Category:Luck Tropes

"Luck...protects fools, small children and ships named Enterprise.""

- William Riker, Star Trek: The Next Generation

An index of tropes dealing with luck and fortune.

Compare with Probability Tropes, that are about the statistic side of things.

Tropes= An item is deemed as being unlucky. The new guy will do better than the experienced guy because of luck. Someone is naturally lucky. Someone is naturally unlucky. Someone is so unlucky, it seems like some cosmic force is picking on him. Someone has bad luck follow him and those he meets. It's not gambling if you cheat. He's incredibly lucky. He's got a gambling theme going, and is often very lucky because of it. Luck dictates what will happen through a flipping a coin. When The Hero gets thing done by simply being lucky rather than smart or skilled. He's a walking bad luck charm. Where to be lucky is to lose. Victory depends on luck, not skill. Game mechanics that let you re-attempt chance based elements to get a better result. A measure of how lucky a character is... whatever that means. The Antagonist version of the Idiot Hero: The Rival or Villain succeeds only out of luck. Rabbit's feet or rabbits associated with luck. The more skilled you are at cards, the luckier you are in what hands you get. Luck will guarantee something unlikely happens, no matter the odds against it. Someone who regularly deals with luck and probabilities. How do you try to influence your luck? A hard way to test one's luck. A way to make one's own luck. So unlucky that disasters follow in his wake. Changing luck as a superpower.
 * Bad Luck Charm
 * Beginner's Luck
 * Born Lucky
 * Born Unlucky
 * Cosmic Plaything
 * Doom Magnet
 * Fixing the Game
 * The Fool
 * The Gambler
 * Heads or Tails
 * Idiot Hero
 * The Jinx
 * Lottery of Doom
 * Luck-Based Mission
 * Luck Manipulation Mechanic
 * Luck Stat
 * Lucky Bastard
 * Lucky Rabbit's Foot
 * The Magic Poker Equation
 * Million-to-One Chance
 * Professional Gambler
 * Random Number God
 * Russian Roulette
 * Two-Headed Coin
 * Walking Disaster Area
 * Winds of Destiny Change