History VideoGame / TheLogomancer

* BattleThemeMusic: "[[http://jeffreynordin.bandcamp.com/track/rhetorical-battle Rhetorical Battle]]" for regular battles and "[[http://jeffreynordin.bandcamp.com/track/war-of-words-boss-battle War of Words]]" for {{Boss Battle}}s. The FinalBoss and the ultimate BonusBoss share [[http://jeffreynordin.bandcamp.com/track/the-last-argument-boss-battle a special one.]]

* BonusBoss: Technically everything except Narrowden, but in the particular definition of "optional difficult challenge", [[MarathonBoss the Final Horizon]], Eve Angelus, and [[spoiler:the Composer]] all count. Arguably [[spoiler:the Watcher of the Abyss]] does as well.

* BossBanter: Malebaldur, [[BonusBoss Eve Angelus]], and [[spoiler:[[BonusBoss The Composer]]]] all do this.
* BossInMookClothing: The Final Horizon appears to be a completely normal enemy wandering a completely normal area, but it's a very powerful BonusBoss. In fairness, the boss battle music ''does'' play during the fight, though, which should be a tipoff.

** [[spoiler:The Watcher in the Abyss]] is a BonusBoss in mook clothing, occasionally overriding regular monster fights to fight you once you've kicked off the appropriate plotline.
* BraggingRightsReward: [[spoiler:The Composer]]'s lesson, which gives you access to every skill in the game (even enemy skills), making all future encounters trivial. You can only get it after beating the ultimate BonusBoss, however.

** [[BonusBoss Eve Angelus]] is an interesting example. She's not ''explicitly'' immune to offensive debuffs, but if you use them she'll instantly counter with the appropriate buff, dispelling the debuff.

* CosmeticAward: Subverted. The Horizon Mastery and Rhetorical Master items ''seem'' like they're merely awards for beating the {{Bonus Boss}}es, but [[spoiler:they actually unlock the way to the third BonusBoss.]]

* LightheartedRematch: [[BonusBoss Eve Angelus]], a rematch against [[spoiler:Eventide]].

* MarathonBoss: [[BonusBoss The Final Horizon]] has ''one million HitPoints''. This is referenced in its description, which notes that it's immensely stubborn and difficult to convince of anything.

*** [[BonusBoss Eve Angelus]] has a similar schtick where she'll decide to flat-out ignore certain rhetorical elements when she [[TurnsRed gets low on health]]. She never becomes immune to verbal damage, though, unlike Malebaldur.

** [[BonusBoss Eve Angelus]] will inflict the whole party with every stat debuff when she falls below half health, and will start [[NoSell ignoring certain types of damage]] when she's on her last legs.
** [[spoiler:[[BonusBoss The Composer]]]] will change his tactics when he falls below half health, using telegraphed LastDiscMagic abilities and asking you math questions that can help or harm you depending on how well you perform.

* UselessUsefulSpell: [[OneHitKill Dissertation]]. By the time you get it you have better (and less costly) methods of oneshotting foes, and it seems to have a random chance of failure anyway. [[ContractualBossImmunity And bosses are immune to it, of course.]] [[spoiler: Works fine on [[BonusBoss The Watcher Of The Abyss]], though.]]

* AbsoluteCleavage: Eventide, whose dress opens up and the neckline goes to her navel.

* LifeDrain: Exhaustion.

* MysteriousInformant: The Composer.

* InsubstantialIngredients: Much of the VendorTrash in the game is composed of mercantile insights gained in the Mindscape, which can be traded for gold in shops.

* StandardStatusEffects: They're [[CallAHitPointASmeerp under different names of course]], but they're there. [[DamageOverTime Poison]] is "apathy", paralysis is "distraction", confusion is "self-loathing", and silence is...silence. There are the standard stat buffs/debuffs as well.

* TitleDrop: At the very end of the GoldenEnding, Ardus states that the working title of his new novel is "The Logomancer". Given that his new novel is a PlotParallel to the game itself, this is fitting.

* InsaneTrollLogic: The FlavorText for the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modus_tollens Modus Tollens]] skill: "If the enemy were eloquent, they would win [the debate]. They won't win, therefore they're not eloquent." ''[[CrazyAwesome And it works.]]''

->You have a creative spirit.\\

Your mind is as valuable as an army.

* InfantImmortality: Gently averted. [[spoiler:Nikolai]] dies at the age of 10, but we aren't given any details about his death.

''The Logomancer'' is a [[UsefulNotes/IBMPersonalComputer PC]] RolePlayingGame, made by Jeffery Nordin in VideoGame/RPGMaker VX Ace, and was rpgmaker.net's featured game of July 2014. Its premise is that of a "JRPG without killing": the player engages in turn-based battles with foes just like in any RPG, but the battles are rhetorical rather than physical. A BossBattle may just be an attempt to convince a store owner to give you a discount, for instance.

'''The Logomancer''' is a RolePlayingGame by Jeffery Nordin made in RPG Maker VX Ace, and was rpgmaker.net's featured game of July 2014. Its premise is that of a "JRPG without killing": the player engages in turn-based battles with foes just like in any RPG, but the battles are rhetorical rather than physical. A BossBattle may just be an attempt to convince a store owner to give you a discount, for instance.

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** Subverted when opening the fridge in the Pathos Curse Shop, where there's a message which says that the party's regret has increased, but it doesn't actually increase.

* PercentDamageattack: Gnostic damage.

** Stack Overflow may count; it's a PercentDamageattack that inflicts 99% damage.

-->'''Variable Gnome''': I'll also restore all of your EP and WP!
[Party turns around and walks across the room.]

'''Variable Gnome''': I'll also restore all of your EP and WP!

* AuthorAvatar: Ardarius in Ardus' novel was originally conceived as this.

* AutoRevive: Reinvention.

** [[spoiler: The Watcher in the Abyss]] is a BonusBoss in mook clothing, occasionally overriding regular monster fights to fight you once you've kicked off the appropriate plotline.

* BreathWeapon: The dragons of the world of Ardus' novel, can breath fire.

** Some enemies have skills to heal themselves, such as some White Ravens' Second Wind skill.
** The "Proofread" skill gives RegeneratingHealth in GradualRegeneration, to its user.

** After beating both Eve Angelus and the Final Horizon, [[spoiler:you gain access to a secret shop that ''sells epiphanies for a pittance'']].

* MinusWorld: [[spoiler: The Plantation, the subject of the contract negotiations, has a glitch area that's related to the deeper plot of the game.]]

* ReducedManaCost: This is a stat that can be increased one percent at a time through inspiration points.

* RuleOfCool: Eve Angelus' battle armor is rather impractical and serves no purpose, but looks really cool. [[DiscussedTrope Characters point this out]], and she counters that she doesn't plan to fight in it, she just wants to look awesome for the duration of their debate.

* {{Whatevermancy}}: Logomancy

* WhoWantsToLiveForever: [[spoiler:Stanislav Anarkum succeeded in separating his mind from his body, giving him eternal life within the Mindscape, but the time and isolation eventually drove him insane.]]

---> [[spoiler:Slashing sound and red [HitFlash]]]\\

'''Variable Gnome''': I'l also restore all of your EP and WP!

* AbsoluteCleavage: Eventide.

* GameplayAndStoryIntegration: If you lose in the battle against [[spoiler:The Composer]], there will be no Regret increase, as he says:
--> There's no regret in losing to me.

%%* GoldenEnding
* GradualRegeneration: Proofread regenerates [[HitPoints willpower]], Amemnesis regenerates [[{{Mana}} erudition]].

** The

* HPToOne: Thanatos Instinct is a particularly nasty example; it reduces your ''{{Mana}}'' to one as well.

'''Ardus''': John, [[spoiler:your arguments]] aren't working!]]\\