History Videogame / LordsOfMagic

* StealthyColossus: Water's Kraken and sea Serpent SeaMonster creatures and Earth's Legendary [[SandWorm massive burrower]],the Great Wyrm, are all one point away from having the best possible Stealth Factor. This is probably meant to reflect them moving underwater or underground. Water's Giant Spiders, which appear nearly as large as horses, have the best possible Stealth, for reasons that are less clear.
** [[InvertedTrope Inverted]] with dwarven units, who are shorter and smaller than average but always have the worst stealth in their unit category. Dwarf Infantry is somehow less stealthy than an Order KnightInShiningArmor!

* GuysSmashGirlsShoot: Of the eight Faiths seven have a male warrior (the only champion type that doesn't normally have a ranged attack). Thieves and Mages on the other hand are evenly divided between male and female.

%%* FragileSpeedster: Air and Life Barracks units.

The player controls one of eight Faiths on the world of Urak, centered around various ElementalPowers. The world of Urak, once knowing a thousand years of peace, was broken when the worshippers of [[GodOfEvil Golgoth]], united under the dark elf [[BigBad Balkoth]] to form the faith of Death, which rampaged across the world, shattering old kingdoms and desecrating the Great Temples of each Faith, leaving a world of violence and disorder in their wake. The player, starting out as an intrepid adventurer who seeks to rebuild their Faith to its former glory, sets out with a small band of loyal soldiers to cleanse the Great Temples, unify their Faith, and forge alliances or conquer enemies in order to gather a mighty host to defeat the armies of Death and destroy Balkoth.

* BowsVersusCrossbows: Crossbows are mostly used by the humans that worship Order, but also by Fire's dwarven thieves. Bows are used by the more dexterous elves, faeries, and Halflings. In gameplay units using bows and crossbows have roughly the same Range Attack damage, by bow users get superior Range and quicker Rate of Fire.

* BowsVersusCrossbows: Crossbows are mostly used by the humans that worship Order, but also by Fire's dwarven thieves. Bows are used by the more dextrous elves, faeries, and Halflings. In gameplay units using bows and crossbows have roughly the same Range Attack damage, by bow users get superior Range and quicker Rate of Fire.

* TheAllSeeingAI: When a player kills another Faith's Lord[[RoaringRampageOfRevenge every other unit that Faith had will seek and attack the player's units]] as quickly as possible regardless of line of Sight and [[SuperPersistentPredator won't stop for anything until they're destroyed.]]

* GiantSpider: Water's Legendary Creatures are man-sized spiders. Their combat stats are weak but they can disable an enemy's movement with their web and they're quite stealthy; these traits make them useful companions for thieves. They can also move on both ocean and land and their web disables enemy ships like any other unit, giving them a niche use in naval battles.

* StealthyColossus: Water's Kraken and sea Serpent SeaMonster creatures and Earth's Legendary MassiveBurrower the Great Wyrm are all one point away from having the best possible Stealth Factor. This is probably meant to reflect them moving underwater or underground.

* AnimatedArmor: This is the appearance and description of Order's high-level Order creature, the 'Warrior Spirit'. The Spirit vanishes in a flash of white light when destroyed, armor and all, so it's armor may be illusory or magical.

%%* FogOfWar

* MixAndMatch: Lords of Magic combines DungeonCrawling roleplaying game elements, turn-based grand strategy and diplomacy, and RealTimeWithPause tactical combat into a HighFantasy setting and [[TheQuest quest]] to defeat an EvilOverlord. While each individual genre is simplified the way they're combined leads to quite complex gameplay.

* BreatheWeapon: The Legendary dragons Fafnir and Ice Drake have a unique ability they can use once per turn called 'The Breathe' that will OneHitKill all enemies in an AreaOfEffect in front of them. Generic dragons and drakes shoot fireballs from their mouths for their Range Attack.