Listen. When you and your wife walk into Wal-Mart,
and she says, "No need for a cart, just gonna get lip balm,"
and then she wants a case of coke, and a lawnmower, and a halogen lamp, and a patio set, and a bar of soap,
you tell ME if that's the worst superpower ever.
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I had a character in Werewolf: the Fallen, who had the ability to detect all sleeping creatures within 2-3 yards. That was really useful!
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Originally Posted by MajorDecoy
Reminds me of Birthright. One of my friends had Tastelink; the ability to make someone else taste what he was eating.
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At least it might tell you if you were dealing with an illusionary sleeper or if someone was only pretending to sleep (say, to turn around and pump you full of silver when you get close)
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There was a character mentioned in one of the early Xanth books whose talent was the ability to urinate in different colors.
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Originally Posted by MaestroMavius
Worst power I ever heard was the guy whose 'gift' was the ability to change the color of any object.
Anything he touched, he could change the color to anything else. That's it, just the color, not the material itself. So no Gold from lead or anything. |
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Dude, you did NOT just dis my man Color Kid?! Legion of Substitute Heroes represent!|
Originally Posted by MaestroMavius
Worst power I ever heard was the guy whose 'gift' was the ability to change the color of any object.
Anything he touched, he could change the color to anything else. That's it, just the color, not the material itself. So no Gold from lead or anything. |
C'mon, somebody else? Don't make me stand out here by myself.
Actually, he has links to the most awesome power source of all: writers looking for a challenge.
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Every superpower has its place...
The "worst" superpower is the one that is never used....
*the more you know*
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Originally Posted by Energizing_Ion
Every superpower has its place...
The "worst" superpower is the one that is never used.... *the more you know* |
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Originally Posted by GlassGoblin
Dude, you did NOT just dis my man Color Kid?!
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'I'd rather not,' the Cat remarked.
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The worst powerset ever was on the toon I just deleted to make room for *this* toon. *nods*
If Outbreak was still the tutorial zone, I would expect those rock throwers to shove a wobbly wheel cart at me. With the wobbly wheels, there would be no telling where the cart might go - the rock thrower getting popped in the tail by his cart going in a circle would have been funny. "Slot it for accuracy, ya noob!"
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Originally Posted by Gremalkyn
The worst powerset ever was on the toon I just deleted to make room for *this* toon. *nods*
If Outbreak was still the tutorial zone, I would expect those rock throwers to shove a wobbly wheel cart at me. With the wobbly wheels, there would be no telling where the cart might go - the rock thrower getting popped in the tail by his cart going in a circle would have been funny. "Slot it for accuracy, ya noob!" |
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I thought this was a thread about Time Bomb...
Who do I have to *&^% around here to get more Targeted AoE recipes added?
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Originally Posted by Mr_Morbid
There was a character mentioned in one of the early Xanth books whose talent was the ability to urinate in different colors.
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I remember that guy. And as I recall, he once saved Superboy by changing the color of some Kryptonite to a harmless color (white?). |
Originally Posted by GlassGoblin
Dude, you did NOT just dis my man Color Kid?! Legion of Substitute Heroes represent!
C'mon, somebody else? Don't make me stand out here by myself. Actually, he has links to the most awesome power source of all: writers looking for a challenge. |
Personally, I would think that his power would be a LOT more useful in more situations than, oh, say, Bouncing Boy or Matter Eater Lad.
But I have to agree that Shopping Cart Man's push power as depicted by Arcanaville is even more useless than any of those.
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Originally Posted by galadiman
Listen. When you and your wife walk into Wal-Mart,
and she says, "No need for a cart, just gonna get lip balm," and then she wants a case of coke, and a lawnmower, and a halogen lamp, and a patio set, and a bar of soap, you tell ME if that's the worst superpower ever. |
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Originally Posted by MaestroMavius
Worst power I ever heard was the guy whose 'gift' was the ability to change the color of any object.
Anything he touched, he could change the color to anything else. That's it, just the color, not the material itself. So no Gold from lead or anything. |
An old Marvel RPG that I used to play had a bunch of powers and one was Coloration.
It's description said that it might seem like a useless power, but...
Through its uses one might be able to change the frequency of light to any (which actually becomes quite powerful, hah) and be able to lower or increase light's intensity.
Also, just changing the color of material objects can have enormous effects: changing the object's absorbancy/reflectivity, creating transparency... and/or transforming transparent objects into opaque ones such as glass, walls, air, the lens of an eye. The power could be used to cure some forms of blindness, see through walls, even see into locking mechanisms while safe-cracking (or turn someone's clothes transparent [I'm citing these examples form the book, lol]).
Also, "color conveys information. Change the color and you alter or even destroy the message".
The description also mentions that you could help The Hulk get into Hollywood if you gave him a regular tan.
So, lest not you people think the power of coloration is but a gimp power... for it is MIGHTY!
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Blue. He changed it to blue kryptonite, which only harms bizarros. White kryptonite destroys plant life.|
Originally Posted by Melancton
I remember that guy. And as I recall, he once saved Superboy by changing the color of some Kryptonite to a harmless color (white?).
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Why oh why do I remember these things?
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Originally Posted by GlassGoblin
Blue. He changed it to blue kryptonite, which only harms bizarros. White kryptonite destroys plant life.
Why oh why do I remember these things? |
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That....actually sounds bad-A.|
Originally Posted by Electric-Knight
Actually... An old Marvel RPG that I used to play had a bunch of powers and one was Coloration. It's description said that it might seem like a useless power, but... Through its uses one might be able to change the frequency of light to any (which actually becomes quite powerful, hah) and be able to lower or increase light's intensity. Also, just changing the color of material objects can have enormous effects: changing the object's absorbancy/reflectivity, creating transparency... and/or transforming transparent objects into opaque ones such as glass, walls, air, the lens of an eye. The power could be used to cure some forms of blindness, see through walls, even see into locking mechanisms while safe-cracking (or turn someone's clothes transparent [I'm citing these examples form the book, lol]). Also, "color conveys information. Change the color and you alter or even destroy the message". The description also mentions that you could help The Hulk get into Hollywood if you gave him a regular tan. So, lest not you people think the power of coloration is but a gimp power... for it is MIGHTY! |
What about the power to summon shopping carts? When I worked at a Target in highschool, I used to have to retrieve the carts and they showed training videos about safety and how people loose fingers or break hands/arms if they're not careful. And being able to summon and desummon shopping carts out of thin air? Well, you can summon a shopping cart full of shopping carts...or if you can only carry what you had in it before desummoning it, you can fill it with guns or ammo or SWORDS! Or if a bomb is about to explode, taking a whole city with it, just stick it in your shopping cart and desummon it.
Do not diss the shopping cart!! For it can also be MIGHTY!
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Not to mention finally 'solving' Rubik's Cube.
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Originally Posted by Oathbound
If he has finer control over it than just "Red square is now blue" then while sure it's not a great "superhero" power, it could be incredibly useful for artistic endeavors.
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Originally Posted by Electric-Knight
Actually...
An old Marvel RPG that I used to play had a bunch of powers and one was Coloration. It's description said that it might seem like a useless power, but... Through its uses one might be able to change the frequency of light to any (which actually becomes quite powerful, hah) and be able to lower or increase light's intensity. Also, just changing the color of material objects can have enormous effects: changing the object's absorbancy/reflectivity, creating transparency... and/or transforming transparent objects into opaque ones such as glass, walls, air, the lens of an eye. The power could be used to cure some forms of blindness, see through walls, even see into locking mechanisms while safe-cracking (or turn someone's clothes transparent [I'm citing these examples form the book, lol]). Also, "color conveys information. Change the color and you alter or even destroy the message". The description also mentions that you could help The Hulk get into Hollywood if you gave him a regular tan. So, lest not you people think the power of coloration is but a gimp power... for it is MIGHTY! |
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So, lest not you people think the power of coloration is but a gimp power... for it is MIGHTY! |
I sit corrected.
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Originally Posted by Melancton
I remember that guy. And as I recall, he once saved Superboy by changing the color of some Kryptonite to a harmless color (white?).
Personally, I would think that his power would be a LOT more useful in more situations than, oh, say, Bouncing Boy or Matter Eater Lad. |
At least for the era in which he existed.
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Originally Posted by BellaStrega
Recruit him into the Green Lantern Corps. His job is to turn yellow things into not yellow things.
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Reminds me of Birthright. One of my friends had Tastelink; the ability to make someone else taste what he was eating.