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* SecretIdentity: Most of the time this is averted hard and the number of heroes with secret identities can literally be counted on one hand. To whit, the only two heroes in the multiverse era who are purposefully keeping up a secret identity are the Wraith and the Naturalist. Likewise, the only villains with a purposeful secret identity are the Chairman, the Operative, and Ambuscade (and even he drops that once he becomes the hero Stuntman).
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A revised version of sentinels titled 'definitive edition' with new art, re-balanced mechanics, and new cards is currently in development with Kickstarter pre-orders becoming available on March 30, 2021 and the commercial release being slated for August 5th, 2021.

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A revised version of sentinels Sentinels titled 'definitive edition' 'Definitive Edition' with new art, re-balanced mechanics, and new cards is currently in development with Kickstarter pre-orders becoming available on March 30, 2021 and the commercial release being slated for August 5th, 2021.
2021. The first expansion for this version, titled 'Rook City Renegades', successfully funded on Kickstarter on March 31st, 2022.

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* MultinationalTeam: The various heroes ''and'' villains come from a huge range of nations.
** While many of the heroes - especially the Freedom Five - come from the United States (Legacy, Bunker, Tachyon, Absolute Zero, Argent Adept, Nightmist, Setback, Chrono-Ranger, etc) many more come from other countries. Fanatic is from Peru, Unity from Israel, Haka from New Zealand, KNYFE from Scotland, the Naturalist from Nigeria, Visionary from China, Parse from Australia and Sky-Scraper and Tempest from outside of Earth.
** The villains are just as diverse. Outside of the obvious nonhuman ones, there's Baron Blade, who hails from a [[{{Ruritania}} a small fictional eastern European country]], Ambuscade from France, the Operative from the Philippines, and La Capitan from colonial Spain.



* MultinationalTeam: The various heroes ''and'' villains come from a huge range of nations.
** While many of the heroes - especially the Freedom Five - come from the United States (Legacy, Bunker, Tachyon, Absolute Zero, Argent Adept, Nightmist, Setback, Chrono-Ranger, etc) many more come from other countries. Fanatic is from Peru, Unity from Israel, Haka from New Zealand, KNYFE from Scotland, the Naturalist from Nigeria, Visionary from China, Parse from Australia and Sky-Scraper and Tempest from outside of Earth.
** The villains are just as diverse. Outside of the obvious nonhuman ones, there's Baron Blade, who hails from a [[{{Ruritania}} a small fictional eastern European country]], Ambuscade from France, the Operative from the Philippines, and La Capitan from colonial Spain.
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The game also employs LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters: Visit the (currently in progress) [[Characters/SentinelsOfTheMultiverse Character sheet]] for more information on the cast.

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The game also employs LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters: has a huge roster. Visit the (currently in progress) [[Characters/SentinelsOfTheMultiverse Character sheet]] for more information on the cast.



* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters: Currently, there are 37 playable heroes (counting the Southwest Sentinels/Void Guard, who appear as both a team and solo heroes), 97 hero character cards (some of whom represent different people - Legacy, Bunker, Luminary and Stuntman all have variants who are distinct people from the base hero card), 24 solo villain decks, 6 with variant villain cards, 15 team villain decks, a whole bunch of named minions and EliteMooks, multiple environment decks with named characters (the Court of Blood, Enclave of the Endlings, Maerynian Refuge and so on), and an ultra-villain who brings with him ten lesser villains plus all the dimension-hopping hero and villain alternates like Omni-Unity, Arataki (a female counterpart to Haka), and El Mejor Legado. And this is ''before'' factoring in the characters added in the RPG and Tactics.
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* DeliberateValuesDissonance: Mr. Fixer started off life in comics as a hero named Black Fist, a funky kung-fu master who was an intentional attempt to mimic Blacksploitation characters of the era.
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* CriticalStatusBuff: The primary mechanic of the RPG is the GYRO system (Green, Yellow, Red, Out) which functions like this. Each character has three zones, the Green Zone, the Yellow Zone, and the Red Zone and progress through these zones the more damage they take, unlocking more attacks as they do so.
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* LikeRealityUnlessNoted: While the world of the game follows the typical Superhero formula of really only superficially resembling our earth, the "Metaverse" where Sentinel Comics are published has been explicitly noted to be exactly like our reality with the exception of Sentinel Comics being one of the big comic publishers and animation being largely accepted as a storytelling medium.
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* ArtEvolution: The art started off pretty good already but got even better with every expansion. For a particularly good example, look at Young Legacy's [[https://sentinelswiki.com/index.php?title=File:Legacy_America%27s_Newest_Standard_Front.png original card art]] versus her [[https://sentinelswiki.com/index.php?title=File:Legacy_America%27s_Newest_Foil_Front.png Anniversary Foil card art]].
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** One in the card game itself with Absolute Zero's suit being destroyed at seemingly every opportunity. The ice man himself even lampshades it on several occasions.

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A revised version of sentinels titled 'definitive edition' with new art, re-balanced mechanics, and new cards is currently in development with Kickstarter pre-orders becoming available on March 30, 2021 and the commercial release being slated for August 5th, 2021

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An official crossover with ''TabletopGame/MutantsAndMasterminds'' called Sentinels of Earth-Prime also exists.

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* FantasticRacism: Grand Warlord Voss thinks of ofher alien races and humans as inferior to Thorathians (his race) and many humans are racist towards alien characters, particularly the hero Tempest.
** In a twist of irony, despite being created by writers in-universe as an analogue to the civil rights movement akin to the X-Men, Tempest is extremely racist towards Skyscraper. His predjudice is relatively justified as she is one of the aformentioned Thorathians, who destroyed his home planet, and he grows out or it eventually.

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* FantasticRacism: Grand Warlord Voss thinks of ofher other alien races and humans as inferior to Thorathians (his race) and many humans are racist towards alien characters, particularly the hero Tempest.
** In a twist of irony, despite being created by writers in-universe as an analogue to the civil rights movement akin to the X-Men, Tempest is extremely racist towards Skyscraper. His predjudice prejudice is relatively justified as she is one of the aformentioned Thorathians, who destroyed his home planet, and he grows out or it eventually.eventually.
* FictionalCountry: The country of Mordengrad, ruled over by Legacy's arch-enemy Baron Blade. It used to be a Soviet Bloc State before breaking away after the Baron killed a few Russian officials asking for weapons.
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** Oblivaeon himself can do much worse. If the countdown token reaches 0, he destroys an environment and removes the it from the game. In phase 3 however, he not only erases the hero with the lowest HP, but also their rewards and incapacitated heroes.
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* GreenRocks: Of the crazy Phlebotinums in the Sentinels multiverse, two in particular count for this: Isoflux-Alpha and [=OblivAeon=] shards.
**Isoflux-Alpha is the result of a scientist's experimentation with an anti-matter generator and gives powers to most people who touch it, regardless of his weird and out there they may be. Characters with this power source include Mainstay, Dr. Medico, and Chokepoint.
** [=OblivAeon=] shards are chipped off pieces of a massive beyond cosmic entity that serves as the main bad guy for the Card Game's final expansion. They can also give anybody any power though usually at the cost of driving them insane. Characters with this power source include Captain Cosmic, Infinitor, and Proletariat.
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** OurVampiresAreDifferent: The Court of Blood is... actually pretty true to the original vampire myths. It's an all-female court of vampires (with one [[ThatOneGuy male manservant]]) run by Blood Countess Bathory (based on the legends surrounding the real life serial killer of the same name). The vampires use blood magic to sustain themselves and also make [[DealWithTheDevil deals and pacts with people such as Lifeline who seek blood magic power]].

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** OurVampiresAreDifferent: The Court of Blood is... actually pretty true to the original vampire myths. It's an all-female court of vampires (with one [[ThatOneGuy [[TheOneGuy male manservant]]) run by Blood Countess Bathory (based on the legends surrounding the real life serial killer of the same name). The vampires use blood magic to sustain themselves and also make [[DealWithTheDevil deals and pacts with people such as Lifeline who seek blood magic power]].
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** The Sentinels of Freedom spinoff video game gives us even more voices: Absolute Zero, Bunker, a different Tachyon, Wraith, Legacy (Felicia [=Parsons/Fields=]), Expatriette, Unity, Setback, The Adhesivist, Fright Train, Ermine, [[spoiler:and the members of Perestroika]].

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** The Sentinels of Freedom spinoff video game gives us even more voices: Absolute Zero, Bunker, a different Tachyon, Wraith, Legacy (Felicia [=Parsons/Fields=]), Expatriette, Unity, Setback, The Adhesivist, Fright Train, Ermine, [[spoiler:and [[spoiler: the members of Perestroika]].Perestroika, and Highbrow]].
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** The Sentinels of Freedom spinoff video game gives us even more voices: Absolute Zero, Bunker, a different Tachyon, Wraith, Legacy (Felicia [=Parsons/Fields=]), Expatriette, Unity, The Adhesivist, Fright Train, Ermine, [[spoiler:and the members of Perestroika]].

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** The Sentinels of Freedom spinoff video game gives us even more voices: Absolute Zero, Bunker, a different Tachyon, Wraith, Legacy (Felicia [=Parsons/Fields=]), Expatriette, Unity, Setback, The Adhesivist, Fright Train, Ermine, [[spoiler:and the members of Perestroika]].
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* LuckManipulationMechanic: While dice aren't involved, the cards are shuffled often to randomize the game. Several heroes have abilities that let them either look at their next card and optionally discard it, pick what card the villain will draw next, or allow another player to draw two cards and discard one outside of their normal turn order. Other decks have cards that let a player go through their deck or trash and just pick a card with a given key word on it rather than wait for it to come up on the draw. This is the primary purpose of Visionary's deck.

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* LuckManipulationMechanic: While dice aren't involved, the cards are shuffled often to randomize the game. Several heroes have abilities that let them either look at their next card and optionally discard it, pick what card the villain will draw next, or allow another player to draw two cards and discard one (or, alternatively, discard a card already in your hand and keep both) outside of their normal turn order. Other decks have cards that let a player go through their deck or trash and just pick a card with a given key word on it rather than wait for it to come up on the draw. This is the primary purpose of Visionary's deck.
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* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters: Currently, there are 37 playable heroes (counting the Southwest Sentinels/Void Guard, who appear as both a team and solo heroes), 97 hero character cards (some of whom represent different people - Legacy, Bunker, Luminary and Stuntman all have variants who are distinct people from the base hero card), 24 solo villain decks, 6 with variant villain cards, 15 team villain decks, a whole bunch of named minions and EliteMooks, multiple environment decks with named characters (the Court of Blood, Enclave of the Endlings, Maerynian Refuge and so on), and an ultra-villain who brings with him ten lesser villains plus all the dimension-hopping hero and villain alternates like Omni-Unity, Arataki (a female counterpart to Haka), and El Mejor Legado.

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* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters: Currently, there are 37 playable heroes (counting the Southwest Sentinels/Void Guard, who appear as both a team and solo heroes), 97 hero character cards (some of whom represent different people - Legacy, Bunker, Luminary and Stuntman all have variants who are distinct people from the base hero card), 24 solo villain decks, 6 with variant villain cards, 15 team villain decks, a whole bunch of named minions and EliteMooks, multiple environment decks with named characters (the Court of Blood, Enclave of the Endlings, Maerynian Refuge and so on), and an ultra-villain who brings with him ten lesser villains plus all the dimension-hopping hero and villain alternates like Omni-Unity, Arataki (a female counterpart to Haka), and El Mejor Legado. And this is ''before'' factoring in the characters added in the RPG and Tactics.
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* SuperheroSchool: In the RPG, the Freedom Five become the Sentinels of Freedom and open Freedom Academy at Freedom Plaza (built on the site where Freedom Tower used to reside before [=OblivAeon=] destroyed it) to teach the next generation of heroes.
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** Zig-Zagged with Tachyon's theme. While the theme is mostly original, the beginning sounds a lot like the beginning of her not-nemisis Friction's theme.

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** Zig-Zagged with Tachyon's theme. While the theme is mostly original, the beginning sounds a lot like the beginning of her not-nemisis not-nemesis Friction's theme.
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* ArmyOfTheAges: Not quite an army, but La Capitan's pirate crew includes a [[HornyVikings Viking]], a {{Ronin}}, an accrobat, a flying ace from either WWI or WWII, a Cavaliere from medieval spain, and French Musketeer.

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* ArmyOfTheAges: Not quite an army, but La Capitan's pirate crew includes a [[HornyVikings Viking]], a {{Ronin}}, an accrobat, acrobat, a flying ace from either WWI or WWII, a Cavaliere from medieval spain, and French Musketeer.

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** The ''Tactics'' or ''Mist Storm'' timeline is this post-[=OblivAeon=]. Rook City is absolutely trashed; the populace has become suspicious of heroes and is trying to regulate them; many villains get horrifying upgrades in power level (including some already high-level-threat villains becoming even higher-level threats); and many heroes end up dead, making self-destructive choices, becoming darker and more anti-heroic, or even full on turning into villains themselves.

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** The "Vertex" timeline, associated with the now-discontinued ''Tactics'' or ''Mist Storm'' games, is this compared to the "Sentinel Comics" post-[=OblivAeon=] timeline is this post-[=OblivAeon=].associate with the role-playing game. Rook City is absolutely trashed; the populace has become suspicious of heroes and is trying to regulate them; many villains get horrifying upgrades in power level (including some already high-level-threat villains becoming even higher-level threats); and many heroes end up dead, making self-destructive choices, becoming darker and more anti-heroic, or even full on turning into villains themselves.


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* TheDarkAgeOfComicBooks: Parodied with the "Xtreme" universe, which started in-universe as a semi-serious set of alternate universe comics and gradually mutated into an hilariously over-the-top piss-take of comics in the 90's. That said, Adam and Christopher actually have a fair bit of nostalgia for the comics of the 90's, being ninties kids and having collected comics in that era, so the mockery is a bit more affectionate than it usually is.
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* DamageTyping: Each card that deals damage specifies a damage type, whether as mundane as [[KineticWeaponsAreJustBetter projectile and melee damage]] or as exotic as [[LightEmUp radiant]] and [[CastingAShadow infernal]]. In approximately 75% of cases, the outcome of combat is the same regardless of damage type, but some cards can increase, decrease, or completely prevent certain types of damage. For instance, [[TheCape Legacy]] can use the power printed on [[NewPowersAsThePlotDemands Next Evolution]] to [[NoSell briefly become immune to one damage type of the player's choice]], while [[BadassNormal The Wraith]]'s [[SuperWristGadget Targeting Computer]] increases the Projectile damage she deals, but not her melee damage.
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** The Sentinels of Freedom spinoff video game gives us even more voices: Absolute Zero, Bunker, a different Tachyon, Wraith, Young Legacy, Expatriette, Unity, The Adhesivist, Fright Train, Ermine, [[spoiler:and the members of Perestroika]].

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** The Sentinels of Freedom spinoff video game gives us even more voices: Absolute Zero, Bunker, a different Tachyon, Wraith, Young Legacy, Legacy (Felicia [=Parsons/Fields=]), Expatriette, Unity, The Adhesivist, Fright Train, Ermine, [[spoiler:and the members of Perestroika]].
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'''''Sentinels of the Multiverse''''', according to its rulebook, is the [[OverlyNarrowSuperlative World's Greatest Cooperative, Comic-Book Based, Fixed-Deck Card Game]]. Created in 2011 by Christopher Badell, Paul Bender, and Adam Rebottaro, under the moniker of Greater Than Games, ''Sentinels'' pits three to five heroes--each represented by a unique deck of cards--against one of several varied and interesting villains, each represented by their own unique deck. One of several environments (also represented by a deck of cards) plays cards throughout the fight, hindering or helping both sides of the battle and creating a dynamic flow to the game.

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'''''Sentinels ''Sentinels of the Multiverse''''', Multiverse'', according to its rulebook, is the [[OverlyNarrowSuperlative World's Greatest Cooperative, Comic-Book Based, Fixed-Deck Card Game]]. Created in 2011 by Christopher Badell, Paul Bender, and Adam Rebottaro, under the moniker of Greater Than Games, ''Sentinels'' pits three to five heroes--each represented by a unique deck of cards--against one of several varied and interesting villains, each represented by their own unique deck. One of several environments (also represented by a deck of cards) plays cards throughout the fight, hindering or helping both sides of the battle and creating a dynamic flow to the game.



A tactical combat game ''Sentinel Tactics: The Flame of Freedom'' was funded through ''Website/{{Kickstarter}}'' and released in 2014. ''Sentinel Comics: The Roleplaying Game'' was also funded through ''Kickstarter'' for 2020. In addition, a video game based on the franchise (not to be confused with the digital adaption of the card game) called ''Sentinels of Freedom'' was funded on Kickstarter for PC, Switch, [=PS4=], and [=XBox=]. As of this writing only the PC and Switch versions have come out.

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A tactical combat game ''Sentinel Tactics: The Flame of Freedom'' was funded through ''Website/{{Kickstarter}}'' and released in 2014. ''Sentinel Comics: The Roleplaying Game'' was also funded through ''Kickstarter'' for 2020. In addition, a video game based on the franchise (not to be confused with the digital adaption of the card game) called ''Sentinels of Freedom'' was funded on Kickstarter for PC, Switch, [=PS4=], and [=XBox=]. As of this writing writing, only the PC and Switch versions have come out.

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* [invoked] DarknessInducedAudienceApathy: In-universe this is the reaction people had to the later comics under the Vertex label, which are set in the Miststorm Timeline. Things progressively got worse and worse. Heroes became villains (or acted villainous), people were obsessed with stockpiling [=OblivAeon=] shards, the government and public's hatred of superheroes continues to make things difficult, all in all a really bad time. Eventually people just stopped reading because things weren't getting any better, resulting in the Vertex line getting canned and the Miststorm timeline being completely destroyed.


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* [invoked] TooBleakStoppedCaring: In-universe this is the reaction people had to the later comics under the Vertex label, which are set in the Miststorm Timeline. Things progressively got worse and worse. Heroes became villains (or acted villainous), people were obsessed with stockpiling [=OblivAeon=] shards, the government and public's hatred of superheroes continues to make things difficult, all in all a really bad time. Eventually people just stopped reading because things weren't getting any better, resulting in the Vertex line getting canned and the Miststorm timeline being completely destroyed.
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