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What is your B-Grade super power?

Aug 28, 2014#1

Tinwhistler

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.

Aug 28, 2014#2

Dave

Anti-gravity/levitation. I can't fly, but I can make myself go up & down at will. I can push off stuff and move that way, but I have no control over horizontal movement.

Aug 28, 2014#3

DarkAudit

Dave said:
Anti-gravity/levitation. I can't fly, but I can make myself go up & down at will. I can push off stuff and move that way, but I have no control over horizontal movement.

The ladder industry has just put a hit out on you.

Aug 28, 2014#4

Yoshimickster

The classic time-stop, that eats away at my own life if I use it for too long OR- flame breath but, I can only control the density of said and not its form.

Aug 28, 2014#5

Bowielee

The ability to eat ANYTHING. Arms that detach and can be used as clubs. Blowing myself into a big rubber ball. Changing the color of everything I touch.

Aug 28, 2014#6

fade

Tinwhistler said:
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.

Did you ever read Douglas Adam's Dirk Gently novels?[DOUBLEPOST=1409246832,1409246720][/DOUBLEPOST]

Dave said:
Anti-gravity/levitation. I can't fly, but I can make myself go up & down at will. I can push off stuff and move that way, but I have no control over horizontal movement.

I liked in My Secret Identity how he had all of superman's powers except flight. He could levitate, but not propel himself. He used the incredibly environmental propulsion of spray cans.

Aug 28, 2014#7

LittleKagsin

I'm sixes between being able to see in the dark, which would help my fear of the basement greatly.

Or having eagle vision where I could see things really far away. Which would be so helpful when I'm driving to a new place I don't know, ala 'Is it this street? I can't see the street name so I dunno and GAH YES TURN RIGHT NOW!'

I'm leaning towards Eagle Vision because I'm a terrible address finder.

Aug 28, 2014#8

GasBandit

The ability to know where any given object is exactly, so long as I'm already within 100 meters of it.

Aug 28, 2014#9

Ravenpoe

Bowielee said:
Blowing myself

Aug 28, 2014#10

Celt Z

See into the future by a couple of hours. It doesn't give you a lot of time to prepare, but it's a head start.

Aug 28, 2014#11

Dave

Celt Z said:
See into the future by a couple of hours. It doesn't give you a lot of time to prepare, but it's a head start.

And lottery numbers.

Aug 28, 2014#12

Celt Z

Dave said:
And lottery numbers.

There are perks. :unibrow:

Aug 28, 2014#13

Ravenpoe

Celt Z said:
See into the future by a couple of hours. It doesn't give you a lot of time to prepare, but it's a head start.

I once had a gurps character that was a temporal theif. He could steal things from the future, but only from himself, and since general adventurer theory states that any equipment held in the future by an adventurer will be better than what he has in the present, this was always an upgrade.

So in a time of great need, he would simply pop briefly into the future, and swipe whatever amazing sword his future self was wielding before popping back into the past. Unfortunately, this almost always led to his past self appearing right after to steal said sword from him.

Aug 28, 2014#14

Covar

Bowielee said:
The ability to eat ANYTHING. Arms that detach and can be used as clubs. Blowing myself into a big rubber ball. Changing the color of everything I touch.

Be honest, you're only really interested in the flight rings.

Aug 28, 2014#15

Bowielee

Covar said:
Be honest, you're only really interested in the flight rings.

It's true. Plus I want to meet Superboy.

Aug 28, 2014#16

Frank

Awesome. Seriously.

Aug 28, 2014#17

Hylian

To have my brain hooked up to the internet so I can have all of mankind's knowledge at my fingertips

Aug 28, 2014#18

GasBandit

Tentacle dicks.

Aug 28, 2014#19

AshburnerX

I always wanted teleportation. Just the ability to like... pop up at the pizza place near me, get my pizza, and then pop it back over a friend in a different state for movie night or something. Just for everyday, mundane things.

Aug 28, 2014#20

fade

I had a friend in Boston who was really into Matter Eater Lad. She had a t-shirt and everything.

Aug 28, 2014#21

Yoshimickster

The ability to make wormholes just bigger than my fist.

Aug 28, 2014#22

GasBandit

Yoshimickster said:
The ability to make wormholes just bigger than my fist.

"The ability to punch people in the face via TCP/IP?"

Aug 28, 2014#23

PatrThom

Bowielee said:
It's true. Plus I want to meet Superboy.

And Reflecto.

--Patrick

Aug 28, 2014#24

Cheesy1

I'd call myself "Nirvana" and my power would be that whomever I touch would instantly feel at peace and oneness with the universe.

Aug 28, 2014#25

GasBandit

Cheesy1 said:
I'd call myself "Nirvana" and my power would be that whomever I touch would instantly feel at peace and oneness with the universe.

Depending on how that worked out, you could become the greatest threat to human civilization.

Your super-name could be "The Euphio."

Aug 28, 2014#26

HCGLNS

Completely immune to getting intoxicated by alcohol.

Aug 28, 2014#27

Bowielee

HCGLNS said:
Completely immune to getting intoxicated by alcohol.

That would be the most useless power ever. It would make drinking alcohol pointless.

Aug 28, 2014#28

HCGLNS

Exactly! As a sidekick, my super-heroine leader Mega-Tits would often send me into bars to drink the villains under the table to get them to reveal their plans!

Aug 28, 2014#29

Covar

fade said:
I had a friend in Boston who was really into Matter Eater Lad. She had a t-shirt and everything.

I assume she voted for him in the last Legion election.

Aug 28, 2014#30

Tinwhistler

Celt Z said:
See into the future by a couple of hours. It doesn't give you a lot of time to prepare, but it's a head start.

Aug 28, 2014#31

Celt Z

If you just called me Nicholas Cage, we are no longer friends.

Aug 28, 2014#32

Dave

The ability to see through my closed eyelids.

Aug 28, 2014#33

GasBandit

That would suck! How would you get any sleep?

Aug 28, 2014#34

Dei

All I can really want in a superpower is an ability to make children love doing homework, after the week I have had.

Aug 28, 2014#35

WasabiPoptart

GasBandit said:
That would suck! How would you get any sleep?

Sleep mask.[DOUBLEPOST=1409270650,1409270403][/DOUBLEPOST]My B-Grade superpower is that I can hold my breath for hours at a time. I can go underwater without scuba breathing gear and I can play dead really well.

Aug 28, 2014#36

GasBandit

WasabiPoptart said:
Sleep mask.[DOUBLEPOST=1409270650,1409270403][/DOUBLEPOST]My B-Grade superpower is that I can hold my breath for hours at a time. I can go underwater without scuba breathing gear and I can play dead really well.

Girlbrush Threepwood.

Aug 28, 2014#37

Bowielee

Gilhorn Sheepgood?

Milthrush Wiltude?

Aug 28, 2014#38

fade

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.

Aug 28, 2014#39

Mathias

GasBandit said:
"The ability to punch people in the face via TCP/IP?"

HEY! That's my dream!

Aug 28, 2014#40

Tinwhistler

Celt Z said:
If you just called me Nicholas Cage, we are no longer friends.

Nah..but Next is one of his pretty underrated movies. He can see 2 minutes into the future.

Aug 28, 2014#41

drifter

The ability to always get a green light while driving.

Aug 28, 2014#42

Gusto

Polyglot.

Aug 28, 2014#43

klew

The power to control the ripening of fruits and vegetables (can be hero or villain)

Aug 28, 2014#44

Ravenpoe

klew said:
The power to control the ripening of fruits and vegetables (can be hero or villain)

Nooooooo, you've turned my apples brown. You monster!

Aug 29, 2014#45

PatrThom

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

Aug 29, 2014#46

Ravenpoe

PatrThom said:
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

Hope you don't get involved in a duel.

Aug 29, 2014#47

Dave

I'd challenge you to a contest guessing lottery numbers.

Aug 29, 2014#48

GasBandit

Dave said:
I'd challenge you to a contest guessing lottery numbers.

You guess one, he guesses none.

Aug 29, 2014#49

Enresshou

Ravenpoe said:
Hope you don't get involved in a duel.

Unless you're Andrew Jackson.

Aug 29, 2014#50

PatrThom

Enresshou said:
Unless you're Andrew Motherfuckin' Jackson.

FTFY

--Patrick

Aug 29, 2014#51

GasBandit

To give off a strong, permeating odor of cucumbers!

/we're so meta

Aug 29, 2014#52

PatrThom

And licorice.
That is, assuming it doesn't have any of the other effects of licorice.

--Patrick

Aug 29, 2014#53

Enresshou

PatrThom said:
And licorice.
That is, assuming it doesn't have any of the other effects of licorice.

--Patrick

Yeeeeah...on that note, if you like starfruit (carambola), be careful if you're taking blood pressure medication. It can amplify/extend the effects of those meds...

Aug 29, 2014#54

doomdragon6

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.

Aug 29, 2014#55

GasBandit

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.

Aug 29, 2014#56

fade

GasBandit said:
To give off a strong, permeating odor of cucumbers!

/we're so meta

Channeling @PatrThom : the word you're looking for is callback.

Aug 29, 2014#57

PatrThom

fade said:
Channeling @PatrThom : the word you're looking for is callback.

Is...is this what I have become?
Well, ok then.

--Patrick

Aug 29, 2014#58

fade

I didn't mean that in a negative way. Can see how it would come across like that.

Aug 29, 2014#59

fade

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."

Aug 29, 2014#60

Celt Z

fade said:
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."

Oh good, now Fade can make everyone not like it, either.

Aug 29, 2014#61

HCGLNS

fade said:
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.

Aug 29, 2014#62

Tiger Tsang

Tinwhistler said:
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.

Aug 29, 2014#63

PatrThom

fade said:
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

Oct 20, 2014#64

fade

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.

Oct 20, 2014#65

Yoshimickster

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.

Oct 20, 2014#66

Bowielee

Yoshimickster said:
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.

Oct 20, 2014#67

Yoshimickster

Bowielee said:

Which is why I'd get puma style claws, more natchy and easier to adapt to.

Oct 21, 2014#68

General Specific

The ability to know the most efficient way to get anywhere. Always take the best route in a car or instantly know which flight will be the best to take.

Oct 21, 2014#69

GasBandit

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.

Oct 21, 2014#70

AshburnerX

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]

GasBandit said:
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.

Oct 21, 2014#71

Chad Sexington

My b-grade power is a-grade b-roll production:

Oct 22, 2014#72

Null

B-grade super power... Hmm. Whenever my wallet is out of cash, once per day, it will spontaneously generate local currency worth between $10 and $50. Not enough to go on a wild spending spree, but enough if you need to suddenly hail a cab or fill your gas tank or it's really late and you're too tired to cook so you want to stop for takeout or something - basically you're never caught completely broke. The process takes several uninterrupted minutes so you can't just spend it, close the wallet, and open it back up for more.

Oct 22, 2014#73

Yoshimickster

A naturally moist scalp. I don't care if that's not a real power, MY HEAD IS ITCHY!

Oct 22, 2014#74

Ravenpoe

AshburnerX said:
So I could go out and pay for dinner at a nice restaurant, but I couldn't go out and get a car.

Every car I've ever owned was paid for, in full, in cash... am I weird?

Oct 22, 2014#75

AshburnerX

Ravenpoe said:
Every car I've ever owned was paid for, in full, in cash... am I weird?

Maybe I should clarify: With this power, you couldn't go out and buy a NEW car. You could buy a used junker or whatever.

Oct 23, 2014#76

drifter

Come to think of it, a pretty useful superpower would be the ability to touch any old piece of junk and have it work perfectly while in one's possession.

Oct 23, 2014#77

PatrThom

To instantly know the weight and caliber of any bullet which strikes me.

--Patrick

Oct 23, 2014#78

Bumble the Boy Wonder

To know anyone's life history, simply by eating their feces. But it only works, as long as the feces is being eaten.

Oct 23, 2014#79

Ravenpoe

AshburnerX said:
Maybe I should clarify: With this power, you couldn't go out and buy a NEW car. You could buy a used junker or whatever.

Did Ash just call my car a junker? Oh, it's fight time, now!

Oct 23, 2014#80

Zappit

The power to see through any translucent surface as if it were transparent!

Oct 23, 2014#81

PatrThom

Zappit said:
The power to see through any translucent surface as if it were transparent!

Shower doors would mean nothing to you!
Also, you would be able to see through your eyelids. You hear that, @Dave?

Oct 23, 2014#82

Terrik

Bumble the Boy Wonder said:
To know anyone's life history, simply by eating their feces. But it only works, as long as the feces is being eaten.

Why Bumble

Oct 23, 2014#83

Bumble the Boy Wonder

Terrik said:
Why Bumble

We can't all live in a dream land @Terrik my friend.

Oct 23, 2014#84

Celt Z

Does this mean Bumble's codename would be Shitlord?

Oct 23, 2014#85

fade

The Shit-eating Grin

Oct 23, 2014#86

Bumble the Boy Wonder

I am full of shitgrin due to these latest posts.

What?

Oh dang it, I meant chagrin. Chagrin!

Oct 24, 2014#87

mikerc

Bumble the Boy Wonder said:
To know anyone's life history, simply by eating their feces. But it only works, as long as the feces is being eaten.

And, uh, just how do you expect you would find out you have this power?

Oh, and my power - photographic memory. But only 256Mb's worth.

Oct 24, 2014#88

fade

More like Johnny Mnemonic Device...

Oct 24, 2014#89

PatrThom

mroosc1979 said:
And, uh, just how do you expect you would find out you have this power?

Babies.

--Patrick

Oct 24, 2014#90

WasabiPoptart

I bake totally awesome cakes! But Lex Luthor always steals them.

Oct 24, 2014#91

Cheesy1

Only bake 39 of them and I think you'll be fine.

Oct 25, 2014#92

evilmike

WasabiPoptart said:
I bake totally awesome cakes! But Lex Luthor always steals them.

Oh no! That's terrible.

Oct 25, 2014#93

PatrThom

evilmike said:
Oh no! That's terrible.

It's nigh-terrible.

--Patrick

Oct 29, 2014#94

Null

Cheesy1 said:
Only bake 39 of them and I think you'll be fine.

That's almost as many as four tens. And that's terrible.

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