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* BladeOnAStick: Gastonia, Whitaker and Roper wields spears. It is apparently the standard gear of an army.

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* ForceAndFinesse: The Kita and Minami martial art schools represent finesse and force respectively. The Kita arts, which North practices, focuses on "technique" (finesse), and requires a clear mind and control over emotions to master. This is shown when North's master makes him to solve several puzzle challenges before he's even allowed to take the "final exam". Meanwhile, the Minami arts, which Anderson practices, focuses more on raw strength (force), and [[CastFromHitPoints requires the use of one's on HP to manifest their "skills"]]. Gameplay-wise, Anderson deals better damage and is much more durable than North, but most of his techniques are so useless in combat that many players won't bother using them. North is not as strong, but his skills has much better application during fights. Ironically, their personalities would fit their opposing fighting style better: North is idealistic, passionate and emotionally conflicted, while Anderson is mysterious and stoic.

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* ForceAndFinesse: The Kita and Minami martial art schools represent finesse and force respectively. The Kita arts, which North practices, focuses on "technique" (finesse), and requires a clear mind and control over emotions to master. This is shown when best demonstrated during North's training arc, in which his master makes him to solve several puzzle challenges puzzles before he's even he is allowed to take fight the monster to complete his "final exam". Meanwhile, the Minami arts, which Anderson practices, focuses more on raw strength (force), and [[CastFromHitPoints requires the use of one's on HP to manifest their "skills"]]. Gameplay-wise, Anderson deals better damage and is much more durable than North, but most of his techniques are so useless in combat that many players won't bother using them. North is not as strong, but his skills has much better application during fights. Ironically, their personalities would fit their opposing fighting style better: North is idealistic, passionate and emotionally conflicted, while Anderson is mysterious and stoic.
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* CataclysmBackstory: The Kaibutsu War that occurred 65 years prior to the main story serves as an important backdrop that indirectly leads into the current major conflicts. In the Past, a group of Kaibutsu invaded human kingdoms and wiped out a large number of civilizations. The Kaibutsu were eventually defeated by the hero Carolus, who was crowned King over the remnants, and his homeland Durham became the presiding kingdom that rose from humanity's ashes. It is implied that Carolus was not a particularly good ruler, and he has delegated his authority to three vassal Dukes, one of whom is the BigBad.

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* CataclysmBackstory: The Kaibutsu War that occurred 65 years prior to the main story serves as an important backdrop that indirectly leads into the current major conflicts. In the Past, past, a group of Kaibutsu invaded human kingdoms and wiped out a large number of civilizations. The Kaibutsu were eventually defeated by the hero Carolus, who was crowned King over the remnants, and his homeland Durham became the presiding kingdom that rose from humanity's ashes. It However, it is implied that Carolus was not a particularly good ruler, and so he has delegated his authority to three vassal Dukes, one of whom is becomes the BigBad.BigBad of the present story.
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[[http://rpgmaker.net/games/39/ ''Three the Hard Way'']] is a popular RPG Maker 2000 game made by [[http://rpgmaker.net/users/iishenron/ iishenron]]. Released in 2003, it was very well-received by most gaming communities across the Internet, and had since been considered an RPG Maker classic.

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[[http://rpgmaker.''[[http://rpgmaker.net/games/39/ ''Three Three the Hard Way'']] Way]]'' is a popular RPG Maker 2000 game made by [[http://rpgmaker.net/users/iishenron/ iishenron]]. Released in 2003, it was very well-received by most gaming communities across the Internet, and had since been considered an RPG Maker classic.



* ForceAndFinesse: The Kita and Minami martial art schools represent finesse and force respectively. The Kita arts, which North practices, focuses on "technique" (finesse), and requires a clear mind and control over emotions to master. This is shown when North's master makes him to solve several puzzle challenges before he's even allowed to take the "final exam". Meanwhile, the Minami arts, which Anderson practices, focuses more on raw strength (force), and [[CastFromHitPoints requires the use of one's on HP to manifest their "skills"]]. Gameplay-wise, Anderson deals better damage and is much more durable than North, but most of his techniques are so useless in combat that many players won't bother using them. North is not as strong, but his skills has much better application during fights.

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* ForceAndFinesse: The Kita and Minami martial art schools represent finesse and force respectively. The Kita arts, which North practices, focuses on "technique" (finesse), and requires a clear mind and control over emotions to master. This is shown when North's master makes him to solve several puzzle challenges before he's even allowed to take the "final exam". Meanwhile, the Minami arts, which Anderson practices, focuses more on raw strength (force), and [[CastFromHitPoints requires the use of one's on HP to manifest their "skills"]]. Gameplay-wise, Anderson deals better damage and is much more durable than North, but most of his techniques are so useless in combat that many players won't bother using them. North is not as strong, but his skills has much better application during fights. Ironically, their personalities would fit their opposing fighting style better: North is idealistic, passionate and emotionally conflicted, while Anderson is mysterious and stoic.
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* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Tatum, Marion and Castallia have blue hair. Holly, Roper, and Myrtle (and young Carolus) have white hair.
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* AccidentalTruth: Zigzagged. When the party encounter Raleigh and his henchmen in Teachy's lair, Vance tells Raleigh that the pirates' plan to plunder Teachy's treasure is doomed to fail because Teachy is already among the group, which Raleigh dismisses as a bluff. Thing is, Vance ''wasn't'' intending to bluff, since he genuinely believes that [[spoiler:Anderson is Teachy]], but even though Vance's theory [[spoiler:about Anderson being Teachy]] is proven wrong, the real Teachy ''is'' present in the group, pretending to be a hostage. [[spoiler:He is Alex, the wanna-be hero NPC that appears early in the game]].

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* AccidentalTruth: Zigzagged. When the party encounter Raleigh and his henchmen in Teachy's lair, Vance tells Raleigh that the pirates' plan to plunder Teachy's treasure is doomed to fail because Teachy is already among the group, which Raleigh dismisses as a bluff. Thing is, Vance ''wasn't'' intending to bluff, since he genuinely believes that [[spoiler:Anderson is Teachy]], but even though Vance's theory [[spoiler:about Anderson being Teachy]] is proven wrong, the real Teachy ''is'' present in the group, present, pretending to be a hostage. [[spoiler:He is Alex, the wanna-be hero NPC that appears early in the game]].
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* CataclysmBackstory: The Kaibutsu War that occurred 65 years prior to the main story serves as an important backdrop that indirectly leads into the current major conflicts. In the Past, a group of Kaibutsu invaded human kingdoms and wiped out a large number of civilizations. The Kaibutsu were eventually defeated by the hero Carolus, who was crowned King over the remnants, and his homeland Durham became the presiding kingdom that rose from humanity's ashes. It is implied that Carolus was not a particularly good ruler, and he has delegated his authority to three vassal Dukes, one of whom is the BigBad.
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Those Two Bad Guys is replaced by Bumbling Henchmen Duo with a slightly different definition, as per this thread.


* ThoseTwoBadGuys: Benson and Mauldin, a pair of Bounty Hunters employed by [[BigBad Duke Greene]].
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* ForceAndFinesse: The Kita and Minami martial art schools have shades of this. The Kita arts, which North practices, focuses on "technique" (finesse), and requires a clear mind and control over emotions to master -- shown by how North's master required him to complete puzzle challenges before he's even allowed to take the "final exam". Meanwhile, the Minami arts, which Anderson practices, focuses more on raw strength (force), and [[CastFromHitPoints requires the use of one's on HP to manifest their "skills"]]. Gameplay-wise, Anderson deals better damage and is much more durable than North, but most of his techniques are so useless in combat that many players won't bother using them. North is not as strong, but his skills has much better application during fights.

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* ForceAndFinesse: The Kita and Minami martial art schools have shades of this. represent finesse and force respectively. The Kita arts, which North practices, focuses on "technique" (finesse), and requires a clear mind and control over emotions to master -- master. This is shown by how when North's master required makes him to complete solve several puzzle challenges before he's even allowed to take the "final exam". Meanwhile, the Minami arts, which Anderson practices, focuses more on raw strength (force), and [[CastFromHitPoints requires the use of one's on HP to manifest their "skills"]]. Gameplay-wise, Anderson deals better damage and is much more durable than North, but most of his techniques are so useless in combat that many players won't bother using them. North is not as strong, but his skills has much better application during fights.

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