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Realm of the Mad God is a free-to-play MMORPG which can be found [http://www.realmofthemadgod.com/ here], and on Steam<ref>In fact, it's possible for the Steam account to be compatible with an account on the game's main site</ref>. Gameplay takes cues from both the [[Roguelike]] and [[Bullet Hell|danmaku]] genres, with permadeath in effect for everyone. The game is small and embedded on that page so unless you don't have Flash installed you can play right away.

 

* [[Absurdly Low Level Cap]]: The maximum attainable level, 20, can be achieved within as little as thirty minutes, although maxing out all of your stats will take much longer (but still relatively little time compared to other MMORPGS). [[Justified Trope|Justified]] by the permanent death system.

* [[Action Bomb]]: The grey blob, which is a [[Exactly What It Says On the Tin|grey blob]]. They like to get right up next to you before exploding in a circle of fire. A whole swarm of them is [[Yet Another Stupid Death|a common way to end a game in a hurry.]]

* [[Death Is a Slap On The Wrist]]: Despite the use of [[Final Death]], you're actually ''encouraged'' to die, as doing so is the only way to obtain the game's currency, Fame.

* [[Degraded Boss]]: A number of cases, most notably the Horned Drake, which tends to show up in groups of three or more in higher level areas.

* [[Drunken Master]]: According to the "official" fan lore, much of Oryx's power comes from copious consumption of wine.

* [[Dungeon Crawling]]: The game currently has 11 dungeons, with more on the way.

* [[Eyes Do Not Belong There]]: The Pentaract Towers have eyes. And are surrounded by a swarm of eyes. [[Everything Trying to Kill You|Which will shoot you.]]

* [[Final Death]]: If your character dies, he is gone for good. The game even places a gravestone where he died. That said, if you save up the massive amount of fame required to purchase an Amulet of Resurrection, you at least get one more chance.

* [[Fragile Speedster]]: Rogues, Archers, Assassins, and Huntresses.

* [[Heal Thyself]]: The Priest's healing ability can heal himself, as well as the other people in the spell's range.

* [[Interface Screw]]: Being inflicted with confusion will rotate your controls 90 degrees. Usually, the effect doesn't last very long, but the bats in the Manor of the Immortals confuse you for several seconds.

** Enemies in the [[Jungle Japes|Forbidden Jungle]] also have an attack that causes "Hallucinating", which switches every sprite on the screen with another one at random. This includes the trees and vines the area is covered with, making the overall effect quite distracting.

** "Pirate Rum - It seems like it would be a bad idea to drink this. [[Press X to Die|Shift-click to use.]]" For the curious, it {{spoiler|makes the screen blurry for a minute or so.}}

** Also, the occasionally-appearing Mysterious Crystal. This immobile crystal constantly self-regenerates and begs everybody in the world to attack and break it (players who find it often add their own pleas for help). The sheer effort required to break it usually means that if it breaks, most of the available players will be right there, including a lot of low-level ones who don't really know what's going on. And [[Sealed Evil in A Can|it's not the crystal]] that's begging you to break it...

* [[Slippy Slidey Ice World]]: Can be found in portions of the world-map. Of note is that little sliding is performed, which is for the best [[Bullet Hell|in a game like this.]]

* [[Stat Grinding]]: Done in the form of the various stat potions, which when drunk increase a certain stat by 1. Obtaining them involves slaughtering the gods of the realm, and you'll need every last drop if you want to survive the [[Big Bad]] and [[Bonus Dungeon]].

* [[Sword Beam]]: Keeping in with the [[Bullet Hell]]-style of the game, ''everything'' shoots beams, even the melee weapons. It's just that swords and daggers have a small range, while staves and bows and the like have a much longer range.

* [[Throwing Your Shield Always Works]]: The Knight's special power is to do this, which normally stuns enemies.

* [[True Final Boss]]: Going through the steps necessary to unlock the door that appears after you kill Oryx will open up a [[Bonus Dungeon]] [[Nintendo Hard|which eats maxed out characters like they're going out of style]], ending in a rematch against the souped-up [[Big Bad]] himself. Bring health potions and lots of them.

* [[Turns Red]]: Several enemies and most bosses "power up" after taking a lot of damage, the Super Sumo and Ent Ancient being the most notable. The Ghost Kings are ''inversions''. Once their health is low enough, they actually ''shrink'' and can't do anything except run around.

* [[Very Definitely Final Dungeon]]: After defeating enough of his guardians, Oryx will prevent everyone from teleporting out of the realm. Defeating ALL of the guardians results in him teleporting everyone in the realm at the time to his castle. Defeat Oryx there, and he may drop the entrance to his Wine Cellar, which requires a rare, single-use item to unlock and is by far the hardest area in the game.

* [[X Meets Y]]: [[Bullet Hell]] + Roguelike + MMORPG + Retraux.

* [[Zerg Rush]]: "Trains" or "Locust Swarms"<ref>formerly "Rape Trains" but was changed for obvious reasons</ref> consist of a large mass of players running along the brick path leading around the realm shooting at absolutely anything that looks at them funny.