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* TheSixStats: The game has six stats: Strength, Constitution, Dexterity, Perception, Intelligence and Charisma.
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* TheCon: A well-spoken character has a number of opportunities to cheat people out of their money. The grifter background outright specializes in it.
** The loremaster start is one. Feng seems to indicate that this isn't uncommon for loremasters, although he's not the most honest source of information to begin with.
* ConcussionFrags: Averted with blackpowder bombs, as there are both regular bombs and a distinct schrapnel-filled variety.
** The loremaster start is one. Feng seems to indicate that this isn't uncommon for loremasters, although he's not the most honest source of information to begin with.
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** A well-spoken character has a number of opportunities to cheat people out of their money. The grifter background outright specializes in it.
** The loremasterstart is one.starts with running a con. Feng seems to indicate that this isn't uncommon for loremasters, although he's not the most honest source of information to begin with.
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** The loremaster
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* CutsceneIncompetence: There are a couple of points, such as when trying to kill your way through Antidas' house or fight through Gaelius' guards alone, where you'll be killed in combat regardless of your stats. In the latter case, you get an ending screen where this happens [[ThatBattleDidntCount right after you win the actual fight]].
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* CutsceneIncompetence: There are a couple of points, such as when trying to kill your way through Antidas' house or fight through Gaelius' guards alone, where you'll be killed in combat regardless of your stats. In the latter case, you get an ending screen where this happens [[ThatBattleDidntCount [[TheBattleDidntCount right after you win the actual fight]].
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* InadequateInheritor: Gaelius' nephew, Serenas, is his only heir. Unlike his uncle, Serenas is spoiled and very incompetant, having spent his time with prostitutes.
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* InadequateInheritor: Gaelius' nephew, Serenas, is his only heir. Unlike his uncle, Serenas is spoiled and very incompetant, incompetent, having spent his time with prostitutes.
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* NintendoHard: Loading screens for the game often say that “You will die. Save often.” They really do mean it.
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* SelfImposedChallenge: You can go through the whole game without being on the combat screen even once. You can still kill a surprising number of people with sneak attacks or by turning anchient traps against them.
* ShoutOut: The achievements "300" and "Game of Thrones" can be acquired following the Imperial Guard and the Merchant Guild questlines. The achievement for getting an artificial eye is called "[[VideoGame/DeusEx My vision is augmented]]".
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* SpiritualSuccessor: To ''VideoGame/{{Fallout}}'' and the many others that are also spiritual successors to it (such as ''VideoGame/{{Arcanum}}'' and ''VideoGame/TheFallLastDaysOfGaia''). It's also quite similar to ''VideoGame/{{Darklands}}'' in several aspects, being based on a low-magic pseudo-historical setting with a brutal difficulty curve.
* ShoutOut: The achievements "300" and "Game of Thrones" can be acquired following the Imperial Guard and the Merchant Guild questlines. The achievement for getting an artificial eye is called "[[VideoGame/DeusEx My vision is augmented]]".
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** DropTheHammer: Each hit has an additional chance to wear down armor and shields.
** Archer: Can attack from range, but not up close. Downsides include ammo issues (this game does not use MoneyForNothing), low skill characters will often miss, low armor penetration (or if using pierceing arrows, low damage). Like all ranged weapons, shield users have a bonus to their block rate against ranged attacks.
** Archer: Can attack from range, but not up close. Downsides include ammo issues (this game does not use MoneyForNothing), low skill characters will often miss, low armor penetration (or if using pierceing arrows, low damage). Like all ranged weapons, shield users have a bonus to their block rate against ranged attacks.
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** DropTheHammer: Hammers: Each hit has an additional chance to wear down armor and shields.
** Archer: Can attack from range, but not up close. Downsides include ammo issues (this game does not use MoneyForNothing), low skill characters will often miss, low armor penetration (or if usingpierceing piercing arrows, low damage). Like all ranged weapons, shield users have a bonus to their block rate against ranged attacks.
** Archer: Can attack from range, but not up close. Downsides include ammo issues (this game does not use MoneyForNothing), low skill characters will often miss, low armor penetration (or if using
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* BonusBoss: The "inn fight" in the combat demo.
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* CutsceneIncompetence: There are a couple of points, such as when trying to kill your way through Antidas' house or fight through Gaelius' guards alone, where you'll be killed in combat regardless of your stats. In the latter case, you get an ending screen where this happens [[ThatBattleDidntCount right after you win the actual fight]].
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** BladeOnAStick: Can push back enemies that try to advance, has "reach". (Un)suprisingly effective when combined with crippling legs and backing away from foes. Can impale foes.
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* SelfImposedChallenge: You can go through the whole game without being on the combat screen even once. You can still kill a surprising number of people with sneak attacks or by turning anchient traps against them.
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* WorfHadTheFlu: [[spoiler:Gods are weak right after returning and require time to get back to full power. That's the only reason it's possible to face them in combat.]]
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* AchievementMockery: The game has an achievement for dying on the first combat encounter.
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* HaveANiceDeath: Many of the game's combat encounters have unique GameOver text that narrates your character's final thoughts before dying, which differs based on the situation at hand. The developers likely took the time to write these due to the high frequency at which players are expected to die.
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* BlackWidow: Lady Lorenza Calani, a Maadoran noble, has married five times -- and all five of her husbands have died under mysterious circumstances, leaving her with enormous wealth and power. She's revealed to be very cold and manipulative, having trained her ladies-in-waiting to use deadly poison against anyone she deems a threat. The Boatmen of Styx mission involving her is even titled "The Black Widow".
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** AnAxeToGrind: High damage for high AP. Also can access the whirlwind attack.
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** AnAxeToGrind: Axes: High damage for high AP. Also can access the whirlwind attack.
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* WeaponOfChoice: Unusually for almost any video game, each performs widely different in combat in practice (even if how they do so is hard to describe). Also unusually is none of the weapons are "second tier" weapons for non-primary-combat characters, they are all roughly equal.
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* WeaponOfChoice: WeaponBasedCharacterization: Unusually for almost any video game, each performs widely different in combat in practice (even if how they do so is hard to describe). Also unusually is none of the weapons are "second tier" weapons for non-primary-combat characters, they are all roughly equal.
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I Love Nuclear Power is dewicked
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** ILoveNuclearPower: a few endings revolve around [[spoiler: a literal nuclear bomb. You can end up using it to wreck what little is left of the civilized world.]]
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** KnifeNut: Has low AP cost and accurate, will bypass armor often, and can "flurry" to get in even more attacks.
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** KnifeNut: DeviousDaggers: Has low AP cost and accurate, will bypass armor often, and can "flurry" to get in even more attacks.
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* ViolenceReallyIsTheAnswer: Generally averted, unless the question to be answered was "How to get killed as soon as possible?" In the tutorial alone, some [=NPCs=] will wipe the floor with you in a fair fight, even if you pour all starting points into combat-related skills.
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* ViolenceReallyIsTheAnswer: Generally averted, unless the question to be answered was "How to get killed as soon as possible?" In the tutorial alone, some [=NPCs=] will wipe the floor with you in a fair fight, even if you pour all starting points into combat-related skills. That said, the Imperial Guards are ''expected'' to solve their problems with violence, and they're less respectful of someone who rises in rank because of political acumen rather than combat skill.
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* ShoutOut: The achievements "300" and "Game of Thrones" can be acquired following the Imperial Guard and the Merchant Guild questlines.
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* ShoutOut: The achievements "300" and "Game of Thrones" can be acquired following the Imperial Guard and the Merchant Guild questlines. The achievement for getting an artificial eye is called "[[VideoGame/DeusEx My vision is augmented]]".
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* MultipleChoicePast: the eight backgrounds on offer. They don’t have any effect on your character’s main stats, but they do affect their standing with the game’s seven factions, as well as the dialogue options available for them. It is also possible to remain an unknown stranger with no background, and no associated strengths or weaknesses; however, the Drifter does still have its own opening that draws the character into the plot.
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* MultipleChoicePast: the The eight backgrounds on offer. They don’t have any effect on your character’s main stats, but they do affect their standing with the game’s seven factions, as well as the dialogue options available for them. It is also possible to remain an unknown stranger with no background, and no associated strengths or weaknesses; however, the Drifter does still have its own opening that draws the character into the plot.
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* EarnYourBadEnding: in order to get the worst ending you have to [[spoiler: kill all 3 lords, destroy Maadoran, and awaken Agatoth.]]
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* EarnYourBadEnding: in In order to get the worst ending you have to [[spoiler: kill all 3 lords, destroy Maadoran, Maadoran and awaken Agatoth.]]
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* {{Cthulhumanoid}}: [[spoiler:Agathoth's appearance in the body he inhabits is a blue variant, albeit with less tentacles on the face and mostly on the back of his head, giving it the appearance of dreadlocks.]]
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* {{Cthulhumanoid}}: [[spoiler:Agathoth's appearance in the body he inhabits is a blue variant, albeit with less tentacles on the face and mostly on the back of his head, giving it the appearance of dreadlocks. When you bring him the ruler who will become his PuppetKing, he's put on a suit of golden armor that resembles a pharaoh to hide his inhuman features to make his offer more amenable.]]
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* {{Gamebook}}: A lot of quests play out like this, with plenty of skill checks.
* TheMainCharactersDoEverything: Averted, as the things player can do depend on their skills and reputation alone, and so for every door that opens before the player, another is closed. I.e. playing non-violently increases your reputation with factions like the Commercium, but also means that the Assassins’ Guild will not even talk to you.
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* TheMainCharactersDoEverything: Averted, as the things player can do depend on their skills and reputation alone, and so for every door that opens before the player, another is closed. I.e. playing non-violently increases your reputation with factions like the Commercium, but also means that the Assassins’ Guild will not even talk to you.
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* TheMainCharactersDoEverything: Averted, as the things player can do depend on their skills and reputation alone, and so for every door that opens before the player, another is closed. I.e. playing non-violently increases your reputation StoryBranching: A lot of quests play out like this, with factions like the Commercium, but also means that the Assassins’ Guild will not even talk to you.plenty of skill checks.
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* EarnYourBadEnding: in order to get the worst ending you have to [[spoiler: kill all 3 lords, destroy Maadoran, and awaken Agatoth.]]
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* ShadowDictator: [[spoiler:Once freed, this becomes Agathoth's objective, giving you the honor of picking one of the three lords, Dux Paullus, or Miltiades to kneel to him. The ending shows that the chosen ruler becomes very successful, with rumors that there is someone behind the scenes, which only stay at that.]]
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* ShadowDictator: [[spoiler:Once freed, this becomes Agathoth's objective, giving you the honor of picking one of the three lords, Dux Paullus, yourself (if the chosen one), or Miltiades to kneel to him. The ending shows that the chosen ruler becomes very successful, with rumors that there is someone behind the scenes, which only stay at that.]]
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** DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu: several endings are reached by punching out [[spoiler: Agathoth.]] The game hints several times that such a feat is only possible due to very special circumstances and character's extreme martial prowess.
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** DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu: several endings are reached by punching out [[spoiler: Agathoth.]] The game hints several times that such a feat is only possible due to very special circumstances and the character's extreme martial prowess.
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** [[spoiler: The gods, known as Tngri in Ordu and as Yazatas in the language of the Magi, are actually [[EldritchAbomination void-dwelling beings]] who were called into the world to possess the bodies of human volunteers. The volunteers had been warded so that they would control the beings in their bodies, but the wards were sabotaged and the volunteers were [[DemonicPossession possessed]] instead, and four of the gods allied with the Qantari and declared war on the Empire; the other three opposed these and sided with the Empire and the Magi. A god is not omnipotent, but is a match for a human army in battle. As of the time of the game, all of the gods are either slain, banished back to the Void or imprisoned somewhere, but several endgames revolve around their return.]]
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** [[spoiler: The gods, known as Tngri in Ordu and as Yazatas in the language of the Magi, are actually [[EldritchAbomination void-dwelling beings]] who were called into the world to possess the bodies of human volunteers. The volunteers had been warded so that they would control the beings in their bodies, but the wards were sabotaged and the volunteers were [[DemonicPossession possessed]] instead, and four instead. Four of the gods gods, lead by Balezaar, allied with the Qantari and declared war on the Empire; while the other three three, lead by Agathoth, opposed these them and sided with the Empire and the Magi. A Though a god is not omnipotent, but omnipotent it is a match for a human army in battle. As of the time of the game, game all of the gods are either slain, banished back to the Void Void, or imprisoned somewhere, somewhere; but several endgames revolve around their return.]]
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** [[spoiler: Yet another god is trying to convince Meru to help it return to this world. If Meru performs the ritual you have the choice of siding with this god or opposing it.]]
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* ShadowDictator: [[spoiler:Once freed, this becomes Agathoth's objective, giving you the honor of picking one of the three
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* ChooseYourOwnAdventure: A lot of quests play out like this, with plenty of skill checks.
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