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This comprehensive power scale is specifically designed to understand, providing clear benchmarks for character abilities while maintaining narrative flexibility. Each tier includes detailed capability descriptions, iconic Marvel examples.
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## **Baseline Human Tiers**
### **Normal Human**
**Power Level**: Baseline mortal capabilities with no enhanced abilities
**Physical Capabilities**:
- **Strength**: 100-200 lbs lifting capacity
- **Speed**: 10-15 mph running speed
- **Durability**: Standard human fragility; vulnerable to conventional weapons
- **Endurance**: Limited by human biology and stamina
**Key Traits**: Relies on intelligence, training, technology, or specialized skills rather than superhuman abilities. These individuals represent the foundation of human potential without any extraordinary enhancements.
**Marvel Examples**:
- Aunt May Parker
- J. Jonah Jameson
- Most SHIELD support staff
- Ordinary civilians and bystanders
**Narrative Applications**:
- Emotional anchors and relatable characters
- Victims requiring rescue or protection
- Brilliant inventors and strategists (Tony Stark without armor)
- Witnesses to superhuman conflicts
- Sources of moral guidance or human perspective
**Limitations**: Extremely vulnerable to superhuman threats; must rely on strategy, technology, or assistance from enhanced individuals to survive dangerous situations.
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### **Peak Human**
**Power Level**: Maximum human potential achieved through extreme training, discipline, or minor enhancements
**Physical Capabilities**:
- **Strength**: 400-800 lbs lifting capacity
- **Speed**: 25-30 mph sustained running
- **Durability**: Can survive minor explosions and withstand significant physical trauma
- **Agility**: Exceptional reflexes allowing bullet-dodging and acrobatic feats
**Key Traits**: Represents the absolute pinnacle of human achievement through dedication, training, or minimal superhuman enhancement. These individuals bridge the gap between ordinary humans and true superhumans.
**Marvel Examples**:
- Steve Rogers (Captain America)
- Natasha Romanoff (Black Widow)
- Clint Barton (Hawkeye)
- Matt Murdock (Daredevil)
- Frank Castle (The Punisher)
**Narrative Applications**:
- Street-level heroes and vigilantes
- Elite special forces operatives
- Master martial artists and tacticians
- Leaders of superhuman teams
- Mentors for less experienced heroes
**Limitations**: Still fundamentally human; can be overwhelmed by true superhuman strength or supernatural threats requiring more than skill and training.
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## **Superhuman Tiers (Levels 1-6)**
### **Tier 1: Wall Level**
**Power Level**: Can destroy reinforced walls and small structures
**Physical Capabilities**:
- **Strength**: 1-2 tons lifting capacity
- **Speed**: Up to 50 mph movement
- **Durability**: Withstands small-caliber gunfire and minor explosions
- **Destructive Output**: Can punch through concrete and brick walls
**Key Traits**: First true superhuman tier with abilities clearly beyond human limits but focused on localized, small-scale applications.
**Marvel Examples**:
- Early Spider-Man (Peter Parker)
- Luke Cage (street-level appearances)
- Low-tier mutants like Toad
- Enhanced individuals with minor powers
**Narrative Applications**:
- Beginning superhero journeys
- Street-level crime fighting
- Local neighborhood protectors
- Characters learning to control new abilities
**Combat Effectiveness**: Dominates normal humans and can handle small groups of armed opponents, but struggles against heavy military equipment or stronger superhumans.
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### **Tier 2: Street Level**
**Power Level**: Can affect entire city blocks and dominate urban environments
**Physical Capabilities**:
- **Strength**: 5-10 tons lifting capacity
- **Speed**: Up to 100 mph movement
- **Durability**: Survives moderate explosions and sustained heavy gunfire
- **Destructive Output**: Can demolish vehicles and small buildings
**Key Traits**: Classic street-level superhero power range, capable of handling most urban threats while remaining grounded in recognizable environments.
**Marvel Examples**:
- Spider-Man (established hero)
- Danny Rand (Iron Fist)
- James "Logan" Howlett (Wolverine)
- Jessica Jones
**Narrative Applications**:
- Urban crime fighting and vigilantism
- Battles against organized crime
- Team member roles in larger conflicts
- Protecting neighborhoods and communities
**Combat Effectiveness**: Can take on crime syndicates, handle multiple enhanced opponents, but may struggle against military-grade opposition or significantly stronger foes.
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### **Tier 3: Building Level**
**Power Level**: Can destroy large multi-story structures and significantly impact city infrastructure
**Physical Capabilities**:
- **Strength**: 25-50 tons lifting capacity
- **Speed**: 200-300 mph (subsonic range)
- **Durability**: Withstands large explosions and heavy artillery
- **Destructive Output**: Can level multi-story buildings and destroy city blocks
**Key Traits**: Heavy-hitting superhumans who represent significant threats to urban areas and require serious consideration in city-wide conflicts.
**Marvel Examples**:
- Ben Grimm (The Thing)
- Piotr Rasputin (Colossus)
- Namor the Sub-Mariner (on land)
- Cain Marko (Juggernaut, lower showings)
**Narrative Applications**:
- City-wide threats and disasters
- Major superhero team members
- Powerhouse roles in large conflicts
- Characters dealing with collateral damage concerns
**Combat Effectiveness**: Formidable against most street-level threats; can serve as team anchors but may lack mobility or precision compared to faster opponents.
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### **Tier 4: Town Level**
**Power Level**: Capable of devastating entire towns and causing widespread regional destruction
**Physical Capabilities**:
- **Strength**: 100-500 tons lifting capacity
- **Speed**: 600-700 mph (transonic range)
- **Durability**: Survives massive explosions and natural disasters
- **Destructive Output**: Can level small towns and cause significant geographical changes
**Key Traits**: Represents a major escalation in destructive potential, where collateral damage becomes a serious narrative concern.
**Marvel Examples**:
- Bruce Banner (The Hulk, early rage levels)
- Emil Blonsky (The Abomination)
- Aleksei Sytsevich (The Rhino)
- Cain Marko (Juggernaut, moderate showings)
**Narrative Applications**:
- Regional disaster scenarios
- Major villain threats requiring team responses
- Characters struggling with power control
- Natural disaster analogues and responses
**Combat Effectiveness**: Devastating against conventional forces; requires strategic approaches or equally powerful opponents to challenge effectively.
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### **Tier 5: City Block Level**
**Power Level**: Can reshape urban landscapes and destroy multiple city blocks simultaneously
**Physical Capabilities**:
- **Strength**: 1,000-10,000 tons lifting capacity
- **Speed**: Mach 1-2 (supersonic range)
- **Durability**: Withstands nuclear-level impacts (though not full nuclear detonations)
- **Destructive Output**: Can demolish multiple city blocks and significantly alter cityscapes
**Key Traits**: Major superhuman players whose actions have far-reaching consequences and who often serve as linchpins in large-scale conflicts.
**Marvel Examples**:
- Thor Odinson (base power level)
- Tony Stark (advanced Iron Man armors)
- Vision (full power)
- Emma Frost (diamond form at peak)
**Narrative Applications**:
- Major superhero team leadership roles
- City-wide crisis management
- Conflicts with cosmic implications
- Characters balancing immense power with responsibility
**Combat Effectiveness**: Central figures in major conflicts; capable of turning the tide of battles but vulnerable to energy-based attacks or reality manipulation.
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### **Tier 6: City Level**
**Power Level**: Can devastate entire metropolitan areas and cause catastrophic regional destruction
**Physical Capabilities**:
- **Strength**: Tens of thousands of tons lifting capacity
- **Speed**: Mach 5-10 (high supersonic/low hypersonic)
- **Durability**: Survives continent-shaking events and massive energy discharges
- **Destructive Output**: Can level major cities and cause widespread environmental devastation
**Key Traits**: Among the most powerful terrestrial superhumans, whose mere presence can alter the stakes of any conflict.
**Marvel Examples**:
- Bruce Banner (Worldbreaker Hulk)
- Ororo Munroe (Storm at full power)
- Max Eisenhardt (Magneto, full power)
- Jean Grey (Phoenix, early manifestations)
**Narrative Applications**:
- Global-scale threats and responses
- Characters whose power creates moral dilemmas
- World-changing events and consequences
- Ultimate threats requiring desperate measures
**Combat Effectiveness**: World-class threats requiring coordinated superhuman responses; their conflicts often have global implications and require careful power management.
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## **Planetary Tiers (Levels 1-3)**
### **Tier 1: Country Level**
**Power Level**: Can devastate entire nations and affect continental geography
**Physical Capabilities**:
- **Strength**: Millions of tons; can affect tectonic plates
- **Speed**: Mach 10+ (hypersonic range)
- **Durability**: Survives continental-scale disasters
- **Destructive Output**: Can devastate countries and manipulate weather systems globally
**Key Traits**: Beings whose power affects geopolitics and global ecosystems, representing threats or protectors on a planetary scale.
**Marvel Examples**:
- En Sabah Nur (Apocalypse)
- Jean Grey (Phoenix, base cosmic form)
- Wanda Maximoff (Scarlet Witch, pre-House of M)
- Amahl Farouk (Shadow King at peak)
**Narrative Applications**:
- World-altering events and crises
- Characters grappling with godlike responsibility
- Global political and environmental implications
- Threats requiring international superhuman cooperation
**Combat Effectiveness**: World-class powers that reshape conflicts; their battles can affect entire continents and require cosmic-level intervention to resolve.
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### **Tier 2: Continent Level**
**Power Level**: Can destroy entire continents and cause extinction-level planetary events
**Physical Capabilities**:
- **Strength**: Immeasurable in conventional terms; affects planetary structure
- **Speed**: 10-20% of light speed (relativistic range)
- **Durability**: Survives planetary-scale catastrophes
- **Destructive Output**: Can annihilate continents and cause global extinction events
**Key Traits**: Cosmic-level beings whose conflicts threaten the continued existence of Earth and potentially the solar system.
**Marvel Examples**:
- Jean Grey (Phoenix, fully realized)
- Odin Borson (base Skyfather power)
- Dormammu (when manifesting on Earth)
- Cyttorak (through avatars)
**Narrative Applications**:
- Planetary survival scenarios
- Cosmic mentor or antagonist roles
- Tests of universal moral principles
- Bridges between terrestrial and cosmic storytelling
**Combat Effectiveness**: Planetary-class threats requiring cosmic intervention; their conflicts often serve as climactic events that reshape entire story universes.
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### **Tier 3: Planet Surface Level**
**Power Level**: Can devastate entire planetary surfaces including oceans and atmosphere
**Physical Capabilities**:
- **Strength**: Planetary; can affect entire world systems
- **Speed**: Near light speed through various means
- **Durability**: Survives in deep space and extreme cosmic environments
- **Destructive Output**: Can sterilize planetary surfaces and destroy global ecosystems
**Key Traits**: Near-apocalyptic beings whose mere presence threatens all life on Earth and who operate on scales that dwarf terrestrial concerns.
**Marvel Examples**:
- Thanos (without Infinity Gauntlet)
- Ego the Living Planet
- Galactus (weakened state)
- Surtur (when fully powered)
**Narrative Applications**:
- Ultimate planetary threats
- Cosmic-scale moral dilemmas
- Characters who transcend terrestrial concerns
- Scenarios requiring unprecedented cooperation
**Combat Effectiveness**: Planet-threatening entities whose conflicts reshape entire worlds; typically require cosmic artifacts, ultimate sacrifices, or intervention by cosmic entities to defeat.
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## **Celestial Tiers (Levels 1-5)**
### **Tier 1: Planet Level**
**Power Level**: Can destroy or create entire planets including their cores
**Physical Capabilities**:
- **Strength**: Planetary creation/destruction capabilities
- **Speed**: Faster than light through cosmic means
- **Durability**: Survives planetary destruction events
- **Destructive Output**: Can shatter planets and manipulate gravitational forces
**Key Traits**: Cosmic beings who operate across solar systems and whose conflicts span multiple worlds.
**Marvel Examples**:
- Norrin Radd (Silver Surfer)
- Beta Ray Bill
- Galactus (hungry/weakened state)
- The Nova Force (Richard Rider at peak)
**Narrative Applications**:
- Interplanetary adventures and conflicts
- Herald or messenger roles for cosmic entities
- Bridges between planetary and cosmic storytelling
- Guardians of cosmic balance
**Combat Effectiveness**: Planetary-scale powers that operate across solar systems; their conflicts typically involve multiple worlds and cosmic consequences.
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### **Tier 2: Star Level**
**Power Level**: Can destroy or create stars and affect entire solar systems
**Physical Capabilities**:
- **Strength**: Stellar manipulation capabilities
- **Speed**: Faster than light across interstellar distances
- **Durability**: Survives supernovae and stellar-scale events
- **Destructive Output**: Can obliterate stars and manipulate solar energies
**Key Traits**: Cosmic titans whose actions affect the fate of multiple solar systems and civilizations.
**Marvel Examples**:
- Galactus (well-fed state)
- Celestials (base power level)
- The Phoenix Force (fully unleashed)
- Arishem the Judge
**Narrative Applications**:
- Interstellar wars and conflicts
- Cosmic balance and judgment scenarios
- Ultimate tests of heroic principles
- Galaxy-spanning adventures
**Combat Effectiveness**: Stellar-class entities whose conflicts reshape entire regions of space; typically require cosmic artifacts or reality-altering powers to challenge.
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### **Tier 3: Multi-Star System Level**
**Power Level**: Affects multiple star systems and vast regions of galactic space
**Physical Capabilities**:
- **Strength**: Multi-stellar system manipulation
- **Speed**: Instantaneous across galactic distances
- **Durability**: Survives cosmic-scale disasters
- **Destructive Output**: Can destroy multiple star systems and manipulate black holes
**Key Traits**: Cosmic entities whose influence spans vast regions of galaxies and whose actions have universal implications.
**Marvel Examples**:
- Celestials (fully powered)
- Annihilus (with Cosmic Control Rod)
- Thanos (with partial Infinity Gauntlet)
- The Beyonders (individual members)
**Narrative Applications**:
- Galactic-scale conflicts and wars
- Ultimate cosmic threats
- Reality-altering scenarios
- Tests of universal principles and values
**Combat Effectiveness**: Galaxy-threatening entities whose conflicts span multiple star systems; typically require ultimate cosmic powers or reality manipulation to address.
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### **Tier 4: Galaxy Level**
**Power Level**: Can destroy or create entire galaxies and manipulate cosmic forces on a massive scale
**Physical Capabilities**:
- **Strength**: Galactic creation/destruction
- **Speed**: Transcends conventional space-time
- **Durability**: Exists beyond conventional physical limitations
- **Destructive Output**: Can annihilate entire galaxies and manipulate dark matter
**Key Traits**: Near-omnipotent cosmic beings whose existence transcends conventional understanding of power and reality.
**Marvel Examples**:
- The Beyonder (pre-retcon)
- Galactus (at peak cosmic power)
- The Living Tribunal (specific manifestations)
- Eternity (localized aspects)
**Narrative Applications**:
- Ultimate cosmic scenarios
- Reality-defining conflicts
- Tests of omniversal principles
- Challenges to the nature of existence itself
**Combat Effectiveness**: Galaxy-class entities whose conflicts redefine the nature of reality; typically serve as ultimate narrative stakes or cosmic arbiters.
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### **Tier 5: Multi-Galactic Level**
**Power Level**: Affects multiple galaxies and vast portions of the universe
**Physical Capabilities**:
- **Strength**: Multi-galactic manipulation
- **Speed**: Irrelevant; exists beyond space-time constraints
- **Durability**: Transcends physical destruction
- **Destructive Output**: Can create or destroy multiple galaxies and alter universal constants
**Key Traits**: Cosmic entities whose power spans significant portions of the universe and whose actions have multiversal consequences.
**Marvel Examples**:
- The Infinity Gauntlet (fully assembled)
- Eternity (base cosmic form)
- The Beyonders (collective action)
- Abstract entities at peak power
**Narrative Applications**:
- Universe-spanning epics
- Ultimate threats to all existence
- Cosmic balance scenarios
- Challenges to the fundamental nature of reality
**Combat Effectiveness**: Universal-class threats whose conflicts span multiple galaxies; typically require intervention by omniversal entities or reality-altering artifacts.
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## **Universal Tiers (Levels 1-2)**
### **Tier 1: Universe Level**
**Power Level**: Can destroy or create entire universes and control universal laws
**Physical Capabilities**:
- **Strength**: Universal creation/destruction
- **Speed**: Beyond space-time limitations
- **Durability**: Transcends universal destruction
- **Destructive Output**: Can rewrite universal physics and erase entire realities
**Key Traits**: Cosmic abstracts and entities who serve as fundamental forces governing the nature of reality itself.
**Marvel Examples**:
- The Living Tribunal
- Eternity (full manifestation)
- Infinity
- Death (cosmic abstract)
**Narrative Applications**:
- Ultimate cosmic arbitration
- Reality-defining conflicts
- Fundamental tests of existence
- Balance between creation and destruction
**Combat Effectiveness**: Universal arbiters whose conflicts determine the fate of entire realities; typically beyond conventional combat and serve as ultimate narrative authorities.
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### **Tier 2: Multi-Universal Level**
**Power Level**: Affects multiple universes and operates across the multiverse
**Physical Capabilities**:
- **Strength**: Multi-universal manipulation
- **Speed**: Omnipresent across multiple realities
- **Durability**: Exists beyond multiversal destruction
- **Destructive Output**: Can create or destroy multiple universes and manipulate parallel realities
**Key Traits**: Multiversal entities whose power transcends single realities and whose actions affect infinite parallel worlds.
**Marvel Examples**:
- The Beyonders (pre-retcon collective)
- Molecule Man (at omniversal peak)
- The One-Above-All (specific manifestations)
- Ultimate cosmic abstracts
**Narrative Applications**:
- Multiversal crisis scenarios
- Ultimate stakes involving all possible realities
- Cosmic-scale moral and philosophical challenges
- Tests of omniversal principles
**Combat Effectiveness**: Multiversal-class entities whose conflicts span infinite realities; represent the ultimate narrative stakes and typically require omniversal intervention.
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## **Transcendent Tiers**
### **Multiversal Level**
**Power Level**: Can manipulate or destroy entire multiverses with infinite realities
**Physical Capabilities**:
- **Strength**: Multiversal creation/destruction
- **Speed**: Omnipresent across all realities
- **Durability**: Transcends multiversal annihilation
- **Destructive Output**: Can rewrite multiversal structures and create infinite realities
**Key Traits**: Ultimate cosmic entities who exist beyond conventional reality and serve as fundamental forces governing all existence.
**Marvel Examples**:
- The One-Above-All (supreme manifestation)
- The Beyonders (collective omniversal form)
- The Living Tribunal (ultimate authority)
- Cosmic abstracts at omniversal level
**Narrative Applications**:
- Ultimate narrative authorities
- Representation of author/creator will
- Fundamental forces of existence
- Beyond conventional storytelling limitations
**Combat Effectiveness**: Beyond conventional conflict; serve as ultimate arbiters and forces governing all existence across infinite realities.
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### **Hyperversal Level**
**Power Level**: Transcends the multiverse and operates in higher-dimensional conceptual realms
**Physical Capabilities**:
- **Strength**: Higher-dimensional manipulation
- **Speed**: Transcends dimensional limitations
- **Durability**: Exists beyond all conceptual destruction
- **Destructive Output**: Can rewrite the rules of existence itself
**Key Traits**: Abstract entities who transcend conventional understanding and operate on levels beyond mortal comprehension.
**Marvel Examples**:
- Oblivion (as conceptual void)
- The One-Above-All (metaphysical aspects)
- Ultimate abstracts beyond conventional reality
**Narrative Applications**:
- Philosophical and metaphysical exploration
- Representation of ultimate concepts
- Beyond conventional narrative structure
- Ultimate mystery and unknowable power
**Combat Effectiveness**: Beyond all conventional understanding; represent ultimate mysteries and forces that transcend narrative comprehension.
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### **Omniversal Level (Boundless Tier 0)**
**Power Level**: The absolute pinnacle - transcends all realities, dimensions, and concepts
**Physical Capabilities**:
- **Strength**: Absolute omnipotence
- **Speed**: Omnipresence beyond all limitation
- **Durability**: Transcends all concepts of vulnerability
- **Destructive Output**: Can create, destroy, or rewrite the entire omniverse
**Key Traits**: The ultimate tier representing absolute authority over all existence, typically reserved for supreme creator entities or author-insert characters.
**Marvel Examples**:
- The One-Above-All (as supreme being)
- Ultimate cosmic authority
- Fanfiction supreme entities
**Narrative Applications**:
- Ultimate narrative authority
- Representation of absolute creative power
- Beyond all limitations and conflicts
- Reserved for ultimate resolution or supreme entities
**Combat Effectiveness**: Boundless and beyond all limitation; represents ultimate power that transcends all conventional understanding and narrative structure.
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