Handiest Super Power?

[Nifft]

Super Speed (like the Flash).

That, or the ability to cast charm monster at will.

Cheers, -- N

 

[fireinthedust]

Super Speed (like the Flash).

That, or the ability to cast charm monster at will.

Cheers, -- N

Wow, that's a really specific power. What did Will ever do to you?!

 

[Mishihari Lord]

I'd probably pick flight, given the choice. There might be others more useful but for pure joy nothing can beat it.

More practically, I'd say telepathy, invulnerability, and immortality should top the list.

 

[Ringlerun]

I would go with water manipulation. The ability to manipulate the life blood of the planet and every living organism on it.

 

[RSKennan]

Time stop. All the way. Depending on how it worked, it would be cool to:

-Save lives
-move still bullets around.
-Walk on falling objects, like leaves. (if objects couldn't be moved around)
-go anywhere "instantly"/Never be late.
-Never miss a scene in a movie because I had to use the bathroom or have a smoke
-Freeze to death instantly because the atmosphere was at absolute zero relative to me.
...Etc.

 

[malcolypse]

There was a character in the WildCards book series that had a power that I think they called projecting teleport.

He couldn't teleport himself, but if he pointed at you, you ended up wherever he wanted you. In a prison cell, a thousand feet in the air, on the moon or in the sun.

If everyone has powers, it's best not to let super criminals get close to you. If they don't, at least I can assure that no one will show up at my house with pamphlets more than once.

 

[SnowleopardVK]

If in a world where everyone's got super powers, copying other powers stands above the rest.

If you're the only one with powers my vote goes towards generic shapeshifting (rather than specific shapeshifting, such as into animals only). It's a fun power, and one that can be used fairly discreetly (better not to end up in a government research lab somewhere)

 

[MortalPlague]

I think it's hard to beat the Martian Manhunter's shapeshifting. He can turn into giant monsters for combat, tiny insects for surveillance/hiding, and can impersonate specific people. The possibilities are pretty endless.

You've sold me on this one. Good pitch.

 

[Croesus]

Kind of boring, but for me: Perfect health.

A variant of invulnerability (immune to poison, disease) and immortality (no cellular senescence, no chronic ailments).

I don't want to live forever, but being in perfect health while enjoying a normal lifespan? Yeah, I'd take that in a heartbeat.

 

[DonAdam]

I'm gonna go with the ability to use montages to accomplish laborious tasks in just a few minutes.