That old "Which Superpower" question

[Psychotic Dreamer]

Teleportation has always been my dream. Then I could go where I want to whenever I want to. Just to make my life simple.

 

[Cthulhu's Librarian]

Flight. A close second is teleportation, but I've always been of the mindset that while going places is important, the journey is the best part. And what better way to go than to fly?

 

[GreyShadow]

I'd like probability control.

The odds that I would win lotto and fly to the moon are very good.

Oh, and my boss would give me a long paid vacation.

 

[thatdarncat]

I'm actually surprised that no one's picked Animal Communication. Who hasn't wanted to know what their dog is thinking?

But I already know what my cats are thinking. "Feed me daddy I'm dieing!"

 

[GoodKingJayIII]

Woo! First person to choose "Super Agility." I dunno, I like Flight and all, but I don't quite understand the obsession of it. I bet Freud would have a field day with it though

I'd love to be Super Agile because I'm not really that agile to begin with. In fact, I'd say I'm straddling the clumsy fence. Plus my hand-eye coordination isn't that great (mostly because of poor depth perception), so consider my choice a blatant example of overcompensating.

Plus, Super Agility is pretty broad, and there are a lot of cool things that it would probably incorporate: lightning-quick reflexes, unmatched mobility, wall-jumping, impeccable balance, timing, accuracy, etc.

If I had these, I'd pump some iron, grab a katana, and start going Kill-Bill on every crook, criminal, and villian mastermind in town.

 

[Ferret]

I looked carefully, and decided on Super senses. Why? Ever wanted to be acutely aware of you surrounds? Forget flying or mind control. You won't need them, see the person in the dark, smell his deoderant. Everything.

 

[Particle_Man]

I looked carefully, and decided on Super senses. Why? Ever wanted to be acutely aware of you surrounds? Forget flying or mind control. You won't need them, see the person in the dark, smell his deoderant. Everything.

That may not be a selling point for this power. Some people don't use deoderant.

I liked Super Agility. In GURPS it is pretty easy just to pour hundreds of points into Dexterity to get something like it, but the critical hit rules can be painful for this guy in that system.

 

[Ankh-Morpork Guard]

I looked carefully, and decided on Super senses. Why? Ever wanted to be acutely aware of you surrounds? Forget flying or mind control. You won't need them, see the person in the dark, smell his deoderant. Everything.

Pfft...shapechange can do all that.

 

[Trainz]

I voted on the poll with a "if it was a power I had in today's world" approach.

Sure, I'd love to teleport, fly, mind control and all that. But it wouldn't take long before some government agency aproaches me and say "You're purty powerful there suh. How about coming to work for the agency... no ? (screws on silencer on pistol) damn shame suh... damn shame... *pfft* *pfft* we had such high hopes for that kid...".

So I picked invulnerability, because almost all other powers would get me killed anyways... especially powers like mind control and incorporeality (quite obvious in the X-Men movies/comics with Kitty Pride "THEY HAVE A GIRL THAT CAN WALK THROUGH WALLS !" and Magneto).

Now if I'm invulnerable, I can just go convince the bad guys to stop being bad, without necessarily killing them. Threatening, for sure, but give the alternative "You change or die".

Hey, that'd be my alter-ego... The Alternative.

 

[Particle_Man]

I voted on the poll with a "if it was a power I had in today's world" approach.

Sure, I'd love to teleport, fly, mind control and all that. But it wouldn't take long before some government agency aproaches me and say "You're purty powerful there suh. How about coming to work for the agency... no ? (screws on silencer on pistol) damn shame suh... damn shame... *pfft* *pfft* we had such high hopes for that kid...".

So I picked invulnerability, because almost all other powers would get me killed anyways.

I think that if a gov't would kill you for the other powers, they could certainly capture/imprison you if they were worried about your invulnerability.

But with 6th Sense, at least you could see them coming and avoid them before they get anywhere close to harming you.


I am a 6th Sense Pimp! And a 6th Sense Pimp am I!