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I would love to see one nonhuman nonspiritual creature be created at a 13/13 or 15/15.  Don't think it will happen ever though. Any thoughts on what character it would be?

I would say an updated Leviathan. It still bothers me how non-intimidating the character looks....

unless I'm mistaken, that is probably the largest creature mentioned in the bible

Close but the Behemoth from the same chapter (Job 40) was larger as it is a sauropod dinosaur (which would be so cool to have a dinosaur in Redemption 😎 )

The blue whale is the largest creature ever known to have lived though and the Bible definitely mentions whales, so that would actually be the biggest of all!

The change to 12 came in the second set, so that number may have just been upping the previous high. Character numbers were all even numbers back then, so 12 was the next logical increment. I'm sure they felt that The False Prophet demanded more power than any human. This, of course, was countered by Michael in the Warriors set (also not a human). If there was going to be a human with that kind of power, then Samson made sense, hence the promo (I'm not sure when that was released, though).

There could be a correlation to the 12 tribes of Israel, but I think it was just that 12 came after 10 in even-numbered increments. 

As far as going higher than 12, that would not have been a need, since they would not get initiative and likely be obliterated. Taunt has made the numbers relevant again, so I guess it is possible. I'm not sure why an animal would be more powerful than an angel or demon, but they could certainly be stronger than Samson. 

Quote from: YourMathTeacher on January 02, 2016, 11:36:12 AM

Taunt has made the numbers relevant again

I assume you mean Toss?

LOL, yes I meant Toss, not Taunt.