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General ACKS Forums General Discussion
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Hello ACKSians-
I’m soliciting your input as to what tropes from TV Tropes characterize ACKS. Here are some of my initial thoughts…

ACKS Overall
http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/RatedMForManly - adventurer conqueror KING, lol
http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/OneManArmy - high level fighters
http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/WarIsGlorious - xp from adventuring

ACKS Classes
http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/LadyOfWar – bladedancers
http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/WarriorMonk - mystic

ACKS Campaign Rules
http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/AuthorityEqualsAsskicking – domain rulers tend to be high level characters
http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/AsskickingEqualsAuthority – high level characters tend to become high level characters
http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/HumanSacrifice - To gain divine power for spell research

Domains at War
http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/RapePillageAndBurn – Pillaging and Looting
http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/WarForFunAndProfit – Spoils of War
http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TheSiege - Sieges
http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/WarElephants - War Elephants are a unit

Auran Empire
http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/OlderThanDirt - Thrassians, Argolleans
http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/OlderThanFeudalism - Zaharans, Aurans
http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/AncientGreece - Nicea

http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/AncientAstronauts – well, you’ll see

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Ancient Astronauts? Well, you’ll see them in Barbarian Conqueror King as well :slight_smile:

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Going with TvTropes’ tendency to also list works that avert or subvert tropes:

Averted - http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ExoticWeaponSupremacy
Averted, subverted, and generally folded, spindled, AND mutilated - http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/HollywoodHealing
Averted - http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/KatanasAreJustBetter
The entire House Rules section - http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/NotTheIntendedUse

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Spellsword → http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/MagicKnight
Mages → http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ArmorAndMagicDontMix
Fighting Style Shield → Either http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/BoringButPractical or http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/SimpleYetAwesome , depending on how you look at it.
Weakly averted compared to other versions of D&D, in that the implementation is actually reasonable → http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/DualWielding

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Some really good ones! I hadn’t even thought about the ones we averted.