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| :''I am vengeance. I am the night. I am Batman!''
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| '''Batman''' is a [[/co/|comic-book]] superhero with a chiropteran theme. He was once Bruce Wayne, child of wealthy philanthropists, but while his family were out and about (in the crime-ridden city of Gotham, which is ''totally not'' New York City), his parents were killed by a mugger. Heartbroken, he traveled the world, studying criminology and martial arts; when he returned to Gotham, he used his inherited fortune (and/or company, depending on the era) to develop tools to become a [[ninja]]-esque crime-fighter. Knowing from his studies that criminals are generally a superstitious and cowardly lot, he developed the costume and persona of the ''Batman'', a creature of the night who brings terror to the wicked.
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| In addition to the usual ne'er-do-wells and low-level criminals of a major city, Batman regularly fights with a "Rogues Gallery" of equally costumed villains -- the Joker (the insane and self-styled "Clown Prince of Crime"), Catwoman (a cat-burglar who flirts with Batman as frequently as she fights with him), and Mr. Freeze (a scientist-turned-criminal from an accident caused by an amoral business rival) are among the most widely-known.
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| == Batman Miniatures Game ==
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| There is one, by [http://knightmodels-store.com/epages/afaa2a23-c31d-4ae6-b1cd-12757513fd3b.sf/es_ES/?ObjectPath=/Shops/afaa2a23-c31d-4ae6-b1cd-12757513fd3b/Categories/%22Batman%20Miniature%20Game%22 Knight Miniatures]. It's a skirmish game, in which players create bands based on major characters and factions, and attempt to take objectives, or just knock out everyone on the opposite team.
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| == Appearance in Other RPGs and Board Games ==
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| There's been more than one attempt to adapt the "DC Universe" into a tabletop RPG or board game. Guess which hero shows up in just about all of them?
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| == Other /tg/ Relevance ==
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| * There exists a meme that "Batman could take anyone, with enough prep time" (in the comics, among other places, he's defeated a mind-controlled Superman several times). Thus, among other things, the "Batman [[Wizard]]" of [[Dungeons & Dragons 3rd Edition]], who had a spellbook large enough to have a spell for every situation... presuming he had time to prepare spells.
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| * Responsible, almost single-handedly, for players wanting to play "a guy without superpowers who can fight on par with the guys with powers" in Supers RPGs.
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| * Notable for having many, many continuities and versions, each with their own interpretation of the character, to the point that a D&D Alignment chart exists, filling in all 9 positions with different versions of Batman.
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| == See Also ==
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| * [[Konrad Curze]], [[Primarch]] of the [[Night Lords]]. The living (for a while, at least) answer to a question what if Batman and Punisher had a lovechild. Very much in favor of terrorizing enemies to soften them up (or even drive them to kill themselves).
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| * ''[[Sentinels of the Multiverse]]'', being a loving tribute to all manner of comics, features the Wraith, a stealthy gadget-based superheroine who is both close friends with the local legacy equivalent and fighting like a [[ninja]]. Really, the major difference between the two is that Maia is a [[hot chick]] rather than a manly slab of beefcake and that the Wraith is perfectly willing to kill people if they're ''actually'' dangerous serial killers the law can't easily deal with.
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