Combat
Strife
Strife noun - An earnest effort for superiority or victory over another.
Usage example: bitter strife between the two political factions
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The world of Homestuck, while otherwise being the Text-Based Adventure Game's equivalent to this trope, has a strife system that appears to be based on turn-based RPG combat.
Source: RPG-Mechanics Verse - The Only One: Caleb makes it clear to Timothy that the fight in Dimmsdale is mainly his problem, on basis that it's his hometown, citing that a region in strife births its own evil and also its own Hero to combat it.
Source: Fan Fic / Burning Black -
Wickedly sharp and barbed knives are the most common close combat weapons used by the Dark Eldar with Lelith Hesperax, the leader of the Wych Cult of Strife, being the most proficient with a blade.
Source: Knife Nut
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