Best super power to have in WW2?

Tessen · 11-01-2020, 09:38 AM

Okay which super power would you have if you were in WW2 if you were in the:

European theatre , Asian theatre , and er well sea theatre and how about back home in the cities being bombed , air raid wardens , Nafis etc

Navy?

Army?

Airforce?

Most interesting gets a clever clogs sweety!

Tessen · 11-01-2020, 09:40 AM

I've thought of one if I was an Air raid warden in London how about sense life...you know finding survivors trapped under the rubble.

Gold & Appel Inc · 11-01-2020, 10:17 AM

I don't know if it's a contender for most interesting, but my own Weird War II never-played-(yet) writeup includes:

Captain Collective: Russian Theater. Stats of a competent but unremarkable special forces soldier focused on winter ops, with the biggest Ally Group he can afford that is made up of identical clones of himself, including a group Mindlink and Unkillable 3 with the Limitation that as long as at least one of them is alive, the direct control that makes one of them "The PC" passes to the nearest upon the current one's demise. Losses are made up by another body (chosen by group volition, not randomly) becoming completely disabled and requiring external life support as it splits into two of itself at the normal rate it would take the dead one to heal up to full HP with no Regeneration but TL7 medical care.

Anders · 11-01-2020, 10:53 AM

Unkillable is always nice.

Sorenant · 11-01-2020, 11:00 AM

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Originally Posted by Anders

Unkillable is always nice.

I was about to say Unkillable would be the worst power to have. It's nice to be able to survive the unsurvivable, but without some other power to fend for yourself soon or later you'd end up in some secret lab being experimented on for the war effort.
I believe Ridiculous Luck would be better because it's much more subtle, but it's also pretty boring and unfitting for the thread.

Fred Brackin · 11-01-2020, 11:07 AM

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Originally Posted by Anders

Unkillable is always nice.

Unaging and being a WASP American with an Engineering degree is probably enough. You can spend the war designing aircraft for Lockheed and not have to experience anything worse than rationing.

After you've survived long enough you fake your death and sell off your California real estate. Then set yourself up again somewhere safe and pleasant.

Anders · 11-01-2020, 11:11 AM

I don't think being a WASP can be described as a superpower.

:)

The Colonel · 11-01-2020, 11:12 AM

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Originally Posted by Anders

Unkillable is always nice.

You should watch the film White Tiger - there's a Russian guy in there who gets very little fun indeed out of being unkillable.

Alden Loveshade · 11-01-2020, 11:20 AM

I don't know if this would be best, but I played a superhero in a World War II GURPS Supers campaign. He operated "back home" in the United States of America. He was an incredibly-fast speedster who could fly at the speed of sound!

Well, that's pretty fast for WWII.

Anthony · 11-01-2020, 11:43 AM

Totally depends on what's available and what your objectives are. At the high end of super powers are abilities that could just end the war.

11-01-2020, 09:38 AM	#1
Tessen Join Date: Feb 2014	Best super power to have in WW2? Okay which super power would you have if you were in WW2 if you were in the: European theatre , Asian theatre , and er well sea theatre and how about back home in the cities being bombed , air raid wardens , Nafis etc Navy? Army? Airforce? Most interesting gets a clever clogs sweety!

11-01-2020, 09:40 AM	#2
Tessen Join Date: Feb 2014	Re: Best super power to have in WW2? I've thought of one if I was an Air raid warden in London how about sense life...you know finding survivors trapped under the rubble.

11-01-2020, 10:17 AM	#3
Gold & Appel Inc Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: One Mile Up	Re: Best super power to have in WW2? I don't know if it's a contender for most interesting, but my own Weird War II never-played-(yet) writeup includes: Captain Collective: Russian Theater. Stats of a competent but unremarkable special forces soldier focused on winter ops, with the biggest Ally Group he can afford that is made up of identical clones of himself, including a group Mindlink and Unkillable 3 with the Limitation that as long as at least one of them is alive, the direct control that makes one of them "The PC" passes to the nearest upon the current one's demise. Losses are made up by another body (chosen by group volition, not randomly) becoming completely disabled and requiring external life support as it splits into two of itself at the normal rate it would take the dead one to heal up to full HP with no Regeneration but TL7 medical care. Last edited by Gold & Appel Inc; 11-01-2020 at 10:21 AM.

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Anders Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Gothenburg, Sweden	Re: Best super power to have in WW2? Unkillable is always nice. __________________ “When you arise in the morning think of what a privilege it is to be alive, to think, to enjoy, to love ...” Marcus Aurelius

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Anders Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Gothenburg, Sweden	Re: Best super power to have in WW2? I don't think being a WASP can be described as a superpower. :) __________________ “When you arise in the morning think of what a privilege it is to be alive, to think, to enjoy, to love ...” Marcus Aurelius

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Alden Loveshade Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Hmm, looks like Earth, circa CE 2020+	Re: Best super power to have in WW2? I don't know if this would be best, but I played a superhero in a World War II GURPS Supers campaign. He operated "back home" in the United States of America. He was an incredibly-fast speedster who could fly at the speed of sound! Well, that's pretty fast for WWII. __________________ GURPS Fantasy Folk: Elves My first GURPS supplement Top 12 Clues You're a Role-Playing Old-Timer My humorous (I hope) article that also promotes SJGames/GURPS Kerry Thornley: Dwarf Planet Eris, Discordianism, and The John F. Kennedy Assassination Without Thornley, there would never have been the Steve Jackson Games edition of Principia Discordia

11-01-2020, 11:43 AM	#10
Anthony Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Berkeley, CA	Re: Best super power to have in WW2? Totally depends on what's available and what your objectives are. At the high end of super powers are abilities that could just end the war. __________________ My GURPS site and Blog.