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'''''Dungeons & Dragons Online''''' (or ''DDO'') is the [[Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game|MMORPG]] counterpart to [[Dungeons & Dragons|the pen-and-paper game we all know and love/hate]] (mostly based on edition 3.5). As such, it has all the dice-rolling, kobold-smacking goodness of Dungeons and Dragons, with all the button-mashing, leet-speaking addiction of an MMORPG.
It was launched by Turbine in 2006 as ''Dungeons & Dragons Online: Stormreach''. The game has since been renamed ''Dungeons & Dragons Online: Eberron Unlimited''. (The latest{{when}} update appears to have removed ''Eberron Unlimited'' from the logo, but is still referred to as such in reference materials and on the main website.) It is based in the campaign world of [[Eberron]] (yeah, [[Magitek|the Magitek one]]) and is set on the fictional continent of Xen'drik. After years of being a pay-to-play game, it was rebranded as a free-to-play game with premium content that could be accessed by becoming a VIP (which is simply maintaining a paid subscription) or spending Turbine Points on it.
The player character is initially thrust into a plot that involves an evil Devourer cult, sahuagin, a dragon, and a lot of snow.
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* [[Scars Are Forever]]: Some of the appearance customization are a scar somewhere on the face. Naturally, nothing short of reincarnation (basically reroll, but keep used tomes, equipment and levels) can remove it.
* [[Sealed Evil in a Can]]: There are several boss monsters that are or were imprisoned in some fashion. Three of them are arc villains, and can be [[Did You Just Punch Out Cthulhu?|punched out]]. The Devourer cult at the beginning of the game tries to release a "Devourer beast" that cannot be punched out, meaning that you have to reverse their efforts to thaw it out.
* [[Self-Imposed Challenge]]: [https://web.archive.org/web/20120116044124/http://www.massiveonlinegamer.com/news/usersubmitted/155-perma-death-in-ddo The Perma-Death Challenge.]
* [[Squishy Wizard]]: Even with 20 extra hit points at start, it's still not a good idea for most sorcerers or wizards to get into melee, especially at lower levels.
* [[Steampunk]]: Considering [[Eberron|the setting]], the game has this and [[Dungeon Punk]] all over the place, from the low-level The Waterworks and Shan-To-Kor, to the advanced adversaries in the Cannith Manufactuary.
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