Super Weight: Difference between revisions

It's not uncommon to see characters all over this scale in a setting; or for them to change Weight Class during the course of a story, [[Super Empowering|up]] ''or'' [[De -Power|down.]] Pure power isn't everything either; a [[Guile Hero]] or antagonists can beat an opponent that's more powerful than them with clever tactics and forethought. ''Thus, defeating somebody does NOT mean that you're a higher Weight Class than your victim'', although the greater the class difference between the lower weight victor and the higher weight victim, the more the defeat qualifies as an example of [[Did You Just Punch Out Cthulhu?]].

When editing the page, remember that power levels only take into account actual power and abilities, what the character is literally capable of. While characters such as [[Batman]] and [[Doctor Who (TV)|The Doctor]] can take on gods, they do this through intellect, not pure power, and thus remain relatively low on the list compared to their defeated opponents.

| '''{{color|chartreuse|Abnormal Weight: 2}}''' || Characters in this weight have gained an ability, trait, or talent that is supernatural or superhuman, but are otherwise (comparable to) human(s). However, their abilities are generally [[This Looks Like a Job For Aquaman|very specific]] and [[Crippling Overspecialization|limited]] and [[What Kind of Lame Power Is Heart, Anyway?|may be useless in some situations]], rendering the characters just as helpless as normal un-powered humans. With few exceptions, characters of this type lack the [[Required Secondary Powers]] to optimize or protect themselves from their own powers. Perhaps their only powers are to cancel [[Anti-Magic|other]] [[Power Nullifier|powers]]. Most of the time, their ability [[Muggles Do It Better|is something we can mimic or even surpass]] using common science or low-grade [[Cyborg|cybernetics]]. Muggles and Irons that are [[Beast Man|Beast Men]] or [[Cyborg|Cyborgs]] may also end up here. || [[Transhuman]], [[Beast Man]], [[Anti-Magic]] / [[Power Nullifier]]

| '''{{color|springgreen|Hyper Weight: 4}}''' || These characters have abilities that can typically [[Person of Mass Destruction|cause]], stop, or even reverse large scale disasters, or have a [[Reality Warper|reality warping]] power with few limitations. A protagonist of this weight or higher risks becoming a [[God Mode Sue]], because their abilities tend to be [[Story -Breaker Power|story breaking]], making it difficult to give them a [[How to Stop The Deus Ex Machina|plausible challenge.]] That said, a protagonist at this weight can have engaging adventures, the author just has to be careful to scale the [[Sorting Algorithm of Villain Threat]] accordingly. || [[Person of Mass Destruction]]

| '''{{color|cyan|World Weight: 5}}''' || These characters have abilities that can affect an entire world, either [[World Healing Wave|positively]] or [[World Wrecking Wave|negatively]], or may even be a [[Mother Nature|manifestation of a planet]], [[GaiasGaia's Vengeance|with all that implies]]. [[Reality Warper|Reality Warpers]] that are powerful enough to create separate worlds / planes of existence (that are difficult to destroy) also go here. Many a [[Big Bad]] ends up here, especially if they're [[Omnicidal Maniac|omnicidal maniacs]], though you'll also find their opposite in [[The Messiah]]. || [[World Wrecking Wave]], [[World Healing Wave]], [[Physical God]]

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