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WhatThePhysics

2017-03-06, 10:06 PM

Due to the vast amount of good ideas generated in this thread (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?511022-Spontaneous-Superpower-Scenario&p=21559928), I'd like to spin the original idea for more brainstorming purposes.

You, as a real person in the real world, become aware that nearly 1000 people have gained non-epic, random spells/powers from the SRD as at-will spell-like abilities. They're treated as having the minimum caster/manifester level necessary to produce the effect. You are virtually the ultimate authority on how to contain these individuals, and any appropriate government agencies will attempt to requisition the resources necessary to fulfill your directives. Assume you learn about these people at a convenient place and time, and they are unaware of your existence.

Below is a numbered list of all non-epic SRD spells and powers, if you want to randomize the target's ability. Spells range from 1-625, and powers range from 626-912. For the sake of discussion, you're not limited to a single roll, but assume only one spell/power per hypothetical individual.

1. Acid Arrow
2. Acid Fog
3. Acid Splash
4. Aid
5. Air Walk
6. Alarm
7. Align Weapon
8. Alter Self
9. Analyze Dweomer
10. Animal Growth
11. Animal Messenger
12. Animal Shapes
13. Animal Trance
14. Animate Dead
15. Animate Objects
16. Animate Plants
17. Animate Rope
18. Antilife Shell
19. Antimagic Field
20. Antipathy
21. Antiplant Shell
22. Arcane Eye
23. Arcane Lock
24. Arcane Mark
25. Arcane Sight
26. Arcane Sight, Greater
27. Armor Of Darkness
28. Astral Projection
29. Atonement
30. Augury
31. Awaken
32. Baleful Polymorph
33. Bane
34. Banishment
35. Barkskin
36. Bear's Endurance
37. Bear's Endurance, Mass
38. Bestow Curse
39. Binding
40. Blacklight
41. Black Tentacles
42. Blade Barrier
43. Blasphemy
44. Bless
45. Bless Water
46. Bless Weapon
47. Blight
48. Blindness/Deafness
49. Blink
50. Blur
51. Bolt Of Glory
52. Bolts Of Bedevilment
53. Brain Spider
54. Break Enchantment
55. Bull's Strength
56. Bull's Strength, Mass
57. Burning Hands
58. Call Lightning
59. Call Lightning Storm
60. Calm Animals
61. Calm Emotions
62. Cat's Grace
63. Cat's Grace, Mass
64. Cause Fear
65. Chain Lightning
66. Changestaff
67. Chaos Hammer
68. Charm Animal
69. Charm Monster
70. Charm Monster, Mass
71. Charm Person
72. Chill Metal
73. Chill Touch
74. Circle of Death
75. Clairaudience/Clairvoyance
76. Clenched Fist
77. Cloak of Chaos
78. Clone
79. Cloudkill
80. Color Spray
81. Command
82. Command Plants
83. Command Undead
84. Command, Greater
85. Commune
86. Commune with Nature
87. Comprehend Languages
88. Cone of Cold
89. Confusion
90. Confusion, Lesser
91. Consecrate
92. Contact Other Plane
93. Contagion
94. Contingency
95. Continual Flame
96. Control Plants
97. Control Undead
98. Control Water
99. Control Weather
100. Control Winds
101. Create Food and Water
102. Create Greater Undead
103. Create Undead
104. Create Water
105. Creeping Doom
106. Crown Of Glory
107. Crushing Despair
108. Crushing Hand
109. Cure Critical Wounds
110. Cure Critical Wounds, Mass
111. Cure Light Wounds
112. Cure Light Wounds, Mass
113. Cure Minor Wounds
114. Cure Moderate Wounds
115. Cure Moderate Wounds, Mass
116. Cure Serious Wounds
117. Cure Serious Wounds, Mass
118. Curse Water
119. Dancing Lights
120. Darkness
121. Darkvision
122. Daylight
123. Daze
124. Daze Monster
125. Death Knell
126. Death Ward
127. Deathwatch
128. Deep Slumber
129. Deeper Darkness
130. Delay Poison
131. Delayed Blast Fireball
132. Demand
133. Desecrate
134. Destruction
135. Detect Animals or Plants
136. Detect Chaos
137. Detect Evil
138. Detect Good
139. Detect Law
140. Detect Magic
141. Detect Poison
142. Detect Scrying
143. Detect Secret Doors
144. Detect Snares and Pits
145. Detect Thoughts
146. Detect Undead
147. Dictum
148. Dimension Door
149. Dimensional Anchor
150. Dimensional Lock
151. Diminish Plants
152. Discern Lies
153. Discern Location
154. Disguise Self
155. Disintegrate
156. Dismissal
157. Dispel Chaos
158. Dispel Evil
159. Dispel Good
160. Dispel Law
161. Dispel Magic
162. Dispel Magic, Greater
163. Displacement
164. Disrupt Undead
165. Disrupting Weapon
166. Divination
167. Divine Favor
168. Divine Power
169. Dominate Animal
170. Dominate Monster
171. Dominate Person
172. Doom
173. Dream
174. Dweomer Of Transference
175. Eagle's Splendor
176. Eagle's Splendor, Mass
177. Earthquake
178. Elemental Swarm
179. Endure Elements
180. Energy Drain
181. Enervation
182. Enlarge Person
183. Enlarge Person, Mass
184. Entangle
185. Enthrall
186. Entropic Shield
187. Erase
188. Ethereal Jaunt
189. Etherealness
190. Expeditious Retreat
191. Explosive Runes
192. Eyebite
193. Fabricate
194. Faerie Fire
195. False Life
196. False Vision
197. Fear
198. Feather Fall
199. Feeblemind
200. Find the Path
201. Find Traps
202. Finger of Death
203. Fire Seeds
204. Fire Shield
205. Fire Storm
206. Fire Trap
207. Fireball
208. Flame Arrow
209. Flame Blade
210. Flame Strike
211. Flaming Sphere
212. Flare
213. Flesh to Stone
214. Floating Disk
215. Fly
216. Fog Cloud
217. Forbiddance
218. Forcecage
219. Forceful Hand
220. Foresight
221. Fox's Cunning
222. Fox's Cunning, Mass
223. Freedom
224. Freedom of Movement
225. Freezing Sphere
226. Gaseous Form
227. Gate
228. Geas, Lesser
229. Geas/Quest
230. Genesis
231. Gentle Repose
232. Ghost Sound
233. Ghoul Touch
234. Giant Vermin
235. Glibness
236. Glitterdust
237. Globe of Invulnerability
238. Globe of Invulnerability, Lesser
239. Glossolalia
240. Glyph of Warding
241. Glyph of Warding, Greater
242. Good Hope
243. Goodberry
244. Grasping Hand
245. Grease
246. Guards and Wards
247. Guidance
248. Gust of Wind
249. Hallow
250. Hallucinatory Terrain
251. Halt Undead
252. Hardening
253. Harm
254. Haste
255. Heal
256. Heal Mount
257. Heal, Mass
258. Heat Metal
259. Helping Hand
260. Heroes' Feast
261. Heroism
262. Heroism, Greater
263. Hide from Animals
264. Hide from Undead
265. Hideous Laughter
266. Hold Animal
267. Hold Monster
268. Hold Monster, Mass
269. Hold Person
270. Hold Person, Mass
271. Hold Portal
272. Holy Aura
273. Holy Smite
274. Holy Sword
275. Holy Word
276. Horrid Wilting
277. Hypnotic Pattern
278. Hypnotism
279. Ice Storm
280. Identify
281. Illusory Script
282. Illusory Wall
283. Imbue with Spell Ability
284. Implosion
285. Imprisonment
286. Incendiary Cloud
287. Inflict Critical Wounds
288. Inflict Critical Wounds, Mass
289. Inflict Light Wounds
290. Inflict Light Wounds, Mass
291. Inflict Minor Wounds
292. Inflict Moderate Wounds
293. Inflict Moderate Wounds, Mass
294. Inflict Serious Wounds
295. Inflict Serious Wounds, Mass
296. Insanity
297. Insect Plague
298. Instant Summons
299. Interposing Hand
300. Invisibility
301. Invisibility Purge
302. Invisibility Sphere
303. Invisibility, Greater
304. Invisibility, Mass
305. Iron Body
306. Ironwood
307. Irresistible Dance
308. Jump
309. Keen Edge
310. Knock
311. Know Direction
312. Legend Lore
313. Levitate
314. Light
315. Lightning Bolt
316. Limited Wish
317. Liveoak
318. Locate Creature
319. Locate Object
320. Longstrider
321. Lullaby
322. Maddening Scream
323. Mage Armor
324. Mage Hand
325. Mage's Disjunction
326. Mage's Faithful Hound
327. Mage's Lucubration
328. Mage's Magnificent Mansion
329. Mage's Private Sanctum
330. Mage's Sword
331. Magic Aura
332. Magic Circle against Chaos
333. Magic Circle against Evil
334. Magic Circle against Good
335. Magic Circle against Law
336. Magic Fang
337. Magic Fang, Greater
338. Magic Jar
339. Magic Missile
340. Magic Mouth
341. Magic Stone
342. Magic Vestment
343. Magic Weapon
344. Magic Weapon, Greater
345. Major Creation
346. Major Image
347. Make Whole
348. Mark of Justice
349. Maze
350. Meld into Stone
351. Mending
352. Mental Pinnacle
353. Message
354. Meteor Swarm
355. Mind Blank
356. Mind Fog
357. Minor Creation
358. Minor Image
359. Miracle
360. Mirage Arcana
361. Mirror Image
362. Misdirection
363. Mislead
364. Mnemonic Enhancer
365. Modify Memory
366. Moment of Prescience
367. Mount
368. Move Earth
369. Neutralize Poison
370. Nightmare
371. Nondetection
372. Obscure Object
373. Obscuring Mist
374. Open/Close
375. Order's Wrath
376. Overland Flight
377. Owl's Wisdom
378. Owl's Wisdom, Mass
379. Pass without Trace
380. Passwall
381. Permanency
382. Permanent Image
383. Persistent Image
384. Phantasmal Killer
385. Phantom Steed
386. Phantom Trap
387. Phase Door
388. Planar Ally
389. Planar Ally, Greater
390. Planar Ally, Lesser
391. Planar Binding
392. Planar Binding, Greater
393. Planar Binding, Lesser
394. Plane Shift
395. Plant Growth
396. Poison
397. Polar Ray
398. Polymorph
399. Polymorph Any Object
400. Power Word Blind
401. Power Word Kill
402. Power Word Stun
403. Prayer
404. Prestidigitation
405. Prismatic Sphere
406. Prismatic Spray
407. Prismatic Wall
408. Probe Thoughts
409. Produce Flame
410. Programmed Image
411. Project Image
412. Protection from Arrows
413. Protection from Chaos
414. Protection from Energy
415. Protection from Evil
416. Protection from Good
417. Protection from Law
418. Protection from Spells
419. Prying Eyes
420. Prying Eyes, Greater
421. Psychic Turmoil
422. Psychic Turmoil, Greater
423. Purify Food and Drink
424. Pyrotechnics
425. Quench
426. Rage
427. Rainbow Pattern
428. Raise Dead
429. Ray of Enfeeblement
430. Ray of Exhaustion
431. Ray of Frost
432. Read Magic
433. Reduce Animal
434. Reduce Person
435. Reduce Person, Mass
436. Refuge
437. Regenerate
438. Reincarnate
439. Remove Blindness/Deafness
440. Remove Curse
441. Remove Disease
442. Remove Fear
443. Remove Paralysis
444. Repel Metal or Stone
445. Repel Vermin
446. Repel Wood
447. Repulsion
448. Resilient Sphere
449. Resist Energy
450. Resistance
451. Restoration
452. Restoration, Greater
453. Restoration, Lesser
454. Resurrection
455. Reverse Gravity
456. Righteous Might
457. Rope Trick
458. Rusting Grasp
459. Sanctuary
460. Scare
461. Scintillating Pattern
462. Scorching Ray
463. Screen
464. Scrying
465. Scrying, Greater
466. Sculpt Sound
467. Searing Light
468. Secret Chest
469. Secret Page
470. Secure Shelter
471. See Invisibility
472. Seeming
473. Sending
474. Sepia Snake Sigil
475. Sequester
476. Shades
477. Shadow Conjuration
478. Shadow Conjuration, Greater
479. Shadow Evocation
480. Shadow Evocation, Greater
481. Shadow Walk
482. Shambler
483. Shapechange
484. Shatter
485. Shield
486. Shield Other
487. Shield of Faith
488. Shield of Law
489. Shillelagh
490. Shocking Grasp
491. Shout
492. Shout, Greater
493. Shrink Item
494. Silence
495. Silent Image
496. Simulacrum
497. Slay Living
498. Sleep
499. Sleet Storm
500. Slow
501. Snare
502. Soften Earth and Stone
503. Solid Fog
504. Song of Discord
505. Soul Bind
506. Sound Burst
507. Speak with Animals
508. Speak with Dead
509. Speak with Plants
510. Spectral Hand
511. Spell Immunity
512. Spell Immunity, Greater
513. Spell Resistance
514. Spell Turning
515. Spellstaff
516. Spider Climb
517. Spike Growth
518. Spike Stones
519. Spiritual Weapon
520. Statue
521. Status
522. Status, Greater
523. Stinking Cloud
524. Stone Shape
525. Stone Tell
526. Stone to Flesh
527. Stoneskin
528. Storm of Vengeance
529. Suggestion
530. Suggestion, Mass
531. Summon Instrument
532. Summon Monster I
533. Summon Monster II
534. Summon Monster III
535. Summon Monster IV
536. Summon Monster IX
537. Summon Monster V
538. Summon Monster VI
539. Summon Monster VII
540. Summon Monster VIII
541. Summon Nature's Ally I
542. Summon Nature's Ally II
543. Summon Nature's Ally III
544. Summon Nature's Ally IV
545. Summon Nature's Ally IX
546. Summon Nature's Ally V
547. Summon Nature's Ally VI
548. Summon Nature's Ally VII
549. Summon Nature's Ally VIII
550. Summon Swarm
551. Sunbeam
552. Sunburst
553. Surelife
554. Symbol of Death
555. Symbol of Fear
556. Symbol of Insanity
557. Symbol of Pain
558. Symbol of Persuasion
559. Symbol of Sleep
560. Symbol of Stunning
561. Symbol of Weakness
562. Sympathetic Vibration
563. Sympathy
564. Telekinesis
565. Telekinetic Sphere
566. Telepathic Bond
567. Telepathic Bond, Lesser
568. Teleport
569. Teleport Object
570. Teleport, Greater
571. Teleportation Circle
572. Temporal Stasis
573. Time Stop
574. Tiny Hut
575. Tongues
576. Touch of Fatigue
577. Touch of Idiocy
578. Touch Of Madness
579. Transformation
580. Transmute Metal to Wood
581. Transmute Mud to Rock
582. Transmute Rock to Mud
583. Transport via Plants
584. Trap the Soul
585. Tree Shape
586. Tree Stride
587. True Resurrection
588. True Creation
589. True Seeing
590. True Strike
591. Undeath to Death
592. Undetectable Alignment
593. Unhallow
594. Unholy Aura
595. Unholy Blight
596. Unseen Servant
597. Vampiric Touch
598. Veil
599. Ventriloquism
600. Virtue
601. Vision
602. Wail of the Banshee
603. Wall of Fire
604. Wall of Force
605. Wall of Ice
606. Wall of Iron
607. Wall of Stone
608. Wall of Thorns
609. Warp Wood
610. Water Breathing
611. Water Walk
612. Waves of Exhaustion
613. Waves of Fatigue
614. Web
615. Weird
616. Whirlwind
617. Whispering Wind
618. Wind Walk
619. Wind Wall
620. Wish
621. Wood Shape
622. Word of Chaos
623. Word of Recall
624. Zone of Silence
625. Zone of Truth
626. Adapt Body
627. Affinity Field
628. Anchored Navigation
629. Animal Affinity
630. Apopsi
631. Assimilate
632. Astral Caravan
633. Astral Construct
634. Astral Seed
635. Astral Traveler
636. Attraction
637. Aura Alteration
638. Aura Sight
639. Aversion
640. Baleful Teleport
641. Banishment, Psionic
642. Bend Reality
643. Bestow Power
644. Biofeedback
645. Bite of the Wolf
646. Body Adjustment
647. Body Equilibrium
648. Body Purification
649. Bolt
650. Brain Lock
651. Breath of the Black Dragon
652. Burst
653. Call to Mind
654. Call Weaponry
655. Catapsi
656. Catfall
657. Chameleon
658. Charm, Psionic
659. Clairtangent Hand
660. Clairvoyant Sense
661. Claw of Energy
662. Claws of the Beast
663. Claws of the Vampire
664. Cloud Mind
665. Cloud Mind, Mass
666. Compression
667. Conceal Thoughts
668. Concealing Amorpha
669. Concealing Amorpha, Greater
670. Concussion Blast
671. Contingency, Psionic
672. Control Air
673. Control Body
674. Control Flames
675. Control Light
676. Control Object
677. Control Sound
678. Co-Opt Concentration
679. Correspond
680. Create Sound
681. Crisis of Breath
682. Crisis of Life
683. Crystal Shard
684. Crystallize
685. Danger Sense
686. Darkvision, Psionic
687. Daze, Psionic
688. Death Urge
689. Deceleration
690. Decerebrate
691. Déjà Vu
692. Demoralize
693. Destiny Dissonance
694. Detect Hostile Intent
695. Detect Psionics
696. Detect Remote Viewing
697. Detect Teleportation
698. Dimension Door, Psionic
699. Dimension Slide
700. Dimension Swap
701. Dimensional Anchor, Psionic
702. Disable
703. Disintegrate, Psionic
704. Dismissal, Psionic
705. Dismiss Ectoplasm
706. Dispel Psionics
707. Dispelling Buffer
708. Dissipating Touch
709. Dissolving Touch
710. Dissolving Weapon
711. Distract
712. Divert Teleport
713. Divination, Psionic
714. Dominate, Psionic
715. Dream Travel
716. Duodimensional Claw
717. Ecto Protection
718. Ectoplasmic Cocoon
719. Ectoplasmic Cocoon, Mass
720. Ectoplasmic Form
721. Ectoplasmic Shambler
722. Ego Whip
723. Elfsight
724. Empathic Feedback
725. Empathic Transfer
726. Empathic Transfer, Hostile
727. Empathy
728. Empty Mind
729. Energy Adaptation
730. Energy Adaptation, Specified
731. Energy Ball
732. Energy Bolt
733. Energy Burst
734. Energy Cone
735. Energy Conversion
736. Energy Current
737. Energy Missile
738. Energy Push
739. Energy Ray
740. Energy Retort
741. Energy Stun
742. Energy Wall
743. Energy Wave
744. Entangling Ectoplasm
745. Eradicate Invisibility
746. Escape Detection
747. Ethereal Jaunt, Psionic
748. Etherealness, Psionic
749. Evade Burst
750. Exhalation of the Black Dragon
751. Expansion
752. Fabricate, Psionic
753. Fabricate, Greater Psionic
754. False Sensory Input
755. Far Hand
756. Fate Link
757. Fate of One
758. Feat Leech
759. Fiery Discorporation
760. Fission
761. Float
762. Fly, Psionic
763. Force Screen
764. Form of Doom
765. Freedom of Movement, Psionic
766. Fuse Flesh
767. Fusion
768. Genesis
769. Graft Weapon
770. Grease, Psionic
771. Grip of Iron
772. Hail of Crystals
773. Hammer
774. Hustle
775. Hypercognition
776. Id Insinuation
777. Identify, Psionic
778. Immovability
779. Incarnate
780. Inertial Armor
781. Inertial Barrier
782. Inflict Pain
783. Insanity
784. Intellect Fortress
785. Iron Body, Psionic
786. Keen Edge, Psionic
787. Knock, Psionic
788. Know Direction and Location
789. Leech Field
790. Levitate, Psionic
791. Major Creation, Psionic
792. Matter Agitation
793. Matter Manipulation
794. Mental Barrier
795. Mental Disruption
796. Metaconcert
797. Metafaculty
798. Metamorphosis
799. Metamorphosis, Greater
800. Metaphysical Claw
801. Metaphysical Weapon
802. Microcosm
803. Mind Blank, Personal
804. Mind Blank, Psionic
805. Mind Probe
806. Mind Seed
807. Mind Switch
808. Mind Switch, True
809. Mind Thrust
810. Mind Trap
811. Mindlink
812. Mindlink, Thieving
813. Mindwipe
814. Minor Creation, Psionic
815. Missive
816. Missive, Mass
817. Modify Memory, Psionic
818. Moment of Prescience, Psionic
819. My Light
820. Null Psionics Field
821. Oak Body
822. Object Reading
823. Overland Flight, Psionic
824. Painful Strike
825. Personality Parasite
826. Phase Door, Psionic
827. Plane Shift, Psionic
828. Power Leech
829. Power Resistance
830. Precognition
831. Precognition, Defensive
832. Precognition, Greater
833. Precognition, Offensive
834. Prescience, Offensive
835. Prevenom
836. Prevenom Weapon
837. Prowess
838. Psionic Blast
839. Psionic Lion’s Charge
840. Psionic Lock
841. Psionic Repair Damage
842. Psionic Revivify
843. Psionic Scent
844. Psychic Chirurgery
845. Psychic Crush
846. Psychic Reformation
847. Psychic Vampire
848. Psychofeedback
849. Quintessence
850. Read Thoughts
851. Reality Revision
852. Recall Agony
853. Recall Death
854. Reddopsi
855. Remote View Trap
856. Remote Viewing
857. Restoration, Psionic
858. Restore Extremity
859. Retrieve
860. Schism
861. Second Chance
862. Sense Link
863. Sense Link, Forced
864. Sensitivity to Psychic Impressions
865. Sequester, Psionic
866. Shadow Body
867. Share Pain
868. Share Pain, Forced
869. Shatter Mind Blank
870. Skate
871. Solicit Psicrystal
872. Steadfast Perception
873. Stomp
874. Strength of My Enemy
875. Suggestion, Psionic
876. Suspend Life
877. Sustenance
878. Swarm of Crystals
879. Synesthete
880. Telekinetic Force
881. Telekinetic Maneuver
882. Telekinetic Sphere, Psionic
883. Telekinetic Thrust
884. Telempathic Projection
885. Teleport, Psionic
886. Teleport, Psionic Greater
887. Teleportation Circle, Psionic
888. Teleport Trigger
889. Temporal Acceleration
890. Thicken Skin
891. Thought Shield
892. Time Hop
893. Time Hop, Mass
894. Time Regression
895. Timeless Body
896. Tongues, Psionic
897. Tornado Blast
898. Touchsight
899. Tower of Iron Will
900. Trace Teleport
901. True Creation
902. True Metabolism
903. True Seeing, Psionic
904. Truevenom
905. Truevenom Weapon
906. Ubiquitous Vision
907. Ultrablast
908. Vampiric Blade
909. Vigor
910. Wall of Ectoplasm
911. Wall Walker
912. Weapon of Energy

EDIT: Added clarification to prevent confusion.

Jack_Simth

2017-03-06, 10:10 PM

Just for grins.... 1d912
... ah, right. No rolling in this forum. Oh well, I still can have my computer do it..

337: Magic Fang, Greater.
Someone can cheat at things like boxing, Karate, or Mixed Martial Arts; dog fights and things, too. At caster level 5, it's just a +1, and isn't really any better than normal doping. Standard police action can take care of this if it actually becomes a problem.

343: Magic Weapon: Just a +1 to some weapon or other. Makes a knife, baseball bat, firearm, or other weapon slightly more dangerous in the wrong hands. Again, nothing that can't be handled by normal police action. Woohoo - someone cheats in a shooting competition.

843: Psionic Scent: ... do I care? How would someone abuse this?

3: Acid Splash: OK. Yes, this can be used in an assault. 1d3 damage has a chance of KO'ing a standard human commoner 1 in a way that will need immediate medical attention for them to be reasonably sure of surviving. This can be handled by normal law enforcement, once they get some coaching that the bloke is never unarmed.

684: Crystallize: OK, now this guy can cause some panic. In practical terms, though, it's just a guy with a high powered rifle and unlimited ammo. If he's actually a significant problem (most firearm owners are actually solid citizens: They just aren't the ones who make the news), a sniper can end the problem once the source is known (which may take a while - someone drunk on the traceless murder power will eventually threaten the wrong person, and there's modern methods for tracking that sort of thing even without that; look up how credit card companies track down which employee at a business is stealing the credit card numbers).

659: Clairtangent Hand: With enough quiet work, this guy could end the world. If he's smart, there is no stopping him (mostly because you can't find out about the limitations, or even that he exists at all, until after it's too late).

ATHATH

2017-03-06, 10:31 PM

I begin setting up an altar to our new superpowered overlord(s), because someone's probably got Wish (or Limited Wish) as an at-will SLA, and we don't have access to the SCP Foundation's devices/facilities that can contain omnipotent beings.

Coretron03

2017-03-06, 10:38 PM

First roll was polymorph any object, 399. All hail our new god and overlord. Could be either incredibly dangerous or incredibly helpful. On the helpful side he could turn crap into food I think with the double cast thing. Could turn people into hulking monsters or make them tiny for infilitration I guess. Pixie anyone? (Assuming you can polymorph stuff into monsters). I dunno, Haven't really looked heabily at its abuse

199. Feeblemind. Ok, can make people potatoes. Maybe say screw you to other people capable of using these spell likes or basically mind wipes. Might cause political problems if one manages to activate it on a important person. Would be very hard to trace back to the orginal source. Would be a very subtle "assassin".

715. Dream travel. Impossible to pin down as they can cover 5 miles in a minute. Take a group of people too and travel to other planes if possible. Could get you into anywhere, anytime. Could drop a surgical strike into anywhere. Could steal pretty much anything and would be a brutal assassin. 3 seconds away from getting out of any situation.

216. Fog cloud. Basically a long range and accurate smokescreen. Nifty for anyone wanting easy get aways and such. I

WhatThePhysics

2017-03-06, 10:58 PM

659: Clairtangent Hand: With enough quiet work, this guy could end the world. If he's smart, there is no stopping him (mostly because you can't find out about the limitations, or even that he exists at all, until after it's too late).

Emphasis mine. For the purposes of this scenario, you and your associates are aware of the System Reference Document's contents.

Holy crap, first roll was polymorph any object, 399. I think I won. All hail our new god and overlord. Gonna do it a couple more times for fun.

199. Feeblemind. Ok, I can make people potatoes. Maybe say screw you to other people capable of using these spell likes or basically mind wipes. A bit subtler then killing them, might cause political problems if one manages to activate it on a important person.

715. Dream travel. Impossible to pin down as I can cover 5 miles in a minute. Take a group of people too and travel to other planes if possible

216. Fog cloud. Basically a long range smoke screen. Nifty for anyone wanting easy get aways and such. Shoot them why don't you if their a problem

I think you're confusing this thread for the one where you get the superpower (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?511022-Spontaneous-Superpower-Scenario&p=21559928).

Jack_Simth

2017-03-07, 08:04 AM

442: remove fear. Umm... how's he going to cause trouble with that?

Emphasis mine. For the purposes of this scenario, you and your associates are aware of the System Reference Document's contents.Then we lead up all the buildings. All of them. Expensive as all get-out, but gets the job done.

While we're working on that, though, he can still pretty much end the world. He may not be able to look around and manipulate things in the nuclear bunkers (or places like the white house - those will be done first), but in today's connected world it's a pretty simple matter for him to manipulate events to his heart's content. A known or obvious location will include a place he's seen, and he can see basically anywhere, and we have no way to back-trace. Basically just has to spy on important people for a while, and start tapping away on their phones or computers when they're not looking to get things done. Even the right "unimportant" people will do - it would not be difficult for me to send an e-mail from my boss's account from my desk (I manage the e-mail server). I'm pretty sure Trump doesn't manage his e-mail server, either. Not to mention that the guy can essentially have physical access to pretty much any hardware with a little work...

Yeah, he can still end the world if he chooses and he's smart. He probably will just have the Amazon servers send him a bunch of stuff for free, or have the banks deposit a ton of money into his account. Might kill a few people (there's a lot of things where a little force at the right time does nasty things - disconnecting a line to a gas fireplace, for instance, then striking a match). If he is careful, he's impossible to catch. But that "Careful" includes "has a full-time job, and doesn't steal". If he skips those, he's catchable. Then as long as you can demonstrate what he's doing to the satisfaction of the people going after him, he's dead.

First roll was polymorph any object, 399. All hail our new god and overlord. Could be either incredibly dangerous or incredibly helpful. On the helpful side he could turn crap into food I think with the double cast thing. Could turn people into hulking monsters or make them tiny for infilitration I guess. Pixie anyone? (Assuming you can polymorph stuff into monsters). I dunno, Haven't really looked heabily at its abuse

Less useful than you might think. Yes, there's some tricks he could use to blow it all up (anti-osmium bomb kinda thing)... but PaO doesn't change HP totals, nor give DR or regeneration (and he'd be in the blast radius). So if he PaO's an ally into a beast... he dies to a hail of gunfire, just like everyone else. Works well for infiltration... but the disguise roll is kept hidden, everyone who's familiar with the guy gets a roll, and familiarity makes it harder. An expert Hollywood makeup artist could get into some interesting places that way, but your standard person will get caught. Turning mundane objects into intelligent creatures isn't overly useful - there isn't a control clause. Could make stone golems out of boulders and use those as foot soldiers (they've got a clause about obeying their creator), but they're stupid as all get-out and humanity has man-portable weaponry that'll take down tanks. He might take over a small country, but not a big one. Make a bundle selling PaO'd boulders as construction equipment, though.

ATHATH

2017-03-07, 11:31 AM

Do they all get the same power, or do they all roll separately?

WhatThePhysics

2017-03-07, 05:08 PM

Do they all get the same power, or do they all roll separately?

Each person gets an individual power from the list.

Flickerdart

2017-03-07, 05:23 PM

Scramble the agents in cheap black suits. Chances are that all the people who have gained these abilities are no more difficult to capture than regular people - offensive abilities only work if you have the heads-up to use them, defensive abilities are typically on a timer.

The agents will observe the target until they detect a safe time to attack - for example, a person with a 70-minute freedom of movement will have to re-cast it every 70 minutes, so it's safe to move in right after the spell ends. Then just shoot them. Threat has been contained.

Assuming you want them alive for whatever ridiculous reason, drug and black-bag them, and do the ol' shock collar trick while they're restrained. Hopefully, your agents will have gathered enough intel to realize when the target has powers like teleport that require additional containment measures. Anything that breaks concentration, or can AoO them into unconsciousness, is obviously handy. Limited wi- *thwok*

It's really not that hard to capture someone who's basically a normal person, and has no idea that anyone knows their secret and is coming for them.

Jack_Simth

2017-03-07, 06:37 PM

It's really not that hard to capture someone who's basically a normal person, and has no idea that anyone knows their secret and is coming for them.
Keep in mind: That also assumes that none of them are the mildly paranoid sort.

*Most* of the powers on the list are largely harmless - no worse than a person with a decent firearm, and society largely survived those - but some really are highly disruptive if abused. Of those, *most* do not do much for personal defense from an unknown assailant.

There are, however, exceptions. The big ones:
Wish (any magic item, any sor/wiz spell of 8th or lower, any other spell of 6th or lower)
Miracle (any cleric spell of 8th level or lower, any other spell of 7th level or lower)
Reality Revision (basically Psionic Wish)
Limited Wish (6th and lower Sor/Wiz, any other spell of 5th or lower - that's a LOT of possibilities, including Planar Binding things with Wish)
Bend Reality (basically Psionic Limited Wish, but slightly more limited)
Shapechange (because Su abilities on 17 or less HD critters give you Wish access if you know where to look)
Greater Metamorphisis (basically Psionic Shapechange, but slightly more limited)

Consider an at-will Limited Wish on someone who is a little paranoid. What spell effects might that guy be walking around with 24/7 (keep in mind: a Persistent spell only changes the slot requirement - it is still a spell of it's original level - so when using Limited Wish and other arbitrary spell duplication methods metamagic is free... so his buffs are only down when they've just been expended or he's hiding out in his Rope Trick on another plane (Clerical plane shift is 5th))?

Greater Heroism, Transformation, Overland Flight, Seeming, Detect Scrying, Greater Invisibility, Polymorph, Stoneskin, Arcane Sight, Displacement, Fly, Haste, Gaseous Form, Heroism, Keen Edge, Magic Circle, Greater Magic Weapon, Nondetection, Phantom Steed, Protection From Energy, Tongues, Water Breathing, Blur, Darkvision, Detect Thoughts, False Life, [Animal Attribute], Misdirection, Protection From Arrows, Resist Energy, See Invisibility, Spider Climb, Comprehend Languages, Detect Secret Doors, Detect Undead, Disguise Self, Endure Elements, Mage Armor, Shield, Detect Magic, Detect Poison, Prestidigitation, Resistance, Freedom of Movement, Blink, Glibness, Good Hope, Speak with Animals, Ventriloquism, Spell Resistance, True Seeing, Air Walk, Death Ward, Divine Power, RIghteous Might, Magic Vestments, Prayer, Neutralize Poison, Aid, Find Traps, Undetectable Alignment, Bless, Detect [alignment], Detect Undead, Divine Favor, Entropic Shield, Shield of Faith, Sanctuary, Virtue, Guidance, Barkskin, Detect Animals or Plants, Detect Snares and Pits, Jump, Longstrider.

On someone with a small amount of system mastery, who is slightly paranoid... good luck finding his whereabouts. Even if you do find him, have fun pinpointing him, and even once you do he's going to be a pain to take down before he simply vanishes. And then he can Scry & Fry to his heart's content if he gets away.

So... yeah, if 1,000 'bad actors' got random abilities from that list, the world is pretty much doomed (high probability of the world breakers popping up). However... most people are merely self-interested. Sure, some will get drunk on power... but for the most part, you don't even need to bother with containment. Roughly 80% of the list can be marked as equivalent in effect to stuff you can purchase with money. Of the remainder, most are easily found if they're abusing the power and can be dealt with fairly readily. Yeah, there's ~10 where crafty use can be used to destroy or conquer the world... but there's enough people that wouldn't bother that you probably won't need to worry about it in general. There already exists more than 10 people with world-ending capability (any ruler of a nuclear-capable country, really), and the world is still turning.

Lord Haart

2017-03-07, 09:01 PM

Given a (reasonable for purposes of this thread) assumptions that 1. there probably is at least one person for every really dangerous kind of spell/power, and 2. at least some of them are guaranteed to turn out malevolent AND intelligent?
And considering how many things there are in D&D that just "nope" everything a mundane society can throw at them?

I'd recruit a LOT of psychologists, diplomats and (just in case some superdude is a religious fanatic or is more likely to submit to an authority of his faith) as many religious leaders and authorities as i can, and start making plans to non-violently enlist as many superdudes as we can. Because if the Wishdude, the Greater Metamorphosis dude, the Mind Seed dude, the Time Regression dude (arguably THE most hax one there is to get as a SLA ability), the Communedude, the True Creation dude and the Magnificient Mansion dude (to name just a few) band together (courtesy of the Wishdude wishing it to happen) and brand themselves the Dark Legion of Lord Eaters, our only hope is to luck out and have Metafacultydude and Miracledude as Batman and Ghandi, or at least someone with a degree in hax to be on "our" side; or to convince the Metamorphosisdude that living the rest of his (probably very long) life in a deific luxury as a saviour and dragon-god of the mankind is preferable to playing a second fiddle to the Wishdude.

WhatThePhysics

2017-03-08, 11:29 PM

Telonius

2017-03-08, 11:43 PM

Remove Fear ... that could be a really horrible one, if you use the fluff effect as well as the mechanical effect. I'm imagining a motivational speaker who uses it to "hook" his audience, then gets them to do his bidding. Because hey, the things they were afraid of are no longer affecting them. Go ahead, follow those impulses, live your dream. But be sure to give me my percentage.

Inevitability

2017-03-09, 09:08 AM

Rolls (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?517832-Actual-SSCS-rolls&p=21788973) are 54, 140, 210, 375 and 460.

Break Enchantment shouldn't be any more problematic than a regular person, as their ability is only useful against other casters. I'd try to get them to your side somehow: there's a lot of individuals whose spell effects can't be reversed without magic out there.

Same for the Detect Magic guy, I guess if you really want to neutralize him, you could lead-line his cell.

Flame Strike... now this is more problematic. Someone who can burn through an inch of steel in twelve seconds is not to be trifled with. As is so often the case, sniping from a few hundred feet away is probably the best course of action.

Dealing with the Order's Wrath guy is ironically easy. After all, chances are most governments have a few lawful people in them. Just find those most attached to order, discipline, reason and obedience and have them wrestle the target to the ground.

The Scare individual seems like he'd be tricky at first glance, but its limitation of being able to target only one person a round means that by just sending a dozen or so people in the vast majority would reach him. Just make sure everybody knows the fear is temporary and not dangerous.