History VideoGame / GrimDawn

* GodOfLight: Two in this universe that showcase the aspects of light, fittingly they're brothers. Empyrion, who represents light's [[LightIsGood protective and life giving]] aspects, and Korvaak whose represents light's [[LightIsNotGood unforgiving harshness and desctructive]] qualities.

* BeefGate: Besides the judicious use of BrokenBridge, sections of the overworld are populated with enemies of a set level range to discourage lower-level players from trying to explore these areas too early. For instance, the Arkovian Foothills, directly east of Devil's Crossing, are filled with enemies that are typically nearly impossible to kill with a character that has not already gained experience from killing the considerably weaker enemies from Devil's Crossing to the Burrwitch Estates.

* GodOfLight: Two in this universe that showcase the aspects of light, fittingly they're brothers. Empyrion, who represents light's [[LightIsGood proctive and life giving]] aspects, and Korvaak whose represents light's [[LightIsNotGood unforgiing harshness and desctructive]] qualities.

* WrongGenreSavvy: You can find the notes of a man named Harod who gets shoved in a maze by a companion who betrays him. He states that the way you find the exit of a cave is by follwoing the way the torch is blows. [[spoiler: normally this would work except he's inside a living thing, the Maw of Enaht, and he's more likely just following it's respiration deeper inside.]]

** Auto-pick up for cash, food and potions when touching them.

** All partial components can be combined with the touch of a button.
** When blueprints are learned, they are moved to the blacksmith's window and are available for ''all'' your characters. Therefore, you no longer waste inventory space, money or time farming them.
** The blacksmith will list all of available recipes and all the required components, including the ones you have and those which are missing. In addition, you no longer need to carry components in your inventory to use them for crafting, you can just leave them in your stash and visit the blacksmith.

* MakeThemRot: The terraforming activities of the Aetherial Terraformers, Obelisks, Herald of the Flame and Herald of Destruction are responsible for much of the lands around Homestead and Port Valbury being turned into vast fields of aetherfire that heavily damage any non-Aetherial being passing through them.

** Red: Nemesis boss, [[OptionalBoss Secret Boss]] or Celestial Bosses. [[SuperPersistentPredator No matter where you run, he will hunt you down relentlessly 'till you're dead.]] Secret Bosses are as equally difficult and can easily kill you in few hits.

** White: Basic {{Mook}}. Unremarkable.

** Red: Nemesis boss. [[SuperPersistentPredator No matter where you run, he will hunt you down relentlessly 'till you're dead.]]

''Grim Dawn'' takes place in the world of Cairn, where humanity is caught in between an eternal war between two otherworldly forces: the Aetherials, who seek to use human bodies as a resource to take over the world; and the Chthonians, creatures from the void who seek to wipe out humanity before the Aetherials can use them. Their war has brought the world of Cairn to the brink of destruction. For humankind, it is the dawn of a grim new age where iron has replaced gold as currency and the great civilisations of old are nothing but a memory.

Similar to ''Titan Quest'', the player can initially choose one out of several different classes, known as "Masteries", each focusing on different gameplay styles. At a slightly higher level, the player is given the choice to select a second Mastery to specialise in, allowing them to hybridise their character based on their own play style.

[[ExpansionPack An expansion]], titled ''Ashes of Malmouth'', was released on October 12, 2017, and included two new Masteries: the Inquisitor, who specialises in combining GunsAkimbo with magic bullets and elemental traps, and the Necromancer, who focuses on [[DemBones raising skeletal minions]] as well as using arcane attacks and spells. The plot in ''Ashes of Malmouth'' centers around the Taken working alongside the Black Legion to assault the city of Malmouth, which has been converted into the Aetherials' main base where their leader, the Shaper of Flesh, is on the cusp of creating a new weapon that could shatter the human resistance and complete the Aetherial takeover of Cairn.

** Another shows up as anohter secret level[[spoiler:, the Maw of Enaht,]] which is a gaint... thing you have to fight your way through.

* MagicKnight: Almost all characters will be this, since the only pure combat mastery is the Soldier and only Occultists and Arcanists are pure casters, but the Shaman and Nightblade win the prize.
** The Shaman's prefered method of casting lightning spells? Imbue it into a BFS and smash the enemy in the face.
** Almost everything in the Nightblade mastery outside the dual-wield passive line uses magic, but all of that magic is focused on magically augmented swordplay or magical blades.

* FantasyGunControl: Averted entirely, since anyone can use pistols and rifles with the most primitive missile weapon available being the various crossbows. ''Grim Dawn'', alongside ''VideoGame/ArcanumOfSteamworksAndMagickObscura'' and ''VideoGame/{{Torchlight}}'', were some of the most prominent Western fantasy {{RPG}}s at the time to make extensive use of gunpowder firearms in its setting (usually it's either absent, only available as cannons, restricted to hero units and etc.)

* SequenceBreaking: had the prison cut off from the Arkovian Hills by a broken bridge. The Arkovian Hills are for Act 2 but get enough Scrap and Iron Bits and bridge can be repaired. Go past and instead of fighting mindless weak zombies, you'll be up against a [[BeefGate horde of bandits with guns and magic]]. But survive them and go further and you can get much better equipment before you even go against the Reanimator(the first major quest of the game).

* FantasyGunControl: Averted entirely, since anyone can use pistols and rifles.

* SequenceBreaking: Since the game is mostly open world, it is possible to collect quest items or kill story bosses long before getting any quests to do so. For example, the player can potentially kill Warden Krieg and Darius Cronley before even speaking to Captain Bourbon in Devil's Crossing, but this will take a very long time.