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** The /tg/ board on [[Image Boards|4chan]] has been seen discussing how to properly min-max ''Surtr''. As in, the Norse fire giant destroying the world. That Surtr. ''Min-Maxing him''.

** The 3rd Edition Epicevel Handbook explicitly encouraged the Dungeonmaster to do this to the players with ridiculous and unfair challenges on the grounds that the players will have the resources to deal with them. How far can the Dwarven Defender swim through lava?

* ''[[Paranoia]]''. The fall damage chart goes up to orbital.

* ''[[Paranoia (game)|Paranoia]]''. The fall damage chart goes up to orbital.

** The questions in question are "how many consecutive character sheets must we hand out?" and "how large a pipe do we need for the inevitable hose job?"

* ''[[Spirit of the Century]]'' lets player characters pull off some ridiculous stunts to rise to the challenge, so long as you're willing to be creative and spend a fair number of Fate Points. Oh, and any game that is willing to include build-it-yourself gadgets and the potential to fight talking gorillas on the top of a Zeppelin is guaranteed to go [[Up to Eleven]].

* ''[[Don't Rest Your Head]]'' has the same mechanic that is slowly wearing you down and making you more powerful at the same time, pretty much ~~guarantreeing~~ you'll push a little further next time. By the late game (which can sneak up on you surprisingly quick) you're more powerful than the (possible) incarnation of Death. And, using the madness powers, by this point you have power that's so over the top you could call down the four Horsemen, or an army of ninjas, or make enough ants crawl out of your skin to consume the city. It gets pretty intense when you're creative.

* ''[[Don't Rest Your Head]]'' has the same mechanic that is slowly wearing you down and making you more powerful at the same time, pretty much guaranteeing you'll push a little further next time. By the late game (which can sneak up on you surprisingly quick) you're more powerful than the (possible) incarnation of Death. And, using the madness powers, by this point you have power that's so over the top you could call down the four Horsemen, or an army of ninjas, or make enough ants crawl out of your skin to consume the city. It gets pretty intense when you're creative.

* ''[[FATAL]]''. At any given point, you will be unable to believe it could possibly get any more complicated, poorly worded, and deeply broken in its attitude towards sexuality. And then you will turn the page and find a dildo that makes you give birth to another dildo. [[Brain Bleach]] may be necessary.

* ''[[Mekton]]'' doesn't usually indulge in it (the system is somewhat inclined towards the [[Real Robot]] rather than [[Super Robot]] series), but it does have Excessive Scale. For when you need to build [[Transformers|Unicron, Primus]], [[Star Wars|the Death]] [[That's No Moon|Star]], or the [[Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann]].