History VideoGame / TheBriefAndMeaninglessAdventureOfHeroMan

* DamageOverTime: The Poison status effect seems to deal 1/4 of Max Health a turn, but it can't kill by itself.

* HarmlessEnemy: The Medic Oozies only can [[HealingHands heal other enemies]] or themselves, or cast the NonDamagingStatusInflictionAttack, Surround, to Blind the player party. Meaning the possible enemy group that contains only two of them in the Cave, has no way of damaging the player party. Even if they run out of {{Mana}}, that just means they skip their turn, instead of physically attacking.

* HealingLoop: One that eventually ends. At low enough levels and if there's only manaless mages left, the PlayerParty can't hit Medic Oozies hard enough and/or consistently enough to stop them from surviving 40-ish turns by healing themselvesband impairing the accuracy of the party. The loop ends at that point because then their own mana runs out and they're a HarmlessEnemy by themselves.

* HarmlessEnemy: The Medic Oozies only can [[HealingHands heal other enemies]] or themselves, or cast the NonDamagingStatusInflictionAttack, Surround, to Blind the player party. Meaning the possibly enemy group that contains only two of them in the Cave, has no way of damaging the player party, even if they run out of {{Mana}}, that just means they skip their turn, instead of physically attacking.

* MookMedic: The Medic Oozies, as expected from their name. They're {{White Mage}}s that can only heal the other mooks and cast Surround, a NonDamagingStatusInfictionAttack for Blind-ness. One {{random encounter}} in the Cave is just two of them, which means it's impossible for the player party to get hurt from it.

* NotSoHarmlessVillain: Lord Doldrum can be beaten at a fairly low level and the NPC outside his room states that he's not that strong for a Demon Lord. His depression is also played for BlackComedy and he seems rather unmotivated as a villain. Despite that, he's capable of destroying the world of Somewhere in endings 10 and 15.

** Oozies may drop Heal Seeds

** "Ending 5: Key Hoarder" requires the player to buy the first key from the thief, go into the Sign Maker's basement, and buy the second key. This causes Hero Man to be incriminated as a thief after he defeats Doldrum, and he's tossed in prison.

* HintSystem: After the player logs six endings in their save file, an NPC will show up in the castle to provide hints for getting the remaining endings.

* NonDamagingStatusInflictionAttack: The only ''damaging'' StatusInflictionAttack the player is likely to see, is Lord Doldrum's Fatigue, which [[AreaOfEffect hits the whole party]] for less than 20 damage and inflicts ATK and DEF Down. Everyone else, from the Cleric and Mage Marionettes, to the Wizzzard enemies, seem to have this trope.

** Lifeforce Seeds drop from Burrs.

** According to the narrator, Hero Man himself is aware of how the door in the Crossroads slowly changes appearance as he completes endings.

* MetalSlime: The Diamond Oozie is a rare enemy that is impervious to all forms of damage and will run away, but it can be tamed with a Marble and sold for money.

* CriticalHit: Appears to be a small percentage boost in damage, less than 150%, the chances are determined by the LUK (Luck) stat, and is marked by the [[ShowsDamage damage numbers]] flashing red and white instead of the regular white.

* AlwaysAccurateAttack: Magic always hits, but is therefore limited by {{Mana}} and its StatusInflictionAttack-s have a chance of failure.
* AntiHero: While this isn't apparent on most routes, Hero Man has a tendency to become [[AcquiredSituationalNarcissism arrogant and self-important]] if he manages to accomplish something amazing, such as beating the game at a low level, beating the game by himself, or making a fortune off the Diamond Oozie. The game description implies that this is because Hero Man is a GlorySeeker rather than a true altruist.

* {{Autosave}}: When restarting the game, the game autosaves, depicted by a list icon at the top right.

* EncounterBait: The Bullhorn item, obtained by beating Lord Doldrum twice, in battle, can be used to force a random encounter in any map where they can occur.
* EncounterRepellant: The Alarm Ring, obtained by beating Lord Doldrum once, in battle, turns off all encounters when equipped.

** Soldier: As he can only AttackAttackAttack:

* AreaOfEffect: Most StatusInflictionAttack spells target the whole enemy party when used, saying "on all enemies" in their descriptions, except for [[ForcedSleep Sleep]], which is "on one enemy".

** "Ending 14: A Disappointing Sequence Break" requires the player to obtain the Legend Sword without getting the hint from the Sign Maker. This somehow traps the party in Lord Doldrum's throne room forever.

* UndergroundMonkey: The various Ozzie types, with different equipment to match:

* NonDamagingStatusInflictionAttack: The only ''damaging'' StatusInflictionAttack the player is likely to see, is Lord Doldrum's Fatigue, which hits the whole party for less than 20 damage and inflicts ATK and DEF Down. Everyone else, from the Cleric and Mage Marionettes, to the Wizzzard enemies, seem to have this trope.

* NonDamagingStatusInflictionAttack: The only ''damaging'' StatusInflictionAttack the player is likely to see, is Lord Doldrum's Fatigue, which hits the whole party and inflicts ATK and DEF Down.