I've been a fan of TK for years, but more recently thought the idea of duplication (ie Naruto style) could be very cool, you could accomplish just about anything in a few hours, and you learn anything your dupe does, so, you could learn quite a bit. hold 5 jobs at once, go to school, get multiple degree's at once, all the while only paying for one mouth to feed and one roof over your head.
If you do it right you could have your own role-playing group, no one else needed.
I think they did that with Jaime Madrox' power back when he had his own limited series..that was pretty damn cool.
Have you guys seen "No Heroics?" Its basicaly a group of people with minor powers (and costumes) trying to make a living:)
Go to No Heroics.
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but how would the world change...?
It wouldn't change -- it always was.
I think that it would lend itself to a fierce tiering system along the lines of peasants/kings. Science would also be very different if it even existed at all. Science is largely observing cause and effect in the natural world. Super powers bypass that. It might also get people to try and force certain unions trying to get the ultimate child.
If you're into comic books, you should try and check out 2112.
This reminds me the old Runequest game, in which every character had a bit of magic.
<strums power chord & sings in a shrill>
We are the Priests of the Temples of Syrinx!...
...oh ... not that 2112.
<kicks rocks>
2112?
<covers mouth when gasping>
You. don't. know. 2112?
unfortunantly my little cave is hideously media deprived (hell until a year ago i didn't know what the matrix was...)
Ok. I'll bite. Under which rock on this planet have you been calling home all these years? :P
...which is usually made of rocks, so my position stands.
I have a superpower! Fer real! I can re-tell a joke, any joke, even read it out loud and make the joke not-funny!
And and on top of that, I'm a black belt Punster. I can pun anything! Almost, well, nearly anything, most things, no alot of things! Some things at least... Yup, I'm the Pun'isher!
Not the "I-heard-this-great-joke-the-other-day-wanna-hear-guy?", nope, that aint me...
I would have godlike sexual endurance.
Can I get the superpower to make the IRS totally forget about me?
After two hours in traffic yesterday, I really hope I never have the ability to make other drivers' heads explode... the carnage would be staggering.
thats a power i think everyone would wish they had
except for me.
i agree there are better powers out there...
but pooping out fat ain't one of 'em.
that could be done with GM, it aint a power
GM?
that could be done with GM, it aint a powerGM?
You mean we already have this technology?
I think they did that with Jaime Madrox' power back when he had his own limited series..that was pretty damn cool.I've been a fan of TK for years, but more recently thought the idea of duplication (ie Naruto style) could be very cool, you could accomplish just about anything in a few hours, and you learn anything your dupe does, so, you could learn quite a bit. hold 5 jobs at once, go to school, get multiple degree's at once, all the while only paying for one mouth to feed and one roof over your head.
If you do it right you could have your own role-playing group, no one else needed.
oh yes, it was a great series.
Ooh! Ooh! I just discovered I have another super power. The ability to not feel earthquakes.
There was a 7.0 that I slept through when I used to live in San Diego.
i've been plondering this idea for a little while (which may eventually turn into a champaign but for now its just a little thought)
imagine a world where everyone had superpowers, but most people having lame powers, and very few (like 1 in a million) having superman/ god like powers
lets say this has always been the case, since the start of time
how would the world be different?
what would be the biggest differences?
Read the 'Wild Cards' books to see what that sort off world would be like
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i wonder is i should be worried that nothing mentioned makes any sense...
Sorry, that's another one of my powers. I can take a conversation, and take in a direction that is so out there that you won't remember how you got there.
I once took a conversation from Twilight to Mr. Rogers. Yeah, it's seems like a useless power, but I really know how to use it.
Wait, what?
I once took a conversation from Twilight to Mr. Rogers.
Most of us call would call that delivering a letter.
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I once took a conversation from Twilight to Mr. Rogers.Most of us call would call that delivering a letter.
I just wanted her to stop bad-mouthing the series. She did, but even I don't remember how the conversation went from sprakly nosferatu to Mr. Roger getting a train of New Yorkers to sing "Will you be my Neighbor?"