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* CriticalStatusBuff: The Taskmaster's Hardened mechanic grants their Pokémon various buffs as they sustain more and more Injuries. They can also gain a feature which doubles the effectiveness of these buffs while the Pokémon [[LastChanceHitPoint is at 0 hit points or less]].

* SandWorm: Onix and Steelix are already fine examples of this trope, but the ''Mareep'' book takes things further by introducing rules for a variant Steelix which is a blatant {{Expy}} of the sandworms from ''Literature/Dune'', evolving from Stunfisk instead of Onix and producing a spice-like substance which gives those who consume it temporary psychic powers.

* UndergroundMonkey: The ''Mareep'' book has rules for Pokémon that evolved in alien environments and thus have different types, moves, or abilities from the norm. Examples include a Flying/Poison LivingGasbag version of Tentacruel that lives in the atmospheres of gas giants, a pure-Ground Steelix that evolves from Stunfisk instead of Onix and lives on desert planets, and a Bug/Rock version of Parasect whose parasitic mushroom is replaced with a symbiotic living crystal.

* RealityWarper: The Warper class's Reality Bender feature lets them [[WindsOfDestinyChange manipulate probability]] in small ways and [[ThePowerOfCreation create inexpensive consumables]] that wink out of existence if not used quickly. The class also gets an Ability which lets them [[LuckManipulationMechanic reroll dice rolls]].

* UndergroundMonkey: The ''Mareep'' book has rules for Pokémon that evolved in alien environments and thus have different types, moves, or abilities. Examples include a Flying/Poison LivingGasbag version of Tentacruel that lives in the atmospheres of gas giants, a pure-Ground Steelix that evolves from Stunfisk instead of Onix and lives on desert planets, and a Bug/Rock version of Parasect whose parasitic mushroom is replaced with a symbiotic living crystal.

* GeneticEngineeringIsTheNewNuke: Genetic engineering and gene therapy are big parts of the ''Mareep'' book's Babel setting. Eevee is reimagined as an artificial Pokémon created through genetic experimentation, and evolutionary stones are machines invented specifically to modify its malleable DNA by gradually exposing it to radiation. Other Pokémon that normally evolve through evolutionary stones can only do so because gene therapy has been used to infuse these Pokémon with Eevee's genes, and if they haven't received this gene therapy, they can't evolve. Technical Machines likewise use a form of gene therapy to teach Pokémon moves that they couldn't learn naturally.

* LayeredMetropolis: The Babel campaign setting from the ''Do Porygon Dream of Mareep?'' splatbook centers around Heizhou, a {{cyberpunk}} metropolis consisting primarily of skyscraper {{arcolog|y}}ies which reach high into the clouds and are connected to one another by skybridges. Naturally, where you live is tied to your status: the richest and most affluent live in penthouse apartments that literally let them look down on the clouds, while the poorest live at or [[UnderCity below]] ground level.

* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: The advanced forms of Martial Artists players can become are Athletes, Aura Users, Black Belts, Dirty Fighters, Ninjas, Weapons Masters...and Massage Therapists.
** [[spoiler: A potential LethalJokeCharacter, being able to paralyze opponents in one touch.]]

* IKnowMaddenKombat: The Athlete class.

* AwesomenessByAnalysis: The Hobbyist can learn from a select list of Features several other classes use simply by watching their use as their capstone Feature.
** Chroniclers maintain albums with which they can also live up to this trope, in which they study recorded moves to better evade them, or even teach said moves to their Pokemon.
* BadassNormal: Very possible - A lot of the core, non-supernatural combat classes use mostly mundane Moves.

* CharacterCustomization - A staggering amount. Focusing on Pokemon alone, almost every other class can add new abilities, moves, alter base stat distribution, or even shift or add to a mon's type.
* ChefOfIron - Mildly, and potentially played straight if you take additional combat classes, but the Chef class does provide two abilities that're useful in combat in addition to all of its mundane cooking.

* DarkerAndEdgier: The core book neither suggests nor discourages this, though with so many options for trainers to actively fight, and classes like the Taskmaster and Hunter, the capacity for it is there.
** The overwhelming majority of settings in ''Mareep'' qualify, mostly by virtue of Pokemon being so light hearted and kid friendly to begin with.

* AFormYouAreComfortableWith / {{Masquerade}}: Some legendaries in ''Blessed'' are described as taking these, sometimes to hide among humans. Others could care less, or choose less mundane "disguises."

* IKnowMaddenKombat: The Athlete, also with a dash of SuperCoach.