# You are granted a random superpower, how would you defeat the poster before you?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-are-granted-a-random-superpower-how-would-you-defeat-the-poster-before-you/697241>\
**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")\
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**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\
**Post date:** [September 3, 2014, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-are-granted-a-random-superpower-how-would-you-defeat-the-poster-before-you/697241/41 "2014-09-03T00:41:22Z")

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I got [Destiny Manipulation](http://powerlisting.wikia.com/wiki/Destiny_Manipulation): you may be immune to my power, but all over the world there are susceptible guys just now serendipitously realizing how they should work together to bring you down – sure as I’ve cheerfully authored several eye-rollingly self-indulgent God Mode Gary Stu plot twists for yours truly.

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**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 3, 2014, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-are-granted-a-random-superpower-how-would-you-defeat-the-poster-before-you/697241/42 "2014-09-03T02:20:26Z")

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> **[Physical Restoration](https://powerlisting.fandom.com/wiki/Physical_Restoration)**
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> It can be said that humans live by destroying. In the midst of that, your power is kinder than anything else.Jotaro Kujo to Josuke Higashikata (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part IV Diamonds are Unbreakable) The power to restore physical structures to...

Of course you’re not match for my powers of physical restoration. That priceless Ming vase I just smashed over your head? I just restored it to pristine condition so I can smash it over your head again.

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**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 3, 2014, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-are-granted-a-random-superpower-how-would-you-defeat-the-poster-before-you/697241/43 "2014-09-03T02:29:44Z")

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[http://powerlisting.wikia.com/wiki/Power\_Reversal](http://powerlisting.wikia.com/wiki/Power_Reversal)

Looks like the shattered pieces of that Ming vase will remain shattered pieces, eh? In fact, everything you’ve touched has shattered into pieces, including your skull.

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**Author:** ![Hoopy\_Frood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hoopy_frood/32/8452_2.png) [@Hoopy\_Frood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hoopy_Frood)\
**Post date:** [September 3, 2014, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-are-granted-a-random-superpower-how-would-you-defeat-the-poster-before-you/697241/44 "2014-09-03T04:31:42Z")

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But your use of your power spread further than you expected, and interacted with my power:

> **[Sealed Form](https://powerlisting.fandom.com/wiki/Sealed_Form)**
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> The ability to be in a lower energy form in which users' powers are under development. Variation of Hibernation. Opposite to True Form. Compact Form Compressed Form Imperfect Form Imprisoned Form Locked Form Premature Form Sleeping Form User is in a...

Breaking the sealed form apart and restoring me to my original power which was (okay, so I’m choosing another one because I got to hit you with something):

> **[Autopotence](https://powerlisting.fandom.com/wiki/Autopotence)**
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> I am creation. I am everything that ever was or will be. Take back what you destroyed. Make it whole again. You have the will. you have the power. If your desire is great enough it will be so... Then came the time of rebirth.Mother of Existence...

So yeah, apparently I’m all about the abstractions of power, which is no wonder why I had my original form sealed off. So seeing as how I define my very own existence, I’ve decided that **buddha\_david** just doesn’t fit into the quantum makeup of my universe, and in a puff of non-logic disappears.

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**Author:** ![shijinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cc9497/32.png) [@shijinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shijinn)\
**Post date:** [September 3, 2014, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-are-granted-a-random-superpower-how-would-you-defeat-the-poster-before-you/697241/45 "2014-09-03T15:22:12Z")

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> **[Supernatural Properties Manipulation](https://powerlisting.fandom.com/wiki/Supernatural_Properties_Manipulation)**
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> The power to manipulate supernatural properties. Supernatural version of Property Manipulation. Sub-power of Exotic Matter and Esoteric Matter. Super-Property Manipulation The user can create, infuse, shape and manipulate supernatural effects into...

enchanting myself with invisibility, i find **Hoopy Frood** fast asleep with a huge contented smile on his face despite having been in hibernation for 10 000 years. silently i enchant a shard of his old seal and re-imprison him in stasis, locked in a happy dream.

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**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 3, 2014, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-are-granted-a-random-superpower-how-would-you-defeat-the-poster-before-you/697241/46 "2014-09-03T15:23:17Z")

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> [@shijinn](#):
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> [Supernatural Properties Manipulation | Superpower Wiki | Fandom](http://powerlisting.wikia.com/wiki/Supernatural_Properties_Manipulation)
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> enchanting myself with invisibility, i find **Hoopy Frood** fast asleep with a huge contented smile on his face despite having been in hibernation for 10 000 years. silently i enchant a shard of his old seal and re-imprison him in stasis, locked in a happy dream.

I [cut](http://powerlisting.wikia.com/wiki/Absolute_Slicing) you. You are cut and sliced. Sliced and cut 'till you are dead.

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**Author:** ![shijinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cc9497/32.png) [@shijinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shijinn)\
**Post date:** [September 3, 2014, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-are-granted-a-random-superpower-how-would-you-defeat-the-poster-before-you/697241/47 "2014-09-03T16:16:40Z")

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i enchant myself with nothing, and since nothing can defend against you i laugh in your face and begin to slowly cut you up with a +1 Butter Knife.

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**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 3, 2014, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-are-granted-a-random-superpower-how-would-you-defeat-the-poster-before-you/697241/48 "2014-09-03T17:17:34Z")

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It doesn’t matter how much you cut and slice, for I am[nigh omnipresent](http://powerlisting.wikia.com/wiki/Nigh_Omnipresence). If you try to strike me, I shall apprear over there. No, there! Over there! Nyah-nyah-nyah!

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**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 3, 2014, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-are-granted-a-random-superpower-how-would-you-defeat-the-poster-before-you/697241/49 "2014-09-03T18:02:01Z")

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Ah, but now, [each one is you.](http://powerlisting.wikia.com/wiki/Quantity_Manipulation) In fact, you get so confused trying to figure out which one’s the real you, your brain(s) explode.

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