entirely in the first person, preventing the player from seeing themselves.
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** The main character always conceals their identity behind a mask and/or bulky clothing either by choice, being necessitated by circumstance, or because they are unable to remove the concealing pieces.
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* '''Enforced''': ???

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* '''Enforced''': ???The developers want an MC that can be relatable to anyone.

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* '''Averted''': You can't pick anything about the heroes.

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* '''Averted''': '''Averted''':
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You can't pick anything about the heroes.
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** Your choices for making/introducing the heroes are limited to the most basic of things such as gender and name.
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* '''Exaggerated''': The FiveManBand change their jobs with the JobSystem. The only thing they have of their own are their names, which you chose using the HelloInsertNameHere mechanic.

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* '''Exaggerated''': The FiveManBand change their jobs with the JobSystem. The only thing they have of their own are their names, which you chose using the HelloInsertNameHere mechanic.mechanic, and their genders.
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* '''Downplayed''': ???

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* '''Downplayed''': ???The hero has a few features that are constant, such as being tan from the place they live or having scars from battle, but the rest of it is up to the player.
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'''Basic Trope''': Ageless Faceless Gender Neutral Culturally Ambiguous Adventure Person.
* '''Straight''': You can choose the MC's face, name, species and gender.
* '''Exaggerated''': The FiveManBand change their jobs with the JobSystem. The only thing they have of their own are their names, which you chose using the HelloInsertNameHere mechanic.
* '''Downplayed''': ???
* '''Justified''':
** It's supposed to make it feel like the main characters are your army/friends/children.
** The player character is a shapeshifter of some sorts, so he/she/it doesn't have a clearly defined appearance.
* '''Inverted''': You can't chose much about the game because of {{Railroading}}.
* '''Subverted''': They're not the real heroes. They're a group the heroes brought together to help them on a dangerous mission.
* '''Double Subverted''': You can pick the heroes too - you can also make more groups like that.
* '''Parodied''':
** Each one is literally an ArtificialHuman made by their "adoptive father", each from the DNA of his dead quintuplets. This also explains why they're identical except possibly in gender.
** Their species change with the jobs, by the same process the JobSystem works.
* '''Zig Zagged''': Some groups you can use are preset, some aren't.
* '''Averted''': You can't pick anything about the heroes.
* '''Enforced''': ???
* '''Lampshaded''': ???
* '''Invoked''': ???
* '''Exploited''': The heroes use their AdaptiveAbility to trump over situations that would be far more difficult for a conventional adventurer.
* '''Defied''': ???
* '''Discussed''': ???
* '''Conversed''': ???
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%%* '''Implied''': ???
%%* '''Untwisted''': ???
%%* '''Deconstructed''': ???
%%* '''Reconstructed''': ???
%%* '''Plotted A Good Waste''': ???
%%* '''Played For Laughs''': ???
%%* '''Played For Drama''': ???

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