I'd guess that if you knew it was coming, you'd be at least a little prepared to deal with it some other way than a power you don't have.
Correct, with one more deterrent factored in: if you try pulling that on people, and you get it wrong, make it too obvious? People frown on that. It's not sportsmanlike behaviour. Most cape fights don't call for escalating like that with long term consequences for your rep.
[ He would make a hell of a supervillain. Krouse almost could fool himself into thinking they're really talking shop, himself in the role of semi-benevolent old hand. ]
And some powers do suck. Weak powers, ones with complicated conditions to work, only situationally useful ones, ones with drawbacks that outweigh the benefits. Or the other end of the spectrum, which can be more of a problem. Powers that are too destructive to bring into play fully, or at all. There's not much you can do with a power that blasts lethal radiation over an area, for instance.
Then there's the case 53s. Powers that change people externally. Things that cut you off from having a secret identity, because it's hard to hide being made of metal or having translucent skin. That's a different kind of problem.
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Correct, with one more deterrent factored in: if you try pulling that on people, and you get it wrong, make it too obvious? People frown on that. It's not sportsmanlike behaviour. Most cape fights don't call for escalating like that with long term consequences for your rep.
[ He would make a hell of a supervillain. Krouse almost could fool himself into thinking they're really talking shop, himself in the role of semi-benevolent old hand. ]
And some powers do suck. Weak powers, ones with complicated conditions to work, only situationally useful ones, ones with drawbacks that outweigh the benefits. Or the other end of the spectrum, which can be more of a problem. Powers that are too destructive to bring into play fully, or at all. There's not much you can do with a power that blasts lethal radiation over an area, for instance.
Then there's the case 53s. Powers that change people externally. Things that cut you off from having a secret identity, because it's hard to hide being made of metal or having translucent skin. That's a different kind of problem.