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Author: xanderiskander

May 2nd 2014 at 9:08:43 PM

''I was wrong. I came up with a punny name for this. ElectroMagneato. And I took a stab at rewriting the description.''

Electromagnetism is a strange beast. It's one of the four [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fundamental_interaction fundamental forces of nature]], the others being [[GravityMaster Gravity]], [[ILoveNuclearPower Nuclear force]]. and the [[StoryBreakerPower force that binds atoms together]]. In real life it's not at all as powerful as superpowers portray them in fiction.

In fictionland the power of magnetism is treated as if it's like [[MindOverMatter Telekenesis]], but  specifically with power over metals and alloys. How powerful this is varies. These characters if too powerful can just fold their arms and let their PowersDoTheFighting and will never even have to touch you themselves. They'll be [[PowerFloats floating in the air]], levitating steel gurdurs around, and lobbing them at you, and while those normally weigh ''tons'' they do this with just a flick of their hand. Plus being able create extra appendages with spare junk lying around. On the other hand when this is downlpayed this can take the form of the character being a ''literally magnetic'' with metal just sticking to them wherever they go, but not having very good control over it. This is often played for comedy, because [[WhatKindOfLamePowerIsHeartAnyway what kind of lame power is that anyway]]?

Sometimes characters with these powers will be fully electromagnetic and can also [[ShockAndAwe manipulate electricity as well]]. This is far broader than just simple magnetism because now their arsenal of abilities includes control of plasma and radiation. Depending how much they know about the science of magnetism they may have won the SuperpowerLottery as this could give them the power to bend light (possibly giving them [[{{Invisibility}} cloaking powers]]), or being able disassemble the very atoms that make up an object.

(I didn't rewrite the last bullet because I didn't get how it was related to magnet powers. Sounds like it'd be a different page)