Hello Ascendant fans! I will soon be launching an effort to get Ascendant into TVTropes and AllTheTropes.
I could use some help in assembling a list of which tropes appear in the game and graphic novel. So far I have identified:
Acid Attack (Toxicant)
Anti Hero (Stiletto)
Atomic Superpower (Free Radical)
Battle Aura (Fireball, Karma Fire, Toxicant, Aurora)
The Baroness (Helen Killer)
The Big Guy (Stronghold)
The Brute (Manticore)
Blood Knight (Serengeti)
The Brigadier (Hawkins)
The Cape (American Eagle)
The Chick (Aurora)
Combat Sadomasochist (Stiletto)
Combat Stilettos (basically all the women)
Dark is Evil (subverted, Shadowmancer)
Deflector Shields (DQ, Aurora, Free Radical)
Dominatrix (Stiletto)
Dressed Like a Dominatrix (Aurora, Singularity)
Femme Fatalons (Stiletto)
Flying Brick (American Eagle)
Flying Firepower (Aurora, DQ, FR, Max Leader, Toxicant)
Gentle Giant (Stronghold)
Glass Cannon (Aurora)
Gravity Master (Singularity)
Hand Blast (Aurora, FR, Max Leader, Toxicant)
Healing Factor (Manticore)
I Believe I Can Fly (AE, Aurora, DQ, FR, Max Leader, Singularity)
The Lancer (Stiletto)
Le Parkour (Stiletto)
Light is Good (Aurora)
Light 'em Up (Aurora)
Lightning Bruiser (Fireball, Manticore)
Living Aphrodisiac (Stiletto)
Long-Range Fighter (Aurora, F.R., Manticore, Max Leader)
The Leader (American Eagle, Maximum Leader)
Mission Briefing (novel)
Misssion Control (Anderson and Hawkins)
Nigh-Invulnerability (AE, Manticore, Stronghold)
Mr Exposition (Hawkins)
Person of Mass Destruction (military grade ascendants)
Psychic Powers (Helen Killer)
Psychic Radar (Helen Killer)
Roof Hopping (Stiletto)
Seeing Through Another’s Eyes (Helen Killer)
The Smart Guy (Dr Quantum)
Spy Catsuit (Helen Killer)
Stock Superheropowers (many)
Stone Wall (Stronghold)
SuperHeroOrigin (all)
SuperHearing (Stiletto)
SuperIntelligence (12Sigma, DQ)
SuperReflexes (Stiletto)
With Great Power Comes Great Responsibility (AE, subverted Stiletto)
With Great Power Comes Great Insanity (Manticore)