And that's the point. The DC universe is full of people like Superman and Batman - beings possessed of awesome power. Their main mages are Dr Fate - a Lord of Order - Zatanna - who can build a city in a day - the Phantom Stranger - who walks between dimensions - and John Constantine.
And John Constantine can play alongside the Dr Strange level characters on 90% bluff. The other ten per ce
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Well, Jenny Sparks could definitely do that. She's usually written up as having Electrical Control at Monstrous or higher rank, but that doesn't mean that's the required level.
In The Dark Knight Strikes Again, Batman built devices which paralysed all electrical devices, including the brain. If you assume he has a basic Incredible Reason with a +1CS for some kind of scientific t
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Well, yeah, there's also the fact that she's Jewish.
I think Doc was partly objecting to your choice of words r.e. Hiroshima. Sunfire's mother was there, remember?
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Underrated: Cyclops, for definite. The man has in the past had Wolverine, Storm, Nightcrawler, Shadowcat, Colossus and Rogue all trying to kill him at once, and he administered a precision beatdown while avoiding serious injuries to the entire team. He's probably the best shot in the Marvel universe, at least when it comes to trick shots, and a serious badass in hand-to-hand combat, but to t
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Because he only needs to see a movement once, and he's mastered it. It would take a normal human, such as Shang Chi, days or weeks.
Simple as that.
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Something you would need to factor in is how long they're allowed to get used to not having powers.
I mean, Champion recently got into a boxing match with She-Hulk, and she cleaned his clock. This was mostly because just before the fight started, he was made to remove the Power Gem for the first time in ages. He was suddenly a lot weaker, and didn't know how to fight that way.
Wit
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Weirdly, I did not geek out over this film. Still haven't. However, I did like it.
You know what I liked best? Out of the whole thing? Admittedly it coming last may have helped, but the way they slapped the title on only at the end - it was kind of like, "you've seen how it got here. Now, Batman begins."
Moving on, and just to get it out of the way, Michael Caine is God.
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Fair point. Didn't he beat Captain America once?
Don't be fooled by Schwarzenegger. In the books, Conan's defining trait is his incredible speed. He's also hugely strong and tough, but most of all he's the fastest human being on his planet.
So, yeah. He's probably the overall best. He can take anyone.
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Why leave out Martial Arts D? He showed the full range, and Oriental Weapons beside.
Also, I'd make his Psyche at least Remarkable,and would probably raise his Reason and Intuition by at least one rank each.
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Infinity formula. Seriously, same as Nick Fury.
Basically, she was shown as a child being kidnapped by the Hand back during WWII. Wolverine and Captain America teamed up to rescue her.
Fifty years later, according to the captioning (it said something like '1943' and then '1993'), it was the Black Widow we all know so well. This time teaming up with Wolverine, Jubilee and
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Storm's an odd one - it really depends on who is writing her. I mean, Claremont tends to make her into an unstoppable badass. Everyone else usually tones it down, at least a little.
Personally, I would say that Rogue and Cyclops are both better than her hand-to-hand, and Gambit probably would be too if Claremont wasn't writing, but none of them come close to the level of characters l
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As much training as anyone? Decades of fighting experience? Starts around 1940. Has, at most, two years training. Frozen in 1945. Unfrozen less than fifteen years ago Marvel time. Total twenty years, training and experience.
The Black Widow: Born in the 1930s. Trained from childhood.
Daredevil: Became blind pre-pubescent. Met Stick shortly after. Now in his thirties. Well over thirty years,
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Perhaps skill was the wrong word. He doesn't have a lot of training. His combat skills rely on his physical abilities far more than someone trained primarily in conventional martial arts.
Let me put it this way: It's often said that Jeet Kune Do was the perfect martial arts system for Bruce Lee. For anyone else, it's just useful. Similarly, Cap's fighting style is effective
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Not to mention: Gambit's Remarkable Fighting plus Weapon Specialist with staff (not official) is equal to Wolverine's Incredible (official) Fighting plus Martial Arts B.
Gambit's fighting style also includes a lot of Evading and then throwing explosive cards at his opponents. That's certainly what he was doing in that famous Danger Room session.
It would be interesting t
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Exactly. I mean, Thor's superhuman strength and invulnerability are natural side-effects of his being Asgardian. Do they count as powers? How about Captain America's enhanced physical abilities? He's purged the Super-Soldier Serum from his bloodstream, but he's still superhuman due to earlier influence of 'powers'.
Besides which, Cap doesn't actually have all
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Kitty's not even a contendor. I mean, yeah, she knows Ninjitsu. Big wow. Psylocke leaves her standing for skill alone, not to mention being far more experienced than her. Hells, the way they've been shown operating, Cyclops would probably beat Kitty in unarmed combat (he's nerve-punched her before, although they've both had a lot of training since). Of course, if you gave them
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Looks good. I may change one or two details, but in fact it looks excellent. And brutal.
Thanks.
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Dooku - 18 years ago
Count Dooku
Leader of the Separists
Height: 6'5"
Fighting: Excellent (20)
Agility: Good (10)
Strength: Typical (06)
Endurance: Remarkable (30)
Reason: Excellent (20)
Intuition: Excellent (20)
Psyche: Amazing (50)
Health: 66
Karma: 90
Resources: Monstrous
Popularity: -50
Lightsaber: Remarkable (30) Edged damage, cuts through up to Shift-X Material Strength and
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Sounds useful. It's wal_lace at hotmail dot com.
But, uh, just the force skills and FEATs, please. I really don't have time to become inevitably sidetracked by a whole new game.
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Unfortunately I can't get the Edit function to work right now, but fair point on Yoda's psyche.
In terms of Anakin's force abilities... George Lucas has apparently gone on record as saying that Anakin is potentially twice as powerful as the Emperor, who in turn is not far behind Yoda. The injuries he took fighting Obi-Wan Kenobi reduced him to about 80% of the Emperor's pow
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Lately, as you may have noticed, I've been working out stats for various Jedi characters. Along the way, I discovered Wikipedia's entry on Lightsaber Combat, here: . This helps to explain the differences between Dooku, Yoda, Obi-Wan Kenobi and Anakin, not to mention the changing combat style of Obi-Wan Kenobi over four films. And so I decided to work out a system for it in Marvel Super-
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Yoda - 18 years ago
Yoda
Master of the Jedi Order
Height: 2'1"
Fighting: Good (10)
Agility: Typical (06)
Strength: Feeble (02)
Endurance: Excellent (20)
Reason: Remarkable (30)
Intuition: Incredible (40)
Psyche: Amazing (50)
Health: 38
Karma: 120
Resources: Amazing
Popularity: 30
Lightsaber: Remarkable (30) Edged damage, cuts through up to Shift-X Material Strength and ignores b
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I've heard that whole 'lightsaber does psychic damage' theory before, but I've never yet seen any evidence to back it up. Similarly, there's a theory that they're powered by the Force, which makes it strange that Han was able to use Luke's in The Empire Strikes Back. At the moment the evidence is that they're just really efficient at cutting stuff.
Okay,
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In the same style as my earlier post on Obi-Wan Kenobi, here's my take on Anakin Skywalker as he was up until the last act of Revenge of the Sith.
Anakin Skywalker
Jedi Knight
Hero of the Republic
Height: 6'1"
Fighting: Remarkable (30)
Agility: Excellent (20)
Strength: Good (10)
Endurance: Excellent (20)
Reason: Good (10)
Intuition: Excellent (20)
Psyche: Incre
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I've been thinking about this, since watching Revenge of the Sith, and I've done some reading up. In particular, I encountered a rather interesting piece on lightsaber combat, here: . Note the links at the bottom of the page; from what I've been able to piece together, with the help of a couple of people on the IMDb message boards for Episode III, this was originally invented for a
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I've been extremely busy lately, mostly with exams and dissertation stuff. But the other day my girlfriend threw a couple of issues of She-Hulk my way, and I noticed some interesting changes.
Not sure if this is considered canon, but it looks to be that way.
First of all, there's a supervillain prison where they're all kept shrunk down with Pym Particles. This amuses me.
Second,
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I would go with Gangs of New York. It's truly spectacular, and could have been a great movie if it hadn't focussed on DiCaprio and Diaz. As one friend put it, they should have just had three hours of Bill the Butcher, Priest Vallon and the Monk carving out their bloody empires in the Five Points while Boss Tweed politics between them. Because those three characters were absolutely badas
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I'd say he's very much equivalent to Dr Doom on Psyche. He's literally been to Hell and back, repeatedly faced down the devil, and moreover meted out similar treatment to the forces of Heaven.
If anything, he's stronger willed than Doom.
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From what I'd know, I'd lower his Fighting and raise his Psyche. Also, I'd give him some kind of Karma power - bad stuff always happens to him, but he always survives it.
And, of course, he knows magic. Exactly how much is debatable, but he certainly knows a fair bit.
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