If you were a god, what would your powers be?

[Julien Brightside]

As the title suggests:

If you were a god, what would your powers be?

 

[Milennin]

Thunder and Lightning.

 

[captainproton]

i'd like to be either a patron god of creativity and invention (oh, the crazy, magical machines!) or be some kind of forest god and hang out with the aminals.

 

[Matseb2611]

I'd probably be the god of knowledge and truth. My powers would include:

- Choosing the right people to reveal the right knowledge to.

- Being the keeper of secrets of the universe that no-one else knows.

- Taking away the knowledge from mortals I no longer deem worthy of it.

- Instilling memories and information of my own creation into the mortals. Making them believe those are the truth rather than what they already know.

- Being able to convince anyone of anything I say and that my word is the truth.

 

[Warpmind]

This implies we actually get a say in the portfolio...

Assuming I got to choose my domains, I'd probably go for a God of Learning and Death. Not necessarily Knowledge, as knowledge can be incorrect, but Learning is an unending process.
Death because, y'know, there's so much to learn from the dead, and it doesn't have to be grim and dreary.

 

[captainproton]

I always did kind of wonder how they decide who gets what.

"...poseidon will rule the oceans, and demeter, you take care of agriculture and the seasons. Oh, and Hermes?"

"Yeah?"

"Go get us a pizza."

 

[Bastrophian]

I'd probably be the god of knowledge and truth. My powers would include: - Choosing the right people to reveal the right knowledge to.- Being the keeper of secrets of the universe that no-one else knows.- Taking away the knowledge from mortals I no longer deem worthy of it.- Instilling memories and information of my own creation into the mortals. Making them believe those are the truth rather than what they already know.- Being able to convince anyone of anything I say and that my word is the truth.

....well Matseb....I'm really glad your not a god. Lol

 

[Matseb2611]

I wouldn't abuse my power. I promise.

You could say I'd be a bit like Hermaeus Mora from the Elder Scrolls universe.

 

[Probotector 200X]

Creation.

I would have the power to create virtually anything.

Resources, worlds, life...whatever.

Create resources for people, so they have no need to take it from someone else. If they still insist on fighting and hurting, exile them to some other world I created.

 

[Warpmind]

Powers of Creation would get a bit old, quick, if you had no power over Destruction, y'know...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9qB2Qav4Efs

 

[Dalph]

I would be a truly malevolent God for sure, probably a God of Creation Destruction.

Spoiler

I would have the power to create worlds and "I will create them" just for the fun of watching them slowly collide by the hands of my mortal creations, this is part of the reason of why I like to make games, I feel like I'm really the creator of something when I work on them. The fun part would be to watch my creations fight against each other for supremacy and control of the planet, I will make them believe that they have free will, they will be aware of my existence but not of my real intentions (until it will be too late).

I would be (sort of) like The Lord of Nightmares from The Slayers Multiverse, although she's not really malevolent.

 

[Scythuz]

The keeper of balance, the benefactor of true morality and neutrality.  There can be no good without evil and no evil without good.

 

[Tai_MT]

Uhm...  Every power ever.  What's the use of God if you cannot control absolutely everything?  Time, space, matter, creatures, minds, laws of reality, physics.  Anything less and you're just a superhero without the spandex tights and flashy cape.

Though, I think I'd be an absent God as well... unless whatever creatures I made to experiment with were able to do interesting things.

That, or maybe I'd use my powers to do very mundane things.  Pop into the store, poof money into my hands, pay for things, poof back, make sure the food I'm eating tastes delicious and only runs out when I'm bored of eating it...  Maybe I'd use my powers to instantly read every book ever invented and reset the games and Gamerscore of people in online games that were jerks.

I dunno.  I suspect I wouldn't be much of a God 'cause I'm not really all that "super kind and selfless" and even if I were, I wouldn't be able to stay that way due to the massive amount of people that would basically be stomping all over that kindness on an hourly basis.  I'd be more of a "meh" God where I'd probably only help out beings and creatures that I thought deserved it and I'd play rude pranks on the people I thought were jerks.  Like maybe breaking the rear axel of your car if you don't use your turn signal when driving.  Things like that.

 

[Warpmind]

Uhm...  Every power ever.  What's the use of God if you cannot control absolutely everything?  Time, space, matter, creatures, minds, laws of reality, physics.  Anything less and you're just a superhero without the spandex tights and flashy cape.

Though, I think I'd be an absent God as well... unless whatever creatures I made to experiment with were able to do interesting things.

That, or maybe I'd use my powers to do very mundane things.  Pop into the store, poof money into my hands, pay for things, poof back, make sure the food I'm eating tastes delicious and only runs out when I'm bored of eating it...  Maybe I'd use my powers to instantly read every book ever invented and reset the games and Gamerscore of people in online games that were jerks.

I dunno.  I suspect I wouldn't be much of a God 'cause I'm not really all that "super kind and selfless" and even if I were, I wouldn't be able to stay that way due to the massive amount of people that would basically be stomping all over that kindness on an hourly basis.  I'd be more of a "meh" God where I'd probably only help out beings and creatures that I thought deserved it and I'd play rude pranks on the people I thought were jerks.  Like maybe breaking the rear axel of your car if you don't use your turn signal when driving.  Things like that.

So, a God of Omnipotence and Apathy, then?

 

[nio kasgami]

pfff this obvious! I will be a god of the cat > : 3 

and vampire~

and I will have the power to transform everyone in vampire cat o/

 

[Tai_MT]

@Warpmind

Yeah, basically like any other realistic God.  A few centuries of watching worshippers be boring sheep would give anyone apathy.

 

[captainproton]

Which is how Zeus became the god of bro-skanks, isn't it?

Seriously--dude married his sister, then proceeded to bang anything that caught his fancy, regardless of species, gender, or state of animation.

 

[Caz]

The God of Prayer Fulfillment. Where help is called for, I shall heed the cries of the truly needy.

Oh and maybe cake. Who wouldn't wanna be the God of Cake?

 

[Tai_MT]

@captainproton

I.... honestly can't say I'd be any different as an all-powerful apathetic God.  Though...  I might have SOME standards, ha ha.

 

[Blinn]

I would give everyone the chance to call for an answer to a problem they would otherwise struggle with the rest of their lives, so they can figure out the rest and start to live on their own terms.

The answer would come within 5 minutes.