rpg trope ideas

[MyShpoonIsTooBig]

And now for something completely different. I've got a request I'd like to pass along to all of you lovely people who decided to click on this thread. I'm in the process of gathering together all of the tropes that come from RPGs and JRPGs and I'd like to pick your brains for some that you can come up with.

Here are some that I found on reddit in case you need some examples. These are mainly JRPG tropes, but tropes from any RPG are welcome!


- The main character is always under the age of 20
- Kingdoms are good. Empires are bad.
- The protaganist is usually an orphan or has a single parent.
- Protaganist's home village will be burnt down at some point.
- Spikey hair. Lots of spikey hair.

Got any other trope ideas that aren't on this list?

Thank you all for your time and contributions!

- Shpoon


https://www.reddit.com/r/JRPG/comments/1xqpnv/what_tropes_do_you_see_the_most_often_in_jrpgs/

[Oggy246]

the obligatory prison break through the sewer level

[Incarnate]

The ability to allocate skill points into some other discipline that is completely different. Morrowind might be the only game that got it right.

Because repeatedly using a lock and pick does not enhance your skill mixing plants together or enable you to fire lightning bolts out of your hand.

[Fumo Bnnuy n Frends]

-enemies have ice themed weapons and armor but does poison damage or some unexpected damage type compared to the theme of the stage or enemies/minions

-the higher armors have less bulky textures or look half assed compared to earlier armors

-save point right before the boss

-things like cooper, iron, and silver are low lvl but gold diamond and other mythical ores have more defenses.

-females have less protective clothing while males are armored to the teeth

-mages and healers have robes

-Ancient unexplored temple or dungeon but has signs to warn you of danger in modern language instead of ancient writings. WHO WROTE THE SIGN AND WHY????

-on that note also heal items and modern weapons, ammo, or armors.

-"oh you found this extremely rare boss loot armor i'll give you three fiddy for it"

-"oh you fought another higher lvl boss and found an even rare and more powerful item"? "I'll give you three fiddy and the old item 1/2 a penny"

-enemies cannot open doors and can't break them but can spawn through them without moving the door

-at least 1 stealth mission

-arena is always a roman styled colloseium

-"yeah you just met me but i wanna join your party" "Haha i was only pretending to be R...useless. In truth i am the final enemy"

-weight system instead of a space system or vice versa but never both (examples: you can carry 1000000000 1 ounce flowers or 10 swords that weight and are as long as your armspan).

[MyShpoonIsTooBig]

Thank you all for your posts! If I could, I'd buy you all islands somewhere warm. I hope this will suffice as a means of expression.

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