Navrin
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Dinah triggered with a similar, but different, power... perhaps because she was a bigger fan of tabletop roleplaying games. She can extrapolate the capabilities of people, circumstance modifiers, and the difficulty of a task in order to figure out how likely an attempt would be to succeed. This is, in many ways, a MUCH weaker power than what she had in canon... but it's also less likely to draw Coil's attention, causes thinker headaches a LOT slower, doesn't have any compulsions attached to it... and it's still extremely strong.
For example, she might note that her small and weak frame, her complete lack of experience with firearms, the distance to her opponent, the lighting, and all other modifiers and note that the odds of her scoring a hit against said target would be extremely low, and the chance of negative side effects from trying high, for a really simple example.
This awareness of skills, circumstance modifiers, and overall difficulty also provide her with an extremely large amount of information about people which is, arguably, the more important aspect of her power considering the "calculate chances of success" ability can only be accurately used if she observes all of the known modifiers. If her opposition had backup, for example, it could completely throw off the odds of capturing said opposition.
So, potential story: Seeing her calling, she assembles a team of people (entirely mundane but with good skills) and leads them in a friendly rivalry with Uber and Leet, pushing each other to improve and making great videos without putting anyone into real danger. Off the clock, as it were, they might even strike up a mutual friendship with each other and team up against mutual enemies.
For example, she might note that her small and weak frame, her complete lack of experience with firearms, the distance to her opponent, the lighting, and all other modifiers and note that the odds of her scoring a hit against said target would be extremely low, and the chance of negative side effects from trying high, for a really simple example.
This awareness of skills, circumstance modifiers, and overall difficulty also provide her with an extremely large amount of information about people which is, arguably, the more important aspect of her power considering the "calculate chances of success" ability can only be accurately used if she observes all of the known modifiers. If her opposition had backup, for example, it could completely throw off the odds of capturing said opposition.
So, potential story: Seeing her calling, she assembles a team of people (entirely mundane but with good skills) and leads them in a friendly rivalry with Uber and Leet, pushing each other to improve and making great videos without putting anyone into real danger. Off the clock, as it were, they might even strike up a mutual friendship with each other and team up against mutual enemies.