I had an itch to scratch...to set up and run a giant tournament for characters from various universes.
I used Classic Marvel rules (or at least my interpretation of them)...and I extensively used this site for stats of Marvel and DC characters...thanks! However, I also made up a handful of other characters (Jedi, Buffy, Conan, Aliens, Predators, He-man, Optimus Prime, etc.).
In all, there were 217 characters...so I broke them into 'weight classes'. My weight classes are primarily based on the Health stat, but if a character had some special attribute, I'd bump him/her up one or more ranks. For example, my version of Yoda gave him a Health of 97, but he had a lightsaber of UN energy and the Force power of Monstrous that massively jacks up his fighting, agility, and initiative stats. So, it would hardly be fair to match Yoda against Elektra (Health of 100). So Yoda was bumped up in weight class. Ditto for the other Jedi's, Wolverine, Green Lanterns, etc.
BTW: Each weight-class winner (and sometimes the contenders) get the opportunity to fight in the next weight-class...if they choose (I threw in some role playing to keep it interesting).
So here are the final four winners by weight class (listed as 4th place, 3rd place, 2nd place,
WINNER):
100-124: Longshot, Typhoid Mary, Judge Dredd ,
FLAG SMASHER
125-149: Little John, Demolition Man, Batman,
KILLER CROC (Croc killed Batman for to win the tournament!)
150-174: Task Master, Conan, Predator,
HEIMDALL
175-199: Warbird, Rhino, Doc Samson,
CONAN (with Heimdall's sword)
200-233: Wolverine, Hogan, Ronan,
BLOB
234-266: Mary Marvel and SIf tied for third,
ABSORBING MAN and TITANIA tied for first (as a married couple, they wouldn't fight each other)
267-299: Absorbing Man, Sentinel Hunter, Captain Marvel Jr.,
ULIK
300-349: Terrax, Guy Gardner, Prime,
AQUAMAN (a modified version)
350-399: not enough characters
400-474: Aquaman, Kurse, Bizarro,
WONDER WOMAN
475-574: Mangog, Black Adam, Wonder Woman,
KURSE
575-699: Mon-El, Ymir, Captain Marvel,
SUPERMAN
700-849: Ymir, Superman, Chthon,
DEMOGORGE
The last couple tournaments took forever because of regeneration and I felt, even in this surreal tournament environment, it was silly to force universe-level characters in a ring...so I stopped here. Anyway, here was the line up for the last few weight-classes:
850-1049: Ego, Lord Chaos, Master Order, Nightmare, Surtur, Galactus, Chthon, Demogorge
1050-1349: Beyonder, Celestra -exl, Demiurge, winner of previous weight-class
1350-1800: Death, Eternity, Living Tribunal, winner of previous weight-class
Other interesting stats and notes:
-Overall, the Asgardians had the most victories, but also the most defeats.
-Magneto's team (thanks to Blob) had the best victory to defeat ratio.
-The worst team was Hell (Hades, Hela, Blackheart, Mephisto, Dorommu, etc.).
-Individually, Conan had the best ratio...having 9 victories and two losses. Conan's beserker rage (and the stat increases it gives him) saved his butt several times.
-Conan and Aquaman killed the most people (four each). Conan beheaded Buffy, Namor, Crimson Dynamo!
-Surprise victories was Typhoid Mary seducing/beating NightCrawler and Punisher (she rolled her phermones well!).
-When Flag Smasher fought Typhoid Mary, he won intiative and killed her with his mace in one strike! The only one-hit kill!
-Heihachi beat Alien-Predator just one round before Heihachi passed out from bleeding.
-Morbius turned Imus Champion and Copperhead into vampires.
-Buffy dusted Morbius.
-Megatron beat Optimus Prime :- (
-Iron Man beat Doom.
-Omega Red disintigrated Luke Cage.
-Sentinals beat Hawkman, Spiral, Spiderman, Shang Chi, Yoda, and Mace.
-Those beating Sentinals were: Flagsmasher, Batman, Task Master, Namor, Sphinx 2, Powergirl, and Ulik.
-Sif fatally sliced the Tick early in their match and then she avoided his punches until he bled to death, 30 rounds later!
-Titania gets the cat-fighting award for seeking out and defeating: She-Hulk, Powergirl, Sif, and Mary Marvel.
-In a special match, Wonder Woman beat Titania.
-Wolverine wiped the floor with Sabertooth (hello? Wolvy has double the regen and more damaging claws).
-Superman wiped the floor with Doomsday (hello? extra strikes per round).
-Hulk was knocked out by Mon-El before Hulk could get mad enough to max out his stats.
-In a special grudge match, Hulk (starting with max stats) easily beat Superman.
-The Superman/Captain Marvel fight was epic...going back and forth (Supes superior strength gave him just enough advantage to overcome Cap's superior fighting skill).
-Booster Gold paid for the tournament. He beat Beast, but then was killed by Captain America.
Other than having a lot of fun, I learned that characters with weapons that cause bleeding (edged and energy) and multiple attacks per round tended to win, but every character definately has a chance (e.g., Blob!!! and Absorbing Man!!!)...it all depends on the dice!