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* [[Chess]] has two examples: |
* [[Chess]] has two examples: |
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** The humble pawn, which upon reaching the last rank on the chessboard gets promoted, almost always into a Queen, the most powerful piece in the game |
** The humble pawn, which upon reaching the last rank on the chessboard gets promoted, almost always into a Queen, the most powerful piece in the game |
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** The Queen herself. Initially the piece was known as the vizier and moved very similarly to a pawn (i.e. it was much weaker than a king, which can at least cover all eight squares around it). Then, during the 15th or 16th century, it was given it's current movement [[Took a Level |
** The Queen herself. Initially the piece was known as the vizier and moved very similarly to a pawn (i.e. it was much weaker than a king, which can at least cover all eight squares around it). Then, during the 15th or 16th century, it was given it's current movement [[Took a Level in Badass|abilities]] and, well, there's a reason the pawns tend to get promoted to queens. |
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*** This upgrade (orthogonal and diagonal travel without limit where unobstructed) became tellingly known as "madness chess" ("That much power wielded by ''a woman''? [[Title Drop|Madness!]]") and the Italians called the piece ''rabioso''. |
*** This upgrade (orthogonal and diagonal travel without limit where unobstructed) became tellingly known as "madness chess" ("That much power wielded by ''a woman''? [[Title Drop|Madness!]]") and the Italians called the piece ''rabioso''. |
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*** If it comes to that, the ancient bishop was even weaker, moving diagonally two squares ''exactly'', which restricted it so that 56 of the 64 squares were permanently off-limits. |
*** If it comes to that, the ancient bishop was even weaker, moving diagonally two squares ''exactly'', which restricted it so that 56 of the 64 squares were permanently off-limits. |
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== Manwha == |
== Manwha == |
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* Shi Woon, protagonist of ''[[The Breaker]]'', takes several huge levels in badass over the course of the story. He starts out as a loser who gets beaten up by bullies daily. After he eats [[A Wizard Did It|a strange pill]] and trains under one of the greatest martial artists in the world, he becomes strong enough to break a cement column with his bare hands and take on other more experienced martial artists. He also learns to stand up for himself and becomes [[The Determinator]], which impresses even the antagonists he cannot defeat. |
* Shi Woon, protagonist of ''[[The Breaker]]'', takes several huge levels in badass over the course of the story. He starts out as a loser who gets beaten up by bullies daily. After he eats [[A Wizard Did It|a strange pill]] and trains under one of the greatest martial artists in the world, he becomes strong enough to break a cement column with his bare hands and take on other more experienced martial artists. He also learns to stand up for himself and becomes [[The Determinator]], which impresses even the antagonists he cannot defeat. |
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