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Examples of [[{{TOPLEVELPAGE}}]] in [[{{SUBPAGENAME}}]] include:
* While no ''[[Dungeons and Dragons|Dungeons & Dragons]]'' [[Prestige Class]] is explicitly named "Badass", there are many, many candidates, such as:▼
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== Board Games ==
* The [[Warhammer
** Space Marines also took a few levels in badass with their Fifth Edition Codex, the most notable being the Captain's Weapon Skill boost and the Chapter Master's Call Orbital Bombardment ability.▼
** The Eldar got a significant boost with the rules changes in the Fifth Edition rulebook that combine with existing powers to make their [[Glass Cannon|Falcons]] tougher than [[Mighty Glacier|Land Raiders]].▼
** The recent{{when}} wave of updates to extremely old codexes (most notably the Dark Eldar, who have not received a new book in over a decade) resulted in many taking several levels in badass. Most notably the Grey Knights, going from an extremely small and elite group of special forces space marine taking massive death tolls to banish even the smallest of greater daemons to badass demonhunters whose very existence can make demons cower (not to mention their leader carved his name into the chest of a daemon primarch). Some of these were considered well deserved and long overdue (notably the Dark Eldar, which was praised as being both flavorful and balanced) others were not.
* [[Chess]] has two examples:
** 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 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 its current movement [[Took a Level in Badass|abilities]] and, well, there's a reason the pawns tend to get promoted to queens.
*** 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''.
*** 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.
== Tabletop RPG ==
▲* While no ''[[
** Heir of Siberys -- [[Eberron]] dragonmark, turned [[Up to Eleven]].
** Extreme Explorer -- Kind of like being [[Indiana Jones]], really.
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* Any RPG character will level up through the course of the game.
* If you're playing ''[[Deadlands]]'', ''death'' can be step one to taking that level. Just ask {{spoiler|Abe Lincoln}} who came back from the dead to run the Union's monster-hunting agency.
* The Solars of ''[[Exalted]]'' took a collective level in Badass when the Jade Prison broke. For better than fifteen centuries, spanning the Shogunate, through the Scarlet Empress's reign, there were roughly twenty Solar Exaltations active in the world at any given time. Two years after the Scarlet Empress disappeared, that number shot up to one hundred and fifty. All of a sudden, the idea of a Solar Resurgence isn't that crazy, even in the face of the Wyld Hunt.
▲* The [[Warhammer 40000|Imperial Guard]] took a whole bunch of levels in bad ass this year after they got a new codex that's actually good. Also an example of [[Throw the Dog a Bone]] since IG and IG players were Games Workshop's favorite [[Butt Monkey]].
▲** Space Marines also took a few levels in badass with their Fifth Edition Codex, the most notable being the Captain's Weapon Skill boost and the Chapter Master's Call Orbital Bombardment ability.
▲** The Eldar got a significant boost with the rules changes in the Fifth Edition rulebook that combine with existing powers to make their [[Glass Cannon|Falcons]] tougher than [[Mighty Glacier|Land Raiders]].
▲** The recent wave of updates to extremely old codexes (most notably the Dark Eldar, who have not received a new book in over a decade) resulted in many taking several levels in badass. Most notably the Grey Knights, going from an extremely small and elite group of special forces space marine taking massive death tolls to banish even the smallest of greater daemons to badass demonhunters whose very existence can make demons cower (not to mention their leader carved his name into the chest of a daemon primarch). Some of these were considered well deserved and long overdue (notably the Dark Eldar, which was praised as being both flavorful and balanced) others were not.
▲* The Solars of [[Exalted]] took a collective level in Badass when the Jade Prison broke. For better than fifteen centuries, spanning the Shogunate, through the Scarlet Empress's reign, there were roughly twenty Solar Exaltations active in the world at any given time. Two years after the Scarlet Empress disappeared, that number shot up to one hundred and fifty. All of a sudden, the idea of a Solar Resurgence isn't that crazy, even in the face of the Wyld Hunt.
** Likewise considering that any kind of Exaltation is pretty much the epitome of taking a level in Badass. This troper is surprised the trope hasn't been renamed, or at least that Exalted didn't already have an entry.
** The [[Voluntary Shapeshifting|Lunars]] combines [[Took a Level
** [[Back
** [[Deal with the Devil|The Green Sun Princes]] is just like Abyssal, except it's "go make Creation a living hell". It's an even more ([[Light Is Not Good|green-]])shining example of taking levels in badass compared to the Solars. While Solars exalted by proving their badassitude, the Infernals are exalted by ''failing to prove'' their badassitude. They sucked so much they had to make a [[Deal with the Devil]] to take levels in badass.
*** Infernals get to take another level with the [[Faustian Rebellion]] Heresy charms. Want to prove your awesome in a way no other Exalt can? Take the power the Yozis have given you, then use it to break, rewrite or cheat every control measure they've loaded on, then build a charmset that embodies You As A Primordial in the same way that the Malfeas charmset embodies Malfeas, then start spawning ''your own [[Demon Lords and Archdevils|Third Circle Demons]]''.
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