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<blockquote data-quote="James Gasik" data-source="post: 8936329" data-attributes="member: 6877472">The thing to remember with Superman is that he is a godlike being who can basically do anything he wants to.&nbsp; However, he limits himself to not killing if he can avoid it, obeying the law where he can, and not ruling the world openly.&nbsp; It would be far easier for him to rid the world of crime, hunger, and natural disasters if he wasn't so focused on being an example, an ideal, and not a god.Superman's fail state is breaking these rules, but at the same time, every life he fails to save gnaws at him.&nbsp; This is something I think gets ignored a lot in discussions about &quot;how to challenge D&amp;D characters&quot;- there are more ways to lose than &quot;die in combat&quot;.Ideally, every adventure should have win conditions other than &quot;kill all enemies&quot;, and it should be possible to win all fights, and still suffer from a Pyhrric victory.The comic story &quot;What's so funny about truth, justice &amp; the american way&quot;, or the animated adaptation, &quot;Superman vs. the Elite&quot; shows what the Man of Steel could do, if he cast aside his limiters- and that vision is terrifying to behold.You don't need Kryptonite to challenge the Man of Steel, and, in fact, it's lazy writing to lean on that or his &quot;weakness&quot; to magic.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="James Gasik, post: 8936329, member: 6877472"] The thing to remember with Superman is that he is a godlike being who can basically do anything he wants to. However, he limits himself to not killing if he can avoid it, obeying the law where he can, and not ruling the world openly. It would be [I]far[/I] easier for him to rid the world of crime, hunger, and natural disasters if he wasn't so focused on being an example, an ideal, and not a god. Superman's fail state is breaking these rules, but at the same time, every life he fails to save gnaws at him. This is something I think gets ignored a lot in discussions about "how to challenge D&D characters"- there are more ways to lose than "die in combat". Ideally, every adventure should have win conditions other than "kill all enemies", and it should be possible to win all fights, and still suffer from a Pyhrric victory. The comic story "What's so funny about truth, justice & the american way", or the animated adaptation, "Superman vs. the Elite" shows what the Man of Steel could do, if he cast aside his limiters- and that vision is [B]terrifying[/B] to behold. You don't need Kryptonite to challenge the Man of Steel, and, in fact, it's lazy writing to lean on that or his "weakness" to magic. [/QUOTE]

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