Seven deadly sins derived powers.

[Deleted member 1244]

Of the 7 sins pride, greed, wrath, envy, lust, gluttony and sloth, if there are special powers associated with their meaning, which is your fave, and what does it do?

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[APieceOfRock]

Anger management issues is such a mood

 

[Rhaps]

Sloth is a very interesting one. I've seen Sloth being very op just for the singular goal of resting, and the more slothful you are the accumulative power gets stronger.

But I haven't seen anyone using the other side of Sloth, working more efficiently so you can rest. Essentially work smarter, not harder. By wanting to be lazy, you ended up working more efficienly.

 

[Syringe]

Pride. The highest capital sin (iirc). Immune to all negative feedback. 1 star reviews do 0.5x damage.

On a serious note, Pride powers would create swords that protect one's sense of self to a terrifying degree. Limbus Company also has cool interpretations of the Sins.

 

[Iamnotabot]

Greed, it is the primal desire of wanting something. And every living being want something, lion want to hunt, children want toys......etc. so as long as you wanted something, greed can provide you power to do so.

 

[Deleted member 1244]

Envy never gets any love

I even forgot to add it to the poll lol

 

[Cipiteca396]

 

[ThrillingHuman]

the only power a sin has is the one you give it over yourself.

 

[georgelee5786]

Wrath

 

[ParticleOfSand]

Envious enough to do something to get it. This implies a strong ability to scheme.

 

[RepresentingPride]

Sloth is a very interesting one. I've seen Sloth being very op just for the singular goal of resting, and the more slothful you are the accumulative power gets stronger.

But I haven't seen anyone using the other side of Sloth, working more efficiently so you can rest. Essentially work smarter, not harder. By wanting to be lazy, you ended up working more efficienly.

I've seen this in cultivation chat group. One of the cultivator was so lazy he learned a technique to breath once per day (maybe a bit less), when he take action he do it quickly and efficiently to go back into his handmade flying sword who have the shape of a bed.


On another note, each sin can become really OP depending on how their power could work. Like sloth for exemple, why does it have to imply it's owner? He can create a domain where anyone who enter get inflicted by sloth, like their movment become slower, the mana inside them having trouble moving an inch, etc...

 

[TheEldritchGod]

I ran a D&D campaign with the seven deadly sins having a war. They were going to start the war as soon as they all found a chosen one. It was taking a while. The father of one of the PCs was a powerful wizard who, in his arrogance, BROKE THE UNIVERSE so precognition no longer worked so he could enact his plan to save his daughter's life. This caught Pride's attention who showed up to offer him the position.

"Uhh... thanks for the offer, but I'm quite busy right now."

"THAT... was the right answer."

Her father starts to glow with power flowing into him. He lets out a strangled cry and goes, "My God I feel! I Feel...."

The glow fades away. Pride speaks, "You are now the most prideful mortal in existence."

"I feel... nothing." He feels himself up while looking down at his own body, "Like, absolutely nothing changed."

Pride nods, "Yes."

 

[Deleted member 1244]

[wp] after dying god informs you that hell is a myth, and "everyone sins, its ok". instead the dead are sorted into six "houses of heaven" based on the sins they chose.​

/r/Luna_LoveWell
We arrived first at the House of Lust. "House" is a misleading term. It was more of a camp, spread over acres and acres of lush forest. There was a white sandy beach (nude, of course) full of copulating couples. There were little cabins sprinkled all along the path, from which orgasmic moans regularly came belting out. Men with six pack abs and women with perky breasts strolled by without even noticing me and God. They only had eyes for each other, tickling and pinching each other with flirtatious giggles.

"What do you think?" God asked as we passed a nineteen-way taking place in a pool of champagne. Little cherubs flitted overhead armed with mops and cleaning supplies, thankfully. "Lust is our most popular sin." I eyed the supermodel-like figures of a couple passing nearby, and could easily see why. "You can look however you want. Hell, you can be whatever gender you want. No fetish is too taboo, and no desire can be denied here."

It was quite tempting, but I wasn't ready to make a permanent decision here. "Let's see the others," I told God.

We carried on to Greed. We passed rows and rows of mansions, each more opulent than the next. Some of them were so large that they would have had enough bed rooms to fit my entire hometown. And so many different styles: one second, we were in a beautiful French vineyard in front of a gorgeous chateau with the Alps in the background. The next second, a warm tropical beach with a modern mansion atop breathtaking cliffs. After that, a ski chalet in Colorado with a roaring fire in a hearth large enough to fit an ox. Each one had various Italian sports cars and Rolls Royces parked in front, with the occasional smattering of boats, helicopters, etc.

"Any material desire you ever wanted," God explained. "Your own world, where you can have everything. You want the Hope Diamond? You can fly to Washington DC in your own solid gold helicopter and buy it from the Smithsonian. Hell, you can just buy the Smithsonian."

Also tempting, but I decided to keep looking.

Gluttony was next up. Tables and tables of the very finest foods: beautiful steaks cooked medium rare; butter-poached lobster tail; fresh oysters on a half shell; exotic wines in dusty bottles that had been hiding in the cellars of the world's finest restaurants. Everyone had a glass of champagne in hand and simply lounged on couches and chairs near the tables, eating endlessly. As soon as the inhabitants took a bite, the food just instantly came back. My mouth watered even watching them.

"In every other House, the food is practically sawdust compared to Gluttony," God explained. "You haven't truly experienced heaven until you've been to Gluttony."

I shook my head, and we kept moving.

Sloth was as you'd expect. An endless sea of the softest mattresses, stacked with cushions and pillows that made the story of the princess and the pea seem minimalist. Little angels visited each resident, giving them massages that made them all melt into their blankets.

Wrath was... well, a lot like what I'd expect Hell to be like. Fire, brimstone, whips, torture.. you know, the works. Except here, you weren't the one being tortured. Every enemy you'd ever made in your real life was now under your thumb. "Lots of people choose their fathers," God explained. "Lots of grudges against parents in general, you know. But you're not limited to that. Someone beat you out for a big promotion back on Earth? Take your pound of flesh here."

Then we arrived at Envy. It looked... well, a lot like home.

"Go on in," God said, gesturing toward the door. I turned the knob and walked in... and found Emily waiting inside. She ran forward, wrapped her arms around my neck, and planted a kiss right on my lips. "Welcome home, honey."

I looked back toward God. "Oh, don't be coy," he said. "You have no secrets from me. We all know that you were in love with your best friend's wife." She didn't seem to hear him at all; she went back into the hall. "We all know that you just settled for your own wife while secretly pining after her. Well, this is your chance to live happily ever after."

I peered into the kitchen. Emily was baking something, wearing nothing but an apron. Her curly black hair fell softly over her shoulder as she whisked ingredients. She turned back, noticed I was observing her, and an enthusiastic smile spread across her face.

"It's what you've always wanted, isn't it?" God whispered in my ear.

I wanted to take it. God damn did I want to take it. But I shook my head.

God seemed puzzled. "You need to make a decision," he told me.

"I haven't seen Pride yet."

He scoffed. "No one ever wants Pride, trust me."

"Well, I want to see it."

---

Pride was boring. Just a row of workbenches in a bare white room.

"I don't get it," I told God.

"Yeah, no one does," he answered. "That's why no one ever chooses it. Doesn't cavorting in Lust sound better than sitting here building little trinkets for the rest of eternity? Wouldn't you rather gorge yourself in Gluttony? Or spend time with Emily in Envy?"

I considered the options again. "I pick Pride," I finally told him.

He narrowed his eyes. "What? Look at it!" He gestured around the room again. There wasn't much to look at. "Why would you choose this for the rest of time?"

"Because you don't want me to pick it," I told him. If he was really God, he'd know what a contrarian I can be. And I knew he was hiding something, trying to pretend like Pride didn't exist. There was something special about it.

God scowled back. "Fine." He led me over to one of the workbenches. In the center, there was a black space. A blank, empty void that went on forever. "Here's your universe," he said. "You've got seven days to get started." He took his seat at the bench next to me and went back to tinkering in his own world. After a long pause, he finally spoke again: "You know, it might be nice for me to actually have some company for once."

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[NotaNuffian]

Sloth is a very interesting one. I've seen Sloth being very op just for the singular goal of resting, and the more slothful you are the accumulative power gets stronger.

But I haven't seen anyone using the other side of Sloth, working more efficiently so you can rest. Essentially work smarter, not harder. By wanting to be lazy, you ended up working more efficienly.

Iirc that is the CN MC way, work hard with aim to rest but end up working even harder and harder.

 

[Corty]

Lust.

Pros: You can write the best smut stories. Unlimited libido & ready at any time.

Cons: You can only write smut stories. Also your GF/BF always tells you “Eww, I’m not doing that, you sick fuck!”

 

[GlassRose]

Wrath. I considered pride, but I like to keep a realistic view of myself and I feel pride would distort that. On the other hand, there are a lot of deserving targets for my Wrath, that I could never strike myself. It would even be Righteous! Well, except that believing you're in the right when you say someone deserves to die is kinda inherently arrogant/egotistical/prideful, so maybe it's still on the table. Sloth I could see as useful to enable me to fulfil my core desire of, be comfy, though I worry it might get in the way of my desires to improve myself and create, and I sometimes just get directionless energy to do something, so no, sloth isn't a great fit. Greed is a no, I'm not too materialistic, I don't really want more beyond my necessities and comforts, but I do want to keep what's mine, so I can vaguely see it. Lust is a no if it's purely sexual, but I'm pretty sure the root actually refers to more than just sex, but rather experiences, which I would find fun, but it's kinda the opposite issue of Sloth where I'd need cool down cozy time. Gluttony is just a no, I need to take more care of my body and already struggle enough not eating too much sugar.

Envy is probably the other one I would consider, it can kind of relate to all of them, honestly. Envy of another's possessions, freedom, lifestyle, confidence, body, financial security, influence, power. I can see a power based on granting you that which you envy, fulfilling a lot of my desires, the only issue is, it's not self-contained, it relies on other people, so you will always be limited to what other people already have, your growth forever bound to the limits of others. That said, in our reality, that's pretty much all you need anyhow. Another downside is maybe it will let you take away what other people have to bring them down to your level, rather than give you what they have to raise you to their's, a sort of, 'if I can't have it no one can' and then that's just a net negative and kinda useless.

 

[NotaNuffian]

Lust.

Pros: You can write the best smut stories. Unlimited libido & ready at any time.

Cons: You can only write smut stories. Also your GF/BF always tells you “Eww, I’m not doing that, you sick fuck!”

Bold of you to assume I can find an SO.

*Sobbing in a corner*

 

[Deleted member 76176]

Pride, because useless pride is only what I have. The pros and cons are being delusional.

 

[Corty]

Bold of you to assume I can find an SO.

*Sobbing in a corner*

Imagine your hand refusing to do it I would consider unliving at that point.

 

[NotaNuffian]

Imagine your hand refusing to do it I would consider unliving at that point.

I still have the other twin.

*Puts pen down*

Also, sperm extractor and dildo piston exists.