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[–] Ziglin@lemmy.world 1 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

Where is Attractive Enby? πŸ˜₯

[–] Maven@lemmy.zip 1 points 10 hours ago
[–] RizzRustbolt@lemmy.world 1 points 12 hours ago

Invisibility, chameleon, shapeshifter.

The Redundant Spy.

[–] Jimmycrackcrack@lemmy.ml 2 points 15 hours ago

Isn't divine powers all of these?

[–] psoul@lemmy.world 1 points 14 hours ago

Insanely Rich, Submariner, Shape Shifter.

Now let’s go explore the titanic shall we?

[–] Randelung@lemmy.world 2 points 20 hours ago

I mean, Magic is just "all of the above".

[–] fnrir@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day 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 15 hours 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.

[–] hOrni@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

Just give me being attractive and fuck the rest.

[–] dutchkimble@lemy.lol 6 points 1 day ago

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

[–] Etterra@discuss.online 5 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day 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.

[–] Venator@lemmy.nz 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

You could use many of the other options to become insanely rich relatively quickly πŸ˜…

But yeah I guess skipping the part where you rob a bank or something does have some appeal πŸ˜…

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 1 points 20 hours ago (2 children)

I would say with 'insanely rich,' 'intellect' and 'gadgets,' you could pretty much achieve any of the rest you wanted on your own.

[–] Cycle0861@lemmy.world 2 points 9 hours ago
[–] Kerred@lemmy.world 3 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 19 hours ago)

Plus insanely rich is the best way to do things like have people adore you, avoid jail, etc., depending on where you live of course.

Personally I would prefer heightened memory to intellect. But a way to not let the embarrassing moments affect my brain at all.

[–] starman2112@sh.itjust.works 16 points 1 day ago (1 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

[–] KomfortablesKissen@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Wouldn't "chameleon" be enough for that? Or "shape shifter"?

[–] Etterra@discuss.online 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

That depends on what chameleon means exactly. Does it let you change color, is it more like a predator cloak, or is it like being an octopus, or is it more like being able to blend in through body language and pheromones and become kind of hidden, or being a social chameleon who can fit into any circumstances. It's kind of a vague word without any more description.

It still would be like Makeup, hiding blemishes and stuff, but yeah, thinking about it again, it might just be shapeshifting.

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

That would mean you could turn into an attractive form but you wouldn't be inherently attractive in your own.

Shapeshifting doesn't have any limitations in this picture, so you might as well choose a form and stick to it as your new standard. The chameleon might only function as a kind of makeup, where you temporarily hide your blemishes, I'm not sure.

[–] TheGuyTM3@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 day ago

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

[–] djsoren19@yiffit.net 8 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 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.

[–] Obi@sopuli.xyz 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Lmao I didn't see divine powers, I guess you can just pick that and stop there, once you're a literal god give yourself anything on the list, easy-peasy.

[–] djsoren19@yiffit.net 4 points 1 day ago

I'm taking it to mean something more akin to a cleric's Domain from D&D, as opposed to you turning into divinity. So you can pray to your god, and as long as it's within your god's domain, it will be granted.

That is still fucking busted, especially if combined with magic, but to your point, godhood makes the whole list moot.

[–] VinesNFluff@pawb.social 21 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (10 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.

[–] Etterra@discuss.online 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Enjoy being 16 trillion years old and bored out of your mind, if you're even still sane lol

[–] VinesNFluff@pawb.social 1 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago)

Methinks eventually going completely nuts is part and parcel of the supervillain lifestyle

I know what I signed up for.

Now all I need is a hero type who will antagonise me and mess with my plans... But never kill me or take my wealth to reduce my power. And also we'll have a rivalry that borders on the homoerotic sexual tension.

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[–] HellsBelle@sh.itjust.works 1 points 23 hours ago

With chameleon, healing and unarmed combat I could rule the world.

[–] fool@discuss.tchncs.de 8 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 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 】

[–] Buddahriffic@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

Yeah, the power gamer one is siphon abilities plus whatever two give the best advantage with that. Though psychic might be enough to negate any other, plus would help figure out where to get the others.

Though it's hard to meta game with just ability names. Like it could be god tier where teleportation works like you said and can be used on its own to find things or people, or it could be the kind where using it at all is risky because you might end up inside a wall.

Psychic could mean you can freely look into the future, past, and present (like knowing your opponent's poker hand). It could mean you get a warning if you need to deal with danger. Either of those could make invulnerability unnecessary (along with very rich, intellect, physical fighting, and others). Or it could just be con artistry like psychics that sell their "abilities" in the world we live in.

Siphon abilities might be permanent, temporary, or might require contact with the ability owner to use the ability. Maybe you get a copy of the ability or the original owner loses their ability. Maybe it applies only to powers on the list or maybe to any skill/ability.

Magic and divine power are especially vague, could be anything from the most powerful on the list (maybe even including everything else on the list already) to what real life magicians and priests can do.

[–] lemmy_outta_here@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day 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.

[–] JayObey711@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

I think insanely rich is probably the worst thing on the list. How are you immortal and the smartest person alive and still broke? You should find ways to make a fortune easily oorr if you really want to change something you can use your power to actually improve the system in the long-term and not just profit yourself.

[–] dual_sport_dork@lemmy.world 11 points 1 day 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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[–] Matshiro@szmer.info 6 points 1 day 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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[–] Evrala@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago* (last edited 10 hours 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.

[–] brlemworld@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day 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

[–] Tedesche@lemmy.world 25 points 2 days ago (4 children)

Attractive male, insanely rich, intellect.

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

[–] Maven@lemmy.zip 16 points 2 days ago (1 children)

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

[–] DarkSpectrum@lemmy.world 27 points 2 days ago

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

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[–] philycheeze@sh.itjust.works 65 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Easy: Attractive Female, Attractive Male and implants.

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[–] notarobot@lemm.ee 5 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

Immortal, invulnerable, teleportation

Now I can do whatever I want without having to worry about consequences.

I picked teleportation because I'd hate for example if somehow someone launched me into a sun or black hole and there was nothing I could do forever.

Being immortal an invulnerable I assume I'd be able to get rich very easily.

I also assume the following:

  • immortal mean that you don't die of old age or sickness
  • invulnerable still ages (counter with immortal)
  • divine is not godlike but jesuslike. Can perform miracles or even come back to life but has limited power. Not immortal, not invulnerable
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