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spartan231490

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Merfolk physiology: Salvage/pearl diver. Actually pretty easy to make a profit. Let's see what my next random is.

Fear augmentation. I'd short-sell a popular stock and then amplify the fear of wall-street users that there might be a crash. Then any tiny downturn in the stock would lead to a selling frenzy and massive payoff on my short-sell. Yes, I"m evil. Could also use it for a large number of mob style uses but that's pretty boring. Number 3:

Magical creation. Again, too easy. Just turn sand into pains of glass, coal into diamond, rock into statues. All the profit, also I practically never have to buy anything ever again. Next one(Having way too much fun with this:

Codification: So easy. First there's the obvious of encryption codes, Also, if I'm reading this correctly I could create software that would be able to accomplish complex tasks like a VI or even an AI. http://powerlisting.wikia.com/wiki/Codification Also, it says I can code others brains and thought processes, I would make one hell of a therapist, just code away the information making up the addiction or trauma so they can't access it.

Sensory field generation: Bit of a toughy. I could make a killing as a body-guard, assuming the field was large enough. I'd make a hell of a search and rescue person, though I can't see making much off that. Probably property security would be the best way to make money. Accept contracts to protect valuable goods for short durations. Since I can detect the location of any intruder, or anyone who approached the goods for that money, I'd be pretty damn good at it.

Ferro-Umbrakinetic Manipulation: The ability to manipulate metal and shadow. Any kind of infiltration. I could use the shadow manipulation to go undetected and the metal manipulation to get in to the premises. I'd probably go high end thief, kinda like white collar, but less conning and more B&E.

Sand mimicry: Again, great for infiltration. Assuming I can manipulate an individual particle of sand separately I could cheat at slots or any dice-based game with ease. If I can manipulate some sand, but not an individual particle sports betting would be the way to go. You could trip a competitor and force the heavy underdog to win.

Light Healing: Easy, become a faith healer/evangelist. I'd do so under disguise since it draws so much attention, just shed the disguise and adopt a new one as needed.

Madness aspect: Short-sell a stock and then drive the CEO psycho. Pretty easy.

Micro-Oxygen Breath: A breath of destruction, particularly organic matter. Well, I prefer not to profit from death, but short-sell some stocks and then destroy several of their important buildings(factories and headquarters).

That was fun, but I think more than 10 would be even too obnoxious for me.
 

Groxnax

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Freeze beam

User can emit beams of heat-draining energy from their eyes, freezing their opponents in their tracks.

Ok, maybe I can cool people off or something like that.
 

Akytalusia

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http://powerlisting.wikia.com/wiki/Metal_Generation

"The user can create metals from nothing and use them for a variety of purposes."

well, that seems to be a no brainer as far as profiteering goes. since i can make metal from nothing, i can just become a supplier for everything that needs any metal of any type. doesn't cost me any resources either so it's pure profit in my pocket.

of course, if i wasn't bound to the condition that i needed to profit from it, then i'd prefer to supply everyone for free. that power could easily be used to help the whole world in a big way.
 

Veldel

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http://powerlisting.wikia.com/wiki/Almighty_Ascension


Well mines quite a doozy better then most id say :D

To make money I simply wish it I guess lol
 

jake557

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http://powerlisting.wikia.com/wiki/Space-Time_Migration

I got space-time migration. Sorry but that's just too well suited to bank robbery.

Since the goal is to be creative however; I guess I'd set up a one man delivery service. Free international shipping in seconds.
 

Megahedron

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http://powerlisting.wikia.com/wiki/Weapon_Creation

Easy: I can become an international arms producer and sell to any number of third world dictators. Set up shop at the edge of a warzone and save whoever tons of money to build/ship weapons. Otherwise, an assassin who can create a sword out of nothing then make it disappear and walk away with no evidence (or, you know, make a grenade out of someone's intestines). Generate nuclear explosives, sell to power plants. If I can create any sort of smart weaponry, I could become the world's largest producer of already refined rare earth minerals or maybe carbon nanotubes. Honestly, combined with my complete lack of combat training or enemies, manufacturing seems to be my only option.

Creativity: Become a boxer. Once the gloves are on, create some brass knuckles on my hands. Go on to punch really hard and leave no evidence of cheating.
 

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powerlisting.wikia.com/wiki/Reality_Anchoring

Reality anchoring.
Well if anyone gets reality warping ya better watch out for me. I have no idea how i'll mak money with this
 

RJ 17

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*Third Roll*

http://powerlisting.wikia.com/wiki/Slender_Man_Physiology

The user is or has the ability to take on the form of Slender Man, a creature or being with various nebulously defined characteristics and abilities. Slender Man generally appears (in modern times) as a tall man in a black or grey suit, red or black tie, and white shirt, with no eyes, mouth, or clearly defined facial features. It has no hair, and generally has normal-looking bare hands. It is typically depicted as between 6 and 15 feet tall, depending on the situation. Because of its inexact nature, no one has yet determined what it is.
Seriously? THAT'S a "super power"? "Become Slender Man"...Wow.

Hire myself out for Halloween parties to scare the shit out of everyone. :3
 

Groxnax

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Temporal Looping

User can trap anyone or anything into reiterating time stream where everything inside the loop is restarted precisely every so often, possibly even backwards. They may be able to force someone to relive the same minute, hour, day, year, etc. for as long as user keeps them there. On some occasions people have been know to retain a small amount of memories or eventually escape weaker temporal loops.

I don't know how the heck I can use this to make a profit?
 

Caffiene

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Ooh. Nice game. I got Puppet Mastery [http://powerlisting.wikia.com/wiki/Puppet_Mastery].

Theres obviously all sorts of nefarious ways to make money by puppetting living people, like getting bank guards to let me into the vault...

But for a non-nefarious money making scheme, I would use actual genuine little non-living puppets and hire myself out as a search-and-rescue specialist for missing persons or disaster areas. And in the unfortunate event of finding deceased persons, I could puppet the deceased persons to have them return themselves back to the safe zone without people needing to go in to get them.
 

Vausch

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http://powerlisting.wikia.com/wiki/Blood_Manipulation

Blood bending to make money...hm.

I suppose I could use it in martial arts matches to make my opponent unable to fight or mess up their movements. Win endorsements from that.

Or there's bodyguard duty.
 

Candlejack000

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http://powerlisting.wikia.com/wiki/Blood_Pressure_Manipulation

The user has complete control over the blood flow of oneself and others, allowing them to enhance their own strength and speed. They can increase or decrease the blood pressure, and have the ability to induce heart attacks in other creatures by blocking the flow of blood to the heart.

Two words Payed and Assassin. Just think "Death Note".
 

Candlejack000

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Groxnax said:
Temporal Looping

User can trap anyone or anything into reiterating time stream where everything inside the loop is restarted precisely every so often, possibly even backwards. They may be able to force someone to relive the same minute, hour, day, year, etc. for as long as user keeps them there. On some occasions people have been know to retain a small amount of memories or eventually escape weaker temporal loops.

I don't know how the heck I can use this to make a profit?
Get into to boxing and whenever you have a match put up a looping field around the arena and then just restart the loop whenever you lose the fight.
 

Ryotknife

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http://powerlisting.wikia.com/wiki/Will-O%27-The-Wisp_Physiology

The user is or has the ability to take on the form of Will-O'-The-Wisp are either mischievous spirits of the dead, or other supernatural beings or spirits such as fairies, attempting to lead travelers astray

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Well I guess I have a career as a lighthouse....

Or airport runway lights.
 

Groxnax

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Candlejack000 said:
Groxnax said:
Temporal Looping

User can trap anyone or anything into reiterating time stream where everything inside the loop is restarted precisely every so often, possibly even backwards. They may be able to force someone to relive the same minute, hour, day, year, etc. for as long as user keeps them there. On some occasions people have been know to retain a small amount of memories or eventually escape weaker temporal loops.

I don't know how the heck I can use this to make a profit?
Get into to boxing and whenever you have a match put up a looping field around the arena and then just restart the loop whenever you lose the fight.

Ooooohhh, never thought of that, Nice.

Thanks.

Or maybe playing the lottery?

Crap, I just realized that this power could be used for robbing banks, LOL.
 

SuperSuperSuperGuy

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I got "Artistic Intuition." The description is as follows:

Superpower Wiki said:
The user possess great knowledge and skill in art, such as painting a picture without any education.
... That's got some very obvious applications in the money-making department. That seems a little bit too easy... Here, I'll try again.

Okay, this one's more abstract: Reality Perception.

Superpower Wiki said:
The user can perceive reality, allowing them to sense the whole truth no matter how it is hidden. If the user is questioning someone, they will automatically know if target is lying and sense the truth.
I could be a lie detector or some kind of interrogator or something. Ooh, or better yet, a professional poker player! I'd be able to see the reality of my opponents' cards, thus letting me know when they're bluffing or serious.
 

RJ 17

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Groxnax said:
Candlejack000 said:
Groxnax said:
Temporal Looping

User can trap anyone or anything into reiterating time stream where everything inside the loop is restarted precisely every so often, possibly even backwards. They may be able to force someone to relive the same minute, hour, day, year, etc. for as long as user keeps them there. On some occasions people have been know to retain a small amount of memories or eventually escape weaker temporal loops.

I don't know how the heck I can use this to make a profit?
Get into to boxing and whenever you have a match put up a looping field around the arena and then just restart the loop whenever you lose the fight.

Ooooohhh, never thought of that, Nice.

Thanks.

Or maybe playing the lottery?

Crap, I just realized that this power could be used for robbing banks, LOL.
The problem is that the time loop repeats itself exactly every single time. If you stuck yourself in a time loop, you'd always make the same choices you made when you were living through the experience for the first time. It's not quite just being able to skip backwards in time so that you could know what to do in any given situation. Like in Groundhog Day, Bill Murray KNOWS he's stuck in a time-loop and therefor can do whatever he wants, but as that power is defined: you wouldn't know you were stuck in a time loop...unless the effectiveness of your power was weak-sauce to begin with. :3
 

Nooners

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CARTOON CONSTRUCTS
The power to create tools, objects, weapons, armor, and even appendages out of cartoons.

Well, I'm off to start up the world's first live-action/animated hybrid film! Either that or join the circus.
 

2xDouble

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Hm... Fire-Lightning Breath [http://powerlisting.wikia.com/wiki/Fire-Lightning_Breath]... neat.

Obvious applications: Welder, Demolitionist, Military (way too obvious), Street/Circus Performer

Less obvious professions: Locksmithing, Mining (both in carving tunnels and in retrieving and processing ores), Recycling, Metal/Glass Artisan (nobody ever thinks of using their powers to create and sell art...), Blimp/Hot Air Balloon Mechanic/Pilot, Magician, Pyrotechnician (who wouldn't like concert pyro with actual lightning in it?)

Best answer: I'd be a one-man nuclear reactor! I could function as a near-infinite power source, since apparently I control exactly how much fire and lightning are in the breath... so long as I have room to breathe. heh. Operating as my own power company seems like a hassle, though, I'd rather play other power companies and businesses against each other by buying and selling "Energy Credits" (allotments of pollution emissions), since both the heat energy and electricity are generated with no waste or toxic byproducts.

Groxnax said:
Temporal Looping

User can trap anyone or anything into reiterating time stream where everything inside the loop is restarted precisely every so often, possibly even backwards. They may be able to force someone to relive the same minute, hour, day, year, etc. for as long as user keeps them there. On some occasions people have been know to retain a small amount of memories or eventually escape weaker temporal loops.

I don't know how the heck I can use this to make a profit?
Easy: sell unique vacation experiences. You have the ability to lock someone in, effectively, a pocket dimension with no real-world consequences... like Groundhog Day, but you let them out after a day or two instead of years and years until they "get it right". People would literally pay you to live consequence-free for awhile, looping the same period of time (let's say a day) over and over for as long as they like, and they would have foreknowledge of the loop, so they wouldn't have to do exactly the same thing every time (like the world's best lucid dreaming). Better yet, the power doesn't specify WHICH moment in time you "trap" them in. This could be expanded upon, possibly letting you put people inside their own memories to relive particularly good experiences.... for a modest fee, of course.

...just be sure they would retain the memories (as listed in the power... also in Groundhog Day), or have some way to record inside the pocket time into real time, otherwise that wouldn't work so well.
 

Yopaz

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http://powerlisting.wikia.com/wiki/Kinetic_Shielding

Actually pretty awesome. I would make money by serving as a sneeze guard. Or possibly work in special forces since this would mean I could block bullets... still, being a sneeze guard has been my life long dream... I'd go with that I think.