Browse characters by their enhanced or paranormal abilities here. 24 different Powers, including the standard power sets Invisibility, Superhuman Strength, Telekinesis, Flight, Telepathy, Teleportation, and Shape-shifting. Scroll down to see them all.
Category Powers
Total Entries 24
Description Browse characters by their enhanced or paranormal abilities here. 24 different Powers, including the standard power sets Invisibility, Superhuman Strength, Telekinesis, Flight, Telepathy, Teleportation, and Shape-shifting. Scroll down to see them all.
Power Astral Projectionist Total Entries 19 Representative Luminous One Astral Projection is a magic/mystic practice which allows a character to detach either their soul or their conscious mind (the distinction is important) from their body […]
EntryAstral Projectionist Description
Power Astral Projectionist Total Entries 19 Representative Luminous One Astral Projection is a magic/mystic practice which allows a character to detach either their soul or their conscious mind (the distinction is important) from their body […]
Power Atomic-powered Total Entries 25 Representative Atomic Thunderbolt Characters with an Atomic Superpower have their powers themed around various atomic phenomena such as radiation, nuclear energy, or quantum mechanics. Abilities such as these tend to […]
EntryAtomic-powered Description
Power Atomic-powered Total Entries 25 Representative Atomic Thunderbolt Characters with an Atomic Superpower have their powers themed around various atomic phenomena such as radiation, nuclear energy, or quantum mechanics. Abilities such as these tend to […]
Power Electricity Manipulator Total Entries 51 Representative Thor (Norse God) The use of lightning, huge electrical discharges, and stuff resembling them as a weapon to fry things with. This is one of the most common […]
EntryElectricity Manipulator Description
Power Electricity Manipulator Total Entries 51 Representative Thor (Norse God) The use of lightning, huge electrical discharges, and stuff resembling them as a weapon to fry things with. This is one of the most common […]
Power Firestarter Total Entries 43 Representative Wildfire A notable and possible technical term for this kind of elemental power is “pyrokinesis.” People who are literally packing heat also tend to be fireproof and have a […]
EntryFirestarter Description
Power Firestarter Total Entries 43 Representative Wildfire A notable and possible technical term for this kind of elemental power is “pyrokinesis.” People who are literally packing heat also tend to be fireproof and have a […]
Power Flight Total Entries 228 Representative Icarus Flight has always possessed an inherent appeal for humans. Millennia of evolution into highly intelligent tool-users and a century of true aviation later and the appeal still remains—the […]
EntryFlight Description
Power Flight Total Entries 228 Representative Icarus Flight has always possessed an inherent appeal for humans. Millennia of evolution into highly intelligent tool-users and a century of true aviation later and the appeal still remains—the […]
Power Hypnotist Total Entries 67 Representative Super Hypnotist If the eyes are the windows to the soul, this person has a very… persuasive… compelling… even possessive soul. With little more than a few words intoned […]
EntryHypnotist Description
Power Hypnotist Total Entries 67 Representative Super Hypnotist If the eyes are the windows to the soul, this person has a very… persuasive… compelling… even possessive soul. With little more than a few words intoned […]
Power Icemaker Total Entries 16 Representative Icicle The power to control ice, and create cold and frost at will. May be used as a trinity with Fire and Electricity… Likely to be used as a […]
EntryIcemaker Description
Power Icemaker Total Entries 16 Representative Icicle The power to control ice, and create cold and frost at will. May be used as a trinity with Fire and Electricity… Likely to be used as a […]
Power Immortal Total Entries 81 Representative Koschei the Deathless The ability to live forever. Yes, it is true that we don’t possess this ability on our own (at least not as of yet). People and […]
EntryImmortal Description
Power Immortal Total Entries 81 Representative Koschei the Deathless The ability to live forever. Yes, it is true that we don’t possess this ability on our own (at least not as of yet). People and […]
Power Invisibility Total Entries 59 Representative Invisible Man (H.G. Wells) What if there were someone (or something) that couldn’t be seen, even in broad daylight? This is the idea behind the Invisibility trope. Invisibility is […]
EntryInvisibility Description
Power Invisibility Total Entries 59 Representative Invisible Man (H.G. Wells) What if there were someone (or something) that couldn’t be seen, even in broad daylight? This is the idea behind the Invisibility trope. Invisibility is […]
Power Invulnerability Total Entries 32 Representative Dynamic Man (Chesler) Someone cannot be harmed. Merely fighting them won’t make them go away; if at all possible their defeat requires one to figure out how, which is […]
EntryInvulnerability Description
Power Invulnerability Total Entries 32 Representative Dynamic Man (Chesler) Someone cannot be harmed. Merely fighting them won’t make them go away; if at all possible their defeat requires one to figure out how, which is […]
Power Magic Caster Total Entries 236 Representative Ibis the Invincible Magic that works. Maybe not exactly the way anyone wanted it to work, but it is not imaginary in the story and you may rely […]
EntryMagic Caster Description
Power Magic Caster Total Entries 236 Representative Ibis the Invincible Magic that works. Maybe not exactly the way anyone wanted it to work, but it is not imaginary in the story and you may rely […]
Power Magnetism Total Entries 15 Representative Magno (Ace) Electromagnetism is a strange beast. It’s one of the four fundamental forces of nature, the others being gravity, the weak nuclear force (radioactive decay), and the strong […]
EntryMagnetism Description
Power Magnetism Total Entries 15 Representative Magno (Ace) Electromagnetism is a strange beast. It’s one of the four fundamental forces of nature, the others being gravity, the weak nuclear force (radioactive decay), and the strong […]
Power Master of Illusion Total Entries 18 Representative Illuso Most villains (and the occasional hero, but this is largely a villain power), if given the chance, will employ magic or mechanisms to confuse their enemies […]
EntryMaster of Illusion Description
Power Master of Illusion Total Entries 18 Representative Illuso Most villains (and the occasional hero, but this is largely a villain power), if given the chance, will employ magic or mechanisms to confuse their enemies […]
Power Ninja Total Entries 6 Representative Orochimaru Shinobi no Mono (忍びの者 “person of stealth/forbearance”) – usually abbreviated to shinobi (忍び) or ninja (忍者) – were the shadow warriors of feudal Japan, reputedly possessed of all […]
EntryNinja Description
Power Ninja Total Entries 6 Representative Orochimaru Shinobi no Mono (忍びの者 “person of stealth/forbearance”) – usually abbreviated to shinobi (忍び) or ninja (忍者) – were the shadow warriors of feudal Japan, reputedly possessed of all […]
Fliers, individuals who fly, by various means, from gas, to rockets and jets, to wings (Daedalus and Icarus as the archetypes), to telekinetic or magical levitation. The Seers of Yimsha used smoke, Bulletman his helmet. […]
EntryPower of Flight Description
Fliers, individuals who fly, by various means, from gas, to rockets and jets, to wings (Daedalus and Icarus as the archetypes), to telekinetic or magical levitation. The Seers of Yimsha used smoke, Bulletman his helmet. […]
A person’s ability to change how their body interacts with the physical nature of light, removing reflection and absorpton, allowing light waves to pass through them, making themselves 100% transparent, or cause other objects to […]
EntryPower of Invisibility Description
A person’s ability to change how their body interacts with the physical nature of light, removing reflection and absorpton, allowing light waves to pass through them, making themselves 100% transparent, or cause other objects to […]
Individuals possessing the ability to manipulate a magnetic field, a physical field influencing electric charges, currents, and magnetic materials, can attract or repel objects. Strong magnetic attraction happens with iron and metal alloys, while other […]
EntryPower of Magnetism Description
Individuals possessing the ability to manipulate a magnetic field, a physical field influencing electric charges, currents, and magnetic materials, can attract or repel objects. Strong magnetic attraction happens with iron and metal alloys, while other […]
Telekinesis, an ancient Greek word meaning “far off motion”, refers to the psychic ability of someone to manipulate another physical system at a distance from them, i.e. “mind over matter”. It is considered paranormal and […]
EntryPower of Telekinesis Description
Telekinesis, an ancient Greek word meaning “far off motion”, refers to the psychic ability of someone to manipulate another physical system at a distance from them, i.e. “mind over matter”. It is considered paranormal and […]
Power Rubber Man Total Entries 8 Representative Plastic Man As far as superpowers go, this one’s a stretch. A character with a limited “Voluntary Shapeshifting” power, that results in his or her body acting like […]
EntryRubber Man Description
Power Rubber Man Total Entries 8 Representative Plastic Man As far as superpowers go, this one’s a stretch. A character with a limited “Voluntary Shapeshifting” power, that results in his or her body acting like […]
Power Seer Total Entries 42 Representative Claire Voyant Fortune Tellers, palm-readers, fire-readers, insect-entrails-on-windshield-readers, and other assorted diviners are canaries in the mineshaft of adventure. They pick up approaching trouble and reveal it in the form […]
EntrySeer Description
Power Seer Total Entries 42 Representative Claire Voyant Fortune Tellers, palm-readers, fire-readers, insect-entrails-on-windshield-readers, and other assorted diviners are canaries in the mineshaft of adventure. They pick up approaching trouble and reveal it in the form […]
Power Shadowcaster Total Entries 8 Representative Nightshade (Centaur) Darkness is one of the more abstract elemental forces, due to the fact that it’s defined by an absence of something else, in this case light. This […]
EntryShadowcaster Description
Power Shadowcaster Total Entries 8 Representative Nightshade (Centaur) Darkness is one of the more abstract elemental forces, due to the fact that it’s defined by an absence of something else, in this case light. This […]
Power Shapeshifter Total Entries 79 Representative Mabelene A character with the power to transform and reshape their body. This trope comes in a wide variety of forms, but can be classified by exactly what the […]
EntryShapeshifter Description
Power Shapeshifter Total Entries 79 Representative Mabelene A character with the power to transform and reshape their body. This trope comes in a wide variety of forms, but can be classified by exactly what the […]
Power Size Manipulator Total Entries 16 Representative Doll Man A very specific type of superpower. The character has the ability to change their size. Usually, this starts off one way, such as only being able […]
EntrySize Manipulator Description
Power Size Manipulator Total Entries 16 Representative Doll Man A very specific type of superpower. The character has the ability to change their size. Usually, this starts off one way, such as only being able […]
Power Speedster Total Entries 75 Representative Quicksilver When it’s not incorporated with “Flight”, it’s at least the next best thing. Super speed means “super” speed. Those with super speed are not just faster than your […]
EntrySpeedster Description
Power Speedster Total Entries 75 Representative Quicksilver When it’s not incorporated with “Flight”, it’s at least the next best thing. Super speed means “super” speed. Those with super speed are not just faster than your […]
Power Super Strength Total Entries 109 Representative Thunderbolt Jaxon Likely the most primal and common super-power. In a way, it’s one of the oldest “super-powers” that mankind came up with; ancient myths have plenty of […]
EntrySuper Strength Description
Power Super Strength Total Entries 109 Representative Thunderbolt Jaxon Likely the most primal and common super-power. In a way, it’s one of the oldest “super-powers” that mankind came up with; ancient myths have plenty of […]
Power Telekinesis Total Entries 16 Representative Master Mystic Telekinesis/Psychokinesis: the ability to move stuff and/or people just by thinking. Although it fundamentally only requires a thought to work, hand gestures can also help, especially if […]
EntryTelekinesis Description
Power Telekinesis Total Entries 16 Representative Master Mystic Telekinesis/Psychokinesis: the ability to move stuff and/or people just by thinking. Although it fundamentally only requires a thought to work, hand gestures can also help, especially if […]
Power Telepath Total Entries 49 Representative Sâr Dubnotal Telepathy/Mind Reading is the ability to read another person’s thoughts and/or to communicate with them mentally… At its most basic level, it functions as a short range […]
EntryTelepath Description
Power Telepath Total Entries 49 Representative Sâr Dubnotal Telepathy/Mind Reading is the ability to read another person’s thoughts and/or to communicate with them mentally… At its most basic level, it functions as a short range […]
Power Teleporter Total Entries 46 Representative Bela Jat Disappearing from one location and reappearing in another. There are several ways this can be managed, from dematerialization/rematerialization, wormholes, bending space, magic, psychic power/jaunting, or as a […]
EntryTeleporter Description
Power Teleporter Total Entries 46 Representative Bela Jat Disappearing from one location and reappearing in another. There are several ways this can be managed, from dematerialization/rematerialization, wormholes, bending space, magic, psychic power/jaunting, or as a […]
