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* [[An Adventurer Is You]]

* [[Applied Phlebotinum]]: Ankyrean artifacts seem to be made of these. Also, how the first vampires were created.

* [[Badass]]: Anyone who's sufficiently good at the in-game fighting system can qualify.

* [[Big Screwed-Up Family]]: Vampires in general, due to the siring bloodlines.

** [[Bare-Fisted Monk|Sentaari]], monks who use the skillsets of [[Good Old Fisticuffs|Tekura]], [[Ki Attacks|Kaido]], and [[Psychic Powers|Telepathy]].

** [[Nature Hero|Sentinels]], who are hunter-themed warriors that use the skillsets of [[Exotic Weapon Supremacy|Dhuriv]], [[Trap Master|Wood]][[Friend to All Living Things|lore]], and [[Master Poisoner|Toxicology]].

** [[The Paladin|Paladins]], who use the skillsets of [[The Archer|Chiv]][[Dual-Wielding|alry]], [[The Blacksmith|Forging]], and [[White Magic|Devotion]].

** [[Thieves' Guild|Syssin]], tricksters and rogues who practice the skillsets of [[Master Poisoner|Venom]], [[The Archer|Subte]][[The Trickster|rfuge]], and [[Hypno Fool|Hypnosis]].

** [[Our Vampires Are Different|Praenomen]], the "standard" form of Consanguine. They have no guild, instead giving the class to other players through [[Vampire Bites Suck|bites.]] Their skillsets are [[Super Strength|Cor]][[Super Speed|pus]], [[Psychic Powers|Mentis]], and [[Blood Magic|Sanguis]].

** [[The Power of Blood|Bloodborn]], [[Our Vampires Are Different|vampire mages]] that use the skillsets of [[Super Strength|Cor]][[Super Speed|pus]], [[Psychic Powers|Mentis]], and [[Blood Magic|Hematurgy]].

* [[Item Crafting]]: Several classes can create unique items such as weapons and poisons, other trade skills are available to those with the funds to purchase a license, and anyone can train in Tattoos or their relevant curative skill.

* [[Jerk Jock]]: A fair number of player-killers. The "jock" part of it is [[Nerd|very]] questionable, though.

* [[Lawful Stupid Chaotic Stupid]] (Many characters are, to put it mildly, [[Large Ham|slightly over]] [[Cliché Storm|the]] [[Narm|top]].)

* [[Level Grinding]]: There are 98 levels before you reach endgame status at level 99, and then you can ''[[Beyond the Impossible|keep going upward to infinity.]]''

* [[Money Spider]]: Averted; the only monsters that have a chance to drop gold are creatures that might actually carry it.

** [[Animal Motifs]]: Invoked by the Atabahi and Bahkatu, who are [[Our Werewolves Are Different|werewolves]] and [[Our Werewolves Are Different|werebears]] respectively. Guess which are evil and which are good.

** [[Tarot Motifs]]: The Tarot skill, used by Indorani.

* [[Our Vampires Are Different]]: Aetolian vampires are also called Consanguine, and come in Praenomen (fighter) and Bloodborn (mage) varieties. Both are immune to all the traditional vampire weaknesses, with the sole exception of sunlight, and vampires of certain races can even kick their blood dependency with enough experience.

* [[Our Werewolves Are Different]]: Werewolves and Werebears are not bitten, and the moon doesn't affect them at all - it's just a learned form of voluntary transformation.

* [[Physical God]]: Most of the Gods in the game fit this trope, though Gods tend to be comprised of essence filling a mortal form. While the mortal form can be damaged or killed, the essence is effectively indestructible, and can be consumed by another God or seek out a new mortal to inhabit.

* [[Player Versus Player]]: The main focus of the game, with an absurdly complex combat system designed to facilitate conflict.

* [[Powers That Be]]: Varian the Celestine ranks somewhere above most of the other Gods, being as he created the world.

* [[Puppeteer Parasite]]: The Thrim that the Almighty Kerrithrim created.

* [[Warp Whistle]]: Most classes have at least one teleportation ability. Sciomancers and Ascendril can warp to their Master Crystal, Indorani to an isolated location pre-marked by their Hermit tarot card, Cabalists to a place pre-marked by their Numerological abilities, Lycanthropes to a place they previously marked, vampires to their coffins, Luminaries to Nirvana. Paladins, Luminaries and Priests also get the Pilgrimage ability, which lets them travel to anyone standing within a Pilgrimage rite and lay down Pilgrimage rites themselves. Sentaari and Daru, who share the Telepathy skillset, can teleport to each other after linking minds. Syssin can use Subterfuge to create and use wormholes that link rooms together.

** Infernals are the one exception, receiving no teleportation ability whatsoever.

* [[Wizard Needs Food Badly]]: Characters need to eat and sleep regularly, and vampires that don't feed enough go berserk and kill everything within reach. Reaching level 80 obviates the need for sleeping and eating, but vampires still have to drink blood.

 

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