• Etterra@discuss.online
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    11 hours ago

    Insanely rich: cheat codes for a comfortable life.

    Shapeshifter: renders attractiveness options irrelevant and has enormous utility.

    Psionics or magic, depending on strength and utility. For pscionics it really depends on how broad a range we’re talking about. If it’s just one thing or two things, nah. Being able to fling things around with my mind and pyro/cryo/electrokinesis are all tangently attached to telekinesis is great. But so is being able to throw fireballs in reanimate the dead. So really it would depend on the rules and mechanics for the magic/psionic systems. I think pscionics if it’s more like The Force or something strong from GURPS or RIFTS, magic if it’s something strong from RIFTS or D&D. If both are awesome then I’d pick whatever has the most utility probably. Especially since magic can duplicate psionic abilities using certain magic systems. But if it’s lame magic or requires something like Faustian pacts or answering to any kind of more powerful entity, screw that. But depending on the mechanics, psionics and magic are just different kinds of magic systems.

    Tldr, being a stupidly rich shape-shifting reality bender sounds like the life.

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      11 hours ago

      You could use many of the other options to become insanely rich relatively quickly 😅

      But yeah I guess skipping the part where you rob a bank or something does have some appeal 😅