The Arc Posted June 10, 2010 Report Share Posted June 10, 2010 Re: Alternate terms for "superhumans"? In the Uberworld Universe, super-powered beings are known as Ubers, because super-powered beings started appearing in numbers during WWII. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tasha Posted June 10, 2010 Report Share Posted June 10, 2010 Re: Alternate terms for "superhumans"? What is with all of the thread necromancy lately! Ok on with the OP's question Capes Supes Paragons Wild Cards has both Aces and Jokers. Aces being powerful, pretty/handsome, supers. Jokers being those bearing physical mutations and usually having minor powers (or their physical mutation being their "power") Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HawksmoorSD Posted June 11, 2010 Report Share Posted June 11, 2010 Re: Alternate terms for "superhumans"? In my game the first 3 being on the planet to show any super powers were actually aliens that were caught on film fighting during one of the worlds fairs. Over the years the 3 of them individually got tagged with Starshine, Powerhouse, and The Iron Beast. Collectively they became known as the Alphas. The fallout from their battle caused the first wave of supers that were called Betas. Gammas had just showed up when they found and killed the 4th Alpha and opened up a whole new set of powers to manifest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doctor Agenda Posted June 11, 2010 Report Share Posted June 11, 2010 Re: Alternate terms for "superhumans"? Malibu had 'ultras', which I'm currently using in a campaign. I'm also using 'jinks', people with a 'jink' in their genetic code, the over-simplified 'gene X' idea, but not powerful enough to be considered ultras or have a downside that outweighs their power, like 'hideous freak who can bend forks with his mind'. Also a pun on their misfortune, all the prejudice at a fraction of the power. I'm going to have a 'Jinkstown' in Reno, but I haven't decided what I'm going to do with it in detail. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terminal Posted August 2, 2010 Report Share Posted August 2, 2010 Re: Alternate terms for "superhumans"? They were always 'freaks' or 'superweirdos' in my game. But I think that was more a reflection on the characters' personalities than the fact they had powers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Folded Posted August 2, 2010 Report Share Posted August 2, 2010 Re: Alternate terms for "superhumans"? Positive/Official/PC names: Darwins - applies primarily to mutants or similar Manhattans - experiment gone wrong/right types Awakened - psi/magic based supers, stolen from Shadowrun, but still one of my favorite terms Specials - from the PC term, mostly applied to those whose physical abnormalities make life 'difficult' Savants - from the psychological term, indicating one of abnormally high mental abilities, but could be applied to supers as a whole Wunderkind - adapted from the german for wonder-child Negative/Insulting terms: Mutes, and variations thereon (Muties, Mutts, etc...) Clowns - for those who wear the costumes Vigs - from vigilante Schachs - from guess where Stumps,Twigs,Shrubbery - from the concept of the evolutionary tree (and Monty P) Igors, Stunts Sports - an evolutionary throwback, term primarily used by 'pacifists', referring to the tendency of supers to solve problems with violence Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kahuna's bro Posted August 2, 2010 Report Share Posted August 2, 2010 Re: Alternate terms for "superhumans"? i have no clue to where sachs come fro i like the sports one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmjalund Posted August 2, 2010 Report Share Posted August 2, 2010 Re: Alternate terms for "superhumans"? someone uses "Wonders" - I can't remember who Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monster Posted August 2, 2010 Report Share Posted August 2, 2010 Re: Alternate terms for "superhumans"? in my little corner of the hero universe they called "The Touched". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Folded Posted August 3, 2010 Report Share Posted August 3, 2010 Re: Alternate terms for "superhumans"? in my little corner of the hero universe they called "The Touched". "Now can you show me on the doll where the bad GM Touched you?" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
megaplayboy Posted August 3, 2010 Report Share Posted August 3, 2010 Re: Alternate terms for "superhumans"? 47s--referring to the (possibly erroneous) belief that mutants have a 47th chromosome DeeBees--stolen from R**ts, any being from another dimension Extees--aliens Fremont--any child with exceptionally strong meta-abilities, particularly related to reality alteration, matter manipulation, etc. Cleanup Hitter/Anchorman or Anchorwoman--the most powerful member of a team, when they get fully involved it's usually in order to "close the show" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greywind Posted August 3, 2010 Report Share Posted August 3, 2010 Re: Alternate terms for "superhumans"? "Now can you show me on the doll where the bad GM Touched you?" *Sticks finger up nose, pointing to the brain* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ockham's Spoon Posted August 4, 2010 Report Share Posted August 4, 2010 Re: Alternate terms for "superhumans"? How about "Benders"(as in' date=' they're constantly bending the laws of physics to their will)?[/quote'] "Bender" to me is what an alcoholic does on a regular basis, so I can't say that would fly in my campaign. A term I have used is Transcendents, which was primarily for psi-types in my campaign, but could be applied to anyone with extraordinary abilities. Other ones I have come across are Beyonders, DEMAs (from deus ex machina), and Redlines (both because they peg power-meters into the red and because they are often violent and bloody) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MisterVimes Posted August 4, 2010 Report Share Posted August 4, 2010 Re: Alternate terms for "superhumans"? I have used the following in Campaigns (I apologize for duplications of previous posts): BoM : From a campaign where human meta-evolution was the result of the "Book of Man" project. Meta : Short for Meta-Human. Meta means "beyond" and was popularized by DC Comics Nexts: In a campaign where the supers were the next step of human evolution Sigma: For a number of reasons: Sigma is the strongest type of nuclear bond in chemistry, it is used to represent the Sum total of a group. Ultra: Clearly an extension of "Super" and was used by Malibu Comics in their Ultraverse Sigma was always my favorite. It was (as far as I know) original to me, gave me a great symbol (The Greek Letter in question) to represent supers as a whole, and was a fine logo for the government group that monitored Sigma activity. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greywind Posted August 4, 2010 Report Share Posted August 4, 2010 Re: Alternate terms for "superhumans"? "Bender" to me is what an alcoholic does on a regular basis' date=' so I can't say that would fly in my campaign.[/quote']Bender to me is a robot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kahuna's bro Posted August 5, 2010 Report Share Posted August 5, 2010 Re: Alternate terms for "superhumans"? Bender to me is a robot. then you could use the phrase to describe ANDROIDS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ockham's Spoon Posted August 5, 2010 Report Share Posted August 5, 2010 Re: Alternate terms for "superhumans"? Bender to me is a robot. Well sure, but why do you suppose Groening named him that? The very concept of a robot on a drunken binge makes the character amusing from the get go. In all fairness to Megaplayboy, were it not for the slang usage, "bender" would be a great term. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greywind Posted August 5, 2010 Report Share Posted August 5, 2010 Re: Alternate terms for "superhumans"? I've never watched Futurama Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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