Board Thread:Questions and Answers/@comment-25615397-20160301032615/@comment-26973278-20180311061359

AlphaTheHD wrote: @CrabHermit No thank you. As I said in my first reply, I only want to be safe, and since everyone else is also getting two powers that I can't predict, I chose one of the few non-omni/absolute/almighty power I found that could keep me safe from most/all other non-omni/absolute powers: Preemptive Adaptation. After that, it was just a matter of finding another power that could synergize well with it. The problem was that Preemptive Adaptation could already give me access to most of the other powers under the right circumstances, so my choice was rather limited if I wanted to avoid potential redundancy. It's then that I realized that all I had to do was find a power that could circumvent that situational limitation and one of them is Programmable Powers.

The rules are: Scorpio 1999 wrote: -You can't have any powers that could lead to omnipotence or nigh-omnipotence, whether directly or indirectly.

-No Almighty or absolute powers.

-No "omni-" powers. Nowhere does it say that you can't have powers that can lead to omni, absolute or almighty powers (excluding (Nigh-)Omnipotence). Preemptive Adaptation and Programmable Powers break none of the three since the only way the former it can lead to Nigh-Omnipotence is by pitting the user against a nigh-omnipotent being, which is prevented by one of the setting's rules. Besides, the wording of the rules leave place for interpretation. I take them to mean that the kind of powers they mention cannot be requested rather than that they cannot be possessed by anyone at any point in time.

So basically finding a loophole? "I can be nigh omnipotent too if someone else is", essentially you are still inherently picking a power that doesn't allow you to be challenged, period.

Even if it doesn't say you can't have powers that lead to omni, absolute or almighty powers, you are still choosing a power that allows you to loophole the rules.

Take my chosen powers for example, I picked Reincarnation and Golden Rule, while these powers seem powerful at first glance, they have and probably will always have fatal flaws.

Reincarnation doesn't mean anything if I'm helpless against my foes, it only ensures that I will always come back to life, but it doesn't promise I would come back to life on Earth or something if I ever wanted revenge.

Golden Rule is an artificial value power, money can get you things but it doesn't get you everything that you want, such as people's loyalty or power over people, and this power too loses all meaning when all money loses meaning.

I chose these powers knowing that I would never reach a nigh omnipotent level no matter what happened to me.

Don't get me wrong, I'm not bashing you for your choices but just stating my opinion, if you feel like those powers are fair and balanced, then it's all good but I just don't feel like it leaves room for competition and weakness.