History VideoGame / Egoboo

* [{{Curse}}: [[XtremeKoolLetterzKursed]] items equipment is sticky and cannot be unequipped. Healers and uncurse potions can remove them.

The kingdom of [[ShoutOut Lo]][[Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda ru]][[{{Pun}} le]] is in distress, since the {{Dracolich}} abducted King Bishop, and various factions are trying to seize power. You play as some sort of hero, whose backstory and motivation differs by class, on a quest to [[DismantledMacGuffin gather all the Sporks of Yore]] (yes, you [[RuleOfFunny heard that right]]) so they can enter the lair of the Dracolich, slay him and save the king. [[ExcusePlot Yeah, the plot isn't this game's focus.]]

* TheDevTeamThinksOfEverything

* IdleAnimation: More noteworthy are the idle quotes, though. Especially iconic is the elf's "Baseball {{Kirby}}!".

* PoisonIsEvil: Just like in ''DungeonsAndDragons'', paladins cannot use poison, and anything inflicting "EVIL"-type damage tends to also inflict poison.

* [[XtremeKoolLetterz K]][[{{Curse}} urse]]: Kursed items equipment is sticky and cannot be unequipped. Healers and uncurse potions can remove them.

* HilariousInHindsight: When idle, the elf says "Baseball {{Kirby}}!", a catchphrase from original creator Aaron Bishop's younger brother. Later, there was SuperSmashBros, in which the interaction of Kirby and a baseball bat was a frequent scenario.

* [[SuddenlyFluentInGibberish Talks To Squirrels]]: Elves can talk to animals.

* UglyCute: Lumpkins.

* HorseOfADifferentColor: [[FinalFantasy Chocobo]][[{{Pun}} ne]]s and the Paladin's lizard mount.

* FragileSpeedster: Elves and Rogues.

* TalksToSquirrels: Elves can talk to animals.

* MagicMissile: Averted, spell aiming is semi-automatic.

More information about the game, including downloads, can be gotten [[http://egoboo.sourceforge.net/ here]]. You can download it from the package manager on various Linux variants, but it doesn't actually work.

More information about the game, including downloads, can be gotten [[http://egoboo.sourceforge.net/ here]].

* IdleAnimation: More noteworthy are the idle quotes, though. Especially iconic is the elf's "[[SuperSmashBros Baseball]] {{Kirby}}!"

* CycleOfHurting: Lumpkins are knocked down on hit, and even slow characters can hit them in faster succession than they can get up.

The kingdom of [[ShoutOut Lo]][[Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda ru]][[{{Pun}} le]] is in distress, since the {{Dracolich}} abducted King Bishop, and various factions are trying to seize power. You play as some sort of hero, whose backstory and motivation differs by class, on a quest to [[DismantledMacGuffin gather all the Sporks of Yore]] so they can enter the lair of the Dracolich, slay him and save the king. [[ExcusePlot Yeah, the plot isn't this game's focus.]]

* AnnoyingArrows: Subverted. At first glance they deal crappy damage, but the damage over time effect they turn out to have can be surprisingly deadly.
* ArtificialStupidity: The Hellrover's AI used to have trouble with ''walking''. AI allies tend to be just plain bad at combat, making no efforts to dodge and showing no trace of a defensive playstyle, so it's hard to keep them from being killed by grub bugs (pretty much the weakest foe there is).

* CastFromHitPoints: "Channel Life", a high-level healer ability, allows this when out of mana. In multiplayer with two healers in your team this basically makes you immortal.

* {{Crawl}}: There's an event ticker that tracks item acquisition, kills, triggered traps, completed objectives and so on (in a fairly whimsical manner).

* StatusBuff: Healers have some, and there are some arcane spells too, though the latter can only be used on yourself.

The kingdom of [[ShoutOut Lo]][[TheLegendOfZelda ru]][[{{Pun}} le]] is in distress, since the {{Dracolich}} abducted King Bishop, and various factions are trying to seize power. You play as some sort of hero, whose backstory and motivation differs by class, on a quest to [[DismantledMacGuffin gather all the Sporks of Yore]] so they can enter the lair of the Dracolich, slay him and save the king. [[ExcusePlot Yeah, the plot isn't this game's focus.]]

* {{Pun}}: "[[TheLegendOfZelda Lorule]]" is just the beginning.

* [[Mooks]]: Lumpkins, [=COBOLs=] and Mercenaries are the most commonly encountered ones.

The kingdom of [[ShoutOut Lo]][[TheLegendOfZelda ru]][[{{Pun}} le]] is in distress, since the {{Dracolich}} abducted King Bishop, and various factions are trying to seize power. You play as some sort of hero, whose backstory and motivation differs by class, on a quest to [[DismantledMcGuffin gather all the Sporks of Yore]] so they can enter the lair of the Dracolich, slay him and save the king. [[ExcusePlot Yeah, the plot isn't this game's focus.]]

* AdventurerArcheologist: The unlockable archeologist class is like this; as a reference, its design is incredibly close to the Indiana Jones archetype.

* ChargedAttacks: Most spells require channeling time, and some can, provided a good intelligence stat, be further charged for more power.

* AHorseByAnyOtherName: [[FinalFantasy Chocobo]][[{{Pun}} ne]]s and the Paladin's lizard mount.

* [[Mooks]]: Lumpkins, COBOLs and Mercenaries are the most commonly encountered ones.

* NonPermanentDeath: You just lose experience points and money and drop your equipment. However, this can actually reduce your level.

* ThirdPersonSnapshooter: The tourist can take photos with his cameras (and taking a photo of a certain enemy is even the objective of their starting quest).