[Other] If you could have a superpower, what would it be?

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  1. Dr. Doom

    Dr. Doom Long time hater of stall

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    Rules

    1. No power that involve copying other peoples' powers - that has always been a lazy cop out
    2. Super intelligence counts as a superpower
    3. If you're taking super powers from a comic/manga/anime/video game they function how they would in that universe

    Personally I'd take Kakuzu's Earth Grudge Fear from Naruto. You get a load of powers in one - I could stitch up any wound, so that's healing factor. As long as I could find fresh hearts I could live in theory forever. 5 hearts gives me super speed and strength; I could also unleash them as monsters so I've got elemental manipulation too. I could also fight close and long range by detaching parts of my body.

    What about you guys? What power would you take and why?
     
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  2. [OG]Swanna Lady

    [OG]Swanna Lady New Member

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    So I guess I'll start this off.

    I'd probably have one that makes more forum activity

    I like to have a sort of "Shift" ability, where I could "move" into another person's body, but still attain my persona, similar to Driver: San Fransisco's main mechanic.
    I'd like it because if there was anything I didn't like, I could simply change it quite easily. I could also be really evil with it so.... that's fun.
     
  3. Ortheore

    Ortheore One beautiful monster

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    For real, if I could have any I'd go with something like super-intelligence or being able to see the future or read minds or something like that. This is simply because in the world we live in, information is everything. Being say, super strong or something is cool and all, but how much is it really going to accomplish?

    Second to that would be healing abilities or the ability to conjure stuff out of nothing. You can do a lot of good with abilities such as those.

    In terms of sheer badassery I'd probably go with Telekinesis. The idea of being able to create a whirlwind of mayhem while not even lifting a finger just sounds so cool, like I'm just casually walking down the street, while cars are getting flung about, streetlights flattened, chunks of pavement getting torn up and smashing into buildings.

    This all just stuff off the top of my head, I haven't even thought of what different characters I could model my hypothetical superpower off. Maybe the black ka'kari from the night angel trilogy? Gets me invisibility, immunity to opposing magic (if there were other people with superpowers I guess), a small shapeshifting weapon, a companion that gives me moral guidance, immortality (though not invincibility) and reincarnation (though the latter comes at a very steep cost).

    Edit: Swanna that ability you described sounds exactly like one you get in Dishonored
     
  4. Nightfall Alicorn

    Nightfall Alicorn Left Pokémon Online, most likely not coming back.

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    Well, guess my name kinda gives it away, my superpower would have to be Alicorn Magic. Not only does it provide immortality from ageing but I can use different kinda spells. Levitation, transformation, creation, teleportation, barrier and blaster. Of course, I'm not trying to sound overpowered but even an Alicorn has its limits. A demon such as Tirek can osmose (drain, syphon, which ever you want call it) their magic at close range anyway.
     
  5. Zoroark

    Zoroark Stay Firm Forum Moderator Server Moderator Forum Moderator Server Moderator

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    I'd probably have one that revives PO.
     
  6. Cirno

    Cirno Romantic

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    Here's a short list of my superpowers:

    The ability to manipulate darkness
    The ability to manipulate chill
    The ability to use chi
    The ability to control the Philosopher's Stone
    The ability to manipulate time and space with a mastery of throwing knives
    The ability to manipulate fate
    The ability to destroy anything and everything
    The ability to manipulate cold
    The ability to run
    The ability to manipulate dolls with magic
    The ability to play an instrument without touching it
    The ability to cut 200 yojana in one slash
    The ability to invoke death upon another
    The ability to solve problems
    The ability to manipulate boundaries
    The ability to manipulate density
    The ability to control insects
    The ability to cause night-blindness
    The ability to eat history
    The ability to use magic
    The ability to float
    The ability to manipulate waves and cause madness
    The ability to concoct any potion
    The ability to manipulate eternity and the instantaneous
    The ability to be immortal
    The ability to change history
    The ability to manipulate poison
    The ability to fly at lightning speeds
    The ability to manipulate flowers
    The ability to manipulate distance
    The ability to perceive one's past and present
    The ability to make leaves fall
    The ability to control the autumn harvest
    The ability to manipulate misfortune
    The ability to manipulate water
    The ability to see long distances
    The ability to have telegnosis
    The ability to create miracles
    The ability to control the sky
    The ability to control the earth
    The ability to manipulate diseases
    The ability to spit cockroach fire
    The ability to channel jealousy into power
    The ability to wield the supernatural
    The ability to read the mind of another
    The ability to control divine spirits
    The ability to use nuclear fusion and create stars
    The ability to manipulate the subconscious
    The ability to find things
    The ability to scare others
    The ability to control nyuudou
    The ability to sink ships
    The ability to grant good luck
    The ability to reach nirvana
    The ability to undefine things
    The ability to echo sounds
    The ability to eat everything and anything
    The ability to go through walls
    The ability to control lightning
    The ability to have a nice boat
    The ability to listen to and understand 10 people at once
    The ability to change the shape of objects
    The ability to control gods
    The ability to destroy everything in front of them
    The ability to swim underwater forever
    The ability to remove their own head
    The ability to become a werewolf
    The ability to play deadly music
    The ability to flip things
    The ability to change the size of things
    The ability to control wind
    The ability to be intangible
    The ability to be invisible
    The ability to be invincible
    The ability to have no presence
    The ability to control one's emotion
    The ability to manipulate fire
    The ability to manipulate the earth
    The ability to enchant objects
    The ability to seal away monsters
    The ability to use the holy power
    The ability to use divine intervention
    The ability to feel no pain
    The ability to change the weather based on one's emotion
    The ability to turn back time
    The ability to read any language
    The ability to knock sense into another
    The ability to use Pokémon
    The ability to fathom the unfathomable
    The ability to manipulate void
    The ability to manipulate time
    The ability to manipulate space
    The ability to manipulate love
    The ability to earthbend
    The ability to waterbend
    The ability to airbend
    The ability to firebend
    The ability to be extremely creative
    The ability to summon the jabberwock
    The ability to control the vorpal blade
    The ability to wield any weapon or tool with mastery
    The ability to manipulate the atmosphere
    The ability to summon powerful entities
    The ability to succesfully cook any meal
    The ability to communicate with spirits
    The ability to replicate another's traumatic experiences
    The ability to hypnotise others
    The ability to manipulate LEGO blocks
    The ability to make paint dry
    The ability to interact with pictures
    The ability to print in 3D
    The ability to enter a zen-like state
    The ability to eat any substance
    The ability to let it go
    The ability to drink any liquid
    The ability to create acid
    The ability to control what is popular and what is not
    The ability to meme violently
    The ability to hack anything
    The ability to steal the abilities of others
    The ability to rek
    The ability to get rekt
    The ability to become a vampire
    The ability to know everything
    The ability to do everything
    The ability to scream loudly
    The ability to have heat vision
    The ability to gain power through eating dumplings
    The ability to shoot bullets from another dimension
    The ability to eat and create dreams
    The ability to use psychic powers
    The ability to not age
    The ability to never forget anything
    The ability to manipulate others
    The ability to negotiate well
    The ability to manipulate the rhythm of objects
    The ability to manipulate temperature
    The ability to weaken another's physical attributes
    The ability to cause insanity in others
    The ability to be immune to toxins
    The ability to git gud
    The ability to make fiction reality
    The ability to judge between good and evil
    The ability to convert energy
    The ability to sleep whenever and however long they need to
    The ability to articulate perfectly
    The ability to have multiple bodies
    The ability to purify anything
    The ability to reverse situations through their speech
    The ability to never give you up
    The ability to brave the elements
    The ability to curse others
    The ability to absorb information easily
    The ability to be clairvoyant
    The ability to raise the dead

    but really reading minds is cool
     
  7. Nightfall Alicorn

    Nightfall Alicorn Left Pokémon Online, most likely not coming back.

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    I didn't realise you had that many in your ?power bot command. I mostly see repeated ones but few I don't think I've seen before.
     
  8. Ortheore

    Ortheore One beautiful monster

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    Some of those aren't even superpowers, like the ability to have a nice boat- isn't that just being rich? Which is kinda like being Batman? Also the one about not feeling pain is a serious medical condition and is definitely not in any way good for you.

    Still, I wish I'd answered with the ability to rek =]
    Oml gaining powers through eating dumplings is perfect
     
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  9. [OG]Swanna Lady

    [OG]Swanna Lady New Member

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    The ability to scare things?
    The ability to run?
    The ability to float?
    The ability to make history?
    The ability to find things?
    The ability to solve problems?

    Half of those superpowers are stuff that any normal person could do...
     
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