I need dumb "super" powers!
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Cheesesteak Man - the power to choose between Geno's or Pat's. 
Espresso Man - powers of jittery nervousness and insomnia.
Espresso Man - powers of jittery nervousness and insomnia.
DriveThru Speaker Man - power to have no one understand my voice. Also known as Bob Dylan Man and First 20 Minutes Of Trainspotting Man.
Pat's is better.Cheesesteak Man - the power to choose between Geno's or Pat's.
Pat's is better.Cheesesteak Man - the power to choose between Geno's or Pat's.
How so?
I have never been to Philly, but I always wondered how the locals choose between them, especially since they're right across from each other...
I like this one. I have no idea what good it would do anyone, but I like it. And it gave me an idea...Dramatic Entrance Man: the power to generate dramatic music whenever he enters a room.
The power to give people cavities.
The power to tickle from a distance.
The power to produce a ball bearing from your belly button once every 24 hours.
The power to grow a protective turtle shell over the top of your head.
The power to control balloon animals.
The power to tickle from a distance.
The power to produce a ball bearing from your belly button once every 24 hours.
The power to grow a protective turtle shell over the top of your head.
The power to control balloon animals.
This one has GOT to be my favorite.
I take it that in order to be sure they don't have cavities (so that you can maximise the impact of the power) you'll have to perform a cavity search beforehand?
^^ Unfortunately, invulnerability is not part of the package. 
My personal favorite, though I can't think of a use for it.
Long fingernails make excellent weapons.
A variation would be this:
The power to cause Lady Gaga's meat dress to cook itself on cue, and to cause a large serving of eggs to appear on her head.
This is in.
This might be too powerful, especially if you consider fog to be low-flying clouds. I'm thinking about it, though.
This is 'in'.
This may be 'in' - but I don't know Polish, so I'll probably change it to something I do.
This is 'in'.
Given the way RPG rounds work, this is actually too powerful! Unless I limit how often they can do it....
This is 'in'.
Why wouldn't you only put them in when you want to use the X-Ray vision?
I think this is 'in'. And now 'out'. And now 'in'. And now, 'shaken all about'.
This is 'in', but I'm thinking of making it always the same carpet, so it disappears from where it was to appear where it is conjured.
I'm trying to work this one out in my head, because wouldn't you be around to use this power?
I know very little Russian, and even less in the way of Russian pop music (pretty much just some stuff by Tatu), so nyet.
This, strangely enough, is 'in'.The ability to just be you, because you don't need to be super... we like you just the way you are...
Lady Gaga is awesome. In my game world, one of the members (Mighty Aphrodite) of one of the serious superhero teams is close friends with her.
And yes, I know her music is almost entirely inane. (And insanely catchy.
) But I have a decent amount of respect for the woman herself - not her Gaga stage persona, I'm talking about Stefani Germanotta.
This is 'in'.
Well, not from a standing start. I have to crouch all the way down to start. And to be honest, it's probably more like a little over 5 feet. It would be more if I was taller, I suspect - but I'm glad I'm not.
I can envision a dude just standing somewhere and then without any prep or warning - boom, he's 6 feet in the air. Kinda awesome, and, almost useless - so it has that going for it. But I'm worried I would waste a bit of time trying to explain this power to the person who gets it - or I wouldn't explain it well and it would get unused.
You win the Internet!
And I may end up perusing this before I'm done, but I'm more inclined to use powers people come up with here, since I "know" these people, and that makes it more fun - especially when I come back with my thread later, describing the game and what happened. This is 'in'.
This is 'in'.
This is also 'in'.
This isn't a superpower. People can do this. Points for the Python reference, though.
This is 'in'.
I'm worried that one particular player would get this one, and a 4 hr game would turn into something that goes on for far, far too long.The power to blow minds with my weapons-grade philosophical insights?
This is 'in'.
That's why I'm limiting it to 1 cubic foot per turn. It still might make the person who gets it the powerhouse of the team!
Mr. Block has used his powers to make a whole lot of money with a chain of stores all over the country, and doesn't have time for costumed crimefighting anymore.
I have these powers.
This is 'in'.
Since this is the opposite of what I'm hoping for with the game, this is 'out'.
I love this one. Trying to work it in.
I think you must've used this ability on my brain whenever I try to read this description. Whut?!
This is 'in'.
This is 'in' - but I think I'm going to expand it to a full-on WWE arena entrance, complete with multiple angle screens, smoke, and fireworks.
I'm trying to think how to use this one.
This is 'in'.
This is 'in'... your belly button! (And also in the game.)
This is 'in'.
I'm trying to figure out the line between too powerful and not powerful enough. If the balloons are inanimate, like normal, then they don't do much. But if the power animates them, this could actually be pretty powerful. Maybe one at a time? Hmmm... I think this is 'in'.
They do, which is why this is not in. I don't want excellent weapons. I want absurd ones.
the ability to make paint dry faster while you are watching it?
Eh, the language doesn't matter, so long as it's something random and amusing--which I find Polish to be.
No offense to any Polish folk around here. 
Excellent! I look forward to hearing what happens when someone can't pick a lock or bash it open, and tries crying acid onto it.
Good point, I forgot that a round lasts about, what, six seconds? Maybe they can only do it after ingesting hilarious amounts of sugar that leaves their character sick afterward.
Honestly, I dunno, that was just something I randomly threw out there.
Like my first suggestion, the language was just random. My original thought was German, but I thought Russian would be more amusing.I know very little Russian, and even less in the way of Russian pop music (pretty much just some stuff by Tatu), so nyet.
YAY! A couple of mine are in! Hmmm... here's another... the power to commune with ducks, geese, and various other waterfowl, as well as all kinds of platypuses... or platypi, I guess.
Hmmm... here's another... the power to commune with ducks, geese, and various other waterfowl, as well as all kinds of platypuses... or platypi, I guess.
