Battle Realms: Difference between revisions

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* [[Alas, Poor Yorick]]: The Master Warlock. {{spoiler|Some may say that it's the skull who's the Warlock, others say the holder of the skull, and still others claim it's both as a bizarre partnership.}}

* [[The Archer]]: Dragon Clan Archers. Arah is a [[Hero Unit]] version.

* [[Arm Cannon]]: Averted; Serpent Cannoneers carry their arm-length cannons with both hands.

* [[BFS]]: The Dragon Warriors' flamberge, Garrin's sword-lance and Otomo's huge broadsword.

* [[Big Badass Wolf]]: The Wolf Clan raises pet wolves from horse meat, while Wildeye can summon three Spirit Wolves at a time.

* [[Blade on a Stick]]: Spearmen's naginata and Kabuki Warriors' magical polearms being the best examples.

* [[Blood Sport]]: Wolfball is considered a dangerous sport(to the point that only Wolves are capable of surviving. No outsider has ever made it past the first round) - so much so that its players, the Hurlers, are used as units.

* [[Caltrops]]: The Raiders can leave a trail of this against his pursuers.

* [[Cannibalism Superpower]]: Devouring peasants grants second tier Lotus units a new ability.

* [[Cast from Hit Points]]: The Shale Lord can grant Shale Armor to any Wolf unit at the cost of his health. See also [[Dangerous Forbidden Technique]] for other unit examples.

* [[Combat Pragmatist]]: The Serpent Clan.

* [[Command and Conquer Economy]]: While the game uses the standard "make peasants to build and harvest" mechanic, it features its own take on unit creation, by making military units simply upgrades of the peasants.

* [[Crippling Overspecialization]]: Played straight by most units, but averted by some, like the Samurai.

* [[Damage Is Fire]]: Ineffective against units, most potent against buildings. See also [[Kill It with Fire]].

* [[Dangerous Forbidden Technique]]: Many Battle Gears are like this, like Glass Sword, which can kill any non-boss opponent but inflicts [[Cast From HP|critical damage or even death to the Swordsman himself]].

** The Dragon Geisha's Sacrifice completely heals nearby allied units at the cost of the Geisha's life.

* [[Darker and Edgier]]: The Serpent Clan are an in-game example, compared to the Dragon Clan.

** The Lotus Clan is a corrupt version of the Wolf Clan as well, both dealing with nature.

* [[Determinator]]: Guardians, with their Last Stand ability.

* [[Dirty Coward]]: Taro.

* [[Double Weapon]]: Utara's dual-blade sword.

* [[Dragons Up the Yin-Yang]]: The Motif of the Dragon clan, obviously. The Serpent clan, too.

* [[Flechette Storm]]: Lotus Leaf Disciples; Powder Keg Cannoneer's Shrapnel Keg blasts an area with huge fletchettes for wide-area damage.

* [[Fragile Speedster]]: Diggers and Raiders. For the heroes, there's Vetkin, Koril and Issyl.

* [[Glass Cannon]]: Warlocks.

* [[Golem]]: Soban's earthen creations, who act as peasants.

* [[Good Old Fisticuffs]]: Monks. Similarly, Pack Masters.

* [[Guns Are Worthless]]: Musketeers, Cannoneers and P.K. Cannoneers use gunpowder weapons. They're not particularly more damaging than their non-gunpowder using equivalents, nor cheaper or easier to train.

* [[Hostile Weather]]: Rainfall plays an important factor in the game, giving circumstantial (dis)advantages during combat. Rice grows faster, burning buildings are doused, and Lord Zymeth becomes even more powerful when it is raining. Therefore, assaulting your opponent's camp with burning weapons won't work too well during rainfall.

** Played straight with ''Winter of the Wolf''. Once Grayback gets out of the Shale Mines, the Wolf clan has to contend with a blizzard instead of rain. During a snowstorm, rice growth rate is diminished and units gradually take small damage (fortunately circumvented by the units' natural [[Healing Factor]]).

* [[Idle Animation]]: All units have them, and some are actually beneficial. The Kabuki Warrior's is a juggling act that entertains peasants and speeds up their work, while the P.K. Cannoneer's is a sumo wrestling style salt-throwing ritual that temporarily increases their defense.

* [[Improbable Weapon User]]: Issyl's weapon is a giant hourglass with blades on them.

* [[Risk-Style Map]]: In ''Kenji's Journey''.

* [[Ronin]]: With [[Dual-Wielding|double swords]].

* [[Sai Guy]]: Vetkin

* [[Shock and Awe]]: Lord Zymeth.

* [[Shout-Out]]: The Sledgers (face, physique, accent) are reminiscent of a certain [[Arnold Schwarzenegger|Austrian governor]].

** Upon death, 2nd tier Lotus units also cause direct/gradual damage or envelop enemies with darkness.

* [[Teleport Spam]]: Koril's Battle Gear, being the Archmage of Space.

* [[Took a Level in Badass]]: Dragon-Kenji, in between his father's death and his return... and once again before Serpentholm, where he recruits some additions to the army, gains a gun, and loses the funny hat.

** [[Took a Level in Jerkass]]: Serpent-Kenji becomes driven by bloodlust to eradicate the Dragon clan rebels and the Wolf clan.

* [[Training the Peaceful Villagers]]: The entire point of the game.

* [[Tunnel King]]: Diggers

* [[Villain Protagonist]]: Kenji in the Serpent campaign.

* [[Whatevermancy]]: The Serpent Clan's Necromancer. The Lotus Reapers also have this ability.