That's Awesome.

And another idea, best known from the 1960s live-action Batman TV series ...


Natural Weaponry: In addition to the typical HTH bonus, this skill includes a Sonic carrier attack for an additional 1d12 damage accompanied by a sound effect like KA-POW or BAM! or ZAP!

Heightened Senses (variation): A character with this power automatically detects the location of any unoccupied telephone booth, restroom stall, or similar vestibule within a radius equal to the character's ground movement rate x 2. Additionally, the character is effectively undetectable to others while entering and changing into costume within this confined space.

These are to funny. 

Here's one inspired by many comics, cartoons, and movies. As a rule of thumb, only supervillains can use this power.

Psionics: Attacks as Mind Control, radius = Charisma. Everyone effected within earshot loses all actions for the next 15 phases or until the end of the turn (whichever comes first) so long as the villain speaks honestly and accurately about his origin story (including a his secret identity or a relevant weakness) or discloses his master plan (including any significant hole in the plan). PR = O.

These are a lot of fun!

Speed Bonus: The character can get instantaneously from one place to another (within their ground movement rate), but before they do, for approximately 5 phases, there is a circular swirl of wind-like air that coalesces around their legs/feet, accompanied by a drum-like sound effect.

Inspired by Wile E. Coyote ...

Willpower B: The character's power of concentration (or rather preoccupation) is so strong that it allows him to ignore gravity by unintentionally stepping off a cliff/ledge and yet continuing to walk horizontally across the air at ground movement rate. A successful Det. Danger roll between turns alerts the character that there is no solid ground beneath his feet and causes him to fall. PR = 0.

Nice!  I especially like the Liefeld one! 

Mutant Power: The character has an inexplicable ability to be in the right place at the right time (or the wrong place at the wrong time) to gain a new set of powers every week.

Think Jimmy Olsen in the Silver Age.

Body Power (Hot Headed): Requires one action to activate when angry. As the character's face turns fiery red and steam emits from his ears, the character defends as Flame Power against any attacks to the character's head. PR = 1 to activate.

These are great, Baretta.  Excellent summaries of so many 'old skool' tropes and abilities seen in the comics of yesteryear (or TV shows and the like).

Reminds me of what one of my players used to do (from our V&V high school days).  He used to list himself occasionally, giving himself a whole range of Powers and Weaknesses with really mundane things, like:

Body Power: Can burp for a really long time

or

Vulnerability: Toes susceptible to Athlete's Foot

or similar (I don't honestly remember any of them, but he had something like 8-10 of them).

Body Power: Baldness. Lack of hair on the top of his or her head gives the character Heightened Intelligence or Telepathy or other Psionics.

Body Power: Bouncing. Defends as Stretching Powers, PR = 1 per use. Bouncing allows the character to add [Strength + Endurance] x 3 inches to their ground movement rate, and bounce a height = to Strength inches. Takes no damage from falls.

Baretta wrote on Jul 15^th, 2014 at 8:54pm:


Dude, I love this one!  But they are all great, really

Body Power: Fastest Man Alive. The character holds the title of the the fastest person in the campaign universe. Even if someone else's running or flying speed increases through training or an invention, the character with the power "fastest man alive" automatically ties the challenger in any race.