Technopathy vs Telepathy vs Telekinesis vs Magnetism

Started by srankmissingnin19 pages

Originally posted by StyleTime
😂

It is very scary to think of him with any of these powers.

I don't know, it almost seemed like he knew those shoes were coming...

Originally posted by -Pr-
you watched buffy didnt you.

No actually. I just imagine telepathy working a lot like hearing.

Originally posted by Mindset
So what can it do that tk couldn't?
energy manipulation and energy to mass conversion, etc. are usually outside the scope of telekinetics, although some of them with poorly defined powers seem to display it.

Most if not all strong telekinetics can do that.

Originally posted by illadelph12
Well, he was The Decider.

That's true. He doesn't really have a need for those other powers.
Originally posted by Lunacyde
I don't see why you guys would want to have godlike power. no thanks, just enough to make my life easy and fun.

I agree and I wouldn't even mind "godlike". I just don't get the people with the whole "take over the world" mentality. Why assume all that responsibility? When I imagine myself with these powers, I think of the world as it normally is....only with me enjoying a much, much more leisurely lifestyle.

Also, I'd want to make a movie/videogame/tv/comic media franchise based on the posters of KMC.

Originally posted by Uriel005
^ technopathy then would be most practical. Make yourself rich inventing and come up with an awesome house to live in.

I'd still have to pick telepathy. Technopathy seems like too much work for roughly the same ends in this situation. Why build stuff and sell it when you can just have Oprah buy you a new house?
Originally posted by srankmissingnin
I don't know, it almost seemed like he [b]knew those shoes were coming... [/B]

He decided that the shoes would be thrown, so he knew to dodge them. He has evolved far past the comprehension of our puny, human minds.

Technopathy... Even at low levels... I make ATM machines my slave whenever I hit a casino. :-P

Originally posted by Omega Vision
No actually. I just imagine telepathy working a lot like hearing.

spoil-sport.

in the real world magnetism because most man made weapons consist of medals so i would WTF PWN everything...in a comic book world telekinesis because i wouldn't want to be punched by the hulk i guess 😬

Originally posted by 0mega Spawn
in the real world magnetism because most man made weapons consist of medals so i would WTF PWN everything...in a comic book world telekinesis because i wouldn't want to be punched by the hulk i guess 😬

Telekinesis can manipulate metal as well...

Originally posted by rotiart
Technopathy... Even at low levels... I make ATM machines my slave whenever I hit a casino. :-P

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I think the most practical real world power (assuming there are not other people with super powers and you dont want to be fighting 24/7) is teleportation. If you wanted a life of crime getting into and out of places with valuables would be easy. If you wanted a regular life, you could travel or visit people instantly. If you wanted the superhero life, being able to teleport does give you awesome fighting advantages, lets you get away before the police arrive, AND if your power is advanced enough you could teleport other peoples weapons/bullets/WMD away (ala Spartan 3.0).

Would you be the most powerful? Probably not, which for some people is a detriment, but it would be a wickedly cool power.

Out of this thread I'd probably go with Telepathy assuming that I don't go bat crazy because of it. If I do, then telekinisis.

Originally posted by Omega Vision
Telekinesis can manipulate metal as well...
yea and what do you want me to say id rather telekinesis 😬

Originally posted by 0mega Spawn
yea and what do you want me to say id rather telekinesis 😬

Well your reason for wanting magnetism was to manipulate metal. I'm pointing out that tk can manipulate metal and non-metal.

Magnetism just as a means of manipulating ferrous metals is inferior to similarly powerful tk because there's less versatility.

Why even worry about stealing stuff through teleportation when you can just Jedi Mind trick the Tellers into handing out wads of cash?

Somehow I imagine that at "equivalent levels" a magnetism user would be able to move a greater volume of ferrous material than an pure tk user... Do to skill specialization.... Ie maybe 20 lbs vs 5lbs but the tk isn't limited by materials

Originally posted by rotiart
Somehow I imagine that at "equivalent levels" a magnetism user would be able to move a greater volume of ferrous material than an pure tk user... Do to skill specialization.... Ie maybe 20 lbs vs 5lbs but the tk isn't limited by materials

Well that's assuming there's a specialist vs generalist distinction going. I don't see why a ferrous metal would be any harder to lift than a non-ferrous metal or other solid of similar mass. It's not like there's much skill involved in lifting, all that matters is raw will and power.

Now if we're talking more sophisticated manipulation like transforming a pile of scrap into a metal statue I can see how a magnetic guy would be more accomplished, but that wouldn't speak to the powers so much as it would to the fact that a pure ferrokinetic would have more experience working with that kind of metal than a general telekinetic.

Assuming equal experience and power tk > pure ferrokinesis.

Now magnetism with all the other fun stuff on the other hand is a much closer competition.

In our world I'd definately want telepathy. I could hit the poker tables for cash and I doubt mind shutdowns would leave any evidence our police could detect.

In comics I'd go for technopathy. If there's one thing in comics there's an abundance of, it's dumb ass villains with high tech gear for me to steal/copy until I'm powerful enough to go after the big guns.

Originally posted by rotiart
Technopathy... Even at low levels... I make ATM machines my slave whenever I hit a casino. :-P
You could make an atm give you money with tk if you knew how the machine worked.

TK in both.

Originally posted by Mindset
You could make an atm give you money with tk if you knew how the machine worked.
Or you just use TK to deconstruct the ATM machine, and take the money.

Technopathy all the way...its a power that hasnt been explored to its full potential imo and its the deadliest

Technopathy in a comics verse maybe. In reality it wouldn't work quite the same, since unlike in fiction land not every machine has a computer processor within it.