What is your B-Grade super power?

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I was going to say complete invulnerability but normal sense of pain.

But I guess that was the Tick's power, come to think of it.
 
To come in second in any contest.
I'll never win, but I'll come sooooo close.
Most disappointing power evar.
My superhero name would be "First Loser"

--Patrick
 

doomdragon6

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I actually just rolled a character for a Marvel Tabletop game. I picked my first two powers, but didn't really care for anything else, but the rule is you start with 3. So we randomly rolled for my third power. I don't remember the exact name, but it's basically:

- Emotion Push
I can heighten or lower a certain emotion that someone is experiencing. If they're happy I can't make them sad, but if they're angry I can make them VERY angry.

I'm actually not even sure I can lower it.

Anyway, it's not useless, but it sure as hell isn't prime pickings.
 

GasBandit

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Reminds me of rolling characters for GURPS. To get extra points, I'd take some disadvantages, and my first go-to disadvantage was Odious Personal Habits (-5). But there were some real doozies if you were really wanting to minmax. Suddenly Minmax from the Goblins comic giving up his ability to rhyme for an extra skill point sounds positively mundane.
 

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I want to be telepathetic. It's like telepathy, except you can bring everyone in a room way down.

Not sure what it would do. "I'm still killing you, but I don't feel great about it."
 
I want to be telepathetic. It's like telepathy, except you can bring everyone in a room way down.
William H Macy stars in a movie about that. He's a person paid to make people become unhappy and unlucky at casinos by one of the Baldwins.
 
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One of my employees asked me this today. Caveats:

  • Your power can't be strong enough for you to be a "main character". Sidekick level power at best.
  • You can only choose one
My answer: "Slapstick Lucky". I would like to avoid all danger, but in a bumbling and funny way. For instance, I trip and fall face-first into a pie, only to find out that I narrowly avoided the sniper's bullet, or I find myself choking on a steak, only to see the people around me dropping like flies from the poison gas.
Pretty much this. Any time RPG'ing if my character wasn't going to be one of the main heroes, comic relief was always nice.
 
I didn't mean that in a negative way. Can see how it would come across like that.
And I meant the "Well, ok then" to represent that I was accepting of this, followed by a pause and slight shrug and a return to what I was doing.

--Patrick
 
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I want the power to do the slow motion "Nooooooooooooooo" leap, complete with the extra deep voice.[DOUBLEPOST=1413861850,1413861692][/DOUBLEPOST]Also, ever since I was a kid, I thought it would be really cool but ultimately useless to open outwardly swinging double doors telekineticly.
 
Retractable claws. I would waste the HELL out of these, scratching up the walls, picking my teeth, and in years time they'd be useless.
 

GasBandit

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The ability to selectively phase through my own body. IE, I want to be able to scoop my hand through my face and bring out a handful of yeeccchh, clearing my sinuses at will.
 
The ability to reach into my pocket and to pull exactly as much money as I need at any time (it appears from nowhere), but only for thing you would actually pay for in cash. So I could go out and pay for dinner at a nice restaurant, but I couldn't go out and get a car. Clever uses might include paying a ransom on the spot and always paying exactly 15% on tips.[DOUBLEPOST=1413921455,1413921403][/DOUBLEPOST]
The ability to selectively phase through my own body. IE, I want to be able to scoop my hand through my face and bring out a handful of yeeccchh, clearing my sinuses at will.
Oh geez, I'd love that with my allergy problems.
 
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