History VideoGame / Drakensang

** CarryABigStick[=/=]DropTheHammer[=/=]Axes: One handed / two-handed maces and axes, including hammers too.

** Elven Spellweavers and Rangers (e.g. Laurelin) are nature-based casters, as are Dwarven Geodes (e.g. Brother Emmeran).

* EvilCounterpart: The Dark Amazons are evil counterparts of the regular amazons and worship the archdemon Belhalhar, the evil counterpart of the goddess Rondra. (Both represent battle, but Rondra favors chivalry and protection of the weak while Belhalhar loves bloodshed.)

* FantasyCounterpartCulture: Garethians seems to be Europeans, Thorwalians are Norse while the Novadi and Tulamids are Arabs, Persians and Similar. Zohari are Romani. Marascani may or not be a counterpart to Japan. The Elves of Tie'Shianna have a distinct Egyptian look.

%%* GiantEnemyCrab: They're blue, and they're crabby!
%%** In the first game one is featured as a mini-boss during a side quest.
%%** [[spoiler: One becomes an OptionalBoss in [=TRoT=].]]

* HarpingOnAboutHarpies: Featured as though, cruel winged monsters that live on mountains and are quite dangerous. You can also meet an even more dangerous flock of them in Moorbridge.

* {{Munchkin}}: Though the game designers tried to avoid this by not giving you complete freedom to neither allocate stats, perks and flaws yourself (at least not in the first game) nor pick all possible races, you can still create an incredibly skilled spellcasting fighter by picking the Elven warrior, equipping him with the golden armor, specializing in two-hand swords, movement and combat spells and dishing all your experience points into combat-relevant stats.

* OneStatToRuleThemAll: Intuition is important for social skills and many spells but also increases your basic attack and defense ability. Constitution gives everyone more hitpoints and less susceptibility to wounds.

** Strangely (thankfully) averted. Among others, there are female dwarves and a triplet of dwarven tricksters. Many dwarves are merchants, rather than warriors or crafters. The most prominent dwarf in the game has [[PermaStubble no]] beard (though this is a MarkOfShame).

* OurOrcsAreDifferent: They're not. To be specific: in the TabletopRPG they are an amalgam of Tolkiens (black) and the ones of Warcraft (shamanistic culture, not really evil) and something different (furry, smaller than humans, possible dominant race in the future). The game casts them as generic enemies.

* SaveScumming: Since this game allows you to save during combats, you can exploit this for everything it's worth: Just save after every particularly lucky round (where you did lots of damage while your opponent did next to none), and you can wittle down every fight where you have at least ''some'' chance.

* BonusBoss: Plenty of them.
** The linnorm in Tallon, Mother Ratinzky and, technically, [[spoiler: Yandrick of Andergast, Ardo's killer]].
** [[spoiler: The water dragon and the crab monster in [=TRoT=].]]

* GiantEnemyCrab: They're blue, and they're crabby!
** In the first game one is featured as a mini-boss during a side quest.
** [[spoiler: One becomes a BonusBoss in [=TRoT=].]]

* KrakenAndLeviathan: Kraken are mentioned as creatures inhabiting the Great River, as well as the fierce Water Dragons. [[spoiler: You fight both a Newt Kraken and a Water Dragon (the latter as a BonusBoss) in ''The River Of Time''.]]

In 2010 a sequel ''Drakensang 2 - The River of Time'' (or short: [=DraSa=] 2 - [=TRoT=]) was released which takes place 23 years before the start of the the first game.

An addon ''Drakensang 2 - Phileasson's Secret'' is released and a future ''Drakensang 3'' was semi-confirmed by one of the developers.

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* NeverTrustATitle: Kinda like with the ''VideoGames/RealmsOfArkania'' series, the second installment has a title that is highly misleading at best - there is no "river of time" to speak of in the game (apart from a TitleDrop by Emmeran). Sure, your party is based on a boat and travels up and down a river, and the game takes place in a time before the first installment, but that's about the extent to which both issues are affected.

* DubNameChange: Quite few: disregarding localizations (like Blumfold = Bloomfold) and translations (like Kaltenstein = Coldstone), with a few names the English version was a bit more liberal. Like Gladys (Kladdis), Cano (Cuano), Finn (Ferio), Kastan Gamblack (Kastan Wagnitz), and Nimralph (Nirulf) in the sequel. Of particular note is the obviously joke-named "Prancelott of Scufflewick" who in the original version is named "Parzalon von Streitzig", a somewhat pompous but by Aventurian standards not terribly outlandish name.

* ThievesGuild: Ferdok has one. Since it's leader is a blessed one (e.g. priest) of Phex, it doubles as a secret temple.

* BilingualBonus: If you play as a dwarf, the snippets of Dwarvish will be subtitled.

* DirtyCoward: Captain Soorman, Goldtooth Avarosh, Sir Prancelott...

* ReallyGetsAround: Leti, the Inn maid in the sequel is apparently the "Village Bicicle" of the whole Hammerberg village. Her lovers include [[JerkAss Captain Soorman]], [[NiceGuy Captain Hooksong]], [[{{Gonk}} Captain Rumpo]], [[LoanShark Girtash Goldtooth]] and has even a tiny ShipTease moment with [[ButchLesbian Eilif Thunderfist]].

* TheWikiRule: One for [[http://drakensang.wikia.com/wiki/Drakensang_Wiki the first game]] and one for [[http://drakensang2.wikia.com/wiki/Am_Fluss_der_Zeit_Wiki the second]] as well as for the [[http://phileassonsgeheimnis.wikia.com/ expansion]]. The series has also articles on the wiki for the Tabletop source material. Oh, they are [[NoExportForYou all in German]] (and very useful).

* BoobsOfSteel:
** An Amazon character may become this, if you choose the right body type.
** in [=TRoT=] Eilif Thunderfist, who also doubles as LargeAndInCharge.