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So... while I was talking on a thread about lifting strength, I remembered that we didn't have a page for a certain character I found hilarious and slightly terrifying. I have decided that this site absolutely MUST know that such a monster exists in fiction, and that it is unforgivable that we don't already have a page for him. So here he is, heralding from the tabletop RPG Dungeons and Dragons.
Everyone, meet your newest, biggest, and strongest Tier 0 character yet, Pun-Pun, the level one kobold who ascended to tier 0.
Yes, seriously.
Kobolds in Dungeons and Dragons are almost universally 10-B critters that the party can either cheese through with no effort or get stomped by running into their trap-filled lairs and bombarded with molotov cocktails, unable to fight back against creatures that they should be able to take on at least 50 to 1. This is because they are the D&D equivalent to the goomba, stepping stones on the path to level 20, and sometimes the Dungeon Master gets cranky and decides to make his player's lives hell. They don't usually get the luxury of leveling up in a class and going on a quest.
Pun-Pun is the exception.
Created as a thought experiment by Min-Maxers who wanted to see how invincible a character they could make without cheating, Pun-Pun is a level one kobold adventurer who managed to get his hands on a Candle of Invocation and, through a few summons and some massive cheesing, gain the ability to grant any power he wanted to himself.
ANY. POWER.
He became infinitely strong, dextrous, durable, healthy, perceptive, intelligent, knowledgeable, and persuasive immediately after gaining every single point of expertise he possibly could obtain (and unlike in computer RPGs, these stats can be used to perform tasks that alter the story as opposed to simply in-combat benefits that don't translate to anything else, ie a high strength making it easier to heft a boulder, a higher constitution allowing you to get over illness faster, a higher level of wisdom helping you notice small details, etc).
He then became infinitely speedy (reaction, travel, combat, the whole nine yards!), invisible, every single spell in the game usable whenever he wants and as many times as he wants (which can be anything as small as Ghost Sound to as massive as Wish), gained infinite HP, an infinite amount of Regenerationn that works as long as he is not unconcsious, extra Regenerationn to make any damage he takes non-lethal and revive him if he does somehow wind up unconscious, immunity to all forms of energy damage (icluding fire and acid), immunity to all forms of weapon damage, immunity to all spells unless he so desires, invisibility, infinite reach, infinite reach (allowing him to interact with any creature that exists), the ability to use his reach in every other plane of existence simultaneously, and is completely immune to mind-control, illusions, aging, petrification, and everything else filed in this site under "Hax."
...*gasp, gasp*... *Inhale*
Through the use of a bunch of squirrels he gave and had return his powers, he managed to gain an infinite number of divine ranks (the top god Pelor only has twenty, with those of marginally higher ranks being considered gods of gods!), and he can also, finally, make any creature, spell, or ability he wants, and then bestow it upon himself and others. This ability could be anything between "I can breathe in space" and "I win, always, every single time, no matter what, and nothing can stop me, and if something does stop me, time rewinds for both of us and I try again and win, and I win even when time resets, forever, throughout all of existence here and and everywhere, and I'm always better than everyone else, period."
The good news is that he was never created with the intention of being played. He was a thought exercise, a personal challenge to see how horribly overpowered a character could get without cheating.
He's like the Mewtwo of Dungeons and Dragons Min-Maxing.
And he's perfectly rules legal.
Everyone, meet your newest, biggest, and strongest Tier 0 character yet, Pun-Pun, the level one kobold who ascended to tier 0.
Yes, seriously.
Kobolds in Dungeons and Dragons are almost universally 10-B critters that the party can either cheese through with no effort or get stomped by running into their trap-filled lairs and bombarded with molotov cocktails, unable to fight back against creatures that they should be able to take on at least 50 to 1. This is because they are the D&D equivalent to the goomba, stepping stones on the path to level 20, and sometimes the Dungeon Master gets cranky and decides to make his player's lives hell. They don't usually get the luxury of leveling up in a class and going on a quest.
Pun-Pun is the exception.
Created as a thought experiment by Min-Maxers who wanted to see how invincible a character they could make without cheating, Pun-Pun is a level one kobold adventurer who managed to get his hands on a Candle of Invocation and, through a few summons and some massive cheesing, gain the ability to grant any power he wanted to himself.
ANY. POWER.
He became infinitely strong, dextrous, durable, healthy, perceptive, intelligent, knowledgeable, and persuasive immediately after gaining every single point of expertise he possibly could obtain (and unlike in computer RPGs, these stats can be used to perform tasks that alter the story as opposed to simply in-combat benefits that don't translate to anything else, ie a high strength making it easier to heft a boulder, a higher constitution allowing you to get over illness faster, a higher level of wisdom helping you notice small details, etc).
He then became infinitely speedy (reaction, travel, combat, the whole nine yards!), invisible, every single spell in the game usable whenever he wants and as many times as he wants (which can be anything as small as Ghost Sound to as massive as Wish), gained infinite HP, an infinite amount of Regenerationn that works as long as he is not unconcsious, extra Regenerationn to make any damage he takes non-lethal and revive him if he does somehow wind up unconscious, immunity to all forms of energy damage (icluding fire and acid), immunity to all forms of weapon damage, immunity to all spells unless he so desires, invisibility, infinite reach, infinite reach (allowing him to interact with any creature that exists), the ability to use his reach in every other plane of existence simultaneously, and is completely immune to mind-control, illusions, aging, petrification, and everything else filed in this site under "Hax."
...*gasp, gasp*... *Inhale*
Through the use of a bunch of squirrels he gave and had return his powers, he managed to gain an infinite number of divine ranks (the top god Pelor only has twenty, with those of marginally higher ranks being considered gods of gods!), and he can also, finally, make any creature, spell, or ability he wants, and then bestow it upon himself and others. This ability could be anything between "I can breathe in space" and "I win, always, every single time, no matter what, and nothing can stop me, and if something does stop me, time rewinds for both of us and I try again and win, and I win even when time resets, forever, throughout all of existence here and and everywhere, and I'm always better than everyone else, period."
- Whew*...
The good news is that he was never created with the intention of being played. He was a thought exercise, a personal challenge to see how horribly overpowered a character could get without cheating.
He's like the Mewtwo of Dungeons and Dragons Min-Maxing.
And he's perfectly rules legal.
