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** ''Alice's Great Adventure'' focuses more on playstyle than gear stats. The other weapons handle significantly differently, so that the player would have to spend an hour in the startung area to re-train themselves in their usage.

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** ''Alice's Great Adventure'' focuses more on playstyle than gear stats. The other weapons handle significantly differently, so that the player would have to spend an hour in the startung starting area to re-train themselves in their usage.
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** ''Alice's Great Adventure'' focuses more on playstyle than gear stats. The other weapons handle significantly differently, so that the player would have to re-train themselves to use a new weapon.

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** ''Alice's Great Adventure'' focuses more on playstyle than gear stats. The other weapons handle significantly differently, so that the player would have to spend an hour in the startung area to re-train themselves to use a new weapon. in their usage.
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** ''Alice's Great Adventure'' focuses more on playstyle than gear stats.

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** ''Alice's Great Adventure'' focuses more on playstyle than gear stats. The other weapons handle significantly differently, so that the player would have to re-train themselves to use a new weapon.
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*** It scales with ''all'' stats, and "Start" is actually a corruption of "Stat."
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** The Start Blade has [[SocketedEquipment more SkillGem Slots than any other weapon]].

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** The game uses stat-scaling rather than simply determining that X weapon does Y damage of Z type. The Start Blade scales with an additional stat compared to every other weapon's one or two.



** ''Alice's Great Adventure'' focuses more on playstyle than gear stats.



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* '''Inverted''': The Start Blade (despite its name) is the game's final weapon and its strongest. Alice's starting sword is microscopically pitiful in comparison.

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* '''Inverted''': The Start Blade (despite its name) is the game's final weapon and its strongest. Alice's starting sword sword, the "Finish Blade" (again, despite its name) is microscopically pitiful in comparison.
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** One of [[UtilityWeapon Start Blade's]] uses is that it can start any machine whose keyhole it's plugged into.

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* '''Averted''': The Start Blade is absolute VendorTrash Alice can exchange at the second merchant for a better sword.

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* '''Averted''': The Start Blade is absolute VendorTrash Alice can exchange BetterOffSold at the second merchant for a better sword.

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* '''Justified''': The Start Blade is a SwordOfPlotAdvancement and is better than other swords for a reason.

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The Start Blade is a SwordOfPlotAdvancement and is better than other swords for a reason.
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** '''Reconstructed''': Zurk however does ''not'' account for immunity to starting attacks and abilities. Alice can't hurt him with the "Start Blade," but her first magic spell completely overwhelms him.

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** * '''Reconstructed''': Zurk however does ''not'' account for immunity to starting attacks and abilities. Alice can't hurt him with the "Start Blade," but her first magic spell completely overwhelms him.

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* '''Deconstructed''': The world is in medieval stasis because the starter swords and items are so practical that people don't see the necessity of further technological development. Seeing this, DarkLord Zurk develops a spell that renders him immune to the starter gear.
** '''Reconstructed''': Zurk however does ''not'' account for immunity to starting attacks and abilities. Alice can't hurt him with the "Start Blade," but her first magic spell completely overwhelms him.
* '''Played For Laughs''': Alice starts her adventure WithThisHerring, which shows surprising lethality against every enemy she faces, even the BigBad.



%%* '''Lampshaded''': "wow Alice that started sword is really handy".
%%* '''Played For Laughs''': Alice starts her adventure WithThisHerring with shows surprising lethality against every enemy she faces, even the BigBad.

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%%* '''Deconstructed''': The world is in medieval stasis beacuse the starter swords and items are so practical that people don't see the necessity of further technological development, seeing this DarkLord Zurk develops a toll that renders him inmune to the starter gear.



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* '''Justified''': The Start Blade is a SwordofPlotAdvancement and is better than other swords for a reason.
** The Start Blade is an EvolvingWeapon, so the player can make the Blade as strong as they want it to be.

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* '''Justified''': The Start Blade is a SwordofPlotAdvancement SwordOfPlotAdvancement and is better than other swords for a reason.
** The Start Blade is game uses an EvolvingWeapon, EvolvingWeapon system, so the player can make the Start Blade as strong as they want it to be.be rather than bothering with other swords.



* '''Enforced''': "Alice's Great Adventure" has a [[BreakableWeapons durability system]]. The Start Blade never breaks and its stats follow the player's level to prevent it form being useless.

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* '''Enforced''': "Alice's Great Adventure" has a [[BreakableWeapons durability system]]. The Start Blade never breaks and its stats follow the player's level to prevent it form from being useless.



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* '''Enforced''': "Alice's Great Adventure" has a [[BreakableWeapons durability system]]. The Start Blade never breaks and has just enough stats in a pinch.

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* '''Enforced''': "Alice's Great Adventure" has a [[BreakableWeapons durability system]]. The Start Blade never breaks and has just enough its stats in a pinch.follow the player's level to prevent it form being useless.
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** Alice's Great Adventure has EvolvingWeapons, so the player can make the Blade as strong as they want it to be.

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** Alice's Great Adventure has EvolvingWeapons, The Start Blade is an EvolvingWeapon, so the player can make the Blade as strong as they want it to be.

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** Alice's Great Adventure has EvolvingWeapons, so the player can make the Blade as strong as they want it to be.



* '''Lampshaded''': "Hey Alice, we're about to fight Emperor Evulz.
* '''Invoked''': Bob knows all along that he has no use for a Mystery Crystal, and tells the player to just sell it as soon as possible.



* '''Defied''': Alice is not allowed to keep her Start Blade beyond the first act.

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* '''Defied''': Alice is not allowed to keep her Start Blade beyond the first act.act, to avoid the player [[ComplacentGamingSyndrome relying on it the entire game]].



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'''Basic Trope''': Your starting gear is perfectly adequate from start to end, perhaps better than other weapons.
* '''Straight''': The "Start Blade" in "Alice's Great Adventure" can be used throughout the whole story without ever tapering off in quality.
* '''Exaggerated''': The Start Blade is the game's best weapon, thanks to everything else being a JokeItem.
* '''Downplayed''': The Start Blade has fine stats for endgame, but there's more than a few swords that knock it out of the park if Alice goes looking for them.
* '''Justified''': The Start Blade is a SwordofPlotAdvancement and is better than other swords for a reason.
* '''Inverted''': The Start Blade (despite its name) is the game's final weapon and its strongest. Alice's starting sword is microscopically pitiful in comparison.
* '''Subverted''': The Start Blade has enough stats to take Alice through the first two acts, but a DifficultySpike makes it harder to justify keeping around.
* '''Double Subverted''': If Alice ''does'' keep it around, it becomes the "[[InfinityPlusOneSword Finish Blade]]."
* '''Averted''': The Start Blade is absolute VendorTrash Alice can exchange at the second merchant for a better sword.
* '''Enforced''': "Alice's Great Adventure" has a [[BreakableWeapons durability system]]. The Start Blade never breaks and has just enough stats in a pinch.
* '''Lampshaded''': "Hey Alice, we're about to fight Emperor Evulz.
* '''Invoked''': Bob knows all along that he has no use for a Mystery Crystal, and tells the player to just sell it as soon as possible.
* '''Exploited''': Alice keeps the Start Blade on her throughout the whole story not just because of its decent stats, but because the player knows a negative secret event is tied to the swapping of Alice's weapons.
* '''Defied''': Alice is not allowed to keep her Start Blade beyond the first act.
* '''Discussed''': "Y'know, Alice...we're about to fight Emperor Evulz and save the world. I'm surprised your first sword lasted this long."
* '''Conversed''': "My dad's Start Blade is so good. I don't even need to spend my money on other ones! I might just fight Emperor Evulz with it."
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