A Dance With Rogues/YMMV

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  • Complete Monster: The Dhorn collectively. Also, arguably, Vico. Okay, so he only raped you because he was really upset, and you're told he's sorry for that mistake. Except that when you meet him again, he treats you like dirt, so it's hard to believe. Later he starts to admit you've maybe grown worthy of his respect... at which point he tells you that's only because he toughened you up with the rape. Well, at least when he's following you around to save the others, you've got a cold-blooded professional killer with you, who though an awful person should be perfect for the task and seems to even be loyal to those you're rescuing... until he lands everyone in jail by harassing a waitress and starting a fight. And after all this, he still acts like everything he's done has been incredibly awesome and you should fall for him automatically. What's there not to like?
  • Designated Hero: Christano is a Lawful Good paladin, and essentially The Hero of his adventuring party. He also has absolutely no problem with attempting to sleep with his hired rogue, despite already having a girlfriend (who is sleeping about five feet away from where he's propositioning the new girl), will attempt to use his clerical rank to pressure the Princess into sex, and while he won't try to rape her, he'll be verbally abusive if refused. The game does not call him out on this, but the Princess most certainly can.
  • Draco in Leather Pants: Vico
  • Player Punch: Most of the opening sequence. And Caron and Tony Blake's deaths. And the Dhorn assault on the Bear Pit, killing or capturing all of the members of the thieves guild. And more.
  • Rescued from the Scrappy Heap: Christano in Part 2, or at least she begins the process of being rescued.
  • The Scrappy: Christano.
  • Straw Man Has a Point: Sort of. When one of the Dhorn explains their beliefs that a woman should have a husband to protect her and stay at home, the problems with that are obvious from a modern perspective. But if your character is not into Anything That Moves, and after days of walking the streets of Molester City, it seems a bit inappropriate that the only way line she is given to report what was presented as a vision of stability and security is one that expresses great personal annoyance with it.
  • The Woobie: The player character.
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