# You are granted a random superpower, how would you defeat the poster before you? **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [September 2, 2014, 10:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-are-granted-a-random-superpower-how-would-you-defeat-the-poster-before-you/697241 "2014-09-02T10:34:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2014, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-are-granted-a-random-superpower-how-would-you-defeat-the-poster-before-you/697241/21 "2014-09-02T14:48:19Z")
If you think this reality’s bad off now, just wait 'til I get through with it! ---
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2014, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-are-granted-a-random-superpower-how-would-you-defeat-the-poster-before-you/697241/22 "2014-09-02T14:51:05Z")
My poor Bat-guy is dead. ☹ But I am reincarnated as the [Aspect of Absolute Hatred](http://powerlisting.wikia.com/wiki/Aspect_of_Hatred), and my Raging Hate-Beast exists across all worlds… so **Prof. Pepperwinkle** is quickly chewed up and spat out, and again in the next world, and so on. ---
**Author:** ![Jragon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e19b73/32.png) [@Jragon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jragon)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2014, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-are-granted-a-random-superpower-how-would-you-defeat-the-poster-before-you/697241/23 "2014-09-02T15:01:52Z")
I… um… wait for you to get beaten up and then healed so I can become stronger? > **[Restoration Embodiment](https://powerlisting.fandom.com/wiki/Restoration_Embodiment)** > > The ability to become the embodiment of restoration. Variation of Concept Embodiment and Healing. Opposite to Decay Embodiment. Reconstruction Embodiment Restoration Incarnate The Restorer The Restoration The Living Restriction The Walking... ---
**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2014, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-are-granted-a-random-superpower-how-would-you-defeat-the-poster-before-you/697241/24 "2014-09-02T15:28:51Z")
[http://powerlisting.wikia.com/wiki/Crystal\_Imprisonment](http://powerlisting.wikia.com/wiki/Crystal_Imprisonment) A nice big chunk of amethyst on my mantlepiece, with **Jragon** frozen in mid-scream within for all eternity, would look pretty cool don’tcha think? ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2014, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-are-granted-a-random-superpower-how-would-you-defeat-the-poster-before-you/697241/25 "2014-09-02T15:43:56Z")
> **[Machine Empowerment](https://powerlisting.fandom.com/wiki/Machine_Empowerment)** > > The ability to gain strength from machines. Variation of Affinity and Technology Empowerment. Machine Affinity Robot Affinity/Empowerment User becomes stronger, faster, more durable, etc. from machines, either/both oneself and/or others, possibly... I totally punched the crystal with my robot hands and released a pissed-off **Jragon** , who promptly beats down **buddha** with his… restoration powers? Er, OK. ---
**Author:** ![YogSothoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/8edcca/32.png) [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2014, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-are-granted-a-random-superpower-how-would-you-defeat-the-poster-before-you/697241/26 "2014-09-02T17:26:21Z")
[http://powerlisting.wikia.com/wiki/Audible\_Inundation](http://powerlisting.wikia.com/wiki/Audible_Inundation) I shatter his machines with supersonic sound vibrations and turn his brain into liquid by blasting “Who Let The Dogs Out?” at 1000 decibels in his skull ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2014, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-are-granted-a-random-superpower-how-would-you-defeat-the-poster-before-you/697241/27 "2014-09-02T17:28:40Z")
> **[Prehensile Tentacles](https://powerlisting.fandom.com/wiki/Prehensile_Tentacles)** > > The power to possess tentacles that can extend to manipulate objects from a distance. Variation of Tentacle Manifestation and Prehensility. Elastic Tentacles Tentacle Extension The user can utilize their tentacles as extra mandibles; stretching,... I reach out with my tentacles and turn off the machine. Then I strangle him. Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![Kimble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kimble/32/19185_2.png) [@Kimble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimble)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2014, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-are-granted-a-random-superpower-how-would-you-defeat-the-poster-before-you/697241/28 "2014-09-02T18:22:58Z")
> **[Ifrit Physiology](https://powerlisting.fandom.com/wiki/Ifrit_Physiology)** > > It's a djinn that controls fire... It's called an Ifrit!Shahra The power to use the abilities of an Ifrit. Variation of Demon Physiology, Genie Physiology and Shaitan Physiology. Ifrit Form/Mimicry User with this ability either is or can transform... I teleport next to him invisibly (or just to within range of him) and then set him on fire. He tries to retaliate? Whoops, I’m on fire, too – now he’s more on fire. If he’s somehow immune to fire, I’ll use my enhanced speed, strength, and omni-immunity (!) to pound him to a pulp. My limitations: Susceptible to magic and able to be enslaved. That’s about it. Bring it on, suckers. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![The\_Hamster\_King](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8edcca/32.png) [@The\_Hamster\_King](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Hamster_King)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2014, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-are-granted-a-random-superpower-how-would-you-defeat-the-poster-before-you/697241/29 "2014-09-02T18:29:38Z")
You can’t be an Ifrit all the time. Sooner or later you’ll turn back to human form. And sooner or later you will go to a restaurant. Where I will be lying in wait. > **[Fork Manipulation](https://powerlisting.fandom.com/wiki/Fork_Manipulation)** > > The power to manipulate forks. Variation of Tableware Manipulation and Object Manipulation. Fork Control The user can create, shape and manipulate forks of matter and/or energy, shaping and combining them as needed, or moving them with telekinesis.... As you reach for your fork … it suddenly becomes 10,000 forks. They fly toward you, skewering you instantly. Ha ha! ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2014, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-are-granted-a-random-superpower-how-would-you-defeat-the-poster-before-you/697241/30 "2014-09-02T19:16:01Z")
> **[Internal Rupturing](https://powerlisting.fandom.com/wiki/Internal_Rupturing)** > > The ability to inflict internal injuries. Sub-power of Mutilation and Wound Inducement. Internal Attacking Internal Damage Inducement Rupture Internal Organs The user can inflict internal injuries, such as rupturing internal organs, on target. This... Meanwhile, your guts just became soup compliments of my internal rupturing powers. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Bravo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_bravo/32/493_2.png) [@Johnny\_Bravo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Bravo)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2014, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-are-granted-a-random-superpower-how-would-you-defeat-the-poster-before-you/697241/31 "2014-09-02T19:30:46Z")
> **[Victory Embodiment](https://powerlisting.fandom.com/wiki/Victory_Embodiment)** > > The power to become the embodiment of victory and glory. Variation of Concept Embodiment and Ultimate Invincibility. Opposite to Failure Embodiment Success Embodiment Victory Personification The Victorious Victory Incarnate The Living Success... Sorry, guys, but it looks like I just won this thread. What’s that? You have a comeback? Sorry, I win that, too. I win all things, always, at all times. This was fun. Everyone should feel free to move along now. ---
**Author:** ![Max\_the\_Immortal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6de8d8/32.png) [@Max\_the\_Immortal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_the_Immortal)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2014, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-are-granted-a-random-superpower-how-would-you-defeat-the-poster-before-you/697241/32 "2014-09-02T20:55:23Z")
> [@Johnny\_Bravo](#): > > [Victory Embodiment | Superpower Wiki | Fandom](http://powerlisting.wikia.com/wiki/Victory_Embodiment) > > Sorry, guys, but it looks like I just won this thread. What’s that? You have a comeback? Sorry, I win that, too. I win all things, always, at all times. > > This was fun. Everyone should feel free to move along now. Yeah, right. You can’t just plaster a “Mission Accomplished” banner across an aircraft carrier and count that as a win. Your “victory embodiment” power was obviously gained through a dark bargain with demonic forces. They’re no match for the [Sanctification](http://powerlisting.wikia.com/wiki/Sanctification) power entrusted to me by the One True God. Sanctification allows me to physically bless objects or substances with holy properties. What do I bless? Your clothes. You are now wearing sacred vestments, and _they burn you_. They burn the evil magic right out of you. After a few moments of blinding agony, your powers have been purged, and you are a powerless mundane. Before you can regain your bearings, I beat you into submission with a baseball bat (also holy). ---
**Author:** ![GoodOmens](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d26b3c/32.png) [@GoodOmens](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GoodOmens)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2014, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-are-granted-a-random-superpower-how-would-you-defeat-the-poster-before-you/697241/33 "2014-09-02T21:29:45Z")
[http://powerlisting.wikia.com/wiki/Surreal\_Dimensional\_Creation](http://powerlisting.wikia.com/wiki/Surreal_Dimensional_Creation) I just have to wait for you to sleep and invite you into the Chaos Rift. And then not invite you out again. Problem solved. ---
**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2014, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-are-granted-a-random-superpower-how-would-you-defeat-the-poster-before-you/697241/34 "2014-09-02T21:38:19Z")
**Achoo!!!** [http://powerlisting.wikia.com/wiki/Demon\_Ice\_Breath](http://powerlisting.wikia.com/wiki/Demon_Ice_Breath) Enjoy life in the Chaos Rift with Max, assuming you guys ever thaw out. ---
**Author:** ![GoodOmens](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d26b3c/32.png) [@GoodOmens](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GoodOmens)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2014, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-are-granted-a-random-superpower-how-would-you-defeat-the-poster-before-you/697241/35 "2014-09-02T21:43:09Z")
By the way, this site might take over from TvTropes as my default “hit Random, read something cool to waste time” option. ---
**Author:** ![Eonwe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eonwe/32/240_2.png) [@Eonwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eonwe)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2014, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-are-granted-a-random-superpower-how-would-you-defeat-the-poster-before-you/697241/36 "2014-09-02T21:49:41Z")
[Causality Manipulation | Superpower Wiki | Fandom](http://powerlisting.wikia.com/wiki/Causality_Manipulation). I would choose to have him never have existed. ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2014, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-are-granted-a-random-superpower-how-would-you-defeat-the-poster-before-you/697241/37 "2014-09-02T21:57:40Z")
You can manipulate reality all you want, but I am so damn happy and mellow [Light Side Aspect Manifestation | Superpower Wiki | Fandom](http://powerlisting.wikia.com/wiki/Light_Side_Aspect_Manipulation) that I can completely ignore the fact that the universe just blinked out of existence, and I’ll make you forget about it, too! ---
**Author:** ![Battle\_Pope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4bbf92/32.png) [@Battle\_Pope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Battle_Pope)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2014, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-are-granted-a-random-superpower-how-would-you-defeat-the-poster-before-you/697241/38 "2014-09-02T22:37:39Z")
Not if I put a bullet between your eyes first: [http://powerlisting.wikia.com/wiki/Enhanced\_Marksmanship](http://powerlisting.wikia.com/wiki/Enhanced_Marksmanship) ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Bravo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_bravo/32/493_2.png) [@Johnny\_Bravo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Bravo)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2014, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-are-granted-a-random-superpower-how-would-you-defeat-the-poster-before-you/697241/39 "2014-09-02T22:50:14Z")
Your bullets mean nothing when I drain the kinetic energy from them, and then stop your heart. > **[Energy Drain](https://powerlisting.fandom.com/wiki/Energy_Drain)** > > I think I'm gonna drain a level for each time you've called me a skank. Ah, who am I kidding, I'm gonna drain them all anyway.Sabine to Haley Starshine (The Order of the Stick) Mmmmm...Your life energy has a deep woodsy flavor, with just a hint of... ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2014, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-are-granted-a-random-superpower-how-would-you-defeat-the-poster-before-you/697241/40 "2014-09-03T00:22:46Z")
And this time I got [Power Immunity | Superpower Wiki | Fandom](http://powerlisting.wikia.com/wiki/Power_Immunity). You can’t stop the kinetic thrust of my Peppertronic Battle Armor. (After all, I’m already a successful eccentric super=scientist.) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-are-granted-a-random-superpower-how-would-you-defeat-the-poster-before-you/697241.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-are-granted-a-random-superpower-how-would-you-defeat-the-poster-before-you/697241.md?page=3)