An example from The Princess Bride:
Inigo was a combat-oriented character, while Fizzik was a formidable 
combatant.  The character wasn't designed to be a fighter, but was capable 
simply by his physical nature.

-Bill
At 02:29 PM 12/14/2000 -0600, you wrote:
>On 14 Dec 00, at 11:39, mastercougar@juno.com wrote:
>
> >  That is of course a hard question to answer. High points, as in it
> >  takes
> > a lot of points to make the character is one way to compare the power
> > levels of characters. Combat orientation is, IMO, only valid in
> > comparing combat power levels. It is possible to have a very powerful
> > character who has zero combat abilities, but whose power level can
> > effectively let him win all combats. For example a character like
> > Firestarter from the book of the same title, is not a combat
> > orientated character at all, but her pyrokinetic powers do make her a
> > formidable combatant. -- Marc
>
>Am not following your terminology.  How can a formidable
>combatant not be a combat-oriented character?
>
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