[Mithfânion]

humans included. What series or single volume features them?

[kray3]

so far i can only think of one character that sticks out as having to much power:
the magician Pug from Raymond E. Feist's series seems to have way to much power.

[Mithfânion]

I should note that I don't see it as necessarily a bad thing. It can make for an intriguin read. I'm looking for very powerful beings, be they human or not http://www.sffworld.com/ubb/smile.gif

[Lamanai]

How about Eddings? Just about anything he's written. Bhellium screams to me, but really, the Belgariad and the Mallorean were pretty much the same. Half the characters, both good and evil, in almost all of his books...

[Carmichael]

Lamanai, I am curious, which characters in the Belgariad/Mallorean would you consider ridiculously powerful? I had noticed in the two series that the higher up the food chain the characters got, the more circumscribed their powers became. For the most part, they all had limitations on what they could or couldn't do.
One major example comes to mind.
The fight between Ctuchik and Belgarath. Belgarath almost destroyed his own powers overextending himself in trying to protect the others during the escape from Cthol Murgos. That would suggest that the most powerful sorcerer in the series has physical and mental limits. Powerful, yes. Ridiculously so? IMO, nope.
Then again, maybe I didn't understand where you were coming from. Wouldn't be the first time I did that... http://www.sffworld.com/ubb/smile.gif

Carmichael

[SusF]

Anita Blake, vampire hunter. She gets more powerful in each book, the villans get more 'lame' and the entire series has degenerated into erotic fantasy. Can it GET any worse? I doubt it.

Susan

[jbcohen]

Two groups of people that are often said to be incredibly powerful: the Planeswalkers (from Magic: The Gathering) and the other is the Dragons (from Dragon Lance).

[saintjon]

Check out Leto Atreides at the end of Children of Dune. Tetsuo and Akira from Akira (I'm talking about the manga, they were watered down in the movie).
Rand from WoT is pretty powerful, ain't he? He scraps those Forsaken like they're nothing all the time now. Lemme think. The Deciever from the Shadow War trilogy is a ridiculously powerful villain. ummmm... Dragonball Z? LOL
I'm sure there are more, but my brain hurts today.

[Lamanai]

Carmichael: First let me say that I truly am a big fan of David Eddings. Eddings was one of the key factors I became interested in fantasy literature.

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But his characters always seem to be exceptionally powerful. I guess the fact that they almost always end up besting a god makes me think that he sometimes gets a little carried away. You're right. They have limitations, but their limitations are on the same level as those of the gods. It's been a long time since I've read them, but Eddings always sticks in my mind as being obnoxiously powerful.

[Dominus]

I so know what you are talking about, DBZ characters are almost all incredibly powerful.*cough*GOKU*end cough*

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