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The ancient Mayan people predicted the end of time on December 21, 2012. Everyone knows this to be true, even if they deny it.

The Maya, who lived in Central America between A.D. 250 and 900, had a cyclical calendar that ran approximately one human lifetime, or 52 years (life was shorter back then). To account for events more than 52 years away, they devised another calendar, one that ran 5,126 years, and apparently began in the year 3114 B.C. Do a little math: 5,126 minus 3,114 equals 2,012.

It's more than just the end of the world, it is the end of time itself! There is really nothing you can do to prepare for it, so the best thing is to just ignore it. Live in denial. Keep going to your jobs or collecting unemployment. Then have a big party on December 21st, because it is on a Friday.

I am not sure exactly what hour the End will happen on that day, but let us just assume it will be around 7 or 8 pm Eastern time.

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Dear Paizo,

Please cancel everyone's subscriptions (Adventure Path, Modules, GameMastery Maps). We are finding ourselves unable to keep up, although we have very much enjoyed the products.

Thanks,

Everyone

As a few of you probably know, I live in a place so remote that it has a weird-butt name. Yesterday, I heard that they had two attempted alien abductions and some guy stole his neighbour's hog and took his child out front and killed the hog in front of him.

WTF is wrong with people?

I was taught to put an arrow through an eye from half a mile when I was 12. I can damn well see why my father chose to teach me how to shoot if this is the sort of behaviour that is going to start happening. It's like we have had an upsurge of 'aliens' that need to be put down.

I was looking around and I couldn't find the Specific Discussion board. I just found this general discussion board. Can someone show me how to find the Specific Discussion board?

Recently, a fellow Paizo member named JMD031 had one of his thread's closed; it was called, "The Leafar the Lost Haters Thread". Personally, I don't see the need for it, because I have a legion of fans all across the world. I even had to start my own fan thread just to handle the overwhelming flood of fan-mail that I deal with everyday.

HOWEVER, I believe in free speech, even if it's unpopular. I think that unpopular speech should be especially protected. With that being said, I have opened my own hater's thread, because I consider hatred to be a form a flattery. If you hate me, then I must be doing something right. Therefore, for those few who hate me, bring on it! I can take it...

Yes, it was a picture of his "weiner" (in his underwear) that he sent to a female college student. He lied about it to protect his wife, Uma Weiner, and the women that he tweeted with over the years. He said their were six of them, and I just heard that there was a woman in Texas that he chatted with frequently.

Personally, I think this is a matter between him, his wife, and the citizens of the district he represents. If they want him out, then they should be able to get together and throw him out. There should be a way to recall him, or just vote for the other person in 17 months. However, there is one thing I can't get past; his wife's name is Uma Weiner.

I have noticed that it has been difficult for me to contact with my fans lately, due to my busy work schedule, so I have created this thread just for them. To all my fans, thank you for your loyalty and support. Feel free to leave your questions and comments for me here. I promise to look at it at least once every 24 hours, and if I have time I will reply. Don't feel bad if I don't acknowledge every comment. Enjoy!

OK, look, I am really busy over here, and I like drawing, but I just don't have the time to draw your Pathfinder requests. I am sorry about it, I really am, but please don't ask me. There are plenty of other artists out there willing to do it for a low fee. Have a nice day...

Dr. Jack Kevorkian, the Michigan physician who caused a storm of controversy with his advocacy for assisted suicide, has died.

Kevorkian, who was known by the nickname "Dr. Death," died between 2 and 2:30 a.m. Friday morning, the Detroit Free Press reports.

The 84-year-old had been hospitalized for about two weeks with kidney and heart troubles.

His lawyer, Mayer Morganroth, told the newspaper that Kevorkian appeared to have died from pulmonary thrombosis.

Morganroth and Kevorkian's niece Ava Janus were reportedly by his side when he died.

After his death, Dr. Kevorkian was suprised to find the people who he helped to kill themselves waiting for him in the Afterlife...

Time travel is the concept of moving between different points in time in a manner analogous to moving between different points in space, either sending objects (or in some cases just information) backwards in time to some moment before the present, or sending objects forward from the present to the future without the need to experience the intervening period (at least not at the normal rate).

Although time travel has been a common plot device in fiction since the 19th century, and one-way travel into the future is arguably possible given the phenomenon of time dilation based on velocity in the theory of special relativity (exemplified by the twin paradox), as well as gravitational time dilation in the theory of general relativity, it is currently unknown whether the laws of physics would allow backwards time travel.

Any technological device, whether fictional or hypothetical, that is used to achieve time travel is commonly known as a time machine.

Some interpretations of time travel also suggest that an attempt to travel backwards in time might take one to a parallel universe whose history would begin to diverge from the traveler's original history after the moment the traveler arrived in the past.

Some theories, most notably special and general relativity, suggest that suitable geometries of spacetime, or specific types of motion in space, might allow time travel into the past and future if these geometries or motions are possible.[16] In technical papers, physicists generally avoid the commonplace language of "moving" or "traveling" through time ('movement' normally refers only to a change in spatial position as the time coordinate is varied), and instead discuss the possibility of closed timelike curves, which are worldlines that form closed loops in spacetime, allowing objects to return to their own past. There are known to be solutions to the equations of general relativity that describe spacetimes which contain closed timelike curves (such as Gödel spacetime), but the physical plausibility of these solutions is uncertain.

Relativity states that if one were to move away from the Earth at relativistic velocities and return, more time would have passed on Earth than for the traveler, so in this sense it is accepted that relativity allows "travel into the future" (according to relativity there is no single objective answer to how much time has 'really' passed between the departure and the return, but there is an objective answer to how much proper time has been experienced by both the Earth and the traveler, i.e. how much each has aged; See twin paradox). On the other hand, many in the scientific community believe that backwards time travel is highly unlikely. Any theory which would allow time travel would require that problems of causality be resolved. The classic example of a problem involving causality is the "grandfather paradox": what if one were to go back in time and kill one's own grandfather before one's father was conceived? But some scientists believe that paradoxes can be avoided, either by appealing to the Novikov self-consistency principle or to the notion of branching parallel universes.

Stephen Hawking once suggested that the absence of tourists from the future constitutes an argument against the existence of time travel—a variant of the Fermi paradox. Of course this would not prove that time travel is physically impossible, since it might be that time travel is physically possible but that it is never in fact developed (or is cautiously never used); and even if it is developed, Hawking notes elsewhere that time travel might only be possible in a region of spacetime that is warped in the correct way, and that if we cannot create such a region until the future, then time travelers would not be able to travel back before that date, so "This picture would explain why we haven't been over run by tourists from the future." Carl Sagan also once suggested the possibility that time travelers could be here, but are disguising their existence or are not recognized as time travelers.

OK, that's not going to work for me. Sorry if that is going to be an inconvience for you guys. I hope you have a happy Memorial Day at work.

Harold Camping predicted that the world would end, due to the return of Jesus or The Rapture, on May 21, 2011. As we all know, that did not happen. He explained that his calculations were off by 5 months. Now, he has predicted that The Rapture will occur on October 21, 2011. Since he is a Biblical expert, and according to him the Holy Bible is absolutely true, then he must be right. Please add your thoughts, comments, and suggestions, but you must know beforehand that the world is ending on October 21, 2011, so you should plan ahead.

Max out your credit cards, quit your job, take a trip around the United States one last time, etc. There is no point in planning anything past the date of October 21, 2011, because that is when Jesus Christ will return, take all saved Christians up with him into Heaven, and the unsaved will remain here to suffer under the reign of the Antichrist for the seven year long Tribulation. These are absolute biblical facts and they cannot be disputed. Sorry, but it has to happen. OK, now we can begin the discussion...

"Macho Man" Randy Savage, a professional wrestler who became a fan favorite thanks to his outlandish outfits and trademark catchphrase, died Friday in a car wreck, according to TMZ.

The 58-year-old Savage reportedly suffered a heart attack while driving his 2009 Jeep Wrangler in Tampa, Fla., and careened across lanes of oncoming traffic before colliding head-on with a tree. He died later at a local hospital.

Savage's wife Lynn, who was riding in the passenger seat, escaped with only minor injuries. Both passengers were wearing seatbelts and the police do not believe alcohol was a factor.

I remember seeing Randy Savage wrestle many times on television, PPV's, and live once. He will be remembered...

By DONNA CASSATA, 05/17/11 09:25 PM ET

WASHINGTON -- Former Sen. Rick Santorum said Tuesday that Sen. John McCain, who spent 5 1/2 years enduring brutal treatment at the hands of his North Vietnamese captors, doesn't know how effective waterboarding and other harsh interrogation techniques can be. The Republican presidential contender insisted the tactics led the United States to al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden.

McCain, the top Republican on the Senate Armed Services Committee, said in a speech last week that waterboarding al-Qaida's No. 3 leader, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, did not provide information that led to bin Laden's compound in Pakistan.

McCain said he asked CIA Director Leon Panetta for the facts, and that the hunt for bin Laden did not begin with fresh information from Mohammed. In fact, the name of bin Laden's courier, Abu Ahmed al-Kuwaiti, came from a detainee held in another country.

"Not only did the use of enhanced interrogation techniques on Khalid Sheikh Mohammed not provide us with key leads on bin Laden's courier, Abu Ahmed, it actually produced false and misleading information," McCain said.

In an interview with radio host Hugh Hewitt on Tuesday, Santorum said McCain was wrong.

"Everything I've read shows that we would not have gotten this information as to who this man was if it had not been gotten information from people who were subject to enhanced interrogation," Santorum said. "And so this idea that we didn't ask that question while Khalid Sheikh Mohammed was being waterboarded, he (McCain) doesn't understand how enhanced interrogation works.

"I mean, you break somebody, and after they're broken, they become cooperative. And that's when we got this information. And one thing led to another, and led to another, and that's how we ended up with bin Laden," said Santorum.

He added: "Maybe McCain has better information than I do, but from what I've seen, it seems pretty clear that but for these cooperative witnesses who were cooperative as a result of enhanced interrogations, we would not have gotten bin Laden."

McCain, the 2008 Republican president nominee, said his information came from Panetta. Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., the chairwoman of the Senate intelligence committee, backed up McCain's assessment that waterboarding of Mohammed did not produce the tip that led to bin Laden.

Brooke Buchanan, a spokeswoman for McCain, said Tuesday she would not dignify Santorum's comments with a response.

In the House, Rep. Mike Rogers, R-Mich., the chairman of the Intelligence committee, said the Justice Department should stop investigating CIA interrogators for alleged abuse of detainees under the Bush administration because their work was a "vital part of the chain" that led to the successful raid on bin Laden's hideout.

The Justice Department had no comment.

AP Intelligence Writer Kimberly Dozier contributed to this report.

Note from Leafar: As a Democrat, I pray to God that Rick Santorum becomes the Republican's Presidental nominee, and I hope he picks Michelle Backman as his Vice President.

The Huffington Post, Hilary Moss, First Posted 04/21/11:

A new study out of the University of Bologna suggests that using plus-size models on the catwalk and in advertisements could make women fat.

In their paper "Thinness and Obesity: A Model of Food Consumption, Health Concerns, and Social Pressure," Dr. Davide Dragone and Dr. Luca Savorelli cite the relationships between Italy, Germany and Spain and their respective fashion communities to produce more plus-sized clothes and uphold a minimum size for models. They write:

When reading the content of the agreements, it is clear that both the government and the fashion industry agree that fashion is a powerful trend-setter. It not only influences what clothes, styles and colors are trendy, but also determines how a person should appear to be desirable.

Okay, so fashion is apparently super-influential. Dragone and Savorelli add:

If people are underweight and stay on a diet, increasing the ideal body weight allows both aggregate welfare and health to be improved. If people are overweight and on a diet, however, increasing the ideal body weight can improve overall utility, but it worsens health because it induces people to become even more overweight.
And, "Given that in the US and in Europe people are on average overweight, we conclude that these policies, even when are welfare improving, may foster the obesity epidemic."

The pair also said, according to the Daily Mail, in plain language, "To promote chubby fashion models when obesity is one of the major problems of industrialised countries seems to be a paradox. Everyone has to trade off in life a number of things like the pleasure of eating and going to the gym or something as a cost. So if you just fix the average healthy weight then maybe you will throw up some incentives to be thin."

Um, so far, seeing plus-size models hasn't made us any bigger. And watching size zero models lurch down the catwalk hasn't made us any skinnier, either -- if anything it's made us simultaneously revolted and ravenous.

What do you think?

I guess Rightwing Conservatives want to do away with funding for "Planned Parenthood", and they want to go back to the organization that existed before it, which was called "Unplanned Parenthood". In this group's plan, teenage couples would have unprotected sex until the female got pregnant, and then she would have to quickly marry to male who impregnanted her. Of course, she also has the option of moving away to another city to live with an aunt to have the baby, and then give it up for adoption.

This was the way it was done before "Planned Parenthood" and according to Rightwing Conservatives it worked just fine. If they elect a Republican President and take over the Senate, the GOP plans to bring back "Unplanned Parenthood" and have Bristol Palin become it's spokesperson.

This is the homebrew setting that was created on two other threads. The first one is the DON'T REPLY TO THIS THREAD thread, in which I asked that no one reply to this thread, and now it's almost 800 posts later. The other thread is LEAFAR THE LOST CAN'T REPLY TO THIS THREAD. Of course, I replied to it, and it lead to some very interesting exchanges.

I really don't know how to do relate this, so I will just do it and see how it goes. I will just post what interests me about him and his world. I really see him as this other person, who is very mentally unstable. But, he is also really unique and interesting.

Leafar the Lost: this character is either really powerful, insane, or both. He has claimed that he created the Land of Leafar over 1,000 years ago after his world was torn apart by something called the Catechism. He claims to be immortal and a Quasi-God.

In claims that his land is a Lordom, and he is an Overlord. The Land of Leafar has 12 Lords, and he has actually offered that title to several other Paizo characters. In a war over a nation called Muirkuria, he was able to cast high level spells and he said he was a 41st level Wizard. In his world, there are 20th level spells, and the one he described was Primal Wish/b]. He also claimed to have cast several 10th level [b]Greater Wish spells. Again, this is all according to him.

The Orb of Oblivion and The Amulet of Annihilation: During the War of Muirkuria, that started when Muirkurion called Leafar's Lordom a "nation of fleas", he claimed to have teleported to the heart of Muirkuria holding those two artifacts. I don't know what their powers are, but he said that if they touched they would destroy Muirkuria. Those artifacts were then taken from him by JMD031, that he called "Jumdo".

There will be more posts, but right now I need to take a break...

Thor was a good movie. I took my kids to see it and we all loved it. The storyline was easy to follow, and it had the right mix of action, comedy, and visual eye candy. It also had a cameo by Clinton Barton (Hawkeye) who in the Marvel movie universe works for SHIELD. I was very impressed by Anthony Hopkins performance as Odin, and as usual he was great at it. At the end he shatters the Rainbow Bridge to Earth (Midgard), but we all know there will be a sequel. Good word of mouth will insure that this will be a huge hit, so go out and see it.

May 1st will be known as "Osama Dead Laden Day" from now on! The Rock has posted a new video on Twitter thanking the Navy SEALs responsible for killing Osama Bin Laden. The video, which includes The Rock declaring the day "Osama Dead Laden Day," can be viewed at WhoSay.com.

Rob Liefeld had childhood dream to draw comic books. As a teenager, he fulfilled that dream and began working for Marvel Comics X-men titles and introducing the world to Deadpool, Cable and X-Force! In 1992 Rob launched Image Comics with the debt of the popular Youngblood franchise which has gone on to sell 70 million copies worldwide. Rob was asked by Marvel to re-imagine the classic Marvel heroes, Captain America and the Avengers for a new generation, which lead to the creation of the best selling Heroes Reborn universe. Rob was thrilled to join Phil Hotsenpiller in creating the Armageddon Now series.

I have included a link to his homepage below. Feel free to post and comment on the greatest comicbook artist of all time. Share the love for Rob Liefield!

http://robliefeldcreations.com/

Don’t talk like one of them. You’re not! Even if you’d like to be. To them, you’re just a freak, like me! They need you right now, but when they don’t, they’ll cast you out, like a leper! You see, their morals, their code, it’s a bad joke. Dropped at the first sign of trouble. They’re only as good as the world allows them to be. I’ll show you. When the chips are down, these… these civilized people, they’ll eat each other. See, I’m not a monster. I’m just ahead of the curve.
The Joker, played by Heath Ledger, The Dark Knight (2008)

By ROB GILLIES, Associated Press Rob Gillies, Associated Press

TORONTO – Conservative Prime Minister Stephen Harper won his coveted majority government in elections that changed Canada's political landscape, with the opposition Liberals and Quebec separatists suffering a shattering defeat.

Harper, who took office in 2006, has won two elections but until Monday's vote had never held a majority of Parliament's 308 seats, forcing him to rely on the opposition to pass legislation.

Harper has deliberately avoided sweeping policy changes that could derail his government, but now has an opportunity to pass any legislation he wants with his new majority.

Meanwhile, Liberal leader Michael Ignatieff announced Tuesday he will step down from the post after the party suffered its worst defeat in Canadian history. Ignatieff even lost his own seat in a Toronto suburb.

While Harper's hold on Parliament has been tenuous during his five-year tenure, he has managed to nudge an instinctively center-left country to the right. He has gradually lowered sales and corporate taxes, avoided climate change legislation that would harm Alberta's oil sands sector, promoted Arctic sovereignty, upped military spending and extended Canada's military mission in Afghanistan. He has also staunchly backed Israel's right-wing government.

Elections Canada reported results on its website, giving the Conservatives 167 seats, which will give Harper four years of uninterrupted government.

"We are grateful, deeply honored, in fact humbled by the decisive endorsement of so many Canadians," Harper told elated supporters at the Telus Convention Centre in Calgary, Alberta.

The Liberals dropped to 34 seats from 77 — finishing third for the first time in Canadian history.

The leftist New Democratic Party became the main opposition party, with 102 seats, tripling their support in a stunning setback for the Liberals who have always been either in power or leading the opposition.

The Conservatives had blitzed the country with TV ads targeting the Liberals' leader, running them even during telecasts of the Academy Awards and the Super Bowl.

The ads made relentless use of the more than 30 years Ignatieff lived in Europe and the U.S. "Michael Ignatieff. Just visiting," went one election ad. "Back in Canada. But for how long?" mocked another.

Ignatieff said the Conservatives engaged a "absolutely unscrupulous campaign of personal attack" but said he's not going out a sore loser. He said he just didn't meet enough Canadians.

"I had a very large square put around my neck for a number of years. Canadians were always slightly surprised to meet me in the flesh because I didn't turn out to be quite as bad as the ads portrayed me," Ignatieff said.

"I went through some difficult years. My attachment to the country, my patriotism were questioned, my motivations were questioned and that had a political effect, there's no doubt about that, but I have to also take my responsibilities."

Harper was helped by the NDP surge, which split the left-of-center vote in many districts, handing victory to Conservative candidates, especially in Ontario, where the Liberals were decimated in their last national stronghold.

Former colleagues of Harper say his long-term goals are to shatter the image of the Liberals — the party of former Prime Ministers Jean Chretien, Lester Pearson and Pierre Trudeau — as the natural party of government in Canada, and to redefine what it means to be Canadian.

Stephen Clarkson, a professor of political science at the University of Toronto, said the 52-year-old Harper should now be considered a transformative figure in Canadian history.

"It's a sea change," Clarkson said.

The New Democrats' gains are being attributed to Layton's strong performance in the debates, a folksy, upbeat message, and a desire by the French-speakers in Quebec, the second most populous province, for a new face and a federalist option after two decades of supporting a separatist party.

Voters indicated they had grown weary with the separatist Bloc Quebecois, which had a shocking drop to four seats from 47 in the last Parliament. Bloc leader Gilles Duceppe lost his own seat and immediately resigned.

Quebeckers said separatism was still an important force, despite the province's rejection of the Bloc.

"I would caution anyone to think that the independence movement is dead at any time," said Bruce Hicks, a political scientist at the Universite de Montreal. "This is one of those burning embers things. It takes very little to ignite it, but right now it's only embers."

The NDP's gains marked a remarkable shift in a campaign that started out weeks ago looking like a straight battle between Harper and Ignatieff, a distinguished academic, with the 60-year-old Layton recovering from prostate cancer and a broken hip.

Harper counted on the economy to help hand him the majority. Canada has outperformed other major industrialized democracies through the financial crisis, recovering almost all the jobs lost during the recession while its banking sector remains intact. He said he would continue his plan to create jobs and growth without raising taxes.

The Conservatives have built support in rural areas and with the "Tim Hortons crowd" — a reference to a chain of doughnut shops popular with working class Canadians. In past elections, Harper's Conservatives did not explicitly ask for a majority to avoid raising fears among Canadians that they would implement a hidden right-wing agenda.

"Canadians can now turn the page on the uncertainties and repeat elections of the past seven years and focus on building a great future for all of us," Harper said after Canada's fourth election in the past seven years.

Harper plans to pass a budget and toughen Canada's crime laws when Parliament resumes. He also plans to cut off public subsidies for political parties, something that will further harm the centrist Liberals who have had trouble raising funds.

Gerry Nicholls, who worked under Harper at a conservative think tank, has said that having the New Democrats as the main opposition party would be ideal for Harper because it would define Canadian politics in clearer terms of left vs. right.

But Ignatieff believes that provides hope for the centrist Liberals.

"The surest guarantee of the survival of the Liberal party will be four years of Conservative right wing government and four years of NDP left wing opposition," Ignatieff said.

Originally, Nick Fury was a one eyed White guy who sort of looked like David Hasselhoff. Then, Marvel decided to create an "Ultimate Universe" and they made Nick Fury look like Samuel L. Jackson. The White Nick Fury was in a really bad TV movie about SHIELD. The Black Nick Fury has been in the highly successful Iron Man movies I & II.

Based on a careful examination of the two characters, I would have to conclude that the Black Nick Fury would kick the White Nick Fury's a$$. Also, I urge Marvel to "kill" the White Nick Fury, and then split the Black Nick Fury into two beings, so each universe will have the same one.

I was just starting to enjoy the "Homeless woman arrested for sending child to wrong school" thread when someone called Ross Byers ended the thread. I am assuming that he didn't some of the posts on the thread. In my opinion, I liked all of the posts, because I strongly believe in Free Speech, and unpopular free speech has to be protected.

For that reason, I am placing Ross Byers under Citizen's Arrest for violating my Constitutional right of Free Speech. Now I have to read him his Miranda Warning:

Mr. Byers, you have the right to remain silent and refuse to answer questions. Do you understand?

Anything you do say may be used against you in a court of law. Do you understand?

You have the right to consult an attorney before speaking to the police and to have an attorney present during questioning now or in the future. Do you understand?

If you cannot afford an attorney, one will be appointed for you before any questioning if you wish. Do you understand?

If you decide to answer questions now without an attorney present you will still have the right to stop answering at any time until you talk to an attorney. Do you understand?

Knowing and understanding your rights as I have explained them to you, are you willing to answer my questions without an attorney present?

Marvel Publishing, Inc., commonly referred to as Marvel Comics, is an American company that publishes comic books and related media. Marvel Entertainment, Inc., a subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company, owns Marvel Publishing.

The comic book arm of the company started in 1939 as Timely Publications, and by the early 1950s had generally become known as Atlas Comics. Marvel's modern incarnation dates from 1961, with the company later that year launching Fantastic Four and other superhero titles created by Stan Lee, Jack Kirby, Steve Ditko, and others.

Marvel counts among its characters such well-known properties as Spider-Man, Iron Man, the X-Men, the Hulk, the Fantastic Four, Thor and Captain America; antagonists such as Doctor Doom, the Green Goblin, Magneto, Galactus, and the Red Skull; and others. Most of Marvel's fictional characters operate in a single reality known as the Marvel Universe, with locales set in real-life cities such as New York, Los Angeles and Chicago.

In 2009, The Walt Disney Company acquired Marvel Entertainment for $4.24 billion.

DC Comics (founded in 1934 as National Allied Publications) is one of the largest and most successful companies operating in the market for American comic books and related media. It is the publishing division of DC Entertainment Inc., a subsidiary company of Warner Bros. Entertainment, which itself is owned by Time Warner. DC Comics produces material featuring a large number of well-known characters, including Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, Aquaman, Green Lantern, the Flash, Martian Manhunter, Green Arrow, Hawkman, and such superhero teams as the Justice League and the Teen Titans, and such antagonists as Lex Luthor, the Joker, Two Face, the Penguin, General Zod, the Riddler, Bizarro, Sinestro, Catwoman, and Darkseid.

The initials "DC" came from the company's popular series Detective Comics, which subsequently became part of the company's official name. DC Comics has its official headquarters at 1700 Broadway, Midtown Manhattan, New York, New York. Random House distributes DC Comics' books to the bookstore market, while Diamond Comic Distributors supplies the comics shop specialty market.

DC Comics and its major, longtime competitor Marvel Comics together shared over 80% of the American comic-book market as of 2008[update].

In a fight between DC v. Marvel, Marvel easily wins. There is no question about it. Their characters are a million times better than DC's characters. Really, there is no need to debate this, but I am sure someone will...

I have decided to start a thread about threads. Only thread related material can be posted in this thread. All other non-thread related subjects are prohibited. I am hoping that the Thread Thread, or T.T.T. for short, will set higher standards for threads on Paizo and all across the Internet. Thanks for your futute support!

Catwoman (Selina Kyle) first appears in Batman #1 (Spring 1940) in which she is known as The Cat. She is a sometimes-adversary of Batman, known for having a complex love-hate (often romantic) relationship with him. In her first appearance, she was a whip-carrying burglar with a taste for high-stake thefts.

Here abilities are: Excellent athlete, Extremely skilled hand-to-hand combatant, Expert burglar, Possesses costumes with steel spring-loaded climbing pitons and razor-sharp retractable claws, Wields an assortment of bullwhips and cat o' nine tails as gymnastic equipment, and she has an empathic relationship ability with all types of cats.

The Black Cat(Felicia Hardy) is a fictional character, a superheroine in comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by writer Marv Wolfman and artist Keith Pollard, she first appeared in The Amazing Spider-Man #194. Felicia Hardy is the daughter of a world-renowned cat burglar. After suffering a traumatic event as a college freshman, she trained herself in various fighting styles and acrobatics. Later, after deciding to follow in her father's footsteps, she adopted her costumed identity as the Black Cat.

Her abilities are: Probability manipulation, grapnel hidden in sleeves,
Expert martial artist with excellent gymnastic abilities, Expert burglar, superhuman sense of smell and night vision, and insanely hot.

The fight between them would start out with Catwoman taking offense and trying to take her out as quickly as possible. However, she can never get a hold of the Black Cat. Unlucky things happen to Catwoman. Her razor-sharp claws break; her bullwhips snap in two; her cat o' nine tails wrap around her instead. It starts to make Catwoman very frustrated.

The Black Cat just laughs, and decides to just provoke Catwoman as much as possible. Catwoman chases the Black Cat all over the roof tops of The City, but in the end Selina slips on a misplaced brick, and she falls down to the alley below. She hits the pavement hard, breaks an arm and leg, but she does not die. However, she is defeated by the Black Cat.

With these two teams there have been lots of members, so I just picked the six that I liked from each team, and I will go from there:

The Justice League of America: Superman, The Batman, The Flash, Green Lantern, Wonder-Woman, and The Green Arrow.

The Avengers: Thor, Captain America, Iron-Man, Quicksilver, Hawkeye, and Ms. Marvel.

The results that you won't agree with:

The obvious matchups start. Thor fights Superman. Captain America fights Batman. The Flash fights Quicksilver. The Green Lantern fights Iron-Man. Wonder-Woman fights Ms. Marvel. Hawkeye fights Green Arrow.

Because Thor is a God, and his hammer Mjǫlnir is magical, he knocks out Superman (the Brandon Routh version). Captain America knocks out Batman. The Flash easily takes care of Quicksilver. The Green Lantern is able to destroy Iron-Man's armor. Wonder-Woman knocks out Ms. Marvel. Hawkeye knocks out the Green Arrow.

That leaves Thor, Captain America, Hawkeye v. The Flash, Wonder-Woman, and Green Lantern.

Thor takes on Wonder-Woman, and the two god-like characters have an epic battle, but do you really think Thor would let some girl beat him up? He blasts her with his hammer, and then ties her up with her own Lasso of Truth.

The Flash is just too quick for Captain America, and even though Steve Rogers tries to anticipate Barry Allen's moves, he can't fight someone running at twice the speed of sound and he gets knocked out.

Hawkeye kills the Green Lantern with a "yellow colored arrow" to the head.

That leaves Thor and Hawkeye v. The Flash. The Flash, moving so fast he can't be seen, takes out and kills Hawkeye by vibrating through him and then starts to attack Thor. However, Thor is a GOD! The Flash attacks Thor hundreds of times before he can even react, and he does "hurt" the thunder god, but Thor's calls on the power of the storm and ODIN himself, and he unleases the Thunder of Thor by slamming Mjǫlnir onto the ground, and the explosion of power knocks The Flash off his feet for a moment. Startled, it leaves Thor the moment he needs to tear Barry Allen's head off.

The Avengers win!

I just saw this message on the Paizo.com website:

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Yeah, thats not going to work for me. I plan on doing a lot of work on this site during that time. You guys are going to need to pick a new 14 hour block. Sorry about that, but my schedule is super crazy and I can't change it for any reason. Thanks in advance for your understanding. Have a great day! : )

Okay, here are some ideas on who would be the ultimate superhero. First, start with Superman, then put him in Iron Man's armor, then give him Captain America's shield for his left arm, and with his right hand he carry's Thor's hammer. Also, he has on the Infinity Gauntlet on his right hand too.

Lois Lane, the current wife of Superman/Clark Kent/Kal-El, is a reporter for the Daily Planet. We all know her background, and depending on who draws her she is very attractive.

Mary Jane, the former wife of Spider-Man/Peter Parker, who is now single due to a deal with the Devil (Mephisto). She is a model/actress, and she is ultra hot, except for the three Spider-Man movies where is just OK.

It's clear that a fight between them would involve a lot of profanity, hair pulling, nail scratching, clothes tearing, until they are down to their lingerie. In the end, Mary Jane would be the winner.

Why, you ask? Lois Lane has been in a lot of dangerous situations, but due to Super-Man super flight/speed, he is always there in seconds to save her. She is used to that, and it has made her soft.

Mary Jane, however, has had to deal with supervillains on her own many times. She has been kidnapped several times, once by Venom, and barely survived. Spider-Man is fast, but he can't get across the world in less than a second. Those repeated kidnappings and attempted murders has made Mary Jane very tough. She even made a deal with the Devil to end her marriage to Spider-Man and erase 20+ years of history. Saving Aunt May's life was just a bonus...

Martha "Ma" Kent is the adoptive mother of Kal-El, who she (with her husband Johnthan "Pa" Kent) names Clark Kent. He would later assume the identity of Superman, who is considered a "superhero" by the general public. Her husband is currently dead, and she lives alone with a "super" dog as her only companion.

May Reilly Parker-Jameson, commonly known as Aunt May, is aunt-by-marriage and adoptive mother of Peter Parker, who leads a secret life as Spider-Man. She is nurturing and supportive of Peter although, throughout most of Spider-Man's history, she has not known of his secret life and considers Spider-Man frightening.

Both of this women are considered elderly at the present time. Ma Kent was raised on a farm, but she has done little work since she adopted Kal-El. With his super powers he does all of the farm work for her, so she basically just sits home, knits, cooks, and watches TV.

Aunt May has had to work for most her life in various occupations. She currently works in a homeless shelter. She has fought, and dated, supervillains. She is also very tough, and the only person she is frightened of is Spider-Man.

In the fight between them, Aunt May would beat down Ma Kent. She would start off by scratching and pulling Martha's hair. Then, she would start punnching Ma Kent, until she fell down. Finally, a few well placed kicks would put Ma Kent down for good.

Karate Kid (Val Armorr) is a fictional character, a superhero in the future of the DC Comics universe, and a member of the Legion of Super-Heroes. He is a master of every form of martial arts to have been developed by the 31st Century. The extent of his skill is so great that he can severely damage various types of hard material with a single blow and was briefly able to hold his own against Superboy through use of what he called "Super Karate".

Karate Kid is the master of every documented form of martial arts to have been developed up to the 31st Century. He possesses the ability to sense the weakest spot in an object and his skill in hand-to-hand combat is seemingly superhuman, allowing him to simulate super-strength blows. He can severely damage extremely hard and strong materials — metals, stone, etc. — with a single blow. Karate Kid is also skilled with melee weapons, though he dislikes using them and rarely needs to use them. He even occasionally fights Supergirl though he is regularly beaten by her. Karate Kid's training included mental discipline which makes him more resistant to mind control.

Iron Fist (Daniel "Danny" Rand) is a fictional character, a comic book superhero in the Marvel Comics Universe, and a practitioner of martial arts. Created by Roy Thomas and Gil Kane, he first appeared in Marvel Premiere #15 (May 1974). The character starred in his own solo series in the 1970s, and shared the title Power Man and Iron Fist for several years.

Plunging his fists into the molten heart of the dragon Shou-Lao the Undying infused the dragon's superhuman energy into Rand; this along with training by Lei Kung the Thunderer gave Rand the power of the Iron Fist, allowing him to summon and focus his chi (or natural energy) and enhance his natural abilities to extraordinary levels. His strength, speed, stamina, durability, agility, and reflexes and senses can all be astronomically intensified, making his already formidable martial arts skills even more so.

The ultimate expression of this focus is the ability to concentrate his body's natural energies into his hand, manifesting as a supernatural glow around his clenched fist, making his fist "like unto a thing of iron." So concentrated, this "iron fist" can smash into its target with superhuman hardness and impact, while his hand becomes impervious to pain and injury. However, the feat of summoning the power required leaves Rand physically and mentally drained, unable to repeat the act for a time, as long as even an entire day in certain instances. Such ability is described as "quasi-mystical".

Other applications of the Iron Fist power include the ability to focus chi energy inward to heal oneself or outward to heal others of injury, as well as the ability to telepathically fuse his consciousness temporarily with another person and meld with that person's mind. In Maximum Carnage, Rand was able to use the mental application of the Iron Fist to temporarily calm a rioting mob. When asked about this by Spider-Man, Rand replied that all humans are, in essence, one divine being, in a constant craving for that oneness, and once it is offered, it cannot be refused. When asked by Spider-Man how long it would take to learn this "meditative technique", Rand replied, "Eight or ten years."

Orson Randall, Rand's predecessor as Iron Fist, demonstrated applications including hypnosis and channeling his chi energy into projectile weapons to increase their destructive capacity. Randall also showed enhanced resistance to injury, including resilience to poison gas dropped on his fellow combatants in the trenches of World War I, and a greatly slowed aging process. Although almost one hundred years old by the time he encountered Daniel Rand, he demonstrated physical vitality commensurate with a highly-trained martial artist half his age. Rand has presumably acquired powers and abilities at least equivalent to Orson Randall's — though not necessarily the skill to control them — thanks to combining Randall's chi energy with his own. He is also in possession of the Book of the Iron Fist, study of which will greatly expand his kung fu skills.

Rand displayed what he had learned from Orson Randall regarding alternative applications of the Iron Fist when he was able to extend his chi from his fist into the electromagnetic field of the train intended to destroy K'un Lun, transforming himself into "a human bullet." Despite the train being loaded down with "enough raw explosives to make Hiroshima look like a sparkler", Rand was able to destroy the train, and survive the massive explosion virtually unharmed.
Even without the Iron Fist, Rand is a master of all of K'un Lun's martial arts and many of Earth's, making him easily one of the most skilled practitioners of unarmed combat in the Marvel Universe.

Initially, the Karate Kid would dominate the fight. He is the absolute master of all forms of martial arts in 31st century of Earth, including Iron Fist’s. Prior to the fight he studied all of Daniel Rand’s moves, and developed counters to them. Whatever move that Iron Fist uses, the Karate Kid would have a counter to it. It would look like a master fighting a student, and it would seem that Val Armorr would easily win this contest.

HOWEVER, unlike the Karate Kid, Iron Fist has superpowers. First, he would focus his chi energy to temporarily calm down the Karate Kid. That would give him the seconds he needs to summon the Iron Fist, the ultimate expression of his chi/natural energy, and he would strike down the Karate Kid. He would not kill him; just knock him out, because Iron Fist would have too much respect for Val. Also, the Karate Kid would not be surprised that he was defeated, because he read about it in the computer files of the 31st century.

The Vigilante: The original Vigilante was a western-themed hero who debuted in Action Comics #42 (November 1941). The origin of the Vigilante was straightforward, as was typical of 1940's mystery men. In the present day, his identity this time was Adrian Chase, a New York district attorney whose family was killed by mobsters. This caused Chase to seek justice in his own way as the Vigilante. The character was one of the first amoral characters in American comic books, influenced by the Punisher from Marvel Comics and The Executioner series of novels.

His abilities are Master Marksman, Peak human physical condition, and Experience in hand to hand combat. He also has a variety of armor, weapons, and devices at his disposal. He received brutal training to make him highly resistant to pain.

The Punisher (Frank Castle) is a fictional character, an anti-hero appearing in comic books based in the Marvel Comics Universe. Created by writer Gerry Conway and artists John Romita, Sr. and Ross Andru, the character made its first appearance in The Amazing Spider-Man #129 (February 1974).

The Punisher is a vigilante who employs murder, kidnapping, extortion, coercion, threats of violence and torture in his war on crime. Driven by the deaths of his wife and two kids, who were killed by the mob when they witnessed a gangland execution in New York City's Central Park, the Punisher wages a one-man war on the mob and all criminals in general by using all manner of conventional war weaponry. His family's killers were the first to be slain. A war veteran, Castle is a master of martial arts, stealth tactics, guerrilla warfare and a wide variety of weapons. He is a tactical expert, highly trained in armed and unarmed combat, demolitions expert, peak human physical condition, and has an exceptionally high pain tolerance.

In the battle between the Vigilante and the Punisher, Frank Castle wins. He reason is simple, while Adrian Chase has expressed regret and guilt over having to kill criminals, Castle has absolutely no problem killing criminals. In fact, he enjoys it. It is clear to me that Castle is psychopathic. He was able to control it when he was married with children and had a job as a cop, but after his family was murdered it pushed him over the edge.

In the fight between them, there would be lots of tactical decisions, guns, explosions, and hand to hand combat, but in the end the Punisher would kill the Vigilante. Enough said…

We all know about Superman/Clark Kent, so I don't need to go into any detail on him.

Marvelman was very similar to Captain Marvel: a young reporter named Micky Moran encounters an astrophysicist (instead of a wizard) who gives him his superpowers based on atomic energy. To transform into Marvelman, he has to speak the word "Kimota" (phonetically, "atomic" backwards; rather than "Shazam"). Instead of Captain Marvel Jr. and Mary Marvel, Marvelman was joined by Dicky Dauntless, a teenage messenger boy who became Young Marvelman, and young Johnny Bates, who became Kid Marvelman; both of their magic words were "Marvelman". They had fairly typical, unsophisticated superhero adventures.

His powers are as follows: Superhuman strength, speed, stamina, flight, invulnerability, force fields, and concussive energy blasts. At the San Diego Comic Con in 2009, Marvel Comics announced they had purchased the rights to Marvelman, "one of the most important comic book characters in decades," from original creator Mick Anglo.

The battle between Superman and Marvelman would be epic in scale, and in the end it would boil down to who is more willing to kill the other. In the end, Marvelman would win, even if he had to grab some Kryptonite and shove it down Superman's throat.

In the classic Batman TV episode from the 1960's, the Green Hornet and his chauffer Kato, took on Batman and his sidekick Robin. Of course, the Green Hornet fought Batman, so Kato had to fight Robin. On TV it looked like they fought to a draw, with Robin using his American style boxing, and Kato using Kung Fu (I think).

While the real Bruce Lee initially trained in Wing Chun, he later rejected well-defined martial art styles, favouring instead to utilise useful techniques from various sources in the spirit of his personal martial arts philosophy he dubbed Jeet Kune Do (The Way of the Intercepting Fist).

For this thread, I want to imagine how a real fight would have gone between the two characters: Kato would knock out Robin in about 10 seconds. The reason that it would last that long is for the first 5 seconds Kato would study his foe, and when he found out that the TV Robin's fighting skills were minimal at best, he would proceed knock his acrobat a$$ out with several kicks and punches.

Doctor Strange was originally Dr. Stephen Strange, a world-renowned but selfish neurosurgeon who only cared about making money. Then a car accident damaged his hands, preventing him from practicing surgery. Depressed and scouring the world for a cure to his condition, Strange locates a hermit called the Ancient One in the Himalayas. The Ancient One refuses to help Strange because of his selfishness, but does sense a good side to Strange which he attempts to bring to the surface. He fails, but Strange's goodness ignites when he discovers the Ancient One's disciple, Baron Mordo, is attempting to kill him. After Strange selflessly attempts to thwart the Ancient One's traitorous disciple, Baron Mordo (who would become one of Strange's most enduring antagonists), he is taught the mystic arts.

Doctor Strange is a master magician, and was the holder of the title of "Sorcerer Supreme" of the cosmos for many years. Eternity, the sentience of the Marvel Universe, has described Strange as "more powerful by far than any of your fellow humanoids," narration has described him as "the mightiest magician in the cosmos," and the Stranger considers him on a level with cosmic entities.

Doctor Strange can use magic to achieve virtually any effect he desires, such as telepathy, energy blasts, teleportation, astral projection, the creation of materials (such as food and water), creating planet-wide protective shields, restoring himself from bodily destruction, or resurrecting the dead.

When casting a spell, the character is often written to be invoking the name of a mystical entity, such as one of the Vishanti (Hoggoth, Oshtur, and Agamotto) or the group the Octessence. These entities usually lend their power to a particular effect, such as the Crimson Bands of Cyttorak, that Strange can use to entrap foes.

Strange is capable of stopping and reversing time on a planetary scale, sealing black holes, restoring universes, absorbing power enough to unconsciously destroy any surrounding galaxies, growing to the size of and merging with universal concepts, and helped to channel the mass of the entire Marvel Universe. Among other things, he has defeated the In-Betweener, and the Beyonder stated that Strange had him at a disadvantage when in a previously disoriented state.

Strange was also schooled in the use of dark magic by one-time foe Kaluu, using it to temporarily destroy the entity Shuma-Gorath. The use of this magic, however, was both addictive and corruptive and Kaluu had to purge the magic from Strange before it could take full effect.
From the beginning, stories revealed that Doctor Strange used magical artifacts to augment his power, such as the Cloak of Levitation, the Eye of Agamotto, the Book of the Vishanti, and the Orb of Agamotto. From the first story, Strange's residence, the Sanctum Sanctorum, was a part of the character's mythos. The trademark circular window divided by three sweeping lines on the front of the residence (actually the protective Seal of the Vishanti) appeared in many Doctor Strange stories. Strange's personal servant, Wong, guarded the residence in his absence.

Doctor Fate (also known by the diminutive, Fate) is the name of a succession of fictional sorcerers who appear in books published by DC Comics. The original version was created by writer Gardner Fox and artist Howard Sherman, and first appeared in More Fun Comics #55 (May 1940). In 1940, the character also became a founding member of the Golden Age superhero group the Justice Society of America.

Initially, Doctor Fate was Kent Nelson, the son of archaeologist Sven Nelson, who died after Kent opened the tomb of the ancient wizard Nabu. The orphaned boy was trained by Nabu in the arts of magic.
After DC's Crisis on Infinite Earths storyline, several different versions of Doctor Fate were introduced, but were relatively short-lived. Doctor Fate's appearances in other media and comics set outside the continuity of the DC Universe tend to be of the original Golden Age Kent Nelson incarnation.

Doctor Fate possesses a variety of different mystical powers. Generally, even without wearing the Helmet of Nabu, the host can fly, has resistance to harm, has minor telekinesis, and has greater-than-human strength. At his most powerful, Doctor Fate is an accomplished sorcerer, able to rival most other wizards in the DC universe. Doctor Fate has been seen firing bolts of mystical energy, teleporting across the universe, creating solid objects out of energy and transforming objects into other kinds of mater,. The full limits of his magical skills are not known and his abilities have varied greatly from one appearance to the next depending on the needs of the story. At perhaps the peak of his abilities he was able to assume control of Jason Blood,

Highfather, Darkseid and Orion and harnessed their powers to take on the Anti-Life entity. In this instance, he was strong enough to annihilate a reality in order to halt the advancing of the entity using a "Mystic Firebreak". Even as powerful as Doctor Fate is, he has been shown to be on the losing side of the long battles with the Spectre, as shown in the Day of Vengeance series.

Helm of Nabu
The helmet that Doctor Fate wears focuses the Doctor Fate identity. It was originally used to house Nabu's spirit and allowed him possession of the host, later only allowed him to advise the host instead. The helmet is what provides the link to Nabu and by not wearing it, as Kent Nelson did at one time, Doctor Fate loses much of its power and knowledge.

Putting on the helmet usually results in its wearer being clad in the other raiment’s of Doctor Fate, unless the person with the claim to the helmet wishes to prevent it. Villains seeking the power of Doctor Fate have plundered the helmet, in which case the result is typically that the wearer goes insane when they try to put on the helmet.

Amulet of Anubis
The circular device on the collar worn around Doctor Fate's chest and shoulders is the Amulet of Anubis, which gives it's bearer vast magical abilities. The amulet houses the souls of many who have worn the vestments of Fate. In JSA, the amulet contained the image of a farmhouse with the souls of Kent and Inza Nelson, Eric and Linda Strauss, Jared Stevens and Kid Eternity inhabiting it. This dimension has been used as a refuge for the Justice Society Of America to regroup in battle or access the advice of the previous Doctor Fates. Mordru was imprisoned in the amulet for some time.

This fight will be between Dr. Strange and the Kent Nelson version of Dr. Fate, which is the only one worth a damn. The “fate” of both their home universes will be on the line. Their battle would be on a universal scale, and each of them would call on their respective universal powers to fight each other. When it comes to just raw power, Dr. Fate would have the edge there. He can harness the powers of Order itself, which is typically blue in color. He could annihilate reality if he needed too.

However, in the end Dr. Strange would prevail. Why? Throughout his career, he has routinely taken on and defeated beings far more powerful than him by turning their own powers against them. I remember how he helped to defeat Galactus by casting one simple spell that made him remember all the worlds he had destroyed. He was able to defeat two very powerful demonic beings (Mephisto and Demogorgon) by casting a spell that started to merge them into one all-powerful being, but at the cost of their own, unique personalities. It forced them to leave Earth, because they were going to destroy it by fighting each other.

Yes, Dr. Fate is more powerful, but Dr. Strange is smarter, and in this fight that is what would be the deciding factor. After a long battle, Dr. Strange would find a way to turn Dr. Fate’s power onto himself, and then with a quick spell he would win. I would love to actually see that in some future cross over event. Has it been done before?

Green Arrow (Oliver "Ollie" Queen) is a fictional character that appears in comic books published by DC Comics. Created by Mort Weisinger and George Papp, he first appeared in More Fun Comics #73 in November 1941. His secret identity is Oliver Queen, billionaire and former mayor of fictional Star City. Dressed like Robin Hood, Green Arrow is an archer who invents trick arrows with various special functions, such as glue arrows, net arrows, explosive arrows, time bomb arrows, grappling arrows, fire extinguishing arrows, flash arrows, tear gas arrows, cryonic arrows, boxing-glove arrows, and even a kryptonite arrow. Originally developed as an archery-themed analogue of the very popular Batman character, writers at DC have developed Green Arrow into a voice of left-wing and progressive politics very much distinct in character from Batman, with his own supporting cast.

Hawkeye (Clint Barton), also known as Goliath and Ronin, is a fictional character that appears in the comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character first appeared in Tales of Suspense #57 (Sept. 1964) and was created by writer Stan Lee and artist Don Heck. Hawkeye joined the Avengers in Avengers Vol. 1 #16 (May. 1965) and has been a prominent member of the team ever since.

While Hawkeye has no superhuman powers (with the exception of the period when using Pym particles to become Goliath), he is at the very peak of human conditioning; he is an exceptional fencer, acrobat and a grandmaster marksman, having been trained from childhood in the circus and by the criminals Trick Shot, and Swordsman. Hawkeye has also been thoroughly trained by Captain America in tactics, martial arts, and hand-to-hand combat. Hawkeye excels in the use of ranged weapons, especially the bow and arrow, and carries a quiver containing a number of customized "trick-arrows". In his role as Ronin, Barton shows great proficiency with the katana and other melee weapons.

In a fight between them, it would start with them shooting their various trick arrows at each other. I would call that part of it a draw, because they are both master archers. I would give The Green Arrow a slight edge on that part of the fight. However, eventually they would run out of arrows, and the fight would end up being fought hand to hand. That is where Clint Barton would kick Oliver Queen's a$$.

Hawkeye has been trained in the martial arts by Captain America himself, who I have picked to defeat The Batman. It would be a tough fight, but in the end Hawkeye would defeat The Green Arrow with his martial arts skills, and not his arrows...

Batman/Bruce Wayne, we all know who he is and why he became a superhero. He has no super powers, but he is a genius. After witnessing the murder of his parents, he also became insane. He used that mixture of genius, insanity, and his parent's money to become The Batman!
Basically, he is trained in every known martial art, and he pretty much knows everything. He probably has a photographic memory, because how else could he learn and master so many different skills. He has trained his body to the peak of physical perfection. Also, Batman is insane, and that insanity makes him capable of doing things no normal Olympic level athlete can do. Plus, he has a ton of gadgets and devices that he uses.

Captain America/Steve Rogers was a sick, skinny weakly until he was injected with the Super Serum in WWII and it made him more than physically perfect. It also made his mind super too, because he is capable of coming up with brillant combat styles, manuvers, and battle plans. However, that super mind doesn't include being able to create gadgets.
He has mastered most of the martial arts and he is considered the greatest fighter in the world. Plus, he has the invulnerable shield that he can use as a weapon.

The fight: Captain America wins. Why? Because he always wins in the end. I remember him once saying that, "Hawkeye never misses, and Captain America never loses." The fight would be long, brutal, and it would take a lot of twists and turns, but in the end Captain America would figure out a way to win. Why? Because he always does.
Batman, with all of his genius, insanity, gadgets, etc, really is just a normal man. Captain America is a super steriod powered soldiers, and his body is more than human.

In the fight, Captain America will defeat Batman...

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We all know who Superman is, so I don't need to explain who he is and what his powers are. Captain Marvel might need an explanation for non comic book geeks. Captain Marvel is the alter ego of Billy Batson, a youth who works as a radio news reporter and was chosen to be a champion of good by the wizard Shazam. Whenever Billy speaks the wizard's name, he is instantly struck by a magic lightning bolt that transforms him into an adult superhero empowered with the abilities of six legendary figures:

S for the wisdom of Solomon
H for the strength of Hercules
A for the stamina of Atlas
Z for the power of Zeus
A for the invulnerability of Achilles
M for the speed of Mercury

The two have fought before in the comicbooks in numerous story lines, but as I envision it Captain Marvel would kick Superman's butt, and it would be a fairly easy victory. Why? Captain Marvel has all of the powers of Superman, and Superman is vulnerable to magic. It has been revealed many times that due to his Krptonian genetics, he has less restistance to magic than a normal Human does.

Therefore, for that reason alone, Superman should have absolute no defense verus the magical powers of Captain Marvel. That is my take on it.

#0: The Introduction

The idea here is to create a dungeon, and surrounding world, on the fly. My really basic idea is that in the previous age a vile, evil being called "The Dragon" was imprisoned deep within a dungeon created just to hold him. This is that dungeon. It will start with room #1, then #2, etc. I am not sure where this will go, but that is the "fun" of it. I am posting it on here for the feedback, suggestions, love, and hatred. Especially the "hatred", like why are you posting this $#!+?

OK, I don't expect this to make much sense at first, but it could lead to something interesting eventually...

OK, we all know the world has to end sometime, so the questions are how and when? I think it will end due to a biological super flu in 2023.

FIRE AND ICE, by Robert Frost

Some say the world will end in fire,
Some say in ice.
From what I’ve tasted of desire,
I hold with those who favor fire.
But if it had to perish twice,
I think I know enough of hate
To say that for destruction ice
Is also great
And would suffice.

PEOPLE
Leafar the Lost: he is an enigma the defies explanation. He has appeared all across the world in a variety of places. He looks like a middle aged Human wearing blue robes and carrying a worn, wooden staff. He does not appear to age.

Leafar is called the Lost, because he always appears to be in a state of confusion. He remembers his name, but little else. He will always ask people that he comes in contact with where he is and what year it is. Leafar seems to be immune to most weapons, and if he is attacked he will disappear soon after. He does not seem to be in control of these disappearances.

On the rare occassions that he isn't confused he will a talk about some woman that he lost, and her name is Lenore. He will also talk about something horrible that either has happened or will happen. Whatever it is that happened must have been truly horrible, and it is something that haunts Leafar.

Jim Butcher stated that the Codex Alera series came about from a challenge of a friend. They had been discussing the concept of taking bad ideas and making them into good novels through presentation and writing. This individual challenged Butcher to write a good novel from a bad idea. Butcher upped the ante and asked for two bad ideas, and these were the results: the Lost Roman Legion and Pokemon. Taking these two ideas, Butcher crafted the "Furies of Calderon".

Therefore, I ask for the same challenge. Give me two bad ideas, and I will craft a homebrew setting from it. I will pick the "best", bad ideas from you guys...

This Demigod or Demigoddess is Chaotic Neutral, and the two random words are printer and deserving. Maybe I should add a roll for male or female? That would help,
1. Male
2. Female

1d2 ⇒ 2

OK, it is a 2, so she's a she. A Demigoddess, CN, and the two words are printer and deserving. Printer suggests books, writing, and she is insane. The goddess of insane writers? Perhaps for the random world the role of a deity isn't so clear. OK, deserving sounds like Deserva, good name

Deserva was the daughter of an ancient god, and she was told not to look into the Book of Madness. She didn't listen, so she did and what she saw drove her quite mad. Today she wanders the planes carrying a book that she will never open again.

Her clery and followers are very small, but there are some writers who have been mad been their devotion, and they pray to her for help. Of course, she isn't exactly aware of her worshippers and priests. Her symbol would be a old, worn out book. No favored weapon, unless they hit you with their book.

Pick two obvious domains.

Next...
1d10 ⇒ 9
1d6 ⇒ 1
1d2 ⇒ 1