History Roleplay / WarrensOfOricTheAwesome

** The game is also rich in cameos, which have included [[VideoGame/MegaManClassic Metools and Mega Man]], [[VideoGame/DragonQuest Slog the slime]], [[Franchise/KingdomHearts Blue Rhapsodies]], [[{{Franchise/Pokemon}} the Technical Machine containing the move Grass Knot]], [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZelda a round, nosy blue fairy]], and [[Franchise/SuperMarioBros Goombas]].

%%* BladeOnAStick: Spears are Riltia's weapons of choice.

* VendorTrash: The spider leg is explicitly described as such. [[SubvertedTrope A merchant refuses]] [[ItOnlyWorksOnce to buy other spider bits]]. Items which were promptly sold and had no other apparent use, such as the search-bot remains, may also count.

May be found [[http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=121809 here]].

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An illustrated suggestion adventure (ISG) started by '''freeformschooler''' of the Bay 12 forums (best known for its [[VideoGame/DwarfFortress dwarfs]]) on January 17, 2013. It mixes inspiration from classic dungeon crawlers and other retro video games, tabletop games, and the works of [[Creator/AndrewHussie Andrew Hussie]], with an ever-evolving storyline and a respectable host of side characters. The game was officially ended by freeformschooler on February 25, 2017, though the final update was four months prior and regular updates had tapered off well before that point. May be found [[http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=121809 here]].

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!!This game contains examples of the following tropes:
* AcidPool: Can be found in the areas surrounding the Underside, and near the entrance to the Greens. [[spoiler:Riltia falls in one of these, and understandably perishes. An enraged Al throws Wilford in the same pool moments later, where the same fate is met.]]

** Ciro, Riltia, Cherish and Al, the last of which is an "Aerith" once it is revealed that [[spoiler: Al stands for Alaric]].

* AffablyEvil: Oric the Awesome. It's not clear whether he's actually kindhearted, or just doesn't see the need to interfere [[spoiler:until DL4]].

* BoastfulRap: Riltia and Betweenford duke it out with this. Ciro's attempts are, meanwhile, ignored.

** Fairly common, especially given the game draws from works such as [[Webcomic/ProblemSleuth Problem Sleuth]]. For instance, when [[ItMakesSenseInContext Al tries (and fails) to bribe Wilford with Cherish]]:
--> "''I think you would have had to roll 25 on that one, dude.''"

* BribeBackfire: Ciro tries to pay a {{Giant Spider}} to leave him alone. It takes the gold and attacks him anyway.

** Later on, Al has this conversation with Cherish:
-->'''Al''': "''Heh. Cherish, didja already forget what I told you about touching my stuff?''"
-->'''Cherish''': "''Was it something about alcohol?''"
* CameBackWrong:
** Well, "came back ''different."'' [[spoiler:When Al brings Ciro back to life, he becomes a female Blood Mage.]]
** [[spoiler:Riltia]] is a more textbook example, [[spoiler:but she gets better.]]
* CerebusSyndrome: And how! ''The Warrens of Oric the Awesome'' shifts from a lighthearted dungeon-crawler parody inspired by Problem Sleuth, to an often quite dark, plot-driven {{Dramedy}} with high stakes and intricate lore. One can pinpoint pretty much the exact moment everything goes south, and that would be when, [[spoiler:in rapid succession: Riltia melts in an acid lake while crying out to the deceased Ciro, Al throws an innocent man into said acid lake in a fit of rage, followed by maniacal laughter, and Riltia [[AndThenJohnWasAZombie then comes back to life as a massive, carnage-seeking Illborn wyrm.]] Oh, yeah, and both then proceed to threaten the life of the ''12-year-old apprentice white mage named Cherish,'' who, having watched all of these traumatizing events unfold from mere meters away, is promptly forced to flee for her life from Al- a twisted shadow of the only family she'd ever really had- and a horrifying woman-turned-worm-beast who devours the very earth before her in a relentless pursuit of the child]]. All in all, it is not a great day for anybody, and the story is never quite the same after it.

* CriticalHit:
** If a 20 is rolled, as per the tabletop rules this ISG's rule set has its basis in.
** Ciro's "WHACK" ability guarantees this.

-->'''Riltia''': "''I think this dungeon hates us.''"
* DanceOff: The '''Groove Battle''' mechanic involves partaking in one of these.
* DeathIsCheap: [[spoiler: No fewer than three main characters are brought back from the dead.]]

* FromBadToWorse: In an attempt to help his neighbor, Mili, Al uses his recently-acquired Grass Knot skill on a ceiling leak in an attempt to patch it up. This causes what was a simple crack to become a '''gaping hole''', through which a ''giant and very pointy robot tumbles'', [[spoiler: instagibbing the person Al was trying to fix the leak ''for.'' It '''then''' proceeds to kill '''Ciro.''']]

* GiantSpider: The first monster Ciro encounters in the Warrens.

** [[spoiler: Ciro.]] Though not actually aware of it at first, [[spoiler: when Riltia points it out, Ciro understandably freaks out.]]

* HalfTheManHeUsedToBe: [[spoiler:Mili, and Al very briefly]].

** [[spoiler:Proxxy joins the team after the events of Chapter 2.]]

** [[spoiler: And then, of course, Riltia pulls a FaceHeelTurn at the end of the game, for an overall Heel Face Face Heel Turn. No wonder she's so messed up in the head, the poor lass is dizzy.]]

-->'''[=GreatWyrmGold=]''': "''Only an idiot would eat [what was believed at the time to be a likely-poisonous organ within a slime], but we've been temporarily rendered an idiot, so yes.''"
* IfYouDieICallYourStuff: SOP. An extreme example is when [[spoiler:Mili]] is killed, and Al claims ''her house''. (Which the players promptly attempted to sell.) This is not limited to just their stuff, either, as a corpse is a pretty handy storage device.

* IWarnedYou: Near the beginning of the game, freeformschooler said that [[spoiler:Rilitia would "probably just (...) steal all [Ciro's] stuff and kill [him] later."]] Forum-goers nonetheless [[spoiler:allied themselves with her]], and nearly ''three years later,'' [[spoiler:[[http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=121809.msg6615082#msg6615082 Riltia abandons the party, takes all of her valuable equipment with her, and ominously says she will see the crew again on Dungeon Level 7- if they make it that far]]]].

* TheLancer: Riltia and Al both act as this to Ciro's TheLeader at various points in the story.

* MixAndMatchWeapon: The SWORDFLAILCHAINLAMP

** freeformschooler quoted a comment from Luigi Quest, another of his games, following [[spoiler:Mili's]] death:
--->'''Darvi''': "''OH NO MURDER.''"

** The Illborn Exchange and Dark Cathedral seem to take many cues from Franchise/ShinMegamiTensei.

* TheOneGuy: There have been three dudes in the main party: Al, Ciro, and Slog. Slog, however, probably doesn't have much of a sex to speak of, so it's more like two dudes in total. [[spoiler:And of course, Ciro is later reborn as a lady, changing the male-female ratio from 2-3 to 1-4, leaving Al as The One Guy]]. Lampshaded by one forum-goer:
-->[[spoiler:'''[=GreatWyrmGold=]''': "[Al will] probably make some joke about a harem, and ''he wouldn't be particularly incorrect''. Although he may be heavily injured."]]
* TimeBomb:

** [[spoiler: Yaos counts as a living example, due to the self-destructive nature of his Soul Star.]]

** Another double Whammy comes at the ''end'' of the game, when [[spoiler:Riltia— Ciro's first ally— is revealed to have been working with Oric, confiscates Al's Soul Star, and leaves the party to wait for them at the end of the seventh Dungeon Level]] before, two updates later, [[spoiler:[[http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=121809.msg6679858#msg6679858 an enraged Ciro breaks free from the overbearing influence of the forum voices, and sets a firm line between her and them, assuming a great deal more narrative control than she'd ever let herself have prior]].]]

** [[spoiler:Asked of Al by Cherish, when the former chucks Wilford into a pool of acid.]]
** [[spoiler: Asked of Riltia by Ciro at the end of the game, when the former reveals she'd been working with Oric and enters full-tilt passive-aggressive-crazy-eternal-love mode.]]
* WhiteMage: Cherish is explicitly an apprentice white mage. Cleri the mercenary also appears to be a white mage by trade, but she never joins the party.

--> [[spoiler:'''Riltia:''' "But as long as the Cycles continue, it doesn't matter if I botch this one up, like I had to do this time. Next time Ciro and I will be friends again! Sure, s-sometimes we have to fight... but those rare Cycles where we're MORE than friends... that makes it all worthwhile."]]
--> [[spoiler:'''Ciro:''' "Okay, I suspected it before, but now I KNOW you've gone COMPLETELY off your knocker! You're supposed to be the stable one here, Riltia!"]]
--> [[spoiler: '''Riltia:''' "I am. More than you know. Well... I guess I couldn't keep up this illusion forever. See you all on [Dungeon Level 7]. If you make it."]]

* ActionGirl: Riltia, Cherish, [[spoiler:Ciro]]... most of the cast, really.
* AdamSmithHatesYourGuts: Lampshaded.
** Attempts at bargaining with shopkeepers revealed their eyebrows gave them a massive boost in difficulty during such rolls.
* AddedAlliterativeAppeal: [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast "The Six Sinister Siblings of Oric the Awesome."]]

* AerithAndBob: Ciro, Riltia, Cherish and Al.
** Averted once it is revealed that [[spoiler: Al stands for Alaric]].

* AffectionateParody: Of dungeon crawlers, [[IndecisiveParody (sometimes)]].
* AirVentEscape: Involuntarily, when Proxxy drops Ciro and Riltia into the Underside.

* AscendedExtra: Riltia, Al, Cherish, Slog, Goom-bess and [[spoiler:Proxxy]].

* BladeOnAStick: Spears are Riltia's weapons of choice.

* BreakingTheFourthWall: Fairly common, especially given the game draws from works such as [[Webcomic/ProblemSleuth Problem Sleuth]]. For instance, when [[ItMakesSenseInContext Al tries (and fails) to bribe Wilford with Cherish]]:

* CameBackWrong: Well, "came back ''different."'' [[spoiler:When Al brings Ciro back to life, he becomes a female Blood Mage.]]

* CombatPragmatist: Ciro, the "Practical Fighter", [[InformedAttribute rarely has reason to put this title to use.]]

* CriticalHit: If a 20 is rolled, as per the tabletop rules this ISG's rule set has its basis in.

* GenderBender: [[spoiler: Ciro.]] Though not actually aware of it at first, [[spoiler: when Riltia points it out, Ciro understandably freaks out.]]

* HeelFaceTurn: Riltia, although it's questionable how much of a "heel" she was.

* HeroKiller: The search-bots.
* HeroesPreferSwords[=/=]EpicFlail[=/=]ImprovisedWeapon[=/=]MixAndMatchWeapon: The SWORDFLAILCHAINLAMP

* IfYouDieICallYourStuff: SOP. An extreme example is when [[spoiler:Mili]] is killed, and Al claims ''her house''. (Which the players promptly attempted to sell.)
** This is not limited to just their stuff, either, as a corpse is a pretty handy storage device.

* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Al is somewhat contemptible, but is also a reliable ally who really cares about Cherish.
** [[spoiler: Okay, only so reliable, as he does state he intends to abandon Ciro in an unnamed cataclysm- but for the sake of saving Cherish, so it more or less balances out.]]
* KilledOffForReal: [[spoiler: Yaos,]] and several minor characters.
* KleptomaniacHero: Ciro, of course. Sometimes even in the middle of combat!

* LetsSplitUpGang: Involuntary example when [[spoiler:Al and Riltia fall through a trap door]].

* OurAngelsAreDifferent:

* RhymesOnADime: All the [[spoiler:Angels]], especially Betweenford.

* ShoutOut: freeformschooler quoted a comment from Luigi Quest, another of his games, following [[spoiler:Mili's]] death:
-->'''Darvi''': "''OH NO MURDER.''"

* SoulJar: The Soul Stars act in a similar way.

* TagalongKid: Cherish is initially a textbook example.

* TimeBomb: Sent to Al in the mail by Proxxy.

* WhamEpisode: A multi-update Wham Episode in the early days of the adventure starts when Al encounters Wilford outside the Greens, and continues until Cherish meets Proxxy. It hits hard enough to throw the entire course of the game rather out of wack.

* WhatTheHellHero: [[spoiler:Asked of Al by Cherish, when the former chucks Wilford into a pool of acid.]]

** The game is also rich in cameos, which have included [[VideoGame/MegaManClassic Metools and Mega Man]], [[VideoGame/DragonQuest Slog the slime]], [[KingdomHearts Blue Rhapsodies]], [[{{Franchise/Pokemon}} the Technical Machine containing the move Grass Knot]], [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZelda a round, nosy blue fairy]], and [[Franchise/SuperMarioBros Goombas]].

* BloodlessCarnage: A very creepy example with Betweenford. ''The Warren of Oric the Awesome'' normally isn't afraid to show blood or mutilated corpses, but when Betweenford is stabbed or cut, he doesn't bleed and hardly seems to notice.

* CerebusSyndrome: And how! ''The Warren of Oric the Awesome'' shifts from a lighthearted dungeon-crawler parody inspired by Problem Sleuth, to an often quite dark, plot-driven {{Dramedy}} with high stakes and intricate lore. One can pinpoint pretty much the exact moment everything goes south, and that would be when, [[spoiler:in rapid succession: Riltia melts in an acid lake while crying out to the deceased Ciro, Al throws an innocent man into said acid lake in a fit of rage, followed by maniacal laughter, and Riltia [[AndThenJohnWasAZombie then comes back to life as a massive, carnage-seeking Illborn wyrm.]] Oh, yeah, and both then proceed to threaten the life of the ''12-year-old apprentice white mage named Cherish,'' who, having watched all of these traumatizing events unfold from mere meters away, is promptly forced to flee for her life from Al- a twisted shadow of the only family she'd ever really had- and a horrifying woman-turned-worm-beast who devours the very earth before her in a relentless pursuit of the child]]. All in all, it is not a great day for anybody, and the story is never quite the same after it.

* CutShort: "Loose" storytelling formats such as the Illustrated Suggestion Game are vulnerable to sudden demises, and ''The Warren of Oric the Awesome'' was unfortunately no different. Its last update was on October 26, 2016, following up a very major plot point, and the adventures of Ciro and company came to their abrupt yet official end on February 25, 2017, with freeformschooler citing a lack of time for and investment in the continuation of the project.

** ...alongside many references and [[Expy similar characters]] from more well-known media.

* ShipTease: [[spoiler: Al and Ciro]], when they met for the third time. [[BrokenBase Much to the readers' frustration.]]

* NotTheIntendedUse: Using corpses as extra storage. A standard corpses take up two inventory slots, but possesses as many inventory slots itself as the person did when alive- this usually being four or more.
* OminousFloatingCastle: Skyship Serabella. Given, it's a bit lacking in the "ominous" department with [[spoiler:Ecco]] at the helm. More of an Obnoxious Floating Castle.

** The forum-goers exist in spirit within the Warrens universe, and can be summoned as spirits to help or hinder the main cast. Polydectes connects these spirits with the influence said forum-goers have over the game [[http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=121809.msg6197126#msg6197126 here]]. Note that the wall-breaking here does not go so far as to incite MediumAwareness within the ISG's actual cast; that is to say, the forum-goers are not discussed as being forum-goers within the lore.

* CombinationAttack: The '''Bro Attack''' mechanic, which allowed a character with a Perfect Heart Shipping Grid ranking towards another to initiate a powerful team attack with that person.

* DanceOff: The ''Groove Battle'' mechanic involved partaking in one of these.

* IWarnedYou: Near the beginning of the game, freeformschooler says that [[spoiler:Rilitia will "probably just (...) steal all [Ciro's] stuff and kill [him] later."]] Forum-goers nonetheless [[spoiler:ally themselves with her]], and nearly ''three years later,'' [[spoiler:[[http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=121809.msg6615082#msg6615082 Riltia abandons the party, takes all of her valuable equipment with her, and ominously says she will see the crew again on Dungeon Level 7- if they make it that far]]]].

* MinusWorld: Implied when the players [[SequenceBreaking take a ladder and put it down in a shop]], leading to a dark, under-the-level level, though this is never really confirmed.
* TheMultiverse: [[spoiler: Mega Man]] implies this to be how the Arena battles - and possible even mercenaries like Slog and Goom-bess - end up in the Warrens.

* OminousFloatingCastle: Skyship Serabella. It's a bit lacking in the "ominous" department with [[spoiler:Ecco]] at the helm.

* RhymesOnADime: All the angels, especially Betweenford.

* ShoutOut: freeformschooler quotes a comment from Luigi Quest, another of his games, when Mili is killed:

* TemptingFate: The forum-goers do this relatively often, in jest; rarely seriously, [[BelievingTheirOwnLies according to them.]]

* DanceOff: The Groove Battle mechanic involved partaking in one of these.

* Fembot: [[spoiler:Ecco]] pilots a PRETTY PRETTY PRINCESS ROBOT.

* CerebusSyndrome: And how! ''The Warren of Oric the Awesome'' shifts from a lighthearted dungeon-crawler parody inspired by Problem Sleuth, to an often quite dark, plot-driven {Dramedy} with high stakes and intricate lore. One can pinpoint pretty much the exact moment everything goes south, and that would be when, [[spoiler:in rapid succession: Riltia melts in an acid lake while crying out to the deceased Ciro, Al throws an innocent man into said acid lake in a fit of rage, followed by maniacal laughter, and Riltia [[AndThenJohnWasAZombie then comes back to life as a massive, carnage-seeking Illborn wyrm.]] Oh, yeah, and both then proceed to threaten the life of the ''12-year-old apprentice white mage named Cherish,'' who, having watched all of these traumatizing events unfold from mere meters away, is promptly forced to flee for her life from Al- a twisted shadow of the only family she'd ever really had- and a horrifying woman-turned-worm-beast who devours the very earth before her in a relentless pursuit of the child]]. All in all, it is not a great day for anybody, and the story is never quite the same after it.

* BreakingTheFourthWall: Fairly common, especially given the work draws from works such as [[Webcomic/ProblemSleuth Problem Sleuth]]. For instance, when [[ItMakesSenseInContext Al tries (and fails) to bribe Wilford with Cherish]]:

* ArtShift: Transfers to and between top-down and sideways perspectives (depending on if the current update is in the Underside or the Warrens proper), and even a 3D-rendered environment for at least one scene, were interesting examples of freeformschooler testing new waters for the project.

-> '''Dariush''': ''"Uh, what? We started out as a simple stick figure in some sort of a top-down parody of oldschool dungeon crawlers. Now we're in a graphic sideview sprawling open-ended RPG kind of thing with characters, deep story, sociopaths and murder, occasional flash animations and danceoffs. How is this even remotely consistent?"''

Your name is '''Ciro.''' You have traveled for some time from your land, the '''Kingdom of Haria,''' to the dungeon you now stand in: the '''Warrens of Oric the Awesome.''' You do not know who '''Oric the Awesome''' is, but if he's so awesome, he probably has awesome loot, too!

An illustrated suggestion adventure started by Freeformschooler on the Bay 12 forums. It mixes inspiration from classic dungeon crawling and other retro video games with an ever-evolving storyline and a respectable host of side characters. May be found [[http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=121809 here]].

* AcidPool: [[spoiler: Riltia falls in, Al throws Wilford in for no reason.]]
* ActionGirl: Riltia, [[spoiler:Ciro]], about half the cast.

** Attempts at bargaining with shopkeepers revealed their eyebrows give them a massive boost in difficulty during such rolls.

* AffablyEvil: Oric the Awesome. It's not clear whether he's actually kind-hearted or doesn't see the need to interfere [[spoiler:until DL4.]]
* AffectionateParody: Of dungeon crawlers [[IndecisiveParody (sometimes)]].
* AirVentEscape: Involuntary example when Proxxy drops Ciro and Riltia to the Underside.
* AmbiguousGender: Briefly, Yaos was mistaken for a woman.

* ArtShift: The art style has not only become more refined, but switches between top-down and sideways perspectives (depending on if the current update is in the Underside or the Warrens proper).
* AscendedExtra: Al, Cherish, and arguably Riltia and Slog (both of whom took on far greater importance than their original statuses would have indicated).
* BackFromTheDead: [[spoiler:Al, Ciro. Appropriately, each was brought back by the other--Al by Ciro's use of Oversoul, Ciro by...some kind of machine?]] Also [[spoiler:Riltia]], although it's complex in her case. [[spoiler:Slog is BACK! Due to shenanigans.]]
* BladeOnAStick: A spear is Riltia's weapon of choice.
* BloodlessCarnage: A very creepy example with Betweenford. The Warrens of Oric normally isn't shy to show blood or mutilated corpses, but when Betweenford is stabbed or cut, he doesn't bleed and hardly seems to notice.
* BloodMagic: [[spoiler:Ciro]]'s blood magic seems to be a more literal interpretation, as it takes actual blood from her body and turns it into various items. More uses may exist but have not been discovered.
* BoastfulRap: An amazing one between Riltia and Betweenford. Ciro tries this and is ignored.
* BreakingTheFourthWall: Fairly common. For instance, when [[ItMakesSenseInContext Al tries to bribe Wilford with Cherish]]:

** Aside from a few characters commenting on game mechanics, the forumgoers seem to exist in the Warrens universe as spirits of some kind, and can be summoned in special "spirit duels" or by certain traps. Polydectes connects these spirits with the influence said forumgoers have over the game [[http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=121809.msg6197126#msg6197126 here]].

* BrickJoke: Several.
** Ciro attempts to check Al's items Al replies:

** Later on Al has this conversation with Cherish:

** Near the beginning of the game, freeformschooler said that [[spoiler:"[Rilitia]'s probably just going to steal all your stuff and kill you later."]] And nearly three years later, [[spoiler:[[http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=121809.msg6615082#msg6615082 Rilitia abandons the party, taking all of her equipment with her, and ominously says she will see Ciro again on Dungeon Level 7 if she makes it]].
* CallBack: A quest-giving angel statue like the one near the start of the Warrens was found later on. It reacted... interestingly to [[spoiler:Riltia having been killed and still being with Ciro]].
* CameBackWrong: Well, "came back different." [[spoiler:When Al brought Ciro back to life, he became a female Blood Mage.]]
** [[spoiler:Riltia]] is a more classical example, [[spoiler:but she got better.]]
* CerebusSyndrome: And how! TWoOtA went from a light (in rules and tone) dungeon-crawler-parody to a plot-driven, dark adventurey game. The "official" turning point is probably when [[spoiler:Riltia died and [[AndThenJohnWasAZombie turned into an Illborn]]]].
* CombatPragmatist: Ciro started as a "Practical Fighter". [[InformedAttribute This rarely came up.]]
** The Outer Slicer, despite not even being targeted by Ciro or his allies, leaves to get reinforcements rather than fight them. However, it is unclear if this is due to pragmatism or just not wanting to deal with the insanity of the group.
* ComedicSociopathy: Al. For instance, why does he keep kicking Cherish away from stuff?
* ConvectionSchmonvection: Dungeon level 1 has a room surrounded by lava. No one finds this odd.
* CreepyDoll: When Al, Riltia were captured and Slog [[spoiler:was slain]], Ciro made puppets of the crew to help her stay sane. The first were simple, but later puppets were increasingly creepy.
* CriticalHit: If you roll a 20. Ciro's "WHACK" ability guarantees this.

* CuttingTheKnot: Attempted several times with a door over lava. Eventually, [[DieChairDie stabbing the door]] works. Kinda.

* DeathIsCheap: So far 3 main characters have been brought back from the dead. Minor characters haven't had such luck.
* DestinedBystander: [[spoiler:Al.]]
* DisproportionateRetribution: Al destroyed one of Proxxy's searchbots. Proxxy sent Al a bomb [[WhatAnIdiot which was powerful enough to disable power in the Warrens!]]
* TheDitz: Riltia
* DungeonCrawling: The driving force of the game, especially at the start. Of course, later on it gets a little [[OffTheRails complicated.]]
* ElementalRockPaperScissors‎: [[SubvertedTrope Subverted.]] Elemental damage boosts are based on what the target is made from. So instead of Ice beating Fire, Ice deals double damage to Magical foes (like Wisps).
* Fembot: PRETTY PRETTY PRINCESS ROBOT
* FiveManBand:
** TheLeader: Ciro
** TheLancer: Al
** TheBigGirl: Riltia
** TheSmartGuy: Goombess
** TagalongKid: Cherish
** SixthRanger: [[spoiler: Proxxy and Yaos]]
** TeamPet: Slog
* FromBadToWorse: Using Grass Knot on a leak causes the leak to turn into a big hole and a giant metallic monster to fall through the hole!
* FunnyBackgroundEvent: While Ciro and Cherish attempt to climb up on a ledge, A.W. calmly picks up Goombella and walks offscreen without them noticing.

* GenderBender: [[spoiler: Ciro.]] Though not actually aware of it at first, [[spoiler: when Riltia points it out, she freaks out.]]
* GirlOnGirlIsHot: Al and some of the players.

* GoodBadBugs: Using corpses as storage.[[note]]Corpses take up two inventory slots, typically, but can hold as much as the person did when alive--typically, at least 4 slots.[[/note]]
* GuestStarPartyMember: Very common due to the nature of the game. Examples include Cool crab, Yaos, PX-39, and [[spoiler: Slog]].
* HalfTheManHeUsedToBe: Mili, [[spoiler:Al (temporarily)]]
* HeelFaceTurn: Riltia, although it's questionable how much of a "Heel" she was.

* HeroKiller: The searchbots.

* [[IdiotBall Idiot Scroll]]: Early on, Ciro read a scroll which made him... [[{{Understatement}} less intelligent]].
-->'''[=GreatWyrmGold=]''': "''Only an idiot would eat it, but we've been temporarily rendered an idiot, so yes.''"
* IfYouDieICallYourStuff: SOP. An extreme example is when Mili got killed, Al claimed her ''house''! (Which the players promptly attempted to sell.)
** This is not limited to just their stuff either as a corpse is a pretty handy storage device.
* ImprovisedWeapon: Ciro attacked a giant spider with his bandana. Surprisingly, it worked.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Al
* KilledOffForReal: [[spoiler: Yaos,]] and several minor characters. [[spoiler: No longer Slog]]

* LetsSplitUpGang: Involuntary example when [[spoiler:Al and Riltia fall through a trapdoor]].

* MediumAwareness: Arguable example in that people seem to understand when you're looking at their items' menus and are capable of stopping you from doing so.
** More definite examples inevitably crop up with whichever character is currently being controlled.
* MegaCrossover: Sort of.
* MinusWorld: Implied when the players [[SequenceBreaking took a ladder and put it down in a shop]], but never really confirmed.

* NoHeroDiscount: [[AdamSmithHatesYourGuts The vendors here just hate Ciro.]] Possibly justified, in that Ciro isn't trying to save the world or anything like that, as far as the shopkeepers or Ciro himself is aware.

* OurAngelsAreDifferent: Possibly Betweenford.

* OurVampiresAreDifferent: While [[spoiler:Al]] is the only (known) vampire in the story so far, he does act rather differently than most vampires, and seems to lack many of their typical powers. He is also a druid.

* PortableHole: The ladder works like this. Riltia and Ciro use it to access a VoidBetweenTheWorlds.
* PutOnABus: Cherish joined Proxxy and the story moved elsewhere. [[spoiler: TheBusCameBack, however; Ciro found her and got her to rejoin the party!]]
* RelationshipValues: Shipping grid calibration achieved.

* SchizoTech: From various mechanical monsters to Proxxy, many high-tech elements exist; aside from these, however, the setting seems mostly like standard fantasy fare.
* SdrawkcabName: Oric and Ciro.

* ShipTease: [[spoiler: Al and Ciro]] when they met for the third time. [[BrokenBase Much to the readers' frustration.]]
* ShoutOut: freeformschooler quoted a comment from Luigi Quest, another of his games, when Mili was killed:

** Cameos have included [[VideoGame/MegaManClassic Metools]] and Mega Man, [[VideoGame/DragonQuest Slog the slime]], [[KingdomHearts Blue Rhapsodys]], [[Pokemon TM86]], and [[Franchise/SuperMarioBros Goombas]]
** The Illborn Exchange and Dark Cathedral seem to take many cues from ShinMegamiTensei
* SpikesOfDoom: Ciro steps on a weight-triggered spike trap almost as soon as he enters the warrens.
* SoulJar: The soul stars.
* StatOVision: The polar eye can reveal almost anything about a person, if you have the proper clearance.
* SwordBeam: The clot cutter can shoot lazers
* TagalongKid: Cherish, at first.
* TemptingFate: Relatively common, rarely serious. An example from the first page:

* TheOneGuy: The only non-females to have been in the party have been Al, Slog (probably a hermaphrodite), and Ciro [[spoiler:before he came back to life]]. Lampshaded by one player:
-->'''[=GreatWyrmGold=]''': "[Al]'ll probably make some joke about a harem, and ''he wouldn't be particularly incorrect''. Although he may be heavily injured."
* TheWikiRule: [[http://twoota.wikia.com/wiki/TWoOtA_Wiki Here]]

** [[spoiler: Yaos counts due to the self destructive nature of his/her Soul Star.]]
* UseYourHead: Ciro the OK headbutts things often. It works well against spiders, not so well against slimes.
* VendorTrash: The spider leg is described as such. [[SubvertedTrope A merchant refuses]] [[ItOnlyWorksOnce to buy other spider bits]]. Other items, such as the dead metal monster, may also count as they were promptly sold and had no other apparent use.
* VoidBetweenTheWorlds: Empty space not in use my the random room generation. Ciro and Rilta fight Betweenford there.
* WhamEpisode: A multi-update one started when Al met Wilford outside the Greens and continued until Cherish met Proxxy.
** A double whammy comes when [[spoiler:Rilitia—Ciro's first ally—leaves the party]] and, two updates later, [[spoiler:[[http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=121809.msg6679858#msg6679858 Ciro asserts herself]].]]
* WhiteMage: Cherish. Slog took on this role briefly when he had access to a healing ability. Cleri the mercenary also counts, even though she never joined the party.

** Cameos have included [[VideoGame/MegaManClassic Metools]] and Mega Man, [[DragonQuest Slog the slime]], [[KingdomHearts Blue Rhapsodys]], [[Pokemon TM86]], and [[Franchise/SuperMarioBros Goombas]]

** Cameos have included [[VideoGame/MegaManClassic Metools]] and Mega Man, [[DragonQuest Slog the slime]], [[KingdomHearts Blue Rhapsodys]], [[Pokemon TM86]], and [[SuperMarioBros Goombas]]

* WhamEpisode: Everything starting from Al meeting Wilford outside the Greens, to Cherish meeting Proxxy