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Super Power?

Discussion in 'Whatnots' started by Voltric, Aug 14, 2001.

  1. Shadowcouncil Gems: 29/31
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    BIG B, that's a good one... when you can turn back time (and your age will also turned back) you can't die cause of illness or just because you're old)

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  2. Finger of death.... :D :D :D
     
  3. Volar Blackmane Gems: 16/31
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    Well turning back time wouldn't make you live forever, unless you like reliving the same time period over and over again, just making different choices. It's essentially a save game/load game function, except you don't need to save.
     
  4. shadow_thief Guest

    Being a *real* goddess...MWHAHAHAHA
     
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    Being able to absorb everyone else's abilities and use them with 10x the power:p

    Controlling time is also good. Don't like a certain someone, make that person age until he's a pile of dust :)
     
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    on second thought, I think I'm always in need of time, so time stop or teleportation would be nice
     
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    Ability to turn Ethereal, locked door no prob.
     
  8. shadow_thief Guest

    Shadow, I thought you said you were already Ethereal in the chatroom...
     
  9. Sol'Kanar Guest

    Mind control would take all the fun out of it! I think mind reading would be the most useful power. To know what someone is thinking just by looking at them. That would be useful, though perhaps disturbing at times.
     
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    I would rather have the power of making money... For time is money. I could make others happy and I didn't have to work anymore so I had enough free time.

    And a second home in the Caribean.
     
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    The ability to see through girls clothes. :D
    The most useful would be flying. (I always wanted to do that :)).
     
  12. shadow_thief Guest

    Tasohan, you are a nasty guy, very nasty...oh yeah, Tyresian, about have powers 10x greater than everyone else's, you want to be a god'dess'?!
     
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    [​IMG] I think the ability to regenerate quick also would be great, or the ability to heal sick people.
     
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    [​IMG] Yep thats me in a nutshell (especially after a couple of beers)

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    Hey I never thought about being able to stop time that would be sweet too.Or wait a second I just thought that would top all the things I said "transformation".Then if I wanted one of those power I could just turn in two someone who had it.
     
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    Tal... I hate to tell you this but then why is it that when people hav half their brains removed the brain can manage to teach itself and the person can manage to regain almost compleat controll and mental abilaty.
     
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    This one's easy:

    I would take ability to destroy all of your special powers - permanently and without resisance or possible saving throw :p :p :p
     
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    kemanmaldea - Who lost half their brain and was able to be nearly the same as before? I'd like to see some proof of that.

    Regardless, the fact that this person LOST many abilities and had to RELEARN them (and could not relearn everything) goes to show that much of that half of the brain that was lost was in fact being used.
     
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    BTA: one of the major ways this happens is if the person goes through massive seizures and what they do is they remove the half of the brain that causes them (oppiset the side the occure on)And most of the people that under go the procedure and survives regain the mojority of their abilities back.
    Yes the fact that they had to relearn means that that portion of the brain was in use but it also means that not all of the brain was in use in use or they wouldent have been able to learn anything. The information is just spread out all around the brain.
    [Edit: fixed spelling]

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    Oh! I think I know what you're talking about! They don't remove half of their brain; they separate the communication link between the two hemispheres (the corpus callosum I think it's called). This is a way of controlling epileptic seizures.

    Now about learning. The structure of the brain changes (connections between brain cells change) as you learn. This does not mean that part of your brain that was not in use is "filled up" with the new information like some kind of information tank.
     
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