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* AlwaysChaoticEvil: Player characters. Players, too, when they stand to gain a level.
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** Whoever is acting as the DM can bend the rules however they want. the rules even say you can bribe them to get a desired effect.
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** Whoever is acting as the DM can bend the rules however they want. the rules even say you can bribe them to get a desired effect.
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* LowLevelAdvantage: Some of the more powerful monsters will not chase characters below a certain level, allowing them to automatically run away.
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* ScrewYouElves: Never accept help from an Elf.
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* WeaponAsFamiliar: Singing Sword, which dances after you on legs of its own, counts towards your attack damage, and sings.
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* MicroMonarchy: Parodied on the "Ruler of A Small European Country" card, which shows the character standing in a "country" about one foot square.
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** The card called "Cheat" allows you to disregard all restrictions when attached to an item card. Depending on how loosely your group interprets the rules, this enables from physically impossible things (such as wielding more weapons than you have hands) to ''logically'' impossible things (such as becoming a half-breed half-elf whose other race is ''also'' an elf).

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** The card called "Cheat" allows you to disregard all restrictions when attached to an item card. Depending on how loosely your group interprets the rules, this enables from may lead to physically impossible things (such as wielding more weapons than you have hands) to and ''logically'' impossible things (such as becoming a half-breed half-elf whose other race is ''also'' an elf).
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** The card called "Cheat" allows you to disregard all restrictions when attached to an item card. Depending on how loosely your group interprets the rules, this enables from physically impossible things (such as wielding more weapons than you have hands) to ''logically'' impossible things (such as becoming a half-breed half-elf whose other race is ''also'' an elf).
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** Wouldn't that be an Inverted example?
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** Wouldn't that be an Inverted example?
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*** However, it should be noted that this line was apparently meant to be a joke that would up being taken seriously. The creators have since tried to state that this is a joke, and more recent versions of the rules don't have the "don't get caught" line, saying that only "Cheat!" cards let you cheat. Some groups keep this in as a house rule, but don't be surprised if you find yourself with a group that doesn't allow cheating.
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--> '''Question''': Can we use "Go Up A Level" cards on other players to make them fight a monster that would otherwise ignore them?\\
'''Answer''': We want to say no, but that's just such a Munchkin thing to do that we have to allow it.
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* MoreDakka: ''The Good, The Bad, and the Munchkin'' has a modifier card called Infinite Ammo, that gives +2 to a one-handed weapon that uses bullets, +3 to a two-handed weapon that uses bullets. There's also a +5 Gatling Gun. Combine the two for days of fun (and bullets)!
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** On the other hand, some Bad Stuff has no in-game effect, but can be terrible regardless. If you lose the the level 1 Goldfish, for example, the Bad Stuff is that "all the other players get to mock you". [[DontExplainTheJoke Because you just lost to a fish in a bowl]].
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** Cards that give one-time bonuses to combat are common. Cards that give bonuses to one ''specific'' side are rare. Help or hinder, the choice is yours.
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** If someone is killed by The Great Cthulu, all ''other'' players get to go up a level to mock them. There's is nothing that says these ''can't'' be winning levels.
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* AllWomenLoveShoes: In ''Star Munchkin'', the [[HotAmazon Bionic Bimbo]] can be deterred from attacking you if you give her shoes. Indeed, she even pays you handsomely for the footwear item, with 3 Treasures.

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* AllWomenLoveShoes: In ''Star Munchkin'', the [[HotAmazon Bionic Bimbo]] can be deterred from attacking you if you give her shoes. Indeed, she even pays you handsomely for the footwear item, with 3 Treasures. [[YouBastard You can then fight her anyway.]]
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* RedShirt: A hireling in star munchkin.
** StupidSacrifice: Whose 'special ability' is to sacrifice himself even if you're winning.
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* FateWorseThanDeath: since DeathIsCheap, replacing the dead's hand and items with eight random new cards, a fair few monsters have Bad Stuff even worse. King Tut forces the discard of everything without the replenishing hand, and the Wight Brothers reduce the player's level to 1.
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* IGotBetter: A player who dies keeps his Class, Race, and Level, instead only losing all of his other cards. He revives at the start of his next turn and even gets a new starting hand of eight cards.
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** "Cheat With Both Hands" (the seventh expansion for the main game) is this trope in card game form. Along with the titular card (which lets you cheat for two items), there are cards which provide extra or even unlimited Races and Classes.
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* {{Crossover}}: With ''AxeCop''. Given how the heroes act in that series, [[http://www.sjgames.com/ill/a/2011-03-11 this was inevitable.]]

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* {{Crossover}}: With ''AxeCop''.''WebComic/AxeCop''. Given how the heroes act in that series, [[http://www.sjgames.com/ill/a/2011-03-11 this was inevitable.]]
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* NaughtyTentacles: Implied - the below-mentioned [[ThingsManWasNotMeantToKnow Thing Man Was Not Meant To Know]] is depicted as a mass of tentacles behind a censor bar. The description says it doesn't mind [[IfYouKnowWhatIMean knowing]] ''female'' characters.

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* NaughtyTentacles: Implied - the below-mentioned [[ThingsManWasNotMeantToKnow Thing Man Was Not Meant To Know]] is depicted as a mass of tentacles behind a censor bar. The description says it doesn't mind [[IfYouKnowWhatIMean knowing]] knowing ''female'' characters.
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** And the Perfectly Normal Bunny, which can become [[MontyPythonAndTheHolyGrail "That Bunny"]] due to a dice roll.
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* AmazonianBeauty: The fairy on one of the "your powers have grown" cards.
* BladeOnAStick: The Swiss Army Polearm



* FacelessMooks: The Faceless Army.



* MartialArtsHeadband: The {{Badass}} Bandanna
* MostCommonSuperpower: In ''Super Munchkin'', the Cleavage Stun and the spray-on costume. (The former is only usable by females, while the latter grants a higher bonus to females than males.)



* RulesLawyer: The "Invoke Obscure Rules" card. (Also highly encouraged in the gameplay.)
* ShoulderSizedDragon: The card is "Cute Shoulder Dragon," and was considered as a TropeNamer.
* StrongerWithAge: The "Ancient" monster buff card.
** And the "Baby" nerf card showing it to be even more true.
** Inverted with the Plutonium Dragon in the tabletop version of the game, whose strength is cut in half with each age category.



* FacelessMooks: The Faceless Army.
* MartialArtsHeadband: The {{Badass}} Bandanna
* AmazonianBeauty: The fairy on one of the "your powers have grown" cards.
* BladeOnAStick: The Swiss Army Polearm
* MostCommonSuperpower: In ''Super Munchkin'', the Cleavage Stun and the spray-on costume. (The former is only usable by females, while the latter grants a higher bonus to females than males.)
* ShoulderSizedDragon: The card is "Cute Shoulder Dragon," and was considered as a TropeNamer.
* StrongerWithAge: The "Ancient" monster buff card.
** And the "Baby" nerf card showing it to be even more true.
** Inverted with the Plutonium Dragon in the tabletop version of the game, whose strength is cut in half with each age category.
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* TradeSnark: Professor Tesla's Electrical Protective Device (pat. pending).
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* EvilIsOneBigHappyFamily: Cultists from ''Munchkin Cthulhu'' gain larger bonuses the more cultists are on play.
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** One of the expansions to ''Star Munchkin'' contains a plasma gun. The picture shows the item in question being carried by [[Webcomic/SchlockMercenary Sergent Schlock.]]

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** One of the expansions to ''Star Munchkin'' contains a plasma gun. The picture shows the item in question being carried by [[Webcomic/SchlockMercenary Sergent Sergeant Schlock.]]

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