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While the rest of the verse is being revised I'll cover revising the Strange Man's profile since nobody scales to him. This also doesn't change his rating of unknown as he doesn't fight, rather he's a force of nature.
Powers and abilities
For starters The Strange Man should get some type of Abstract Existence as the profile itself notes that he's most likely Death.
The first piece of evidence is that he's stated to appear to John as an "accountant." of the sorts, most likely referring to him "collecting" the souls of those who are in death's grasp. His knowledge also seems to be directly tied to being Death as he's fully aware of all the death's that have happened in the game, ones that even John doesn't seem to remember in great detail. (31 secs.)
He's stated to be other worldly / not of the mortal plane, even those who can literally see the future are unable gather any knowledge on the Strange Man. Furthermore John is unable to interact with The Strange Man as bullets had no effect on him. Ergo I believe he should receive a "likely" rating for Type 1 Abstract Existence (Is heavily implied to be Death itself.) Furthermore upon John insulting him with "Damn you!" The Strange Man replies with "yes many have." which furthers him being a godly figure.
As for other abilities there's Omnipresence as his influence doesn't only extend to The Red Dead Universe, he's been directly referred in the GTA universe which is a separate Universe from Red Dead. His influence is so great that he even places fear into the heart of Madam Nezar, another powerful entity and Furthermore he's also in the game Bully, which is also set in it's own universe. He's also seen appearing and disappearing behind Arthur / John instantly.
Type 4 Acausality, Causality and Death Manipulation. The Strange Man is unable to be foreseen by the precognition of the Blind Man and stated to be "not of this world." Whenever John attempted to fire at The Strange Man, he exchanged the 3 bullets fired by John for 3 death's, that of John, Abigail and Uncle with the 4th bullet being jammed signifying Jack would be spared.
Nigh Omniscience, The Strange Man has seemingly unending knowledge of the universe being able to recall the tiniest of details that others have forgotten while not even being there himself. Even the exact location and time when people will die such as The Strange Man saying "Yes this will make a fine place." In the location where John meets his end. The Preacher from Rdr2 also implies that The Strange Man is "always watching" and furthermore The Strange Man is fully aware that he's in a game.
Law manipulation, Curse Manipulation & Disease Manipulation. The Strange Man was responsible for all the sicknesses in the town, with him making a deal with the only survivor who remained immune by forming a contract with The Strange Man stating he'd be immune but at the cost of various generations being plagued with illness. This video does a perfect job at explaining all the connections.
Powers and abilities
For starters The Strange Man should get some type of Abstract Existence as the profile itself notes that he's most likely Death.
The first piece of evidence is that he's stated to appear to John as an "accountant." of the sorts, most likely referring to him "collecting" the souls of those who are in death's grasp. His knowledge also seems to be directly tied to being Death as he's fully aware of all the death's that have happened in the game, ones that even John doesn't seem to remember in great detail. (31 secs.)
He's stated to be other worldly / not of the mortal plane, even those who can literally see the future are unable gather any knowledge on the Strange Man. Furthermore John is unable to interact with The Strange Man as bullets had no effect on him. Ergo I believe he should receive a "likely" rating for Type 1 Abstract Existence (Is heavily implied to be Death itself.) Furthermore upon John insulting him with "Damn you!" The Strange Man replies with "yes many have." which furthers him being a godly figure.
As for other abilities there's Omnipresence as his influence doesn't only extend to The Red Dead Universe, he's been directly referred in the GTA universe which is a separate Universe from Red Dead. His influence is so great that he even places fear into the heart of Madam Nezar, another powerful entity and Furthermore he's also in the game Bully, which is also set in it's own universe. He's also seen appearing and disappearing behind Arthur / John instantly.
Type 4 Acausality, Causality and Death Manipulation. The Strange Man is unable to be foreseen by the precognition of the Blind Man and stated to be "not of this world." Whenever John attempted to fire at The Strange Man, he exchanged the 3 bullets fired by John for 3 death's, that of John, Abigail and Uncle with the 4th bullet being jammed signifying Jack would be spared.
Nigh Omniscience, The Strange Man has seemingly unending knowledge of the universe being able to recall the tiniest of details that others have forgotten while not even being there himself. Even the exact location and time when people will die such as The Strange Man saying "Yes this will make a fine place." In the location where John meets his end. The Preacher from Rdr2 also implies that The Strange Man is "always watching" and furthermore The Strange Man is fully aware that he's in a game.
Law manipulation, Curse Manipulation & Disease Manipulation. The Strange Man was responsible for all the sicknesses in the town, with him making a deal with the only survivor who remained immune by forming a contract with The Strange Man stating he'd be immune but at the cost of various generations being plagued with illness. This video does a perfect job at explaining all the connections.
