History Main / PhysicalMysticalTechnological

SubTrope to ThreeApproachSystem. Compare FighterMageThief, which can overlap with this trope in various incarnations: usually the fighter tends to be the physical, the thief the technological and the mage the mystical — say, the thief relies more on tech gadgets and ingenuity than on dexterity and back-stabs -, but the fighter could also employ SupernaturalMartialArts, while the mage is a scholar of SufficientlyAnalyzedMagic who uses properly engineered {{Magitek}} in place of all that outdated chanting and hand-waving (and the thief just stabs the monster to death while they argue about it)- or, the fighter could use hi-tech power armor, guns and machines, the mage could be a mutant, a beast tamer or a shapeshifter or a user of poisons and chemical weapons, and the Thief can manipulate shadows and cast powerful illusions to trick their opponent.

** Franchise/{{Superman}}'s powers come from his alien biology, and is the main powerhouse of the three.

* VideoGame/DevilMayCry5 has Dante, Nero and V. Dante attacks with swords and guns, Nero with cybernetic arms and a revolver and V by controlling Familiars.

*** Kamen Rider Saga as an array of Mystical powers, due to him being a Fangire himself. Alternatively, Saga can be the Physical because it only uses martial arts and his Jacorder whip and summons monsters.

* ''VideoGame/KingdomRush'' and its sequel fit this in regards to the four tower types. Archers and Barracks are the Physical towers, doing melee damage and in the latter case spawning soldiers to block enemies and attack them with swords. Mage towers are the Magical units, whose attacks deal magic damage and are effective against foes with high physical armor. Finally, the Artillery towers are the Tech units, who specialize in physical SplashDamage via liberal use of explosives, and/or electricity.

*** Kiva himself is Physical, using a bestial fighring style.
*** The Kamen Rider Ixa system is a suit of PoweredArmor designed to fight [[OurVampiresAreDifferent Fangires]]
*** Kamen Rider Saga as an array of Mystical powers, due to him being a Fangire himself.

* ''VideoGame/CivilizationBeyondEarth'' offers the player a choice of three affinities - ways of human development [[SettlingTheFrontier in the new world]]. At the heart of [[HumanityIsSuperior Purity's]] philosophy is a celebration of the human form and history, which its adherents are willing to defend with reinforced [[PowerArmor Battlesuits]] and a variety of heavy armored vehicles. Adepts of [[BioPunk Harmony]] set themselves the goal of achieving a [[InHarmonyWithNature symbiotic relationship with the environment of the new planet]], to protect which they use genetically enhanced life forms, as well as a [[DeadlyGas miasma]] that is poisonous to all but themselves. Finally, [[CyberPunk Supremacy]], while believing in technology as the greatest gift of mankind, capable, if properly used, of making civilization completely independent of the environment, or giving society [[BrainUploading immortality]], uses robotics, cybernetics and other similar technologies to protect its vision of a better future.

* ''VideoGame/TrailsSeries'' has it in the four lead characters of each arc, despite the fact that all four are front-line fighters. Estelle and Lloyd are Physical, as both are BadassNormal, using a bo staff and tonfa respectively. Rean is the Mystical, as he combines his [[SupernaturalMartialArts Eight Leaves One Blade]] sword style with a SuperMode using the curse of Ishmelga which he contains in his body. Van is the Technological, as he's a HenshinHero who fuses with his AI Mare to turn into Grendel, and when not transformed uses a hi-tech weapon called Stun-Calibur that can be charged with electricity, along with his fists.

* VideoGame/TrailsSeries has it in the four lead characters of each arc, despite the fact that all four are front-line fighters. Estelle and Lloyd are Physical, as both are BadassNormal, using a bo staff and tonfa respectively. Rean is the Mystical, as he combines his [[SupernaturalMartialArts Eight Leaves One Blade]] sword style with a SuperMode using the curse of Ishmelga which he contains in his body. Van is the Technological, as he's a HenshinHero who fuses with his AI Mare to turn into Grendel, though he fights with physical attacks when not transformed.

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SubTrope to ThreeApproachSystem. Compare FighterMageThief, which can overlap with this trope in various incarnations: usually the fighter tends to be the physical, the thief the technological and the mage the mystical — say, the thief relies more on tech gadgets and ingenuity than on dexterity and back-stabs -, but the fighter could also employ SupernaturalMartialArts, while the mage is a scholar of SufficientlyAnalyzedMagic who uses properly engineered {{Magitek}} in place of all that outdated chanting and hand-waving (and the thief just stabs the monster to death while they argue about it)- or, the fighter could use hi-tech power armor, guns and machines, the mage could be a mutant, a beast tamer or a shapeshifter, and the Thief can manipulate shadows and cast powerful illusions to trick their opponent.

*** Kamen rider G3 is technical, being a police officer who uses PoweredArmor.

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* VideoGame/NieR has the core trio of Nier, Kainé and Emil. Nier is a normal human skilled in both one-handed and two-handed swords, and lances, and has to rely on his book Grimoire Weiss to use magic. Kainé is a human that has a Shade fused with her body which gives her electric-based magic attacks. Emil's powerful magic attacks come from the fact that he's a living weapon created by a technologically advanced ancient civilization.

* VideoGame/Nier has the core trio of Nier, Kainé and Emil. Nier is a normal human skilled in both one-handed and two-handed swords, and lances, and has to rely on his book Grimoire Weiss to use magic. Kainé is a human that has a Shade fused with her body which gives her electric-based magic attacks. Emil's powerful magic attacks come from the fact that he's a living weapon created by a technologically advanced ancient civilization.

* VideoGame/NierReplicant has the core trio of Nier, Kainé and Emil. Nier is a normal human skilled in both one-handed and two-handed swords, and lances, and has to rely on his book Grimoire Weiss to use magic. Kainé is a human that has a Shade fused with her body which gives her electric-based magic attacks. Emil's powerful magic attacks come from the fact that he's a living weapon created by a technologically advanced ancient civilization.

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** Franchise/{{Superman}}'s powers come from his alien biology, and is very physical about things.

** Franchise/{{Superman}}'s powers come from his alien biology.

** Cap was turned into a super soldier by SuperScience during WWII.

SubTrope to ThreeApproachSystem. Compare FighterMageThief, which can overlap with this trope in various incarnations: usually the fighter tends to be the physical, the thief the technological and the mage the mystical — say, the thief relies more on tech gadgets and ingenuity than on dexterity and back-stabs -, but the fighter could also employ SupernaturalMartialArts, while the mage is a scholar of SufficientlyAnalyzedMagic who uses properly engineered {{Magitek}} in place of all that outdated chanting and hand-waving (and the thief just stabs the monster to death while they argue about it)- or, the fighter could use hi-tech power armor, guns and machines, the mage could be a mutant or a shapeshifter whose power is organic in nature, and the Thief can manipulate shadows and cast powerful illusions to trick their opponent.

SubTrope to ThreeApproachSystem. Compare FighterMageThief, which can overlap with this trope in various incarnations — say, the thief relies more on tech gadgets and ingenuity than on dexterity and back-stabs, or the fighter employs SupernaturalMartialArts while the mage is a scholar of SufficientlyAnalyzedMagic who uses properly engineered {{Magitek}} in place of all that outdated chanting and hand-waving (and the thief just stabs the monster to death while they argue about it).