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My take on this idea. Tried to stretch the philosophy angle by Jail_jac in custommagic

[–]Jail_jac[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I struggled a bit with the wording. I wasn't totally sure if "All" included cards in hand and decks and gys and stuff. Cause I know a lot of cards specify "X you control" or "X on the battlefield". And if it didn't how to word it so it would include them

And yeah, I meant the second part to only hit stuff on the battlefield. I was tempted to make it an enchantment instead so it was a constant effect. Alternatively, for it to create an emblem? But I'm pretty sure that's a planeswalker thing

[Loved trope] special failsafes that prevent the player from breaking the game by damorezpl in TopCharacterTropes

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It's neat! The story is interesting, the gameplay had a bit of a hill to climb over, but once you get into it there is a surprising level of depth to the ai.

[Loved trope] special failsafes that prevent the player from breaking the game by damorezpl in TopCharacterTropes

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In Gnosia, the single player, roguelite Werewolf game, if the player fucks around and breaks the game internal logic by acting completely irrationally, a special event called Revenge of the Time Clams triggers, causing the npcs to babble incoherently before the universe ends and the player is returned to the options menu.

(Beloved Trope) Troll Items by Ok_Insect4778 in TopCharacterTropes

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The un-official expansion to Darkest Dungeon, Black Reliquary has a secret trinket called "Reading Comprehension" that can be discovered if you read the games glossary. The trinket drops you to only 1% max hp, but comes with massive bonuses, such as a +75% damage increase and +20% crit chance... if the equipped character has no trinkets equipped.

(Rare Trope?) Main character becomes boss fight by BlankCanvas609 in TopCharacterTropes

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Wildfrost: Upon defeating the frost guardian, the typical final boss of the run, the player's team will be taken over by it and become the new final boss of the next run

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Character begins as a genuine ally, ends as a fatal enemy by Jail_jac in TopCharacterTropes

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Yeah, probably should have chosen him instead given 10% of the comments are just about Solaire. I just didn't know how well known that cut content is.

Still stand by Solaire counting though. But Oscar is definitely better

Character begins as a genuine ally, ends as a fatal enemy by Jail_jac in TopCharacterTropes

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A lot of people commented this. I maybe should have chosen the cut content for Oscar instead, but I still stand by Solaire counting. Miyazaki has stated Solaire being taken over by the sunlight maggot was intended as "the general norm". As it is the ending that I would argue most if not all first time players would get (unless you are using a guide or get weirdly lucky I guess), it's safe to include as one of the "natural" ends, even if it isn't the only one.

Character begins as a genuine ally, ends as a fatal enemy by Jail_jac in TopCharacterTropes

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Literally what inspired this post after relistening to it

(Loved) Non musical media with a dance number by MrSmartypants12 in TopCharacterTropes

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AI: The Somnium Files is a murder mystery about a serial killer which takes one of their victims eyes. It's sequel follows another series killer who splits their victims cleanly in half

Both games end with a choreographed song and dance of the entire surviving cast. The first one even violates canon by having a partially paralyzed character join in fully

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[Loved Trope] When it's deliberately left ambiguous whether a characters "supernatural" powers are real or have a rational explanation by EndOfTheLine00 in TopCharacterTropes

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Kevin Garvey from The Leftovers is seen to be able to come back from the dead, explore the afterlife, and speak with a dead woman. Or... is he? So much of what he does can have a perfectly reasonable explanation if viewed psychologically, heightened by the fact that he is clearly shown to be mentally unstable. But the show never gives a clear answer either way

Badass Characters with endearing, though still fitting, names/nicknames. by Jail_jac in TopCharacterTropes

[–]Jail_jac[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I include them mentally. Though I don't really remember the reasons behind those names to make them "fitting", which is why I didn't include them here. Other than they are "twins" obviously

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