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* ''[[Diablo]]'' has its very own sub-community based on the premise of "variant characters": characters obeying special rules. The indisputable kings of these variant characters are the ''Naked Mage'' (no armor, no weapons, just pure magic), the ''Beyond Naked Mage'' (whatever armor and weapons you like—providing they're all ''cursed''), and the ''Barbarian'' (non-magical weapons and armor only—no magic, no spells, no potions, no fear).
** [https://web.archive.org/web/20130821094322/http://www.theamazonbasin.com/d2/forums/index.php?showtopic=32067 One player] had a character called IreneTheInfirm: a hardcore sorceress who could not wear or wield anything, cast any spells or assign any stat points, and was thus limited to punching away for 1-2 damage a go, using the act 1 mercenary as the main source of damage (who also couldn't use any items). Somehow, Irene ended up killing Andariel.
** In ''Diablo 2'', a user on the inc.gamers forum demonstrated the story of [https://web.archive.org/web/20111209183615/http://diablo.incgamers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=480035 Anna Goanna]. She was an Amazon-class hardcore, as in "if you die you die permanently," character who completed the game on all difficulty levels with only cracked/low-quality items, a summonable NPC support fighter and a hireling fighter. Some bosses took hours to finish. When she finally beat the last boss on the [[Harder Than Hard]] difficulty, her name-personalized cracked sash sold in-game for multiple high-value items.
** One player, going by the name Sirian, decided to create a whole [https://web.archive.org/web/20071012223800/http://sirian.warpcore.org/diablo2/diablo2.html host of restricted D2 characters], such as Ember, the firebolt-only Sorceress.
* Several challenges have popped up in the ''[[Monster Hunter]]'' series once they have their strongest set of armor and weaponry. The most common are the naked run (no armor at all), to use a really bad weapon against a certain monster (Greatsword vs. [[That One Boss|Plesioth]], no felynes), a marathon run (specialized quest that require you to kill 2 or more of a certain monster simultaneously) and the ''Arrowhead Cutoff'' (using only the Circle attack of a Bow, which swings one of your bolts like a makeshift sword, to cut off the tail of a monster, most often a Tigrex.)
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