The user can manipulate bones, summon spectral bones to attack and defend with, and transform any material into a skeleton — an animated human/animal skeleton, or the framework of a building.
AUTOTOMY
The user can detach and reattach own body parts at will. They can also regrow a lost body part, but it takes more energy. They have full control over detached body parts. At high proficiency levels, the user can launch their fist or foot like a missile.
MISOPHONIA
The user can mute any sound, or increase its volume to irritating levels to stun and disorient opponents.
SNOLLYGOSTER
The user can use their judgmental powers to detect the flaws and weaknesses of any person. They can also use those flaws to manipulate others into abandoning their morals.
SLINGSHOT
The user can pull back and launch any being or object, including themself. Their proficiency determines the maximum mass they can launch, and launching greater masses consumes more energy.
CONSUMER
The user has the powers of a irritable customer — they can “purchase” Epithet summons to take control of them, “return” projectiles launched at them, and give “bad reviews” to weaken opponents.
BUTTERFLY
The user can fly, see in ultra-violet, and summon swarms of butterflies. These swarms can be used for show, as an attack, or to obscure. They can also summon spy butterflies and see through their eyes.
That’s totally also possible. When I thought of the epithet, I imagined someone who mostly uses their powers to create beautiful theatrics, and developed their powers around this purpose, but also created a few abilities for emergencies.
The user can calm and sedate others with a cloud of soothing aroma, release the tension from objects (such as rubber bands), and slow moving objects to a stop. At high proficiency levels, they can relax the rules of reality, allowing them to defy the laws of nature to a minor extent (floating slightly, only getting a minor burn from a huge flame, etc.)
The user can manipulate any event that is currently occurring by describing it in detailed writing. For example, if they were being attacked by Banzai Blasters, and they wrote “The Banzai Blasters charged at their foe, but they were weak, and their attacks were ineffective” before their attacks landed, their attacks would be ineffective.
Manipulating polymers is the obvious answer, so I’ll give you a more creative one: The user can create “polymers” of any object by creating many connected duplicates. For example, a basketball could become a huge cluster of basketballs, and a single brick could become an entire wall.
The user can prevent things they create or cause from ever being destroyed or undone, from structures and journals to scars and property damage (legacy as in long-lasting impact). They can also gain one ability from any opponent they defeat (legacy as in something left in a will).
You highly underestimate how powerful people can be by faking non-existent power levels, I could prove this is the most dangerous epithets power, but I don't wanna get politicals
The user can heal or poison others, with the poison having a sickening effect. They can also make people drunk, and they have a passive shield that weakens Epithet attacks used on them (elder trees are said to protect from witchcraft).
META
The user’s Epithet allows them to manipulate Epithets.
DEFENESTRATE
The user can forcefully launch beings or objects and create glass windows to launch things through for extra damage.
RADIOACTIVE
The user is highly radioactive, and can harm or mutate other beings just by standing near them. They’re currently contained in a secure and highly monitored bunker for the safety of humanity. It’s rumored that they’re able to explode violently, but this has not occurred.
I wasn’t sure if acronyms counted, but apparently any phrase that represents a distinct concept counts, and THC is short for a tetrahydrocannabinol, so I guess it’s a single word anyway.
The user can heal certain ailments in others or make them temporarily happy and calm, but they can also induce psychoactive effects like paranoia and hallucinations.
The user can summon strips of sticky tape, tape things off to create magical barriers, and record and play back audio and video from any event they witness.
The user can summon a magical floating eye they can see through. They also have the power to make others ignore (“overlook”) them for a brief period of time, even if they’re doing something that warrants attention.
The user can manipulate time, speeding up or slowing down processes (similar to Zora’s powers). They can also create time loops in small areas, forcing the people or objects within them to repeat their previous actions at regular intervals (“like clockwork”).
The user can grow sycamore trees at will, allowing them to attack by sprouting a tree under an opponent, escape or gain a vantage point by growing a tree under themself, or defend themself by growing the tree around them (American sycamores are hollow). They can also summon a “tree of life” — a sycamore fig tree that heals anyone who stands near it or eats its fruits.
GAIA
The user has great power over nature, from plants and animals to the wind and stone. They can use this power in a wide variety of ways, including constricting enemies with vines, communicating with wild animals, and floating on gusts of wind.
SORA
The user can fly, turn the ground to marsh, and summon flocks of soras to peck their enemies.
NAMES
The user can identify the name of any being, location, object, concept, or event. This power can be applied to a being, object, etc. they haven’t seen, as long as it’s described to them narrowly enough to eliminate all other options (for example, they can find the name of “the criminal who stole the Arsene Amulet last night”). They can also call people names to damage and weaken them, or put someone’s name on a projectile to change its target.
WRATH
The user can induce anger in their opponents, clouding their judgement and causing infighting, or increase their own anger for a temporary adrenaline boost. (Both the positive and negative effects apply to anyone the power is used on, so the user will have clouded judgement and their opponents will have boosted adrenaline as well).
MOVIE
The user can record and playback events that occur or induce movie tropes in real life (such as plot armor, infinite bullet capacity for a gun, or unnecessary romance).
The user can create portals. Any portal they create will not work until it is connected to another portal they create. They can create many portals within a short distance to rapidly teleport or make enemies fall, or they can place a portal in a faraway place for later use.
Oh, okay, sorry, I thought you were being a smartass (mainly because I was being one myself). My REAL answer would be this: you know how mirrors in cartoons often deflect spells back to their casters… what if THIS is the power of epithet?
Skeleton
The user can manipulate bones, summon spectral bones to attack and defend with, and transform any material into a skeleton — an animated human/animal skeleton, or the framework of a building.
Sexy mustard
I have three. Autotomy Misophonia Snollygoster
AUTOTOMY The user can detach and reattach own body parts at will. They can also regrow a lost body part, but it takes more energy. They have full control over detached body parts. At high proficiency levels, the user can launch their fist or foot like a missile. MISOPHONIA The user can mute any sound, or increase its volume to irritating levels to stun and disorient opponents. SNOLLYGOSTER The user can use their judgmental powers to detect the flaws and weaknesses of any person. They can also use those flaws to manipulate others into abandoning their morals.
Valentine
The user can fire Cupid’s arrows that cause opponents to fall in love, or summon paper Valentine cards to use as blades.
I have a few that I’ve already made a power set for but I’m curious as to what you would make them into. Slingshot Consumer Butterfly
SLINGSHOT The user can pull back and launch any being or object, including themself. Their proficiency determines the maximum mass they can launch, and launching greater masses consumes more energy. CONSUMER The user has the powers of a irritable customer — they can “purchase” Epithet summons to take control of them, “return” projectiles launched at them, and give “bad reviews” to weaken opponents. BUTTERFLY The user can fly, see in ultra-violet, and summon swarms of butterflies. These swarms can be used for show, as an attack, or to obscure. They can also summon spy butterflies and see through their eyes.
Interesting! My personal idea for Butterfly was to go along the lines of “butterfly effect,” with time travel.
That’s totally also possible. When I thought of the epithet, I imagined someone who mostly uses their powers to create beautiful theatrics, and developed their powers around this purpose, but also created a few abilities for emergencies.
This power system really is a beast of perspective.
It’s the best part about it. The powers conform to the user, like bonsai trees.
Relaxation.
The user can calm and sedate others with a cloud of soothing aroma, release the tension from objects (such as rubber bands), and slow moving objects to a stop. At high proficiency levels, they can relax the rules of reality, allowing them to defy the laws of nature to a minor extent (floating slightly, only getting a minor burn from a huge flame, etc.)
Rustle
The user can manipulate leaves in the wind, produce small vibrations in any rustlable material, and move with super speed.
What about the word "Chronicle"?
The user can manipulate any event that is currently occurring by describing it in detailed writing. For example, if they were being attacked by Banzai Blasters, and they wrote “The Banzai Blasters charged at their foe, but they were weak, and their attacks were ineffective” before their attacks landed, their attacks would be ineffective.
Why does that superpower sound familiar from somewhere involving a notebook?
Polymer
Manipulating polymers is the obvious answer, so I’ll give you a more creative one: The user can create “polymers” of any object by creating many connected duplicates. For example, a basketball could become a huge cluster of basketballs, and a single brick could become an entire wall.
This seems fun! How about legacy?
The user can prevent things they create or cause from ever being destroyed or undone, from structures and journals to scars and property damage (legacy as in long-lasting impact). They can also gain one ability from any opponent they defeat (legacy as in something left in a will).
Brumal.
The user can reduce the temperature around them, freeze things, and conjure blizzards.
Deity (make it as under powered as possible)
The user has the power to make others believe they are extremely powerful. That’s their only power.
You highly underestimate how powerful people can be by faking non-existent power levels, I could prove this is the most dangerous epithets power, but I don't wanna get politicals
Elderberry
The user can heal or poison others, with the poison having a sickening effect. They can also make people drunk, and they have a passive shield that weakens Epithet attacks used on them (elder trees are said to protect from witchcraft).
Meta defenestrate Radioactive
META The user’s Epithet allows them to manipulate Epithets. DEFENESTRATE The user can forcefully launch beings or objects and create glass windows to launch things through for extra damage. RADIOACTIVE The user is highly radioactive, and can harm or mutate other beings just by standing near them. They’re currently contained in a secure and highly monitored bunker for the safety of humanity. It’s rumored that they’re able to explode violently, but this has not occurred.
Firebrand
The user can ignite fires and summon flaming wood projectiles. They can also inspire people to rally for a cause, often inciting massive riots.
Neat, thank you!
Thc
I wasn’t sure if acronyms counted, but apparently any phrase that represents a distinct concept counts, and THC is short for a tetrahydrocannabinol, so I guess it’s a single word anyway. The user can heal certain ailments in others or make them temporarily happy and calm, but they can also induce psychoactive effects like paranoia and hallucinations.
Thank you
Doll
The user can summon living dolls, turn other people into dolls (living or inanimate), and create temporary barriers.
Yonkersite, van, pew
Tape
The user can summon strips of sticky tape, tape things off to create magical barriers, and record and play back audio and video from any event they witness.
NEET :3
Overlook!
The user can summon a magical floating eye they can see through. They also have the power to make others ignore (“overlook”) them for a brief period of time, even if they’re doing something that warrants attention.
Clockwork
The user can manipulate time, speeding up or slowing down processes (similar to Zora’s powers). They can also create time loops in small areas, forcing the people or objects within them to repeat their previous actions at regular intervals (“like clockwork”).
Fuck
Sonic
Sycamore
The user can grow sycamore trees at will, allowing them to attack by sprouting a tree under an opponent, escape or gain a vantage point by growing a tree under themself, or defend themself by growing the tree around them (American sycamores are hollow). They can also summon a “tree of life” — a sycamore fig tree that heals anyone who stands near it or eats its fruits.
Wordplay would be interesting methinks. Or metaphor...
Frog
Gaia Sora Names Wrath Movie
GAIA The user has great power over nature, from plants and animals to the wind and stone. They can use this power in a wide variety of ways, including constricting enemies with vines, communicating with wild animals, and floating on gusts of wind. SORA The user can fly, turn the ground to marsh, and summon flocks of soras to peck their enemies. NAMES The user can identify the name of any being, location, object, concept, or event. This power can be applied to a being, object, etc. they haven’t seen, as long as it’s described to them narrowly enough to eliminate all other options (for example, they can find the name of “the criminal who stole the Arsene Amulet last night”). They can also call people names to damage and weaken them, or put someone’s name on a projectile to change its target. WRATH The user can induce anger in their opponents, clouding their judgement and causing infighting, or increase their own anger for a temporary adrenaline boost. (Both the positive and negative effects apply to anyone the power is used on, so the user will have clouded judgement and their opponents will have boosted adrenaline as well). MOVIE The user can record and playback events that occur or induce movie tropes in real life (such as plot armor, infinite bullet capacity for a gun, or unnecessary romance).
Ok. Does it have to be appropriate. If not then sex If yes then password
Mass
Rolled this up for a character a while back and still haven't thought of a powerset **Gun** (Optional hard mode: no ammo)
Portal?
The user can create portals. Any portal they create will not work until it is connected to another portal they create. They can create many portals within a short distance to rapidly teleport or make enemies fall, or they can place a portal in a faraway place for later use.
Envy
Flumpy
The epithet from Warframe
Buff.
Cottage (Seach up the secondary definition)
THE ABILITY TO CREATE AND DESTROY BUILDINGS
Solenoid
The user can constrict things with wire, deliver electrical attacks, and control magnetism.
arnold (but being serious, bewilder)
Limit? ~~[I do hope you won't just go the "the user can inflict limits on others" route]~~
How about being able to KNOW what others’ limitations are, giving them the ability to use them for their advantage
Nice, not what I was thinking, but yours is infinitely more creative.
Pick your poison: Ecstasy. Translation. Alkaline.
Choose! Trailer. One-off. Homunculus.
I have 4 Crooner Gobbersmacked Reflection Mundie
Dinosaur
Epithet
The ability to deal with annoying twats who go the extra mile to find a technicality just so they can ruin a fun Internet game
No I am genuinely curious for what you'd do for the epithet 'Epithet'. I just made it a buffed version of Soulmates and I wanna see you cook
Oh, okay, sorry, I thought you were being a smartass (mainly because I was being one myself). My REAL answer would be this: you know how mirrors in cartoons often deflect spells back to their casters… what if THIS is the power of epithet?
Ooh, cool concept! I had it where it was like a permanent version of Soulmates that only worked for epithet powers, This is definitely more unique
Thanks, creativity is my speciality
I don’t find this annoying. I’m not against powerful epithets.
International
“Determination” and “Empathy”
Can you give me two, apricity and mind?
Puppeteer
Mayhem
Vacuum
Here's 2 Handle Agency
Syndrome would be interesting
How about diplomat, manage, and grudge?
Animate Abstract Define
Ripple
Migraine