Question Would this be possible in the WAU?
8 years 10 months ago #1
by Amy_Amethyst
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Could there be a type of Energizer whose power manifested as Power Amplification? Would they have to chose a single aspect of a power at a time to amplify in somebody else (like strength alone in a Brick), or would they be able to amplify something like all of the aspects of PKSuperman in somebody that had that power?
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Hmm...that would be very interesting to see in the WU...
I wonder why the concept sounds so familiar...
I wonder why the concept sounds so familiar...



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This is technically the same as Hamper or Damper... .. They just happen to have gain settings below one
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Isn't that Reverb's power?
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Kristin Darken, according to the Wiki Hamper's power manifests as "psychic confusion or masking effect" which doesn't affect the targets actual powers at all, and Damper's as a "power neutralization effect", What I am suggesting would actually be the opposite of Damper's power.
Cryptic, I didn't remember that Reverb is a "probability warper and powers mimic with the ability to amplify other people's use of their powers". That would mean that she has the ability to do what I suggested by different means than I suggested. I don't remember much if any story space showing her using her ability though.
Has there been any other characters with the power amplifying ability, no matter how it was arrived at?
Cryptic, I didn't remember that Reverb is a "probability warper and powers mimic with the ability to amplify other people's use of their powers". That would mean that she has the ability to do what I suggested by different means than I suggested. I don't remember much if any story space showing her using her ability though.
Has there been any other characters with the power amplifying ability, no matter how it was arrived at?
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8 years 10 months ago #6
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Yes, Damper's the one I was thinking of...
I know its "power neutralization" but power amplification and neutralization 'happen' very similarly... its all a question of how you sync up your signal... in phase with the energy map of the original power and you boost it, out of phase and you get cancellation effects or a reduced signal.
That doesn't mean that every power nullifier could also be amplifying peoples' powers and vice versa... but there 'could' be crossover and the way the traits manifest would be very similar.
I know its "power neutralization" but power amplification and neutralization 'happen' very similarly... its all a question of how you sync up your signal... in phase with the energy map of the original power and you boost it, out of phase and you get cancellation effects or a reduced signal.
That doesn't mean that every power nullifier could also be amplifying peoples' powers and vice versa... but there 'could' be crossover and the way the traits manifest would be very similar.

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