Questions tagged [super-powers]
For questions about the development and usage of powers and abilities beyond what is "normal" for a specific species.
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Collateral damage of a speedster running at full speed
In my story I have a speedster that has the ability to move superhuman speeds. This story is slightly based in science so the superpowers and how they work aren’t explained by science and are just ...
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Could an electrokinetic superhero use lightning to fly
I have a character in my story with the ability to control and generate electricity . I am trying to make this story somewhat realistic so their ability works by sending a high voltage high current ...
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How could ear plugs resistant to extremely loud sounds function?
In my story I have a character with the ability to emit powerful electric blasts. These electric blasts as you can imagine emit extremely large amounts of sound, heat, light, and obviously current. I ...
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Wind needed to deflect a bullet
In a world with magic, bullets pose a serious threat to magic users. I had an idea for a spell that would use wind to stop/deflect/slow a bullet to make it harmless and thus have magic be more ...
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Ion wind for the ability to fly
Flight is one of the most commonly seen abilities in fiction with flight even being one of the abilities that people primarily say when asked, “If you could have any power what would it be.” Due to ...
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Possible Telekinetic Powers
In my story a group of scientists are hired to perform an autopsy on a human who has telekinetic powers.
Upon autopsy, they find that the individual’s powers come from his ability to manipulate “and ...
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Laser finger guns
This is not really connected to my story but I had an idea of having finger guns that actually work. Because lasers are cool I thought that you could have a character with the ability to magically ...
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Lorentz force for telekinesis
I am trying to come up with an explanation for how somebody could charge objects and control them with magnetic fields. I'm thinking that they could have a high voltage electric field generator to ...
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How to use a character's creativity and understanding to expand and improve a consistency-based foresight power
In the setting for a story I'm planning, superpowers of a great many varieties can be gained by earning them, as judged by an impartial magical force that is effectively part of the setting's physics. ...
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How could a speedster function in real life. Part 1:Acceleration
Super speed is an ability commonly seen in fiction often used by powerful characters and extremely fast characters like the flash. However, explaining all of super speed in a single post would be too ...
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Insane reaction time
I have a protagonist in my story who is a superman. He acquired a reaction time of a couple nanoseconds.
While walking along a beach, an assassin shot at him, from behind, with a Steyr IWS 2000 rifle ...
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Do humans have sufficient internal energy for the power of flight? [closed]
A meta-human, let's call him "Arnim", possesses the power of flight. In accordance with Einstein's law of conservation of energy, this superpower does not draw power from nothing or some ...
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Least advantageous sport for individuals with super strength? [closed]
The super strong individuals are approximately five times as strong as regular humans. Due to this, they are able to move their limbs much faster. They cannot think or react any faster than regular ...
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Limits of an eddy current force fields
In my story I need a nigh impenetrable force field as an ability for a character. I have done some research that the force field should be a magnetic eddy current. Eddy currents can block conductors ...
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Is hemomancy scientifically possible? [closed]
Like in anime where characters are able to control their blood to use as weapons and projectiles like chops from jujutsu Kaisen or power from chainsaw man.
Is it possible for a machine or biological ...
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