Heroic RROD: Difference between revisions

* In [[Robert A. Heinlein]]'s ''[[Have Space Suit - Will Travel|Have Space Suit Will Travel]]'', Kip damages himself so badly trying to set up the homing beacon on Pluto that it takes the Vegans (folks from Vega, not folks that eschew animal-based products) months to rebuild his body.

** In ''[[The Long Watch]]'', Ezra Dahlquist, a young nuclear weapons officer, foils a military coup by disassembling the nuclear weapons and smashing the warheads. In doing so {{spoiler|he suffers a lethal dose of radiation. He is given a lead casket and a Geiger counter [[Tear Jerker|"that never was quiet]]."}}

* In the ''[[Heralds of Valdemar]]'' series, [[Functional Magic|Mages]] and those using [[Psychic Powers|Gifts]] run the risk of overexerting themselves and going into "backlash shock". This can sometimes be done deliberately as a form of [[Cast From Hit Points]]; taken to the ultimate conclusion it's known as a Final Strike, as in it's final for the mage attempting it.

* One of [[Fritz Leiber]]'s "Fafhrd and the Grey Mouser" stories the villain fights the lightning-quick Mouser to a standstill for a while. When defeated the tremendous overstrain caused the villain's corpse to go into immediate rigor mortis.