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Orbiting
Since: Nov, 2014
A character of extreme power summons and deploys a smaller goon to dispatch someone else, as per the Sorting Algorithm of Evil, with the expressed intent that doing so is less likely to cause collateral damage.
For example, a Physical God offers a Bounty Hunter a giant pile of cash and a magic gauntlet if he can beat up the abusive father of a child he has taken pity on. When asked why, if he is so powerful, he doesn't do it, he replies, "It's one abusive dad, and I don't know how to attack him in a way that wouldn't unleash Armageddon, and that would defeat the whole point of saving the poor kid."
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Edited by NoSpoilerz