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High Fantasy: The Grey Order is a [[Play By Post Game]] on [[Nintendo]] Nsider2 Forums created by the user Rhadamanthus. As the name implies, the story is a callback to classic [[High Fantasy]] stories. The roleplay is notable for the debut of Rhadamanthus's Player To Master Plot Interface System (PTMPIS), a system in which the players of the RP have some control of the plot by being able to create certain aspects of the setting and mythos of the world their characters inhabit, though the GM still outranks the players in terms of control over the story. It can be found [http://nsider2.com/forums/index.php/topic/554215-high-fantasy-the-grey-order/ here].
''[[High Fantasy: The Grey Order]]'' is a [[Play By Post Game]] on [[Nintendo]] Nsider2 Forums created by the user Rhadamanthus. As the name implies, the story is a callback to classic [[High Fantasy]] stories. The roleplay is notable for the debut of Rhadamanthus's Player To Master Plot Interface System (PTMPIS), a system in which the players of the RP have some control of the plot by being able to create certain aspects of the setting and mythos of the world their characters inhabit, though the GM still outranks the players in terms of control over the story. It can be found [http://nsider2.com/forums/index.php/topic/554215-high-fantasy-the-grey-order/ here]{{Dead link}}.
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=== High Fantasy: The Grey Order provides examples of the following Tropes: ===
* [[And I Must Scream]]: The fate of anyone unlucky enough to cross paths with the Tarrasque: being thrown into [[Phantom Zone|The Abyss]] for all eternity.
* [[And I Must Scream]]: The fate of anyone unlucky enough to cross paths with the Tarrasque: being thrown into [[Phantom Zone|The Abyss]] for all eternity.
* [[An Ice Person]] / [[Making a Splash]]: Mark.
* [[An Ice Person]] / [[Making a Splash]]: Mark.
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* [[Cunning Like a Fox]]: Nexia.
* [[Cunning Like a Fox]]: Nexia.
* [[Dark Is Not Evil]]: Dux has been possessed by a demon since birth and is destined to anihilate the entire world...but that doesn't mean he's a bad guy.
* [[Dark Is Not Evil]]: Dux has been possessed by a demon since birth and is destined to anihilate the entire world...but that doesn't mean he's a bad guy.
* [[De Power]]: Part of Attona's [[Backstory]], seeing as she was previously the Goddess of Death.
* [[De-Power]]: Part of Attona's [[Backstory]], seeing as she was previously the Goddess of Death.
* [[Dramatic Ellipsis]]: Used a lot by Attona... {{spoiler|after her heel-face turn...}}
* [[Dramatic Ellipsis]]: Used a lot by Attona... {{spoiler|after her heel-face turn...}}
* [[Eldritch Abomination]]: The Tarrasque
* [[Eldritch Abomination]]: The Tarrasque
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* [[Eyepatch of Power]]: Pluto.
* [[Eyepatch of Power]]: Pluto.
* [[Fantasy Pantheon]]: The Four.
* [[Fantasy Pantheon]]: The Four.
* [[Five Man Band]]:
* [[Five-Man Band]]:
** [[The Hero]]: Mark
** [[The Hero]]: Mark
** [[The Lancer]]: Attona
** [[The Lancer]]: Attona
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* [[Magic Music]]: Used by Cap'n.
* [[Magic Music]]: Used by Cap'n.
* [[Mentor Occupational Hazard]]: {{spoiler|Poor, poor Edgar...}}
* [[Mentor Occupational Hazard]]: {{spoiler|Poor, poor Edgar...}}
* [[My God What Have I Done]]: Attona, after {{spoiler|nearly killing Edgar}}.
* [[My God, What Have I Done?]]: Attona, after {{spoiler|nearly killing Edgar}}.
* [[The Obi Wan]]: Averted with Edgar. He fits the "wiser and more experienced" bit, but, ironically enough, he is, in a way, [[The Chosen One]] (being given the mission by the [[The Omniscient Council of Vagueness|Grey Order]]).
* [[The Obi-Wan]]: Averted with Edgar. He fits the "wiser and more experienced" bit, but, ironically enough, he is, in a way, [[The Chosen One]] (being given the mission by the [[The Omniscient Council of Vagueness|Grey Order]]).
* [[Omnicidal Maniac]]: Pluto, {{spoiler|and Attona, pre Heel-Face turn}}.
* [[Omnicidal Maniac]]: Pluto, {{spoiler|and Attona, pre Heel-Face turn}}.
* [[One Letter Name]]: G.
* [[One-Letter Name]]: G.
* [[Our Dwarves Are All the Same]]
* [[Our Dwarves Are All the Same]]
* [[Our Elves Are Better]]: Mark.
* [[Our Elves Are Better]]: Mark.
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* [[Person of Mass Destruction]]: Dux.
* [[Person of Mass Destruction]]: Dux.
* [[Pirate]]: Cap'n.
* [[Pirate]]: Cap'n.
* [[Put On a Bus]]: Temporarily happened to Dux when the player controlling him was unavailable. As far as examples of this trope go, however, [[Tropes Are Not Bad|it was actually not that bad]]. In fact, the player did it in such a way that it seemed like it was just [[Character Development]].
* [[Put on a Bus]]: Temporarily happened to Dux when the player controlling him was unavailable. As far as examples of this trope go, however, [[Tropes Are Not Bad|it was actually not that bad]]. In fact, the player did it in such a way that it seemed like it was just [[Character Development]].
* [[Ragtag Bunch of Misfits]]
* [[Ragtag Bunch of Misfits]]
* [[Schrodingers Gun]]: Inverted- using the PTMPIS, the players can actually use this trope against the Game Master!
* [[Schrödinger's Gun]]: Inverted- using the PTMPIS, the players can actually use this trope against the Game Master!
* [[Shout Out]]: Pluto is an anthropomorphic version of Edgar Allen Poe's short story, ''The Black Cat''.
* [[Shout-Out]]: Pluto is an anthropomorphic version of Edgar Allen Poe's short story, ''The Black Cat''.
** The newest edition to the team, Demi, is a [[Final Fantasy|Chocobo]].
** The newest edition to the team, Demi, is a [[Final Fantasy|Chocobo]].
* [[Split Personality]]: Dux with G. Attona, to some extent, with her dark side that's trying to regain control.
* [[Split Personality]]: Dux with G. Attona, to some extent, with her dark side that's trying to regain control.
* [[Spock Speak]]: Partially; the werewolf chieftain, despite his remarkably good usage of English, never uses contractions.
* [[Spock Speak]]: Partially; the werewolf chieftain, despite his remarkably good usage of English, never uses contractions.
* [[Start of Darkness]]: Pluto wasn't always the [[Ax Crazy]] nihilist he is today. It wasn't until he was cursed by Cyrus that he snapped like a twig.
* [[Start of Darkness]]: Pluto wasn't always the [[Ax Crazy]] nihilist he is today. It wasn't until he was cursed by Cyrus that he snapped like a twig.
* [[Super Powered Evil Side]]: G, to Dux.
* [[Super-Powered Evil Side]]: G, to Dux.
* [[Token Human]]: Edgar.
* [[Token Human]]: Edgar.
* [[True Neutral]]: The Grey Order are a textbook example of this trope: in order to maintain the balance between good and evil in their world, the Grey Order alternates between acts of villainy and heroism.
* [[True Neutral]]: The Grey Order are a textbook example of this trope: in order to maintain the balance between good and evil in their world, the Grey Order alternates between acts of villainy and heroism.
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Latest revision as of 17:07, 4 December 2019

High Fantasy: The Grey Order is a Play By Post Game on Nintendo Nsider2 Forums created by the user Rhadamanthus. As the name implies, the story is a callback to classic High Fantasy stories. The roleplay is notable for the debut of Rhadamanthus's Player To Master Plot Interface System (PTMPIS), a system in which the players of the RP have some control of the plot by being able to create certain aspects of the setting and mythos of the world their characters inhabit, though the GM still outranks the players in terms of control over the story. It can be found here [dead link].

Tropes used in High Fantasy: The Grey Order include:
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