Quick query

[gothwalk]

A quick enquiry... in this world, when we say someone is "powerful", we usually mean they can get things done, that they have people around who will do what they're told. In fantasy worlds, however, it can mean "can drop-kick you over the horizon", "can melt steel with her mind", or "can blow up continents with 2.5cc of mouseblood and a bit of concentration". Is there an adjective in English to describe that kind of inherent power?

Comments

[loupblanc.livejournal.com]

Well I'm foreign so feel free to not take my word into consideration but to me "powerful" really more refers to the latter of your definitions, I would use the word "charismatic" for the former...

But then political power and magical power are two different things...

[valkyriekaren.livejournal.com]

Puissant?

Onmipotent?

[ex-agname.livejournal.com]

Superhuman? Supernatural? Magical? Mutanty? The concept of being able to do what you describe in the fantasy world, but being able to do it in the real world doesn't exist in reality. So I think you need to apply fantasy terms to the concept to describe it in a real-world scenario. Ok, I made the word "Mutanty" up.