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Splinter vs. Rorschach

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Rorschach
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Voting closed: September 28, 2010, 10:39:57 AM

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Asskickers R1: Splinter vs. Rorschach
« on: September 26, 2010, 10:39:57 AM »


Perhaps Splinter was never a very ordinary rat. It is even likely that he was a mutant long before the strange ooze from the broken T.C.R.I, canister began changing him. In any event, as a young rat he was very intelligent, smart enough to be able to mimic and memorize the ninja techniques of his owner, Hamato Yoshi. Years later he remembered and passed on the Ninjitsu techniques to his own disciples, the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.

How close Splinter is to the end of his life span is not known. He is an old rat and his fighting faculties are getting a bit rusty. After the turtles avenged the death of Splinter's master, Yoshi, by defeating the Shredder, Splinter has been somewhat bereft of purpose. Up to that point, his reason for existing was to gain vengeance. Now that vengeance has been gained, something else must animate his life. For this reason, Splinter has been doing more meditation and thinking about philosophy. It is unsure whether or not he will leave the turtles to fend for themselves. He may go off alone to think his thoughts.

While Splinter may no longer be a great warrior, he is still a formidable teacher and is knowledgeable in all the fighting arts of the ninja.

Source - TMNT And Other Strangemess published by Palladium Books



Like most characters in Watchmen, Rorschach has no obvious "super powers." He merely has his will and technical abilities. Rorschach uses any and all weapons that are available at the time, such as pepper, to blind a police officer and the use of hairspray in combination with a match to set fire to another police officer, during a confrontation at Moloch's house. During the series he uses cooking fat, a toilet bowl, a cigarette, a fork and his jacket all as weapons. He owns a gas-powered grappling gun, which he uses to climb buildings (and once as a makeshift harpoon gun against a police officer), as seen in Chapter 1, which was designed and built by Nite Owl II.

Rorschach is well versed in street combat, gymnastics, and boxing. In the course of the limited series he shows the ability to beat multiple armed assailants with little difficulty. Rorschach is also relatively indifferent to physical pain and discomfort, shown when he walks through Antarctica in only a trench coat. Due to his time in juvenile detention facilities and group homes as a child he is as street savvy as any criminal. Rorschach also demonstrates the ability to break into a variety of locked buildings and homes, suggesting the expertise of a master thief. He is also shown to be extremely strong. This is demonstrated when he shatters a toilet bowl by kicking it once, and easily breaking through a lock that gave an entire team of police officers more trouble.

Despite his mental instability, Rorschach was described as "tactically brilliant, and unpredictable" by Nite Owl, and possesses surprisingly good detective skills. During his childhood he was described as bright, and excelled in literature and religious education.

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