Powers That Suit

[Shoal]

oh okay. thanks for explaining it to me

[Bluelantern]

Another idea for Elspeth Aura that is completely broken, an wizardspeech-like ability to make things true.

You know, this is fun, now I am feeling like creating auras for arbitrary characters

[modrony]

Maybe truth-zone where everyone needs to speak the truth? (toggleable)
Multitasking so she can explain different things to different people at the same time?
Ability to pre-record explanation-dumps and play them at will?
Implant info to objects so cavemen will be able to instinctually use treated remotes to watch TV?
Ability to speak over distances? Maybe dimensions?

[tau]

I like implant-info-to-objects. As a general power, not necessarily for Elspeth. It has a wide variety of uses, not just its intended use. It seems innocuous but has wonderfully deadly applications with only slight deviations from the original idea (making an object highly coveted, subtle mind control, mind-blasty horrifying memetic bombs...)

Of course if Elspeth were using it she probably couldn't use most of the deadly parts. But still, pretty cool idea.

[Bluelantern]

Auras
Elspeth - Already discussed Hybrid Aura. Truth Witchcraft Aura
I think other Vampires, Hybrids, Shapeshifters and whatevers from Aurum could get a similar “species aura” deal, Witches get an witchcraft related aura, some people get auras that work like powers from different alts.
Tonies – given that they are alts, tonies as a group could have a similar deal to the Jokers: One common aura effect, and one individual effect.
Sine Tonies are inventors/engineers the obvious common effect should be related to that, but they like to invent and tinker with things, so it can’t be something that takes all the fun from inventing. I think the aura should be tool related and it can go several ways:
1. The Aura completely replaces the need of tools, anything that Tonies needs to do, they can do with their bare hands. This falls dangerously close to the taking “all the fun” territory, but not too much that it becomes too bad.
2. The Aura works as a pocket dimension for tools and materials where Tonies can store and retrieve what they wish, similar to Stella’s aura. Has broken potential because I don’t know how to restrict the concept of “tool” and “material” in a way that won’t allow sometony to carry arbitrary arsenals of anything they can put their hands on.
3. The Aura works similar to the first two alternatives combined. When sometony “feeds” a tool/object to their aura, they gain the ability related to the object. It has the optimal advantage that the tonies can still invent things to add to their auras.
4. The Aura locates the necessaries tool and retrieves them by teleporting to sometonies’ hands.
Other useful Auras for general tonies:
Remote control – Allows the control of electrical or mechanical objects at distance. It won’t allow the object to work in ways that strictly require being handled by someone (a sword won’t fly and fight by itself), but might move some mechanisms telekinetically, like steering wheels in vehicles.
Energy/Metal/Sensing – The tony can feel one or all of the three at distance.
Technology "Protection" - mechanisms refuse to harm, simply not working, it doesn’t stop non-mechanical parts and objects from being used, but guns would jam, bombs would self deactivate, a car (being used to run over the tony) would stop. I think this could be interesting for Ironman.
Personal wifi/computer – the dream of some many people, the Tony simply transmits wifi/internet/cellphones with high speed to any server in the same universe, might have the bonus of a personal mental computer.
Repairing – the aura can repair… stuff. Sounds under “not fun” for tonies, not to mention a bit boring as auras go.
Other useful Auras for specific Tonies:
Red: “Digital Ninja” it works similar to the “Ninja Aura” (Pattern) but protecting only through technological means. If he doesn’t want to be seen by someone, that person won’t be able to locate him through cameras, video evidence or internet footprint, etc. This ability could extend to others Sunshine-world-family Tonies.
Ironman: Armor summoning, Ironman would gain the ability to simply summon his nearest armor, falls a little under “not fun” but still under “useful” enough that could work..
Iron: Firewitch and/or Royal Magic auras, this would grant greater control or power over firewtich and royal magic.

Sherlocks – similar to Tonies and Jokers, Sherlocks could have a one-standard aura effect, and other individual one, but I don’t have a preferred candidate for that suggestion.
Ninja Aura – maybe too similar to Pattern, but fits Sherlocks just too well. Might also cover other people when flared.
“Kitchen” Aura – similar to the Tonies tool auras, except it works for culinary reasons, this aura is a fully equipped mobile kitchen.
Location sensing – this effect is similar to Luminosity’s Dimitri, the ability to know someone's location and distance as long they have met the person, it can tell if the person is in another universe (but not where)
Awareness during sleep – pretty much what it says in the tin, the aura enables the mind to stay awake and aware during sleep.
Minus: vampireness or maybe protection against vampire weakness.
Pearl: I can think of three specific ideas for pearl
• Daemon is protected by a force field that prevents direct touching by unwanted people, the daemon still can interact with objects normally but without the terrible direct contact. Other pearls effects:
• Protectiveness Aura –The Aura makes it aware who Pearl wants to protect, people under Pearl’s protection would feel safe and comfortable, and others would be aware that it isn’t a nice idea to cross Pearl by hurting the ones under her protection
• Storm special effects – mostly I think it would be a neat compliment to Shell’s Aura. When flared, the Aura creates illusory thunder and lightning around Pearl.

[Yenzen]

Old topic, but I have no better place to share that I have just discovered something of an ability in myself, and I must share it with someone! :P

I intuitively analyze people and draw conclusions about their personality from my observations, much like a Sherlock analyzes everything. This includes myself, but only when I'm in a relaxed state and thinking about relevant philosophical stuff--this is how I discovered the ability. Since this is intuitive, I mostly don't consciously register everything that makes me come to a certain conclusion, especially with regards to understanding my own personality.

I do for example know for certain I have never found a member of my own sex sexually attractive, and would be mildly disgusted to engage in any sexual activity with a man (possible even w/o attraction ofc), almost certainly due entirely to an ingrained fear of social rejection.

Drawing such certain conclusions about other people--strangers especially--is of course much more difficult, because I don't live in their heads and have a bunch of essential subconscious memories to draw from. So I instead draw approximate conclusions about their personality and how they might behave from the context in which I analyze them; they may behave this way with strangers, and that says something about them, but in another context they might behave in a completely different manner.

This ability is most likely why I have for a long time thought I might be an excellent psychiatrist or writer...though I'm aware I may be too busy being fascinated with my patients or characters to actually get any work done. xD

It's also why most people I meet personally seem to find me charming and sometimes do things they wouldn't normally for me. I'm speculating that I developed this ability as a defense mechanism due to the aforementioned fear of social rejection; stay away from hostile people or don't push their buttons, charm potential protectors and beneficiaries, get what I want when I can and get by swimmingly.

This is also associated with a people memory: I don't easily forget how people look, dress, speak, move and behave. If there's a difference, I notice it, and with little information can guess why and how it came about.