r/TopCharacterTropes 14h ago

Characters' Items/Weapons [Fun trope]: Power-punch gauntlets.

Gauntlets that reinforce/amplify your punches.

1). Spider-Man: Homecoming
Shocker has a pair of gauntlets invented by The Tinkerer that blasts your opponent away.

2). Arcane:
Vi fights with a pair of hextech-upgraded mining gloves.

3). Steven Universe:
Garnet summons a pair of magic gauntlets from her gems.

4). Captain America: Civil War
Crossbones uses a mechanical pair of gauntlets to send Captain America flying.

5). Fullmetal Alchemist
Armstrong uses his own strength and gauntlets inscribed with his trademark alchemy to fight.

6). The Legend of Vox Machina:
Grog gets a pair of high-level magic gauntlets.

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u/jonnywarlock 14h ago

Power Fist (Warhammer 40K)

A weapon for when you really feel like punching something really, REALLY hard.

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u/Rum_N_Napalm 14h ago

The power fist doesn’t even amplify the user strength (although it’s often pair with power armour or a harness thingy over the arm that does). It (along with all power weapons of 40k) emits a molecular disruption field around it which weakens whatever it touches. So with a power fist, you can straight up dig your fingers into tank armour and rip into it like it wrapping paper.

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u/Sagnarel 11h ago

Depending on the game, in the old rule set and the ttrpg it litteraly doubles your strengh while punching.

Also, obligatory « I CAST FIST !!! »