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* [[Berserk Button]] - Kharim. You can talk smack about his strength, his face, or his mother and he won't react, but if you imply he's not totally loyal to the New Camp...
* [[Big Brother Mentor]] - Diego.
* [[Big Creepy
* [[Boss Battle]] - most notably {{spoiler|the Sleeper}}, although there are others.
* [[Boss in Mook Clothing]] - in Gothic III, while several wild animals could qualify due to the severely unbalanced combat system, the Sabretooth tigers definetely take the cake. They can sustain moderate amounts of damage, hit quite hard and fast... and come in packs. A group of three can be found pretty early in the game in a cave which an orc patrol will task the player to investigate (and "cleanse" if neccesary); amusingly enough, the only way to complete the quest at a low level is to attract the tigers to the orcs' position and assist the orcs to take the beasts down. Packs of four or five (found in Nordland) will keep being quite a menace even to very well geared and high-leveled players.
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** Actually, the dynamic of the five friends has existed since Gothic I and is a popular concept with the fans, though the first time they actually all fought side by side was in [[The Very Definitely Final Dungeon]] in Gothic II. Hell, when German fans made [[The Movie]] (with in-game graphics, of course) they decided to have [[Adaptation Expansion|the five go into the final dungeon together]], [[Crowning Moment of Awesome|taking on an entire city of orcs in the process.]]
* [[Fetch Quest]]
* [[Getting Crap Past the Radar]] / [[Easter Egg]] - A name that will ring a bell for most Gothic fans is Velaya. She is the slave girl that appears in the opening and can be found in the room above the throne room in central hall of the Old Camp in the original ''Gothic''. Velaya has exactly one spoken line of dialogue. Yet, she has almost reached [[Ensemble Darkhorse]] status among some fans, so much that some German modders made a [[Game Mod]] featuring her as the main character. The reason for this? Going into the room Velaya is locked in at certain times during the day will result in the player finding her completely naked (without any [[Barbie Doll Anatomy]], no less!) and seemingly having [[A Date
** The nudity [[Bowdlerise|is censored in the US release]] (She wears a bathing suit). However, it can be removed by deleting a game file.
* [[Gladiator Subquest]] - You get one in every single arena of ''Gothic 3''.
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* [[No Name Given]] - the Nameless Hero. In fact, people actively try to shut him up whenever he attempts to introduce himself.
* [[Non-Indicative Name]] - "Scavengers" are agreesive and seemingly predatory.
* [[Non-Lethal KO]] - One of the parts that make this game unique is that characters enjoy engaging in close-combat duels with each other, where the looser will fall to the ground, have his HP reduced to 1 and will often afterwards be robbed and have his weapon taken away by the winner. In many parts of the Gothic world, this is a perfectly regular pastime and will even have nearby characters cheer on the fighters. A downed adversary can be finished off by [[Impaled
* [[Nonstandard Game Over]] - Swiming too far out to sea in 2 will result in a cutsceen of sea serpents eating your character.
* [[Now Where Was I Going Again?]] - The journal.
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* [[Caffeine Bullet Time|Swampweed Bullet Time]] - Smoking a swampweed cigarette makes everything sloooooow, as well as [[Interface Screw|distorting the screen]].
* [[The Computer Is a Cheating Bastard]] - In ''Gothic 3'', NPCs with magical abilities will never run out of mana, and sometimes will surprise you by throwing remote-controlled magic missiles at your face, with said 'nukes' even slipping through several other enemies - and even environmental objects - before hitting its moving target (usually, your ass) with deadly precision.
* [[The Pirates Who Don't Do Anything]] - [[Exactly What It Says
* [[The Revolution Will Not Be Civilized]] - Rebels and nomads are supposedly the "good guys" in Gothic 3, yet don't expect them to take prisoners when reconquering strongholds or villages.
* [[This Loser Is You]] - Interestingly combined with eventual [[Take a Level In Badass]]. Originally, the Nameless Hero starts out like a newbie (which, if you are playing for the first time, you are), and he's weak and has no clue how to fight and survive (again, for a first time gamer, this is also true). He also starts out not knowing what's going on and dependent on others for help (again, a new gamer will also be like this). This trope was strongest in Gothic II, but was dropped in Gothic III, where it would be in universe impossible to justify the Nameless Hero being a total newbie all over again, hence why he doesn't start off nearly as incompetent and dependent on others like the other games.
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