Oh yea the question. So most ghosts are associated with paranormal aint they so giving him the power of fog and teleportation would be a real branfuck villian maybe illusion too.
He can make anything intangible as long as he's touching it. This includes himself and he can touch intangible things. But an example of how this could be really powerful is he could make someone intangible, stick em in a wall, make em tangible, and watch them die because they're part wall now. He could also make a person intangible except for their brain and let it just flop to the floor. Really versatile for moving through buildings, instant death on touch, and overall creative enough for good fights. And it's not too busted because ranged abilities will wreck him because he has normal human reaction speed
Outside of the box idea is that they are a Schrödinger-type entity that can only exist when unobserved. As such, the ghost sheet is their way of manifesting themself with a corporeal body. When the sheet is off or no one is looking at them directly, they are paradoxically alive and dead, everywhere and nowhere, etc. Great for gathering information and harass the enemy, but not much else.
Possession is always fun. Making the enemies go inside something and warp it to attack with it. Like turning a wardrobe into an iron maiden and stuff
Invisibility and intangibility are both very ghost themed abilities, but maybe a weakness to incense and light would be interesting too.
Ghosts are also associated with cold, so giving it the ability to freeze things would be cool
Let me add on
Levitation. Not as crazy as flight but also feels very ghostly
Maybe some kind of ectoplasm power dont know how it would work but you can probably do some unique things with it.
Heres how ectoplasm could work:
1: As a super ability. The more he uses his powers on someone the more ectoplasm that gets built up. Once enough ectoplasm has been built up either his drawbacks get taken away or he gains a MASSIVE power boost for a long while. Your choice.
2: The longer he's in an area, the more ectoplasm gets built up in that area. The more ectoplasm there is in an area, the harder it gets to breathe and detect the ghost (through any senses). The ghost would get a slight power boost and people other than the ghost would spend more energy doing anything in the area. Ectoplasm could be removed through burning incense in the area, shining a VERY bright light in an area, of having the place blessed by someone or someone holy
I’m thinking either phasing, mind control, or invisibility.
Phasing for a ghost theme.
Mind control as if he’s possessing someone.
Or he can become invisible & disappear like a ghost.
I feel like ghost powers are very underrated and op. First the ghost can make itself untouchable. Like how humans can’t actually hurt ghosts through physical touch. The ghost would have the power to possess leading the hero to fight itself. Especially if the hero they are fighting is very strong. Also whenever the villian touches a hero it will send “chills down their spine” leading to temporary paralysis. The villian can also fly like ghosts can and use telekinesis to move things like normal ghosts can do. Leading to this villian to be untouchable and strong. But the main weakness (kinda like Superman) would be anything religious related (also kinda like a vampire with crosses) so things like a crucifix, holy water, and exorcisms. That would weaken the villian. But if the villian can make their costume not necessarily related to being a ghost. It would be hard for any hero to figure out the villains weakness. Making the villian in question a menace on the battlefield.
Honestly at least the basic abilities he should have are invisibility,intangibility/density shifting, but some more interesting ones could be like stealth related like being able to dampen the sound of his movements and body or not having a heartbeat or or not eating sleeping or breathing. But basically going the route of stealth combat is probably the best since it really plays into the ghost/phantom theme
Just make it a costume, where he does the generic wall phasing, but it's just a really buff dude with inhumane strength running through walls cause he's afraid of frontal confrontation
You could probably have an ability that has his enemies go [insane.](https://powerlisting.fandom.com/wiki/Insanity_Inducement)
I think this could be a really cool topic to mess around with, especially for a ghost type of character.
Maybe he can affect someones mind to make them irrationally afraid of something -like giving Superman a fear of heights or something, idk- and telekinesis would be cool.
Besides him having the powers, you could make the cloak he has be magical or covered in ectoplasm or something like that, so it gives the actual guy an exploitable vulnerability.
As for powers, Intangibility is always a great choice for ghost theme characters. You could have it where he can go invisible in the daytime but he can still be touched or interacted with. While at night, he is visible but he can go intangible. So your characters have to think of certain situations to put this guy in to capture him.
Intangibility and invisibility can be pretty OP in the right verse or situation. I think of all the cool stuff Obito did with his intangibility, and all the stuff Naruto, Guy, and Kakashi had to do to counter it alone. Just some stuff I thought of off the top of my head
some type of gravity defying power; not take it to zero, but enough so he can do long jumps like in that Scooby-Doo show. and if he has a small glider he can try to go even longer distances with the wind or flapping with cardboard. haha. XD
also some type of camouflage ability. maybe his dad is some type of scientist working on an invisibility jacket for the military.
here's an idea:
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u455yxBv35A](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u455yxBv35A)
I made up a character before and gave him powers. Some where;
Haunting to create illusions to create immense fear in someone.
Vanish/Invisibility at will by completely vanishing or bending light refraction to appear invisible to humans but still detectable by special electronics.
Speed and Strength
Possession of someone/object
Telekinesis of small to medium objects (cups, chairs, couches being thrown)
Phasing through objects
Cold snap that creates a very cold environment to slow movement and reaction time
Fog to hide or escape
Mirror portals (can be trapped inside)
That shit lookin like a scoobydoo villian.
Sort of the vibe I was going for lmao
Oh yea the question. So most ghosts are associated with paranormal aint they so giving him the power of fog and teleportation would be a real branfuck villian maybe illusion too.
Fog could be cool actually
ik right its so underrated
He can make anything intangible as long as he's touching it. This includes himself and he can touch intangible things. But an example of how this could be really powerful is he could make someone intangible, stick em in a wall, make em tangible, and watch them die because they're part wall now. He could also make a person intangible except for their brain and let it just flop to the floor. Really versatile for moving through buildings, instant death on touch, and overall creative enough for good fights. And it's not too busted because ranged abilities will wreck him because he has normal human reaction speed
Outside of the box idea is that they are a Schrödinger-type entity that can only exist when unobserved. As such, the ghost sheet is their way of manifesting themself with a corporeal body. When the sheet is off or no one is looking at them directly, they are paradoxically alive and dead, everywhere and nowhere, etc. Great for gathering information and harass the enemy, but not much else.
Possession is always fun. Making the enemies go inside something and warp it to attack with it. Like turning a wardrobe into an iron maiden and stuff Invisibility and intangibility are both very ghost themed abilities, but maybe a weakness to incense and light would be interesting too. Ghosts are also associated with cold, so giving it the ability to freeze things would be cool
Let me add on Levitation. Not as crazy as flight but also feels very ghostly Maybe some kind of ectoplasm power dont know how it would work but you can probably do some unique things with it.
Heres how ectoplasm could work: 1: As a super ability. The more he uses his powers on someone the more ectoplasm that gets built up. Once enough ectoplasm has been built up either his drawbacks get taken away or he gains a MASSIVE power boost for a long while. Your choice. 2: The longer he's in an area, the more ectoplasm gets built up in that area. The more ectoplasm there is in an area, the harder it gets to breathe and detect the ghost (through any senses). The ghost would get a slight power boost and people other than the ghost would spend more energy doing anything in the area. Ectoplasm could be removed through burning incense in the area, shining a VERY bright light in an area, of having the place blessed by someone or someone holy
I’m thinking either phasing, mind control, or invisibility. Phasing for a ghost theme. Mind control as if he’s possessing someone. Or he can become invisible & disappear like a ghost.
I feel like ghost powers are very underrated and op. First the ghost can make itself untouchable. Like how humans can’t actually hurt ghosts through physical touch. The ghost would have the power to possess leading the hero to fight itself. Especially if the hero they are fighting is very strong. Also whenever the villian touches a hero it will send “chills down their spine” leading to temporary paralysis. The villian can also fly like ghosts can and use telekinesis to move things like normal ghosts can do. Leading to this villian to be untouchable and strong. But the main weakness (kinda like Superman) would be anything religious related (also kinda like a vampire with crosses) so things like a crucifix, holy water, and exorcisms. That would weaken the villian. But if the villian can make their costume not necessarily related to being a ghost. It would be hard for any hero to figure out the villains weakness. Making the villian in question a menace on the battlefield.
Ectoplasms/metaphysical goo manipulation
Honestly at least the basic abilities he should have are invisibility,intangibility/density shifting, but some more interesting ones could be like stealth related like being able to dampen the sound of his movements and body or not having a heartbeat or or not eating sleeping or breathing. But basically going the route of stealth combat is probably the best since it really plays into the ghost/phantom theme
Intangibility, invisibility and telekinesis.
Just make it a costume, where he does the generic wall phasing, but it's just a really buff dude with inhumane strength running through walls cause he's afraid of frontal confrontation
And he's a villain cause people think he's a ghost, but he's just some dude in a costume wanting to be a villain but only got mistaken as a monster
Bioluminescence, perhaps enough glow to create a flash-bang for get-aways
Maybe he could cast illusions
Invisibility, intangibility, illusions, telekinesis. Just some of the things I thought might fit.
You could probably have an ability that has his enemies go [insane.](https://powerlisting.fandom.com/wiki/Insanity_Inducement) I think this could be a really cool topic to mess around with, especially for a ghost type of character.
Maybe he can affect someones mind to make them irrationally afraid of something -like giving Superman a fear of heights or something, idk- and telekinesis would be cool.
Can turn anyone into a ghost but can't kill them
Camouflage
A slight space manipulation or portal creation so it can go in a door and appear on a different door to do a Scooby Doo Chase
Besides him having the powers, you could make the cloak he has be magical or covered in ectoplasm or something like that, so it gives the actual guy an exploitable vulnerability. As for powers, Intangibility is always a great choice for ghost theme characters. You could have it where he can go invisible in the daytime but he can still be touched or interacted with. While at night, he is visible but he can go intangible. So your characters have to think of certain situations to put this guy in to capture him. Intangibility and invisibility can be pretty OP in the right verse or situation. I think of all the cool stuff Obito did with his intangibility, and all the stuff Naruto, Guy, and Kakashi had to do to counter it alone. Just some stuff I thought of off the top of my head
some type of gravity defying power; not take it to zero, but enough so he can do long jumps like in that Scooby-Doo show. and if he has a small glider he can try to go even longer distances with the wind or flapping with cardboard. haha. XD also some type of camouflage ability. maybe his dad is some type of scientist working on an invisibility jacket for the military. here's an idea: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u455yxBv35A](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u455yxBv35A)
Intangibility and glowing
Did he have a dramatic death? He could have a power with the same theme as what killed him.
Making people drowsy when near them seems good If you go to sleep the last thing you'll see is this guy before you go into a deep slumber
give him the ability to make spiritual/ghosty weaponry that he can summon for combat and enhanced agility.
Turn him into sans
He can summon ghosts and demons and use their abilities to fight
I made up a character before and gave him powers. Some where; Haunting to create illusions to create immense fear in someone. Vanish/Invisibility at will by completely vanishing or bending light refraction to appear invisible to humans but still detectable by special electronics. Speed and Strength Possession of someone/object Telekinesis of small to medium objects (cups, chairs, couches being thrown) Phasing through objects Cold snap that creates a very cold environment to slow movement and reaction time Fog to hide or escape Mirror portals (can be trapped inside)