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sifsand Madman Since: Jan, 2014 Relationship Status: Browsing the selection
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#1: Jul 24th 2019 at 7:02:26 AM

Let's assume someone has a Green Thumb. What are some potential uses for it both in and out of combat? Consider obscure plant species and don't be shy to include lethal applications.

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#2: Jul 24th 2019 at 9:09:12 AM

Well, you can always look to the Trope Codifier Poison Ivy as an obvious source of inspiration; if your character is villainous, they could easily feed their enemies to giant fly traps or pitcher plants (assuming they can control the size of the plants.)

However, there are some less obvious implications this power has as well. A civilian with this power could easily use it for farming purposes. Virtually all food links back to plants at some point, and a chlorokinetic could very well produce enormous amounts of crops.

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#3: Jul 24th 2019 at 10:06:32 AM

Naturally but what are some more creative uses for it? One idea I had involved forcing seeds to grow while inside of somebody.

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#4: Jul 24th 2019 at 10:28:30 AM

Definitely a good use. Also keep in mind that many plants carry at least small amounts of toxins- in fact, most of the deadliest poisons known to man, like cyanide and curare, can be found in plants. When the plants are just growing of their own accord, this may not be an issue- but amplify their powers by controlling them and...

Additionally, there's a group of trees in Africa that are covered with thorns. As a person who's stepped on many thorns, this is pretty terrifying in and of itself- but said thorns are also covered with the plant's toxins. Yikes.

There's also the locoweed plant, common in the American west. It tastes good to livestock, and I'm assuming to some people as well- but not only is it, you guessed it, poisonous, it can also essentially drive its victims insane by screwing up their nervous systems. It's usually horses and other hooved mammals who end up being poisoned by it...but if you could harness its power, you could naturally force it to grow inside someone.

On the opposite end of the spectrum, there are many plants reputed to have healing properties. The validity of their use in treatments is often brought into question, but there are many medicines derived from plants, and there's undoubtedly a reason why the use of herbal remedies and essential oils is so persistent. Opium, for instance, is derived from poppies, while aspirin is derived from compounds found in willow and birch trees. One of the most well-known treatments for malaria is derived from a tree found in Africa. So plants definitely have their use outside of combat as well!

If it helps, try researching as many different unusual plants as you can think of. Google "plants that (insert weird behavior or trait here)" and you'll be pretty surprised by what you find. There are flowers that smell like rotting corpses (useful for triggering "sensory overload" in an opponent). And to continue the carnivorous thread, I forgot to mention the sundew, which ensnares its prey with sticky tendrils. It takes at least a half-hour for it to ingest an insect- so a massive one could easily be used to kill a human slowly and painfully.

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sifsand Madman Since: Jan, 2014 Relationship Status: Browsing the selection
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#5: Jul 24th 2019 at 11:07:24 AM

All very useful and unique plant uses. The main inspiration for the thread was Kurama from Yu Yu Hakusho. Imagine using fictional plants instead, with abilities not limited by real life biology.

Edited by sifsand on Jul 24th 2019 at 11:08:20 AM

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#6: Jul 24th 2019 at 1:56:09 PM

Reminds me of the old comic Black Orchid. She was able to do a lot with hallucinogenic effects...

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