Grrl Power Thread #2: The Most Common Super Power

[Kantaki]

New comic.

Flying is awesome.

If I could choose a power flight or teleportation would be my first choice. Well, if I'm the only one who gets a superpower. If there are other supers I would take powercopying.

Aunt Edith says: The version that let's me keep the copied powers of course.

[Traab]

Meh, most powers are either a pita or a quick trip to the dark side. Flying would be neat and all, but there are so many laws and such restricting who can fly where and when that you would probably spend half your life trying to sort things out with the FAA. "Sir, you went over 400 feet in the air yesterday which is a violation of statute 101639a-b12. That will be a fine, and as this is the third time it has happened, there may be jail time involved"

As for the comic, I love the protege/friend dynamic thats forming here. Sydney really is maxima lite and I think max likes having someone that at least has the potential to be close to her level one day. the loneliness must suck. It helps that she has most of the maxima power bases covered in one form or another. A virtually unbreakable shield for durability, mach 4 travel speed, she has the lighthook for super strength, and of course, destructo beams of ranged death. Plus sydney is just difficult to avoid liking. yeah she can tick you off easy as heck, but she is just so darn friendly and chipper and amusing to be around most of the time.

Speaking of the lighthook, have you guys looked at its skill tree section? Oh man, literally none of the skill tree segments are more than half full. So that means its entirely possible her light hook may one day be boosted into maxima level of power, depending on which one makes it stronger. She may get into mid super strength level if its the halfway one, but even then, it will get a LOT more effective. There are a number of abilities they could represent. Extension length, maneuverability, lifting power, possibly even speed it can travel at. Im also wondering if perhaps the orphan node nearest the ppo could grant it an offensive power. Like, a taser effect she can trigger at will. Wrap you up, then zap you down. Geez, every time I try to comment on sydney lately I get distracted by power ideas.

[Ibrinar]

Teleportation + hang glider (or maybe a wing suit). Not real flight but teleportation would allow me to regain height so I could fly for a long time. And teleportation allows for quick getaways and doing such things far away from your home.

[Qwertystop]

Moving through things (plus the walking-speed flight that requires as a secondary, I suppose, to stay above the floor). Not sure why, I just like the idea.

[Douglas]

If I could choose a power flight or teleportation would be my first choice. Well, if I'm the only one who gets a superpower. If there are other supers I would take powercopying.

I'd go with Harem's power, mainly for the multiple bodies. Teleportation is nice, but that degree of multitasking is better.

That's assuming choices like "make up my own power" and "omnipotence" are not available, of course.

[TheEmerged]

Heh, as I said in that thread, I'd want to be able to perceive the past at any location I'm at, in such a way that what I was perceiving could be recorded.

I wouldn't survive a week, given the people that would want me very, very dead very, very quickly.

[Reltzik]

New comic, extra-large splash page.

.... what?

It's extra large, and look at panel 5. That's a splash page.

I SAID IT'S A SPLASH PAGE!

Answered my question about Sydney getting away from Ariana.

If I could have any power, it would be precognition with choice. Like, here's what happens if I do A, here's what happens if I do B, here's what happens if I do C, etc.

[John Campbell]

If I could have any power, it would be precognition with choice. Like, here's what happens if I do A, here's what happens if I do B, here's what happens if I do C, etc.

That lets you determine things like: The universe in which you live the longest is the one in which you do not throw grenades at Skitter.

I think I'd just go with telekinesis. With sufficient tk power and control, you can emulate a pretty wide array of powers.

[Douglas]

That lets you determine things like: The universe in which you live the longest is the one in which you do not throw grenades at Skitter.

To be fair, Coil's power was considerably more limited in several ways than what Reltzik described, she didn't give him much choice, and he gave it a damn good shot. Of all the people she faced, Coil is one of the select few who took her very seriously indeed right from the start. I can't really blame him for failing to guess that "controls bugs" would turn out to be one of the ultimate supreme powers.

[Discus-Spinner]

It's possibly a sign of age (or good sense) when you say that all the other powers can go hang, you'll take Achilles' unaging invulnerability, thanks muchly.

[Forum Explorer]

I would take instantanous creation of objects, and use that to create a moon base, and eventually terraform Mars after I figure how to do so without killing myself. Or create a space elevator. Or both!

[Traab]

I would like the power of Cypher from Marvel Comics. His power was the ability to understand any language, including computer programming. I like it because its a fairly low key power unless I choose to make it a big deal, and being able to communicate with anyone speaking any language would be awesome as heck. It has a lot of great potential for making a good living too.

[Hopeless]

Yes that would be a cool ability but for it to function properly it would need to include Empathy after all there are so many forms of communication that you would not only need to communicate on a physical and mental level that the emotional aspect might prove extremely vital if you want to insure that insect-like alien doesn't assume you asked them to consume you as that's how they pass on information to lots of their people...

[BannedInSchool]

After 24 hours puking my guts out just the perfect body and health every super in the comic gets for free seems like a great deal.

[Traab]

After 24 hours puking my guts out just the perfect body and health every super in the comic gets for free seems like a great deal.

Ahh but even superheroes get sick, then you have to worry about issues like

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[John Campbell]

To be fair, Coil's power was considerably more limited in several ways than what Reltzik described, she didn't give him much choice, and he gave it a damn good shot. Of all the people she faced, Coil is one of the select few who took her very seriously indeed right from the start. I can't really blame him for failing to guess that "controls bugs" would turn out to be one of the ultimate supreme powers.

Coil using his power to get unlimited predictions from Dinah - which he did a few times - pretty closely approximates it. It's not infallible - Coil got screwed a couple of times by not realizing that getting the answer could change the answer - but it's pretty good. Coil just made the mistake of picking a fight with Skitter. And to be fair, that was early enough in her career that he didn't have the, "Seriously, Skitter [SPOILERS DELETED], and you're still going, 'Meh, I could take her'? You really think you can do better than [SPOILER], [SPOILER], or [SPOILER]??" that later opponents had the benefit of.


I'd actually considered my DCA PC's powerset, which includes immunity to age, disease, poison, starvation, thirst, suffocation, and any kind of light effect (which I actually ate), including gamma radiation, plus regeneration, enough enhanced toughness to shrug off rifle bullets, flight (at interplanetary travel levels), powerful and fine control over light, and the ability to create and manipulate solid light constructs, but I wasn't sure it qualified as a single power, though it all comes ultimately from the same source. It's also pretty heavy on the comic-book physics, if the phrase "solid light" hadn't tipped you off to that already.

[AvatarVecna]

Instinctive, localized dynakinesis. If I get a secondary power, I'd pair it with an internal, infinite capacity, infinite amperage energy battery. But if I only got one, definitely the first.

[Kantaki]

New comic.

Maxima's ringtone is great. It fits Sydney very well.

The annoying guy is there again? I hope he survives.

[HandofShadows]

New comic.

Maxima's ringtone is great. It fits Sydney very well.

The annoying guy is there again? I hope he survives.

Oh that song fits so well. Here is the song for those who don't know what it is. https://youtu.be/3iDl2zwF8TM

Really though, I think Sydney is good for Maxima to have around in some respects. It gets her to enjoy life a little more.

[Reltzik]

Obviously Maxima WANTED Sydney to hear that. Otherwise she could have super-speed answered it before two words got out and Sydney was able to recognize the song. Sydney announced she'd misdialed so she wasn't surprised. I guess that awkward expression is her rethinking whether that was a good idea after the fact.

[Kantaki]

New comic.

I didn't expect Brad to stay unharmed this long. On a more positive note "Event Horizon Comics" is doing well at the moment.

[Emperordaniel]

New comic.

I didn't expect Brad to stay unharmed this long. On a more positive note "Event Horizon Comics" is doing well at the moment.

I guess you could say that the store's profits are no longer below the event horizon.

[Discus-Spinner]

I didn't expect Brad to stay unharmed this long.

We don't actually know what he was about to say, of course. At this point, Max has no actual grounds for complaint against him. And as somebody pointed out elsewhere, he's actually been keeping his eyes at eye level, which is a mark in his favour, considering.

[BannedInSchool]

"...nice specular highlights."

[Traab]

nice cheekbones.


On a more serious note, there is something I always wanted to ask superheroes like max or ben grimm. Do they have to work out at all to maintain their physiques? As a related question, does working out actually do anything for them? Like, could the Thing increase his strength further by constantly working on his bench pressing skills? Could Max increase her speed and endurance by running on a specialty treadmill?

[HandofShadows]

Ben Grimm (The Thing from the FF) does work out. In earlier issues Reed Richards would actually have to invent machines and the like for him to work out on.

[Forum Explorer]

Ben Grimm (The Thing from the FF) does work out. In earlier issues Reed Richards would actually have to invent machines and the like for him to work out on.

Question is if he needs to, or if it's just for the pleasure of working out.

[Traab]

Question is if he needs to, or if it's just for the pleasure of working out.

Also is the reverse true? If he stopped working out, spent 6 months playing couch potato, would he lose strength? Would he fall back to a base level of strength and no weaker? Continue to weaken the longer he did nothing?

[drachefly]

"... coworkers."

[Traab]

New update. Heh. Personally, I dont think its really the same, but then, im a guy, so maybe women find battle damaged shirtless guys with obviously busted ribs and black eyes sexy? Also, noone who knows harem should be surprised by this. Especially considering what she did yesterday to virtually the entire male lineup of supers.