History PlayingWith / LordBritishPostulate

* '''Deconstructed''': [[GameBreakingBug Things go sideways]] when a ''World of Realms'' player goes and kills a high-level NPC responsible for supplying the main quest. The game is shut down to patch the code.

* '''Zig Zagged''': ''World of Realms'' allows players to kill anything and everything in the game world, at least until its out of [[ObviousBeta beta]].

* '''Exploited''': Killing certain [=NPCs=] grants players a bonus against rivals.

* '''Inverted''': Players in ''World of Realms'' are totally invincible.

* '''Deconstructed''': [[GameBreakingBug Things go sideways]] when a ''World of Realms'' player [[WhatAnIdiot goes and kills a high-level NPC responsible for supplying the main quest]]. The game is shut down to patch the code.

* '''Double Subverted''': [=NPCs=] in ''World of Realms'' fall to their knees and may be talked to still but no longer attack (although they will cast spells if included in dialog trees). [[DevelopersForesight That is actually a developer failsafe for death by overriding their 'loot' action is changed to the talk action and setting their animation and death state to always be collapsed.]] Casting a resurrect spell on them causes them to stand up again.

* '''Straight''': In ''[[MassivelyMultiplayerOnlineRolePlayingGame World of Realms]]'', [=NPCs=] aren't meant to be killed; they have 9999 HP, take ScratchDamage from all attacks, and heal to full health every frame. However, if a player uses the fully upgraded DeathOfAThousandCuts skill on them, and has just the right equipment and active spells to make it activate ''10 times per use'', the scratch damage adds up, and the NPC dies before they have a chance to heal to full health.

* '''Exaggerated''': In ''[[FirstPersonShooter Invincible Monsters]]'', the enemy can't be defeated [[GunsAreUseless by shooting them]]. The whole point of the game is to defeat them using [[JokeItem unconventional means]].

** If a thing is programmed, it can be reprogrammed.

** There is one NPC who is a recurring World Boss. On a few servers had players killed him through unexpected means. [[ThrowItIn Only for those servers his subsequent appearances were replaced with]] [[AscendedExtra his lieutenant]] and the killing technique was patched out.

* '''Double Subverted''': [=NPCs=] in ''World of Realms'' fall to their knees and may be talked to still but no longer attack (although they will cast spells if included in dialog trees). [[DevelopersForesight That is actually a developer failsafe for death by overriding their 'loot' action is changed to the talk action and setting their animation and death state to always be collapsed.]] Casting a resurrect spell on them causes them to stand up and

* '''Double Subverted''': [=NPCs=] in ''World of Realms'' fall to their knees and may be talked to still but no longer attack (although they will cast spells if included in dialog trees). [[DeveloperForesight That is actually a developer failsafe for death by overriding their 'loot' action is changed to the talk action and setting their animation and death state to always be collapsed.]] Casting a resurrect spell on them causes them to stand up and

* '''Downplayed''': [=NPCs=] can be killed in ''World of Realms'', but only by using the exceedingly rare [[InfinityPlusOneSword Sword Of Game Breaking]].

* '''Straight''': In ''[[MassivelyMultiplayerOnlineRolePlayingGame World of Realms]]'', [=NPCs=] aren't meant to be killed; they have 999 HP, take ScratchDamage from all attacks, and heal to full health every frame. However, if a player uses the DeathOfAThousandCuts skill on them, and has just the right equipment and active spells to make it activate 6 times per use, the scratch damage adds up, and the NPC dies before they have a chance to heal to full health.

* '''Straight''': In ''[[MassivelyMultiplayerOnlineRolePlayingGame World of Realms]]'', [=NPCs=] aren't meant to be killed; they have 9999 HP, take ScratchDamage from all attacks, and heal to full health every frame. However, if a player uses the DeathOfAThousandCuts skill on them, and has just the right equipment and active spells to make it activate 6 times per use, the scratch damage adds up, and the NPC dies before they have a chance to heal to full health.

* '''Straight''': In ''[[MassivelyMultiplayerOnlineRolePlayingGame World of Realms]]'', it is possible [[GoodBadBugs to kill [=NPCs=] by conventional means]].

* '''Exploited''': Killing certain NPC's grants players a bonus against rivals.
* '''Defied''': [[InvulnerableCivilians NPC's in ''World of Realms'' can't be killed]] except by directly messing with the game's code.

* '''Reconstructed''': The programmers decide to allow NPCs to be killed in special circumstances to add a layer of strategy to the game.

* '''Zig Zagged''': '''World of Realms'' allows players to kill anything and everything in the game world, at least until its out of [[ObviousBeta beta]].