History VideoGame / Dragonica

* DropTheHammer: One of the Warriors' most basic and effective AOE skills involves smashing enemies with giant hammers, giant flaming hammers, and giant frozen hammers.

** Magicians focus on {{magic|AIsMagicA}} and [[StandardStatusEffects status effects]].

* AntiPoopSocking: Logging off in one of the towns will cause your character to start accumulating 'Resting EXP', which can be gained 50% faster than regular exp when you next log on. This only works until level 61, after which [[BribingYourWayToVictory it's time to shell out for a fish tank]].

50 years later, Elga has been released from his extremely large, very complex yet poorly guarded Mountain Prison by a mysterious figure. Re-released and full of rage at pretty much anything that lives, Elga seeks once more to destroy and conquer the land.

Or not, since the intros reveal that some of the heroes are in it for purely personal reasons.

* AbnormalAmmo: For Hunters, throwing a large Book at enemies is enough to make them bleed.

* BoringButPractical: The warrior's 'Hammerspam' - alternating between their three first job hammer skills - can quickly dispatch mobs with little risk due to the presence of both stunning and freezing effects. Newer players tend to continue using it even at higher levels despite more powerful skills becoming available.
** Archers use their starting job Rising Shot and Anti-air Shot skills throughout all 70+ levels of their game life.

* {{Expy}}: Captain Kalygon looks like [[Franchise/PiratesOfTheCaribbean a certain Disney character]] and Gladiators are capable of summoning 'Bro', who is obviously Bruce Lee in his trademark orange jumpsuit.

** While Jesters and Harlequins are supposed to have this as their schtick, Gladiators beat them easily with killer teddy bears, a teddy bear hat and an inflatable hammer with a large '100t' printed on it in addition to the above. They can also summon a Zangief expy later on.

* RepeatableQuest: It pads the levels between the 'big' main quests with various repeatables. Notably, the InfinityPlusOneSword crafting quests are almost all repeatable and of the unlimited variety.

* SentryTurretGun: The Ranger's Auto-Shot System summons a Tank with a Mon Tank Commander in it. It fires large, slow moving, but very damaging balls of Explodium at anything that happens to come into its wide radius.

** Special Mention to Hunters: They get an impressive buff that raises their stats significantly. It's side effect is that it turns your head into a cartoon Chicken's, complete with blinking eyes. This is the reason that some Hunters are occasionally abbreviated as KFC.

* AwesomeButImpractical: The Ultimate Attacks are as ultimate as their name suggests but have the longest cooldowns in the game and can't be used against other players.

50 years later, Elga has been released from his extremely large, very complex yet poorly guarded Mountain Prison by a mysterious figure ([[spoiler:who, we later learn if you read the quest text, released him from the prison for the sake of eternal beauty, and later, if you further read the text, found out that she is Paris, the Black Mage who the world chose to forget even though she was the one who initially sealed Elga in his big old mountain prison]]). Re-released and full of rage at pretty much anything that lives, Elga seeks once more to destroy and conquer the land.

[[spoiler: Or not, since the intros reveal that some of the heroes are in it for purely personal reasons.]]

* {{Expy}}: Captain Kalygon looks like [[Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbean a certain Disney character]] and Gladiators are capable of summoning 'Bro', who is obviously Bruce Lee in his trademark orange jumpsuit.

* LinearWarriorsQuadraticWizards: Used to be played painfully straight, with Warrior classes being scarcely more powerful than Archer classes and the Battlemage line being nearly untouchable. Then [[BaseBreaker season 2]] came and the Battlemage line is now a rather lightweight StoneWall, [[StoneWall Knight]] classes are the new GameBreaker and [[CombatMedic the Acolyte line]] are {{Physical God}}s.

* [[DependingOnTheWriter Depending On The Translation]]: Priests are sometimes refered to as Acolytes or Wizards, Shamans are sometimes refered to as Oracles, Tricksters can be Jesters, and many others...

* {{Expy}}: Captain Kalygon looks like [[PiratesOfTheCaribbean a certain Disney character]] and Gladiators are capable of summoning 'Bro', who is obviously Bruce Lee in his trademark orange jumpsuit.
* FallenHero: [[spoiler:Paris]]
* {{Fartillery}}: Cloud Kill

** Magicians focus on [[MagicAIsMagicA magic]] and [[StandardStatusEffects status effects]].
*** Magicians can be promoted to [[TheMedic Priests]](or Acolytes, [[DependingOnTheWriter depending on the translation]]), who focus on [[HealingHands healing abilities]], or can be promoted to [[MagicKnight Battle Magi]] who focus on [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin battle magic]].

*** Thieves can be promoted to [[LethalJokeCharacter Tricksters]](or Jesters), who focus on [[DanceBattler flashy fighting]] and status effects, or can be promoted to [[GratuitousNinja Assasins]], who focus on stealthy fighting and strong yet fast moves.

* KamehameHadoken:For theives, this is a charge move.

* Mon: You can create miniature versions of monsters to accompany you, and, with the help of equipment, have them fight with you.

* NoKillLikeOverkill: Over Hit (Over Killed) enemies will either fly towards the screen and break it, or simply poof out of existence.
* NukeEm: One of the Howitzer class's skills involves pulling out a SlapOnTheWristNuke and tossing it at enemies. [[AwesomeButImpractical It's mostly good for knocking stuff down]].

* SealedEvilInACan: Elga
* SealedGoodInACan: The Lord of All Dragons
* SentryTurretGun: The Ranger's Auto-Shot System summons a Tank with a Mon Tank Commander in it. It fires large, slow moving, but very damaging balls of Explodium at anything that happens to come into it's wide radius.
* StatusBuff: there are special skills that can increase stats in parties or your own character.While the character that uses it gets a little mask.

** They're also the bosses that introduce {{Mook}} reinforcement in their 3 and 4 star missions.

* EverythingsEvenWorseWithSharks: Captain White Tooth is a large, anthropomorphic Purple Shark with a hook for a fin and a double barreled pistol in the other fin who terrorizes Port of Winds with his beloved girlfriend Captain Alvida, a large, anthropomorphic Pink Shark with a jeweled hook for a fin and a sniper rifle in the other fin. Both can fire regular shots and homing shots, poison shots, net shots, swipe at you for massive damage, and regenerate their health by 20% or more after a while. Oh, and did I mention they happen to have massive crews of Shark Pirates at their disposal, too?
** They're also the bosses that introduce {{Mook}} reinforcement in their 3 and 4 star missions.

* [[FighterMageThief WarriorThiefMageArcher]]: Dragonica has 8 different classes
** Warriors focus on melee damage and offensive skills.
*** Warriors can be promoted to [[MightyGlacier Knights]], who focus more on defensive skills, or can be promoted to [[BloodKnight Gladiators]], who focus even more on offensive skills.
** Magicians focus on [[MagicAIsMagicA magic]] and [[StandardStatusEffects status effects]].
*** Magicians can be promoted to [[TheMedic Priests]](or Acolytes, [[DependingOnTheWriter depending on the translation]]), who focus on [[HealingHands healing abilities]], or can be promoted to [[MagicKnight Battle Magi]] who focus on [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin battle magic]].
** Thieves focus on direct combat and [[FragileSpeedster speed]].
*** Thieves can be promoted to [[LethalJokeCharacter Tricksters]](or Jesters), who focus on [[DanceBattler flashy fighting]] and status effects, or can be promoted to [[InstantAwesomeJustAddNinja Assasins]], who focus on stealthy fighting and strong yet fast moves.
** Archers focus on remote combat and speed.
*** Archers can be promoted to [[NatureHero Hunters]], who have a [[TheGimmick wide variety of skills]] but low offensive power, or can be promoted to Rangers, who have a small variety of skills but have a lot of offensive power.

* AwesomeButPractical: The second job for all classes is the player's introduction to the more spectacular powers in the game, and many of the skills are useful for more than ''fifty'' levels after.

* BigBadassWolf: The Big Bad Wolf Boss and Vega, both of whom are REALLY tough to beat if you don't have a party and don't follow recommended level notices.

* TheArcher

** [[TheArcher Archers]] focus on remote combat and speed.