History VideoGame / NightOfTheFullMoon

* BittersweetEnding: If you complete the secret chapter 4 added with the "Gear of Destiny" patch, [[spoiler:Red rescues her grandmother and purifies the corrupted Nature Spirit that had cursed the Dark Woods — but Jerry the Little Carpenter [[HeroicSacrifice sacrifices his life]] to save her from the ensuing explosion, and Red's tears fall on the book as she closes the cover.]]

* HealthDamageAsymmetry: Not initially, as Red starts off with about 20 HP while level 1 enemies have 6 or so, but enemy HP increases ''much'' faster than yours — a level 10 Red may have about 50-60 HP depending on how many max HP increases you picked up, while a level 10 normal enemy will have well over ''200'', and bosses several times that. Fortunately your damage accelerates faster than their as well (assuming you're playing correctly) as you build a deck that can use powerful combos to potentially do ''hundreds'' of damage per turn.

** Defeating the [[spoiler:Forest Spirit leads to a BittersweetEnding. Red found her grandmother, but her friend, the Little Carpenter, sacrificed his life in the ensuing aftermath]].

* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:After Red defeats and purifies the Nature Spirit at the end of chapter 4, it violently explodes. Jerry [[TuckAndCover leaps in front of her to shield her from the blast]], [[GoOutWithASmile smiling at her as he does]]. She lives, but he doesn't.]]

Luckily [[LittleRedFightingHood Red's got some game]]. You choose one of eight classes for Red (though you might need to pay money to unlock them), and each enables a different starter deck of cards full of attacks and abilities. The four base classes:

** In "The Wishing Night" campaign, you can play as either Red or the Queen.

There are also five other classes locked in DLC: the Magician (different from the witch in regards to aesthetics), the Apothecary, the Soul Hunter, the Mechanic and the Spirit Caller. There's also a totally different playable character available.

* The [[spoiler:Werewolf]] is, [[AnotherSideAnotherStory for a change]], the Little Carpenter as he goes on his own journey [[spoiler:and uses his Werewolf power to explore the forest and find his missing father.]] Gameplay-wise, he's oriented around Action cards and a Rage meter that delivers extra damage to enemies.

** In the "Memory in the Mirror" campaign you play as Black Swan rather than Red.
** In "The Wishing Night" campaign you can play as either Red, or the Queen.
* AntiFrustrationFeatures: Cerberus' [[TimedMission fear effect]] stops counting down if you play a card that requires you to make a decision until you've made said decision. This means if you do something that lets you search you're entire deck [[TakeYourTime you can do so at your leisure]] rather than needing to find the card you're looking for fast or risk losing your entire turn.
* AwesomeButImpractical: The Soul Hunter is capable of using the Soul Extraction action to steal any card permanently from an enemy's deck in exchange for it, which includes the Mad Apothecary's Deadly Virus, which will [[OneHitKill do 999 damage to its victim]] [[YouAreAlreadyDead after 4 turns]]. Unfortunately, as well as requiring you to ''draw'' the Virus before it even starts working, this is often just too slow, with it usually being more efficient to simply beat the enemies up normally, making it only really even usable against bosses (and sometimes not even then). Additionally, there are multiple enemies it's just not a smart idea to use against- any enemy with an AutoRevive effect or multiple phases will survive it (since ItOnlyWorksOnce and all effects are cleansed when they revive) and any enemy who can [[AttackReflector reflect inflicted damage back at you]] will [[KaizoTrap overkill you several times over even as they die]].
* BeastAndBeauty: [[spoiler:The Little Carpenter was born out of a forbidden romance between a Sophia the church hunter and Ray the werewolf she was sent to investigate but instead fell in love with.]]

* BittersweetEnding: If you complete the secret chapter 4 added with the "Gear of Destiny" patch, [[spoiler:Red rescues her grandmother and purifies the corrupted Nature Spirit that had cursed the Dark Woods- but Jerry the Little Carpenter [[HeroicSacrifice sacrifices his life]] to save her from the ensuing explosion, and Red's tears fall on the book as she closes the cover.]]

* CannotSpitItOut: The Little Carpenter has been in love with Red since they were children when she protected him from bullies, but cannot speak a word of his feelings [[spoiler:because he's secretly a werewolf. When he meets her in that form, he ''literally'' cannot tell her.]]

** The Martyr's equipment set for the Knight give various bonuses at the cost of suffering from one point of damage every turn- except for the Martyr's Sword, which instead synergises with them by doubling the damage of your next attack card after taking damage on your turn. Some attacks and action cards also inflict self-damage, which can trigger the sword multiple times per turn.

* TheCavalry: [[spoiler: After finding her grandmother passed out in the depths of the Dark Forest, Red is surrounded by a pack of wolves who leap at her- but Jerry the Little Carpenter, in his werewolf form, leaps in to save her.]]

* {{Combos}}: As in all card games, building strong combos is essential to succeeding in the late game, but the Magician in particular revolves around these. Her most basic combo is using the spammable spell Poker Dart (which does a small amount of damage returns itself to her hand with its cost increased by 1 every time she casts it) repeatedly then finishing the opponent off with Lethal Stab (a cheap but powerful spell that does more damage for each spell you cast in a turn) for a large burst of damage, combined with mana cost reducing abilities like Magic Curtain and damage-enhancing effects like Frailty, Storm Strike and Evil Crystal to ramps this damage up into the hundreds.
* CorruptChurch: There are a lot of hints leading to the fact that the church is like this, and there are several foes who have their issues against it. [[spoiler:They're also responsible for turning people into monsters (some of whom you fight as bosses or simple enemies), as well as going after the Hope family.]] [[spoiler:They already killed Red's parents and hoped to silence Red and her grandmother, too, in order to snuff out the legend of the chance of lifting the curse]]. [[spoiler:If Red defeats the Priest, [[NoOntologicalInertia the curse on the forest and humans gets lifted]], though the church's blind greed still remains]].

* DarkIsNotEvil: The Fallen Priest. Or at least ambivalent and willing to give advice. [[spoiler:Ironic, as the standard Priest is a FinalBoss and a member of the CorruptChurch]].

The 6th anniversary celebration for the game added the aforementioned Spirit Caller to the Full Moon campaign, the Witch class to the Wishing Night campaign, and another two new classes of allies (Werewolf and Witcher) to the Memory in the Mirror mode.

* ElementalEmbodiment: There are five: Stone, Water, Fire, Earth, and Lightning, each with their own resistances (and weaknesses for two of them).

* SwordInTheStone: You get to fight one of these as a boss. It's explicitly ''not'' Excalibur, [[spoiler:but apparently its EvilTwin]].

There are also five other classes locked in DLC: the Magician (different from the witch in regards to aesthetics), the Apothecary, the Soul Hunter and the Mechanic. There's also a totally different playable character available.

There are also four other classes locked in DLC: the Magician (different from the witch in regards to aesthetics), the Apothecary, the Soul Hunter and the Mechanic. There's also a totally different playable character available.

* DeckClogger: Certain effects can cause your deck to become cluttered with useless [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/night-of-the-full-moon/images/6/6f/Prank.png/revision/latest?cb=20200221212809 Prank cards]], which take up space in your deck and may prevent you from drawing a more useful card.

The next DLC update, "The Wishing Night", was released in February 2023, adding another new story campaign with a new play mode that combines elements of all three previous modes. The new campaign tells two stories depending on which of the two characters you choose, based around exploring a mysterious abandoned mine where it's rumoured a god exists that can grant wishes: Little Red (as a Mechanic) seeking to [[spoiler:save her friend Jerry after the events of Chapter 4 of Full Moon]], or a red-haired Queen trying to find a cure for her beloved king's mysterious illness. Memory in the Mirror also received and expansion, with a new chapter 11 and 2 new classes of allies to recruit.

A massive new free DLC update, "Memory in the Mirror", was released in September 2022, featuring many new cards and encounters for the base game, as well as a new story campaign set in an entirely new autochess play mode. The new campaign is another prequel, this time telling the backstory of Princess Black Swan [[spoiler:(Red's long-lost sister)]] when she got trapped inside a magic mirror. The update release notes also hinted at an upcoming sequel.

** The Red Hood Diaries DLC also includes its own set of bosses like the Vampire Lord, the Snake Queen, the Cyclops, Black Swan (but never in Hard Mode), and [[spoiler:the Donkey-Eared King (Hard Mode V only]].

** The Apothecary can do this in two regards: building stacks of Effective and increasing her maximum health. The first directly improves her potions, making for higher debuff stacks and better damage potential, while the latter can both help her survive and be weaponized by cards like Primitive Law[[note]]deals 1/10th of her maximum health in damage each turn[[/note]], Desperate Attack and Dark Dawn [[note]]both deal damage based on her missing hit points, which the health improvements rarely restore. Dark Dawn is also a potent healing spell[[/note]].

* GuideDangIt: Unlocking the secret final chapter can be tricky to work out. [[spoiler:After defeating the Mystery Men for the first time, you have to use your Fairy Blessing from the start of Chapter 2 to choose the otherwise-useless Locked Diary card that appears as a 4th option. Then you have to use a card upgrade opportunity (such as from the Smithy) to upgrade it to the Unlocked Diary. Then you need to offer it to the Card Trader who appears in Chapter 2 to convert it to Painful[[note]]it used to be even worse before the Memory in Mirror patch, with you having to offer it to him ''twice,'' costing you both opportunities to trade junk cards away[[/note]]. Then finally you need to use the Amnesia Tavern to remove Painful from your collection in exchange for the Silver Carver blessing, which will give you access to Chapter 4 after you defeat the first boss on Chapter 3.]] Notably doing this causes you to miss out on a ''lot'' of useful upgrades, making you even weaker than you would otherwise be during the extra-hard final chapter and [[spoiler:TrueFinalBoss]].
* HappilyAdopted: The Little Carpenter knows the Lumberjack isn't his real father (he was a DoorstopBaby) but the two of them love each other like real family regardless.
* HealthDamageAsymmetry: Not initially, as Red starts off with about 20 HP while level 1 enemies have 6 or so, but enemy HP increases ''much'' faster than yours- a level 10 Red may have about 50-60 HP depending on how many max HP increases you picked up, while a level 10 normal enemy will have well over ''200'', and bosses several times that. Fortunately your damage accelerates faster than their as well (assuming you're playing correctly) as you build a deck that can use powerful combos to potentially do ''hundreds'' of damage per turn.

* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:After Red defeats and purifies the Nature Spirit at the end of chapter 4, it violently explodes. Jerry [[TuckAndCover leaps in front of her to shield her from the blast]] [[GoOutWithASmile smiling at her as he does]]. She lives, but he doesn't.]]
** In the Red Hood Diaries, [[spoiler:Black Swan sacrifices herself to bring down Midas and let her little sister Red escape with her friend the Little Carpenter. Instead of dying she apparently transforms into a real black swan after the battle.]]
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: The Frog King is prone to this due to his abilities. Doubling statuses allows him to build up huge damage boosts and substantial amounts of armor, but also means he can lose entire turns to a Sticky Potion and racks up Poison damage twice as fast. Since he also steals the first card you use each turn, careless player may find ''him'' pulling this trope on ''them''.

* ManaDrain: The Silence Card does this to mana (in addition to 3 damage). The Darkness Card does this ''and'' depletes Action. [[spoiler:The Priest is notorious for having this in his deck, making fighting him in any class other than Lady Knight (focuses on Attack cards) and the Nun (primarily uses Prayer cards)…rather challenging]].

** Defeating the Werewolf or Witch [[spoiler:doesn't have a clear resolution. They're defeated, but it doesn't solve the issue.]]
** Defeating the Priest [[spoiler:stops the curse, but not the church's greed.]]
** Defeating the Mystery Men [[spoiler:leads to a DownerEnding. Red finds out she killed her grandmother whom she's been looking for. This opens up Hard mode.]]
** Defeating the [[spoiler:Forest Spirit leads to a BittersweetEnding. Red found her grandmother, but her friend, the Little Carpenter, sacrificed his life in the ensuing aftermath.]]
* MysticalWhiteHair: Red has this, as does the Little Witch you can fight in the first act. [[spoiler:The same also applies for Black Swan- as well as [[LongLostRelative her and Red's late mother]], as can be seen in one of the jigsaw puzzle art pieces.]]

* PuzzleBoss: The Priest can be a tricky boss to deal with- when you reduce his HP to 0, he instantly transforms into a statue with about half the HP of his normal form. If you can't finish him off before the start of his next turn, he revives himself back to full HP again, requiring you to bring him low then save up a huge amount of burst damage to finish off his statue form in one go.