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No rush, really. I had my own busy week where you guys were patient ^____^In other news, I received a PM requesting a certain power for a character. It's for power absorption like Rogue's, but includes shape shifting into any character after contact as well. I would most likely prefer one or the other. Also I personally feel that the players here have signed up to write as characters with super powers (for the most part) and having their powers taken during (most likely) combat, takes away the meat of what they can do. This also leads to a character that is powerless unless they take it from someone else. Be that as it may, I want every decision in this game to be made as a group, so I want to see how all of you feel about it. We can set strict standards or rules on when the powers are kosher, or opt away from it entirely. Just want to hear everyone's opinions!
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Hmm...I don't know if I mind either way. If you think about it, all of our characters have the potential to be overpowered but it's up to the player to have some kinda self control, ya know? lol. I will say that if you have a power that strong, where you can completely debilitate someone just by touching them, there should be some negative effects that go along with it, just like with Rogue. She absorbs more than just powers but people's memories and emotions as well and without psychic help from professor x, she'd probably be a schizophrenic psychopath with split personalities all trying to take control! She's also not in control of her powers and can't turn them on or off to touch people whenever she wants, so she can't casually touch people when it's convenient. So she kinda has a balance. 

I do think power mimicry would be the easier way to go though. I read a comic when I was a kid with a character who had powers like that. He could mimic the powers of someone he was in a certain proximity of but once out of that range he could no longer tap into that person's abilities. Something like that would probably be a lot easier for everyone haha.