- "See...There's a reason they call me Random. Anything you throw at me, I come up with a way t'beat it. Y'can't predict me. Y'can't pin me down!!!"
- ― Random (Marvel Comics)
The ability to have any random powers at any time.
Also Called
- Multi-Abilities Power
- Power Desultor/Roulette
- Unpredicted Power
- Unpremeditated Power
Capabilities
User can gain/switch powers at random either switching one power with another or accumulating multiple powers over time.
Applications
- Users can also alter physical properties, including size and strength.
- Users can have any power randomly when they are ready to use it on an opponent.
- Users can only hope to get the power they desire at that particular moment, hence it is random.
- Users can randomly deflect any powers directed at them.
- Users can randomly have both physical or mental powers.
Variations
- Some users can give any random power to any subject via Power Bestowal, or that if they get it by chance to use this power.
- Some users can possess multiple random powers at one time.
Variations
Limitations
- This ability is NOT the same as Complete Arsenal, where one has every power known superpower at once.
- User may only be able to use one power at a time.
- User may be unable to switch their own power.
- Powers may be useless or self-catastrophic at a specific moment or against a certain threat.
- User's powers may be based on a sort of probability - better results mean better powers and stronger effects.
- The randomness makes it difficult to make strategies both before and during a battle.
Known Users
- Random (Marvel Comics)
- Inhumans - Skrull (Marvel Comics)
- Spinner (Marvel Comics)
- Jo Nah/Ultra Boy (DC Comics)
- Mitch Shelley/Resurrection Man (DC Comics)
- Sleeper (Wild Cards)
- Edwin Alva Jr. (Static Shock/DCAU)
- Pokémon (Pokémon); via Metronome or Assist
- Conker (Conker's Bad Hair Day); gets a random item depending on what he needs at the time
- Danger Duck (Loonatics Unleashed); via Power Orb Randomizer
- Daimon (Daimon)
- Jackpot (Fairy Tail)
- Last Dragonborn (Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim); via the Wabbajack
- Eidolon (Worm)
- Chameleon (Mortal Kombat)
- Khameleon (Mortal Kombat)
- Game Master (Not Lives); via Shuffle
- Kylie Galen (Shadow Falls); powers vary depending on her need to protect others
- Kite (Hunter X Hunter); via Crazy Slots
- Marin Morning (Martin Morning)
- Satori (One Piece); via Surprise Balls in his Ordeal of Balls
Gallery
Danger Duck's (Loonatics Unleashed) energy blasts randomly produce tar, orange juice, or simply explosions.
JackPot (Fairy Tail) can use Slot Magic which grants random powers
Through the use of 'Metronome', Clefairy (Pokemon) can use nearly any random technique.
Mitch Shelley/The Resurrection Man (DC Comics)
Spinner (Marvel Comics) is granted with a different power every 24 hours.
Edwin Alva Jr. (Static Shock/DCAU)
Satori (One Piece) uses Surprise Balls in his Ordeal of Balls against Sanji. Each ball contains random weapons, animals or effects.
Bugsy Pugsler (Epithet Erased) can use his epithet "Bellybutton" to spit out a random projectile...
...even something as useless as rubber ducks.