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[–] HollowNaught@lemmy.world 0 points 1 day ago

The most op power in my eyes is super speed. You basically get infinite, on demand mass, strength and endurance, and can (assuming you can go really fast) time travel

That being said, the only super power I'd ever want is the ability to create fast-acting hormones of my choosing, with my nails acting as syringes when willed to be able to inject or secrete them

AKA Emporio Ivankov

[–] starman2112@sh.itjust.works 17 points 4 days ago (5 children)

Attractive female, attractive male, invisibility

I'm the most beautiful creature on earth, and only I decide who gets the privilege of knowing it

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[–] philycheeze@sh.itjust.works 68 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Easy: Attractive Female, Attractive Male and implants.

[–] Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com 25 points 5 days ago (1 children)

“What kind of implants?”

“Yes.”

[–] FenrirIII@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

Vibrating hand.

[–] VinesNFluff@pawb.social 21 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (11 children)

I feel 'Magic' is able to cover a lot of these....

Anyway

Immortality, Insanely Rich, Magic.

I will then become a supervillainous evil wizard. Sorry-not-sorry.

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[–] Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.world 50 points 5 days ago (1 children)

This is so imbalanced and vague.

People used to go full on Rainman designing these CYOAs.

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[–] Tedesche@lemmy.world 26 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Attractive male, insanely rich, intellect.

Y’all have fun being superheroes. I’m gonna enjoy the fuck out of life.

[–] Maven@lemmy.zip 17 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Why would you pick intellect if you wanted a good time? Isn't ignorance bliss?

[–] DarkSpectrum@lemmy.world 31 points 4 days ago

Yes but that haven't received the intelligence power yet so they don't know that

[–] bountygiver@lemmy.ml 11 points 4 days ago (1 children)

There's no rules that says having powers mean you have to be a superhero

[–] hungryphrog@lemmy.blahaj.zone 10 points 4 days ago (1 children)

You could also be a supervillain... >:)

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[–] Deadeyegai@lemmy.world 40 points 5 days ago (7 children)

What exactly are divine powers? Are you basically the blue dude from Watchmen?

[–] CidVicious@sh.itjust.works 22 points 5 days ago (1 children)

1 level 2 and 2 level 1 Cleric spells

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[–] usualsuspect191@lemmy.ca 15 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Yeah, that one could easily include all the others and more

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[–] ogler@lemmynsfw.com 31 points 5 days ago

teleport, size manipulation, super smell. i am constantly teleporting into the rectums of famous actresses and experiencing ego death as their farts wash over me and erase all other sensations. i don't even remember my name or how long I've been doing this for. all i know is my mission. i am the fartshifter

[–] Jimmycrackcrack@lemmy.ml 3 points 3 days ago

Isn't divine powers all of these?

[–] dutchkimble@lemy.lol 6 points 3 days ago

Just need Magic and you can do all of the other things

[–] dual_sport_dork@lemmy.world 11 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Anyone who is planning shenanigans and doesn't take phasing or teleportation is asking for it. Sooner or later some government entity or another is going to try to put you in some kind of prison and you'd better have an escape card. Especially if you also take immortality. If you're immortal and some asshole Cask of Amontillados you, you're going to be pissed off about it forever.

And is "divine powers" just a free combo deal of magic, invisibility, and immortality?

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[–] djsoren19@yiffit.net 8 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (2 children)

wtf is this list, these are absolutely not equal powers. Magic alone accounts for 80% of this list. Magic, Divine Power, Attractive Lady is just the meta choice. Who the hell is gonna take something lame like Stamina or Invisibility when you could use magic powers to make yourself invisible and fly.

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[–] fool@discuss.tchncs.de 8 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (2 children)

Teleportation, invulnerability, siphon abilities.

And then I teleport to everyone in the thread.

Unless someone has teleportation, intellect, and siphon abilities. Then they might outwit me and find someone invulnerable before I do. But I might find someone intellectual before they do. And then it becomes a race.

Comic adaptation when?

That time I got 3 superpowers from a Lemmy post, but so did everyone else? Yuusha no Skill Siphon

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[–] SuiXi3D@fedia.io 23 points 5 days ago (5 children)

Immortal, invulnerable, teleport. I can be where I want to be, when I want to be, until the end of time.

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[–] Etterra@discuss.online 5 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

Insanely rich: cheat codes for a comfortable life.

Shapeshifter: renders attractiveness options irrelevant and has enormous utility.

Psionics or magic, depending on strength and utility. For pscionics it really depends on how broad a range we're talking about. If it's just one thing or two things, nah. Being able to fling things around with my mind and pyro/cryo/electrokinesis are all tangently attached to telekinesis is great. But so is being able to throw fireballs in reanimate the dead. So really it would depend on the rules and mechanics for the magic/psionic systems. I think pscionics if it's more like The Force or something strong from GURPS or RIFTS, magic if it's something strong from RIFTS or D&D. If both are awesome then I'd pick whatever has the most utility probably. Especially since magic can duplicate psionic abilities using certain magic systems. But if it's lame magic or requires something like Faustian pacts or answering to any kind of more powerful entity, screw that. But depending on the mechanics, psionics and magic are just different kinds of magic systems.

Tldr, being a stupidly rich shape-shifting reality bender sounds like the life.

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[–] fnrir@lemmy.world 4 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Give me arbitrary code execution and privilege escalation in the simulation we live in and I'll be satisfied.

[–] Jimmycrackcrack@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 days ago

I'd like that too, but I don't know how to program so it'd turn out to be a pretty cruel joke. I'd need that plus access to interdimensional internet so I could download scripts and be a scriptkiddy of reality.

[–] PoolloverNathan@programming.dev 18 points 5 days ago (1 children)
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[–] Klnsfw@lemmynsfw.com 6 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)
  • Shapeshifting: kinky (having sex as a boy or a girl, becoming any celebrity your partner likes), recreationnal (flying like a crow, swimming as an octopus) and useful if you want to do crimes

  • Telepathy: perfect understanding of the others, or mess with their brain if they deserve it Also, this is the perfect combo with shapeshifting to impersonate people (if someone is suspicious, you have the perfect answers to their questions)

  • Healing, because I know the feeling of being powerless when a loved one suffers

[–] Treczoks@lemmy.world 13 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I'll take Divine Powers. I think the rest will then sort out by itself.

[–] tetris11@lemmy.ml 7 points 4 days ago (2 children)

I'm trying to work out what that is. The ability to, uh, do everything on that list? If so, I will also take 3 scoops please.

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[–] hOrni@lemmy.world 4 points 3 days ago

Just give me being attractive and fuck the rest.

[–] qarbone@lemmy.world 13 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (2 children)

All choices depend on the degree of the power. How much can you lift with telekinesis and how dexterous is? Is magic cantrips, level 9 spells, or something even more arcane? To what level are the speed and strength "super"? Are you a "Captain America" super human or Superman?

Thankfully, my constant favorites are pretty definite: invulnerability and immortality.

What even is "psychic" and how is meaningfully different from "telekinesis" and "telepathy"? Is it bundling all the other -kineses? Yeah, I'm giving it too much thought but personally I don't like discussions based entirely on everyone not having enough information.

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[–] Matshiro@szmer.info 6 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Doesn't divine powers mean you can get anything on that list?

Its weird that not a lot of people decided to choose it.

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[–] brlemworld@lemmy.world 6 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

Attractive male, insanely rich, teleport.

I will no longer be single, I can vote in the US (only the rich get to vote with SuperPACs), I have a low carbon footprint

[–] lemmy_outta_here@lemmy.world 5 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Insanely rich, Intellect, Invulnerable. You could totally change the world - you would be like Elon Musk with a brain. When the shitty oligarchs throw you out a window, you just bounce.

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[–] CileTheSane@lemmy.ca 15 points 5 days ago

With Invisibility and Phasing you don't need to pick Super Rich.

[–] Evrala@lemmy.world 5 points 4 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Attractive female, immortal, divine powers.

But, not any major religion. Just start making flowers bloom in the name of some minor goddess that has good rules. Go around healing people and giving out free food.

See what that does to the world when basically every main religion is "wrong"

The Wiccans I know are generally good folk, what chaos when healing crystals actually start working?

Attempt to not go mad with power.

[–] TheGuyTM3@lemmy.ml 3 points 3 days ago

Shapeshifter, telekinesis and magic. Efficiency and modularity. And i'm lazy.

[–] Maven@lemmy.zip 15 points 5 days ago (5 children)

If you do "Attract Female", "Attract Male" and "Vampirism" you'll be able to pull the entire gender spectrum!

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