Line #3 Webcomic/Magience


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3	''[[http://magience.webcomic.ws/ Magience]]'' is a webcomic about an [[MassivelyMultiplayerOnlineRolePlayingGame online RPG]] that may be more than a game.
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5	!!''Magience'' provides examples of:
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7	* AccidentalKiss: Rune accidentally kisses Tilly, and considers it to imply a relationship.
8	--> '''Rune:''' Oh no. I have to take responsibility. I will marry you to make up for it! My name is Rune Winterspell, I will make you happy I promise!
9	* AfterActionHealingDrama: The other characters desperately try to save [[spoiler:the mortally poisoned Tilly.]]
10	* AllThereInTheManual: The setting is thoroughly documented in the [[http://magience.co/omnia Magience Omnia]].
11	* {{Blackmail}}: [[spoiler: Eoghan]] gives Rune a letter to [[spoiler: blackmail Jae with.]]
12	* BondCreatures: [[OurDragonsAreDifferent Mute]] bonds with Rune to share power and telepathy.
13	* BossRoom: The party reaches the boss room at the end of Sir Erran's.
14	* BrainComputerInterface: Magience uses a “neuron entrainment” headset.
15	* BreathWeapon: Mute teaches Rune how to use an attack called Dragon's Roar, a precursor to Dragon's Breath.
16	* CastFullOfPrettyBoys: All the boys in the main party are pretty. All of em.
17	* CatFolk: Kassilik have cat ears, tails, and insatiable curiosity.
18	* CharacterCustomization: Character creation has so many options that there's an AI that helps the player through it.
19	* CheckPoint: The players are careful to touch a “Spawn Point” before entering Sir Erran's.
20	--> '''Sev:''' Cuz if you die in its “Zone”, you'll just pop up up at the Spawn. Also, if ya revive at a Spawn Point, ya only lose 'alf a level when ya die. Ya corpse vanishes roight away too, so it also stops people from stealin' ya stuff.
21	* CheshireCatGrin: Berc has a constant toothy smile.
22	-->'''Cas:''' Do you have to work at being creepy or is it natural?\
23	'''Berc:''' I take lessons on the weekend.\
24	'''Cas:''' Lessons? From... from whom?\
25	'''Berc:''' [[Literature/TheSilenceOfTheLambs Hannibal Lecter]].
26	* ClassicalAntihero: Rune is the main protagonist, but often has to overcome self-doubt and impulsive tendencies. She also shoulders a lot of self-blame when it comes to hardships her party goes through, even though they are usually there by choice.
27	* CloseupOnHead: There is a close up of Rune's face as she logs into the game, panning out to show the world in front of her as she opens her eyes.
28	* ColorCodedCharacters: Rune has a pink gem, pink markings, pink clothes, pink ribbons, and pink Aurafire.
29	-->'''Rune:''' Why is it always PINK?
30	* CoordinatedClothes: Rune and Mute have identical backup outfits.
31	* ClothingDamage: An [[DefeatEqualsExplosion exploding]] [[BlobMonster slime]] destroys the party's clothes. Tilly was [[CrazyPrepared prepared for this]].
32	* TheCracker: False Eden is a guild that is trying to hack Magience.
33	* CrashIntoHello: Rune meets Tilly by falling onto her.
34	* CypherLanguage: The Herald speaks in a language that's displayed in symbols. It's words can be translated with a bit of work.
35	* DamselOutOfDistress: Rune is kidnapped by the Plague Hunters, and immediately escapes.
36	* [[YearInsideHourOutside Day Inside, Hour Outside]]: Time in the game runs twenty-four times faster than in reality.
37	* DeepImmersionGaming: Most of the comic depicts events inside the game, as the characters see them.
38	* TheDeterminator: Captain Apollo is very persistent in his efforts to rescue Princess Rune, even if he's mistaken about why she's left.
39	--> '''Apollo:''' I'll bring our gentle princess back to herself, or die trying!
40	* DragonRider: Rune rides Mute when they escape from the Plague Hunters.
41	* TheDragonSlayer: Raven slew a rogue dragon.
42	* DramaticHighPerching: Rune explores her unaccustomed agility by perching in trees.
43	--> '''Tilly:''' Why the fuck do you keep chillin' in trees...
44	* DramaticSpotlight: After [[spoiler: finding out that Rune was made a dragoon]], Sev proceeds to mope dramatically under a spotlight.
45	* DudeInDistress: Jae is captured and beaten by his former allies.
46	* DudeLooksLikeALady: Jae is often mistaken for a woman.
47	* DyeOrDie: Rune uses a potion to turn her hair white to hide from her family.
48	* EatingEstablishments: The party convenes at a cafe for lunch after being reunited.
49	* ElectronicEye: Berc has a prosthetic eye. He sometimes removes it and plays with it.
50	* ElementalPowers: Magience's magic system is element-based. Each character has one element.
51	* EmptyNest: Three of Ariana's children have left home. She doesn't want to lose any more.
52	* EvilCannotComprehendGood: Jae doesn't understand why Rune and Shiloh didn't make him agree to help them before rescuing him.
53	* ExpositionDiagram: Tilly uses a magipen to draw on the air so that she can easily explain the existence and functionality of pockets to Rune.
54	* ExpressiveEars: Fae and Basir have long ears which indicate their emotions.
55	* ExpressiveHair: Rune has a swirly hair that changes shape depending on her emotions, such as becoming jagged and zig-zagged during fear or disgust.
56	* EyeColourChange: When Fae cast powerful magic, their eyes lose their sclera and become a solid color.
57	* FacialMarkings: Yokai have markings on their faces and bodies.
58	* FragileSpeedster: Rune and Shiloh can't take hits, but they can dodge.
59	--> '''Dagger:''' Ugh, you Agility types are so annoying!
60	--> '''Dagger:''' STOP DODGING!
61	* TheFriendNobodyLikes: Crystal spends a lot of time with Andrew even though he's consistently cruel to her, because [[spoiler: they used to date and she still had complicated feelings for him, admitting she hated him for hurting her but didn't want to let him go]].
62	* FunetikAksent: Sev 'as a Strine accent or somethin' loik that.
63	* FusionDance: Several [[BlobMonster slimes]] merge into a giant Slime Golem.
64	* FutureFoodIsArtificial:
65	--> '''Rune:''' The kind of food I can afford in real life is all synthetic. It's “nutritionally optimized” and rarely has any actual ingredients that weren't made in a lab. “Real” food is too expensive.
66	* GirlyBruiser: Dagger fights in a frilly dress.
67	* GivingUpTheGhost: After Rune accidentally kisses Tilly (and is subsequently rejected for marriage), her ghost exits her body due to dramatic shock.
68	* HatesBeingTouched: Rune has an aversion to being touched by most people. She doesn't seem to mind it, though, when it's Shiloh or Tilly.
69	* HealingMagicIsTheHardest:
70	-->'''Eoghan:''' Healing magic is extremely limited. It works on the caster's medical knowledge in addition to their actual magical ability. Even then, only minor wounds can be healed instantly. For everything else, it takes time.
71	* HealingPotion: Tilly buys a lot of healing potions to make up for lack of a healer.
72	* HiddenEyes: Routinely used for surprised characters.
73	* HonorableMarriageProposal: Rune accidentally kisses Tilly, and immediately declares that she'll marry the girl to make up for it, to the latter's confusion. Funnily enough, despite them both being straight, they have some fun with it; when Rune gets kidnapped a few minutes later, Tilly helps gather a group of adventurers to find her, with her stated goal being to rescue her wife.
74	* HumanHummingbird: While in Sir Erran's, Rune becomes so panicked while fighting a ghost that her punches are a blur of movement.
75	* IKissYourFoot: Ariana is delighted to see her daughter awake, even if she's holding her off with a foot to the face.
76	--> '''Rune:''' Who's the spaz getting intimate with my foot?\
77	'''Ariana:''' My baaaaabyyyy~
78	* ImportantHaircut: Rune cuts off her hair and burns it after [[spoiler: Andrew dies]].
79	* JerkAss: Andrew/Raven is cruel to everyone, even Crystal who he claims is his best friend.
80	* KilledOffForReal: [[spoiler: Andrew dies in real life]].
81	* KillItWithFire: Rune's usual modus operandi.
82	* LadyLand: Sothecia, the Drow territory, is dominated by women. Men are kept as slaves or very low-class citizens.
83	* LadyLooksLikeADude: Tilly initially thinks Rune is male.
84	--> '''Tilly:''' She's my husband. Apparently.
85	* LayeredMetropolis: Romerus City is built on a layer of plates, with skyscrapers on top and an UnderCity below.
86	* LevelGrinding: Tilly helps Raven level up so they can rescue Rune.
87	* LevelScaling: Monsters in [[HauntedHouse Sir Erran's]] scale based on the average level of the party.
88	* LiveItem: Shiloh's scarf is alive.
89	--> '''Rune:''' It's the pissiest fashion accessory I have ever met.
90	* MagicalFlutist: [[TheBard Tilly]] plays MagicMusic on her ocarina.
91	* MagicKiss: Ariana wants to try this to revive her comatose daughter.
92	--> '''Ariana:''' We don't need the “hero's kiss” to try and wake her anymore...
93	* MagicStaff: Jae has one.
94	* MakeSomeNoise: Dragons (and Dragoons) have a “Dragon's Roar” sonic attack.
95	* MalevolentMaskedMen: The Plague Hunters wear {{black cloak}}s and beaked [[EverythingsBetterWithRainbows rainbow masks]].
96	* MarkedChange: Inverted: Rune ''loses'' her markings when she becomes a Dragoon.
97	* MassivelyMultiplayerOnlineRolePlayingGame: Most of the story happens in the Magience game.
98	* MassiveRaceSelection: And these are just the ones Crystal can choose from. There are even ''more'' races that she wasn't offered.
99	--> '''Cas:''' There are 7 races for you to choose from. Each of these can procreate with any other to create a hybrid, for a total of 28 options.
100	* TheMostDangerousVideoGame: Players suffer their characters' pain, and sometimes other effects. Though this, according to Sev and Tilly, isn't meant to be the case. You're not supposed to feel pain, and [[spoiler:death is ''not'' supposed to be permanent or '''kill you in real life''']].
101	* NewFirstComics: The first few chapters have been redrawn.
102	* TheNoseKnows: [[spoiler: After becoming a dragoon]], Rune can smell types of magic and auras.
103	* ThisIsNoTimeToPanic: After [[spoiler: Mute leaves with a badly injured Tilly]], Rune smacks herself out of a panic so that she doesn't distract Mute and can think clearly enough to follow them on foot.
104	* ObfuscatingStupidity: Rune's pretty silly sometimes and seems to play dumb, but a few moments here and there hint that it's all just one big act.
105	* OminousFog: The area around [[HauntedHouse Sir Erran's]] is [[MysteriousMist permanently foggy]].
106	* OnlineAlias: Most of the action takes place in-game, so the characters are usually called by their handles.
107	* PartyScattering:
108	--> '''Sev:''' [[HauntedHouse Erran's place]] uses magic ta split up groups biggah than two.
109	* PayEvilUntoEvil: Jae's former comrades plan to beat him up and worse because [[spoiler: they did something stupid and blame Jae for it since he was their group's healer]].
110	* PetitePride: Crystal [[DCupDistress doesn't like having large breasts]], so she deliberately gives Rune a flat chest.
111	--> '''Hydra:''' Flat as a washboard. You're practically concave!\
112	'''Rune:''' Yes ma'am!
113	* PlagueDoctor: The Plague Hunters are a guild who dress as plague doctors, with {{black cloak}}s and [[EverythingsBetterWithRainbows rainbow-colored]] beak masks.
114	* PlayingWithFire: Rune's first spell is {{Fireball\|s}}. Her second is the more malleable Aurafire. She tends to play with both before throwing them.
115	* PrincessesPreferPink: When Rune is forced to wear a dress, it's pink. In fact, pink seems to follow her around, in both her clothes and her magic!
116	* RebelliousPrincess: Crystal is not pleased to be playing a princess, so she escapes.
117	* RescueIntroduction: The protagonists meet ([[RecruitmentByRescue and recruit]]) Jae by rescuing him from a beating.
118	* SacredFirstKiss: Rune's AccidentalKiss with Tilly is her first.
119	--> '''Rune:''' My virgin lips!
120	* {{Sadist}}: Jae enjoys other people's pain.
121	--> '''Jae:''' Memories of your screams will be my lullaby for the next decade, at least.
122	* ScrapbookStory: Most of chapter 10 is narrated by Rune's journal.
123	* SesquipedalianLoquaciousness: Jae uses big words to make other people feel inferior.
124	* SheIsTheKing: Ariana Winterspell, King of the Fae, is female. This is not unusual for Fae.
125	* ShoutOut: [[Literature/HowToTrainYourDragon How To Train Your Dragoon]], Literature/SleepingBeauty.
126	* SittingOnTheRoof: Rune and Mute have a private[[note]]especially so since they're talking by telepathy[[/note]] conversation on a roof at night.
127	* SkewedPriorities:
128	** When Mute arrives to rescue Rune from the rebels, his "Mute-vision" shows his rather bizarre priorities. One rebel gets -999999 for standing too close to Rune, +9999 for protecting Rune, and +990000 for saving her earlier, and is listed as "judgment pending." Another rebel gets +999 for providing first-aid to Rune, and is listed as "no threat." The last one gets -99999999999999 for hurting Rune, -9999999999 for scaring Rune, -999 for unsettling Rune, another -99999999999999 for hitting Rune's TraumaButton, and -99999999 for being a passive-aggressive jerk to Rune.
129	** Likewise, Rune is worried Mute is hurt and threatens to punch anyone who touched him. One of the rebels points out that the ''dragon'' is not the one in danger right now.
130	* SkillScoresAndPerks: The game has an elaborate system of abilities and traits.
131	* ThemeNaming: Ariana has five children: Ren, Rin, Roan, Rune and Rayne.
132	* ThirdEye: Fae have Aura Gems in their foreheads.
133	* VillainTeleportation:
134	** The Plague Hunters teleport home when they kidnap Rune, but the main characters have to walk everywhere (or [[DragonRider ride Mute]]).
135	** Mahieu also has a teleport.
136	* VoluntaryShapeshifting: [[OurDragonsAreDifferent Mute]] can take a humanoid form.
137	* WantedPoster: The Winterspells put up wanted posters for Raven and (with a “DO NOT HARM” line) Rune.
138	* WeaponSpecialization: [[GirlyBruiser Dagger]]'s weapon of choice is an enormous hammer.
139	* WhenTreesAttack: The party fights against huge walking tree monsters called Treants.

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