Basic Trope: The biggest bosses are unaffected by status effects and one-hit KOs.
- Straight: Emperor Evulz is the last boss of the game and is immune to death spells, as well as most status effects.
- Exaggerated:
- All bosses in the game and some of the mooks are immune to all status effects.
- Bosses aren't just immune to status effects, they have abilities that give them an advantage when affected by them.
- The boss is immune to all forms of damage and requires one very specific strategy to win.
- Downplayed:
- Evulz only has partial immunity; he’s stunned for a turn by petrification, but that’s about it.
- Evulz can only resist one status effect at a time.
- Evulz goes from immune to a falling resistance as his health drops.
- On various enemies the One-Hit Kill spell has a 30 to 40% chance of succeeding, on Evulz it has a 5% chance.
- Instant death spells are reduced to just doing 9999 damage on Evulz, even though it would normally cause instant death to creatures with more than 9999 health.
- Justified:
- Evulz is inorganic, and wouldn’t be subject to poison or sickening, let alone death spells.
- Evulz used a lot of charms and spells to gains those immunities.
- Status ailments and instant-death spells are all Black Magic techniques; and in this setting, Black Magic can't harm evil beings no matter how hard you try.
- Evulz has some form of Soul Jar or Magical Accessory that grants him his immunity to certain effects. Earlier fights with him didn't have it, but once it was added to his equipment, he gained his immunities.
- Inverted:
- Evulz is immune to most forms of damage, but is extremely vulnerable to One-Hit Kill spells and status ailments.
- Hiro, the game's main protagonist, is immune to instant-death effects and status ailments that can cripple other party members.
- Evulz is the only enemy that's vulnerable to instant-death effects and status ailments.
- During the final boss, Hiro suddenly gains magic from the Power of Friendship and becomes immune to almost everything Evulz has.
- Subverted: Hiro casts petrification on Evulz… And it works!
- Double Subverted: Then the statue animates, and it turns out Hiro just made him even stronger.
- Parodied:
- Evulz's immunity is literally in his contract as part of his final boss benefits package.
- You get a Final Boss Preview with Quirby the Quirky Bard, who can ONLY use the status effects Evulz is immune to.
- Zig Zagged: Evulz is immune to the standard status effects due to being a lich, but as Revive Kills Zombie, even the normal cure-alls make him weak and feeble.
- Averted:
- There are no status effects or One Hit Kills to be immune to in the first place.
- The Instant-Death/Status effect spell works fine on everything.
- Enforced:
- The developers don’t want the players to skip the boss-fight they worked so hard on.
- Evulz is coded to either be That One Boss or a Wake-Up Call Boss, designed to force the player to properly learn the mechanics.
- Evulz is a Super Boss.
- Lampshaded:
- "Instant-Death? PAH! Like that’ll work!”
- “Curse your inexplicable resilience!”
- “Should we even bother with the status effect spells? Bosses just don't seem to care.”
- Invoked: Evulz seeks out various potions to make him have these immunities.
- Exploited:
- Evulz casts the same spells he is immune to constantly, with friendly fire turned off so they’re even more powerful.
- In the sequel, the hero redeems and recruits Evulz with his boss immunity intact. He then throws Evulz at foes that specialize in status effects that would cripple the rest of the party but Evulz scoffs at.
- Defied: Bob steals Evulz's amulet of resist status ailment in the middle of battle so that Alice can petrify him.
- Discussed: ???
- Conversed: "You didn't think something like that would work on someone like me did you? I'm in a caliber of power you cannot possibly comprehend!"
- Deconstructed: As no one important is vulnerable to the spells, no one bothers to learn them and they become a lost art. Eventually the need for immunity fades and the whole issue is forgotten.
- Reconstructed: The lost art of the instant-death spell is rediscovered and causes major trouble, with ruling figures and legendary warriors being murdered left and right by a lesser mage apprentice with an old spellbook. A large part of why Evulz came into power is due to the natural immunity he possessed, which allows him to thrive in this otherwise deathly environment.
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