LNH: Looniverse Fight Chronicles Trading Card Game #22: Imperilus the Exterminating Son

[Drew Nilium]

Imperilus the Exterminating Son (Determination Driven)
<Punch Dude> <Wildcard>
Root Directory: SW-10
Source Key: Scott Eiler
First Appearance: Cauldron

Fight! Fight! Fight! - At the beginning of each turn, Imperilus matches
Determination with a random character in the Scene. If he wins, Kick Out that
character and move Imperilus to another Scene at random. If he loses, Kick Out
Imperilus.

Voices:
Wit: 0
Whimsy: 1
Determination: Ω
Charm: 0
Puzzle-Solving: 0
Elbow Grease: 7
Edge: 5
Nonsense: 5
Groundedness: 1
Chill: 0

"Well *all righty*! Who's down for a good old-fashioned *ass kicking*!?"

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Drew "this is the Hungry, Hungry Sabertooths version" Nilium

[candycanearter07]

On 10/11/23 22:51, Drew Nilium wrote:
> Determination: Ω
But what does it mean?
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[Drew Nilium]

On 10/12/23 12:11 AM, candycanearter07 wrote:
> On 10/11/23 22:51, Drew Nilium wrote:
>> Determination: Ω
> But what does it mean?

So, the stats in this go 0-7, then !, then !!!, then Ω. I'm not sure exactly
what the higher ones mean, but they're cool!

Drew "OMEGA" Nilium

[candycanearter07]

But- why not just use 8, 9, and 10?

[Scott Eiler]

On 2023-10-12 17:01, candycanearter07 wrote:
> On 10/12/23 18:07, Drew Nilium wrote:
>> On 10/12/23 12:11 AM, candycanearter07 wrote:
>>> On 10/11/23 22:51, Drew Nilium wrote:
>>>> Determination: Ω
>>> But what does it mean?
>>
>> So, the stats in this go 0-7, then !, then !!!, then Ω. I'm not sure
>> exactly what the higher ones mean, but they're cool!
>>
>> Drew "OMEGA" Nilium
>
> But- why not just use 8, 9, and 10?

There's lots of precedent from comic books. (Too Long, Don't Read?
Skip to the last paragraph.)

- The Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe decided that the
strongest heroes (Thor, Hercules, and the Hulk) could lift about 100
tons. The term "Class 100" was still in use for every power category in
comic books, last I looked.

- But the Hulk could always become stronger when he became angrier. For
a while, he was permanently angry. So he became known as Omega Class.
Anyone whose power had no known upper limit, got assigned that class.
Some of them fought the Hulk, and got reevaluated to Class 50 or
something. Others still keep that class. (It's popular among mutants.)

Still, I think the best answer is from the Spinal Tap movie - the one
who says "Why don't we just turn the volume up to 11?". Having a
non-numeric value above 10 would avoid that problem. 8{D>

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"Your Royal Highness, instead of devoting yourself exclusively
to Minerva, should, instead, rather offer sacrifice at the altars
of Bacchus, Orpheus, Venus, and Morpheus."

- Advice to Prince Duarte of Portugal. From "The golden age of
Prince Henry the Navigator", by Joaquim Pedro Oliveira Martins.
Coming soon to Project Gutenberg.

[Drew Nilium]

On 10/12/23 11:59 PM, Scott Eiler wrote:
> On 2023-10-12 17:01, candycanearter07 wrote:

<snip>

>> But- why not just use 8, 9, and 10?
>
> There's lots of precedent from comic books.  (Too Long, Don't Read? Skip to the
> last paragraph.)
>
> - The Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe decided that the strongest heroes
> (Thor, Hercules, and the Hulk) could lift about 100 tons.  The term "Class 100"
> was still in use for every power category in comic books, last I looked.
>
> - But the Hulk could always become stronger when he became angrier.  For a
> while, he was permanently angry.  So he became known as Omega Class. Anyone
> whose power had no known upper limit, got assigned that class. Some of them
> fought the Hulk, and got reevaluated to Class 50 or something.  Others still
> keep that class.  (It's popular among mutants.)

It's true, it's true.

> Still, I think the best answer is from the Spinal Tap movie - the one who says
> "Why don't we just turn the volume up to 11?".  Having a non-numeric value above
> 10 would avoid that problem.  8{D>

Yeah. X> Also, part of it comes from video games, where it has a series of
graded ranks, F, D, C, B, A, and then above A it'll have S-rank, and sometimes
SS, SSS, etc. But ultimately it's a way to convey some of that comic-booky
exaggeration, that sense of "beyond the ultimate", or, alternatively, "but okay
what if Goku had a power level that was *even cooler* than *that*".

Drew "super ultra omega instinct" Nilium