What about if each clbumes’ ability provided a bonus to the next post? Like Trolls’ Spoil adds 10% damage, Emo Kids’ Poetry makes the thread take damage over time (remembering the worst lines over and over again), etc. These effects wouldn’t be scaled or improved by level, just blanket affects, so a level 5-6 character could hold his own while still being useful to the fight (by buffing level 10s and what not).

Also, the abilities having special effects would only work in the raids, and only on other players. You’d never directly benefit.