
Blood Magic: The Blood Mage skill tree. Blade on a Stick: A whole tree of polearms, ranging from the lowly Peasantly Pitchfork all the up to the artifact "Spear of Holy Sacrifice". Lutefisk is a traditional Norwegian dish. Bilingual Bonus: "Skål!", the shout that plays when you use the Lutefisk Horadric Cube, means "Cheers" in Norwegian. Lampshaded: Monsters in the dungeon sometimes call you "the eyebrowed one" or taunt you with phrases like "Your eyebrows won't save you now!", and among the many descriptions possible for your clones, one points out that "the eyebrows are too small". Paranormal Investigator: exposing its true nature). Baleful Polymorph: Both Magical Law and Paranormal Investigator can do this to foes, although with different conceits at work (Magical Law: legal penalty. Usually remarked upon in the descriptions, like in the case of the dire halberd, a pole with a halberd in each end. Awesome, but Impractical: Some of the higher-end weapons, with high damage but nasty debuffs. The Promethean Magic skill set lets you summon a friendly Wyrmling. That's not to say that other skills don't dip their toes into it, of course-Fungal Arts has slime and mushroom familiars for you to summon, Fleshsmithing lets you reanimate enemy corpses as Zombys to fight for you, Killer Veganism, Bankster, and Psionics let you persuade enemies to fight for you, and Big Game Hunters can summon packs of trained hunting diggles. Attack Animal: This is the premise of the Golemancy skill tree, which allows you to summon Mustache Golems, giant robots, animated piles of kitchen cutlery, and immobile stone walls. Arms Dealer: The Bolt Council, a corporation/group implied to have a monopoly on crossbows and crossbow ammunition. Armor and Magic Don't Mix: Metal armor typically reduces the player's natural mana regeneration rate, and the pieces of equipment that promote spellcasting do not block as many icons as warrior-oriented ones.
(Never mind that you may well be a practicing wizard.)
Arbitrary Skepticism: The skill "There Must Be a Rational Explanation." You temporarily become more resistant to magic and can't cast spells, because, obviously, magic doesn't exist. April Fools' Day: Dungeons of Dredmor II 3D.
Animal Gender-Bender: Male protagonists that are werediggles can still lay eggs. Hey, you can't make booze your source of power and not expect some drawbacks. The Alcoholic: Wizards in general, according to several tidbits of info and the amount of empty bottles scattered over the wizardlands.