Line #213 Characters/NexusWar


1	In ''VideoGame/NexusWar'', classes are arranged into tiers. Every type of character alignment- Angelic, Demonic or Unaligned- can choose between a 'combat' class and a 'magic' class early in the game, which defines which classes are available to them later on. Both games in the series use roughly the same set of character classes, although some have significant differences between adaptations.
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3	[[foldercontrol]]
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5	[[folder:Mortal (tier 1)]]
6	''All characters begin as mortals.''
7	* OnlySaneMan - Probably.
8	* TakeALevelInBadass - Mortals usually do this several times before becoming something else.
9	* TheTeamNormal
10	* UnfazedEveryman - Some characters stay mortal and become this on purpose.
11	[[/folder]]
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13
14	[[folder:Angelic Classes]]
15
16	!!Paladin (Tier 2 combat)
17	''A powerful soldier for the forces of good.''
18	* HolyHandGrenade
19
20	!!Shepherd (Tier 2 magic)
21	''A priest for the forces of good. ''
22	* HealingHands
23	* TheMedic or CombatMedic - Depend a lot on skill choice.
24
25	!!Divine Herald (Tier 3 combat)
26	''A swift hunter that roots out the forces of evil.''
27	* EnemyDetectingRadar: Can detect demons in their vicinity, even hidden or invisible.
28	* FlamingSword: Their Crimson Gladius
29	* GlassCannon: Harbinger of War and Harbinger of Conquest reduce the Herald's soak values and increase their damage the more they hit a target.
30	* ScarilyCompetentTracker: Also had the Enhanced Senses skill to find all hidden characters
31
32	!!Holy Champion (Tier 3 combat)
33	''A powerful guardian of the forces of light.''
34	* CarFu - In the original Nexus War, ''Divine'' Champions could do this via Cloak of Steel and its child skills. Bonus points for flattening your enemies with an ''ambulance''.
35	* ElementalPowers
36	* ElementalShapeshifter: Into forms of fire, metal, water, or wind.
37	* WingedHumanoid
38
39	!!Seraph (Tier 3 combat)
40	''A divine angel with great and terrible power.''
41	* ChainsawGood
42	* ClockPunk - See NinjaPirateZombieRobot.
43	* KnightTemplar
44	* LawfulGood: Even more then Holy Champions, or any other class. They can get a skill allowing them to kill pretty much anyone with no morality change.
45	* NinjaPirateZombieRobot: Seraphs are Angelic Steampunk/clockpunk Robot SuperSoldier LawfulGood flying warriors of JUSTICE!
46	* WingedHumanoid
47
48	!!Lightspeaker (Tier 3 magic)
49	''A holy being with the power to command lesser creatures of the light.''
50	* ClockPunk - Judgemaster.
51	* LightEmUp
52	* MechaMooks
53	* SummonMagic
54	* WingedHumanoid
55
56	!!Archon (Tier 3 magic)
57	''An Archon has only one purpose: Cleanse the Nexus of the unworthy.''
58	* EyeBeams: Eye of Judgement and its upgrades
59	* GlassCannon: Has no defensive skills, pets, or other protections.
60	* HolyHandGrenade: The offensive spellcaster class among angels and capable of dispensing a lot of punishment.
61	* LaserBlade: Blade of Light and its upgrades
62	* MakeMeWannaShout: Song of the Word, an area-effect holy skill that harms Evil targets
63	* MusicalAssassin
64
65	!!Advocate (Tier 3 magic)
66	''A divine being with a magnificent grasp of holy magic.''
67	* CombatMedic
68	* StatusBuff: Can grant a blessing with a variety of effects to Good characters in the area. Is unique in their ability to apply the effect of potions and buffing spells to other characters instead of itself.
69	* WingedHumanoid
70
71	!!Redeeemed (Tier 3, must be entered from a demonic Tier 2 class)
72	''A demon who has turned away from their former path''
73	* TheAtoner: Repentance is their major theme
74	* CastFromHitPoints: Many of their skills cost hit points to use, to the point that one optional skill significantly increases maximum HP and lowers maximum MP. Other skills cost morality points to use, putting their redemption in jeopardy.
75	* DiscardAndDraw: Loses access to all of their former demonic powers when they become good.
76	* StoneWall: Mask of the Penitent grants increased soak and immunity to some demonic status effects while greatly lowering accuracy and damage. Mask of the Martyr makes the Redeemed completely unable to attack but causes demons who attack them to rapidly shift towards good morality.
77	[[/folder]]
78
79	[[folder:Demonic Classes]]
80
81	!!Pariah (Tier 2 combat)
82	''A half-demon, servitor warrior of darkness.''
83	* ActionBomb
84
85	!!Defiler (Tier 2 magic)
86	''A dark sorcerer dedicated to evil.''
87	* ManaDrain
88
89	!!Infernal Behemoth (Tier 3 combat)
90	''An extremely powerful demon lord.''
91	* TheBerserker
92	* TheBrute
93	* ElementalWeapon: They get a flaming whip as a special weapon. Later, they get a flaming, implied SpikesOfVillainy whip that saps health.
94	* ImplacableMan
95	* WingedHumanoid
96	* WreathedInFlames: Makes people take damage if they attack them.
97
98	!!Void Walker (Tier 3 combat)
99	''A demon lord with the ability to manipulate hellish magic.''
100	* BodyHorror
101	* DarkIsEvil: They can attack by turning ambient darkness into guided throwing knives, and if they don't stay evil they lose all their powers.
102	* IntangibleMan: Able to slip through walls or avoid damage auras.
103	* PoweredByAForsakenChild: One of their attacks uses dead babies to eat your soul. Seriously.
104	* SlasherSmile: Just look at [[http://wiki.nexuswar.com/images/1/13/Void_Walker.png their class picture!]]
105
106	!!Doom Howler (Tier 3 combat) (Nexus Clash only)
107	''A harbinger of destruction, the Doom Howler wreaks indiscriminate death and despair wherever he goes.''
108	* MagicKnight
109	* OurBansheesAreLouder - To the tune of no less than three different screaming attacks.
110
111	!!Dark Opressor (Tier 3 magic)
112	''A master of manipulating hellish magic.''
113	* DemonLordsAndArchdevils
114	* EvilOverlord
115	* SatanicArchetype
116	* WingedHumanoid
117
118	!!Wyrm Master (Tier 3 magic)
119	''A demon sorcerer who has the ability to summon creatures from the void.''
120	* BloodyMurder - Acid Blood and Acid Touch
121	* BodyHorror
122	* CombatTentacles - Horrid Tentacles, which can even be an anti-air weapon with an effectiveness unexpected of a hand-to-hand grapple.
123	* LovecraftianSuperpower
124	* SummonMagic
125	* WingedHumanoid
126
127	!!Corruptor (Tier 3 magic)
128	''A Corruptor always seems to have something nearby to draw power from, and no amount of preparation will do any good against the vile Hex they are known for.''
129	* ManipulativeBastard - The archetype of the Faustian demon, to the point that they can actually steal your summoned creatures from you.
130	* PhlebotinumMuncher - Possess the ability to devour magic from spellgems and other magical items.
131	* SuccubiAndIncubi- Frequently portrayed as this.
132	* WalkingWasteland - Their "Stain" ability.
133
134	!!Fallen (Tier 3, entered from angelic Tier 2)
135	''A heretic angel who has passed beyond all redemption''
136	* CastFromHitPoints: Bond Of the Mechanical lets them reload their guns at the cost of one HP per shot.
137	* CombatPragmatist: They have skills that can fool others into thinking they have good morality and are members of their faction, as well as an improved BackStab skill.
138	* {{Cyborg}}: A Fallen has an angelic nature due to having become a Paladin or Shepard, but the curse of Namm on them after they fall means their bodies degrade and have to be replaced with hellish machinery.
139	* DiscardAndDraw: Fallen have to spend at least 100 CP on Tier 2 skills, which they then lose access to after Falling as angelic skills will not function when a character is outside the "Good" area of the KarmaMeter.
140	* FallenAngel
141	* LifeDrain: The Sadistic Glee skill gives them minor health recovery for each hit they land.
142	[[/folder]]
143
144	[[folder:Unaligned Classes]]
145	!!Myrmidon (Tier 2 combat)
146	''A mortal with extraordinary combat prowess.''
147	* ChargedAttack:
148	* CharlesAtlasSuperpower: See above.
149	* RedshirtArmy: For some reason, they're portrayed this way in most of the skill flavor texts, while Mortals are portrayed as [[ActionSurvivor Action Survivors]].
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151
152	!!Sorcerer (Tier 2 magic)
153	''A mortal being who has mystical powers.''
154	* CastFromHitPoints - Sorcerer's Might lets them convert HP to MP
155
156	!!Eternal Soldier (Tier 3 combat)
157	''An immortal legionnaire of the Infinite Nexus.''
158	* CharlesAtlasSuperpower
159	* MadeOfIron
160
161	!!Nexus Champion (Tier 3 combat)
162	''A powerful combatant who has learned to manipulate magic.''
163	* BalanceBetweenGoodAndEvil: At 0 morality (Dead center) they're nigh-indestructible killing machines. But ''only'' at 0, which negates it when you realize doing pretty much anything raises or lowers it a point.
164	* MagicKnight
165	* PowerTattoo
166
167	!!Revenant (Tier 3 Combat)
168	''An undead warrior who stalks the night''
169	* BlackKnight
170	* LifeDrain, ManaDrain: Can upgrade both their Umbral Sword and Feeding Fangs attacks to drain health and MP.
171	* NinjaPirateZombieRobot: Vampire Werewolf Death Knight.
172	* OurVampiresAreDifferent
173	* OurWerewolvesAreDifferent
174	* TheUndead
175	* WeaksauceWeakness: Sunlight.
176	* WingedHumanoid: In a way.
177
178	!!Wizard (Tier 3 Magic)
179	''A master of the forces of magic.''
180	* BadassBookworm
181	* SquishyWizard
182	* TheSmartGuy
183
184	!!Elementalist (Tier 3 Magic) (Existed in the original Nexus War only)
185	''A master of the elemental forces.''
186	* ElementalPowers: Duh!
187	* ElementalRockPaperScissors
188	* {{Flight}}: They can fly by controlling air.
189	* SummonMagic
190
191	!!Lich (Tier 3 Magic)
192	''A powerful master of wizardry who has escaped death by becoming undead.''
193	* MookMaker: Can summon an infinite number of zombies and skeletons.
194	** PopulationControl: A popular tactic was 'Petwalling', or making so many pets defending a square that no one can get in to fight... Which eventually caused ''serious'' issues with the game, a few times nearly breaking the server. So Jorm killed every pet in the game.
195	* {{Necromancer}}
196	* NightOfTheLivingMooks
197	* SummonMagic
198	* TurnedAgainstTheirMasters: Wraiths can and ''[[MemeticMutation will]]'' turn against you.
199	* TheUndead
200
201	!!Conduit (Tier 3 Magic)
202	''Through a greater understanding of the ebb and flow of Nexal energies, a Conduit is able to ride the flow, and direct those following in their wake.''
203	* CoolGate: Able to redirect existing portals, or open new ones
204	* GadgeteerGenius: Absurdly good at crafting and alchemy, to the point of [[MacGyvering not needing tools to make or repair items]].
205	* PlaceOfPower: Able to create wellsprings of magic to boost their allies.
206	* PureEnergy: A lot of their attacks take this form.
207	[[/folder]]
208
209	[[folder:Elder Powers]]
210
211	!! In General
212	* AlmightyIdiot: Its downplayed, but despite all of their knowledge and power they keep making the same mistakes over and over again and are ultimately just as stuck in the cycle as the players.
213	* MultipleChoicePast: How exactly the current Elder Powers came to be Elder Powers is ShroudedInMyth and diverges dramatically depending on which in-universe unreliable narrator one trusts.
214	* EldritchAbomination: Some lore implies that they have physical forms of some sort but beyond that nothing is known.
215	* CrypticBackgroundReference: There have been other Elder Powers in the past who are all absent from the current setting for one reason or another.
216
217	!! Ahg-za-Haru (Evil)[[quoteright:120:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/aghzaharusmall.png]]
218	* GoodAngelBadAngel: the archetypal bad angel, encouraging mortals to put their own desires above everything else.
219	* ItsAllAboutMe: Ahg-za-Haru cares for nothing other than it's own self-gratification.
220	* TheSociopath
221	* SlaveryIsASpecialKindOfEvil: Their portfolio includes slavery and all other ways of treating people as objects.
222	* TheFriendNobodyLikes: Hates and is hated by all the other powers
223	--> Ahg-za-haru hates all the other Powers – every one of them has their own vision of how the universe should work and it’s not the way it thinks things should work, which really is an annoyance of the highest order to Ahg-za-haru.
224
225	!! Alonai (Good)
226	[[quoteright:120:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/alonaismall.png]]
227	* AllLovingHero: Loves all things that live and grow.
228	* HealingHands: Patron of healers and medics
229	* MotherNature
230	* ThePowerOfLove
231
232	!! Baraas the Laughing (Good)
233	[[quoteright:120:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/baraassmall.png]]
234	* DoingItForTheArt: Believes that the satisfaction of a job one enjoys is just as valuable as the fruits of the labor.
235	* TheGoldenRule: The Power of society and cooperation
236	* ForHappiness: Baraas believes that the best possible society is one where everyone is doing what they enjoy and are good at.
237
238	!! Goros the Gatekeeper (Neutral)
239	[[quoteright:118:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/gorossmall2.png]]
240	* BoringButPractical: Created the physical laws of the universe and the properties of matter, which are some of the few constants between every Breath.
241	* SpaceMaster: Created the concept of space and relation between objects, as well as portals.
242	* StrawVulcan: Loves having elegant and symmetrical rules governing the universe, but doesn't understand that it can be hard for mortals to deal with.
243
244	!! Hashaa (Neutral)
245	[[quoteright:120:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/hashaasmall.png]]
246	* TheChessmaster: As befits the patron of Death, Hashaa makes ''very'' long term plans that factor in practically everything, up to and including [[BatmanGambit certain people opposing her]] and [[BeneathNotice being taken for granted]].
247	* DarkIsNotEvil: Death is neither good or evil, but simply one of the laws of the universe.
248	* DontFearTheReaper: While she is the Power of death, decay, and general entropy, she is not malicious.
249	* TheSacredDarkness:
250	--> Hashaa’s ultimate goal is to quiet the noisy, energetic universe and allow it – and herself – to rest in undisturbed peace and stillness. The quiet stillness and pleasant dark of night, while not directly under her portfolio, are in the mortal experience most like the conditions Hashaa would like to see.
251	* TheUndead: Patron of Liches and Revenants as well as the Sect of Maeval.
252
253	!! Marquai the Constructor (Neutral)
254	[[quoteright:117:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/marquaismall3.png]]
255	* MightMakesRight: Physical subjugation is just one more way of ordering the universe to your liking.
256	* TimeMaster: Creator of the concept of time
257	* UltimateBlacksmith: The Power of applying order to the physical world to serve one's needs, and thus all tool-use and crafting.
258
259	!! Namm the Vigilant (Good)
260	[[quoteright:120:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/nammsmall.png]]
261	* BlackAndWhiteInsanity: Does not have much tolerance for nuance. One is either moral and following the law or not.
262	* TheEvilsOfFreeWill: Averted. If mortals have no choice but to obey the law then it is meaningless, so Namm is a champion of free will and choice.
263	* GoodIsNotNice: The primary purpose of his laws is to protect the weak from the depredations of the strong. However, he is not kind or gentle in his ways.
264	* KnightTemplar: The Power of justice, law, and punishment.
265	* WeHelpTheHelpless: The law exists to protect the weak.
266
267	!! Tholaghru the Gnasher (Evil)
268	[[quoteright:120:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/tholaghrusmall.png]]
269	* BodyHorror: The Power of mutation and chaos, and patron of Doom Howlers and Wyrm Masters.
270	* GeniusLoci: The original Gehenna was heavily implied to be his body. If true this would make him the only Elder Power to actually appear physically in game
271	* SenseFreak: Constantly in pain and pleasure and every other kind of sensation. Encourages mortals to fall in order to gain new experiences from contact with them.
272	* TheSocialDarwinist: Encourages mutation and catastrophe to cull the weak and create new and interesting things.
273
274	!! Tlacolotl (Evil)
275	[[quoteright:120:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/tlacolotlsmall.png]]
276	* ManipulativeBastard: A patient manipulator and persuader who will use any means to reach his goal.
277	* EvilGenius: The Power of deliberate cruelty and precisely-applied violence, and the only Evil Power capable of long-term planning.
278	* TheEvilsOfFreeWill:
279	--> The perfect world, in the mind of Tlacolotl, is one where he makes all the decisions and has sufficient power to enforce them without fear of resistance or reprisal
280	[[/folder]]
281
282	[[folder:Others]]
283	!! Azazel
284	Formerly an Elder Power associated with Truth. Fell from grace and then maybe got killed
285	* GoMadFromTheRevelation: Once built a machine intended to be able to see through any lies and its implied to have contributed to his fall from grace
286	* PosthumousCharacter: Probably, although he's implied to be involved with the Fallen and Redeemed classes
287	!!Haldos
288	The First Lich and author of the Lore of Haldos.
289	* EvilTowerOfOminousness: Built the necrotic tower, a recurring location in various breaths.
290	* UnreliableNarrator: Also the only narrator. Have fun!
291
292	[[/folder]]

Context Characters / NexusWar