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* [[Blessed With Suck]]: The precog in "Fivesight" can only foresee unpleasant events -- and he can't prevent them from happening, only mitigate the effects somewhat. Fittingly enough, his name is [[The Cassandra|Cass Anders]].
* [[Born Lucky]]: The Lucky Duck, although in his case it's not good luck or bad luck--just ''weird'' luck.
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* [[City of Weirdos]]: Callahan tells the story of waking up after an epic week-long bender naked in Central Park, fleeing on a stolen police horse. He gets all the way to Brooklyn by wrapping himself in a plaid horse blanket and yelling "Attack of the [[Horseclans]]! Coming soon from United Artists" as necessary.
* [[Cool and Unusual Punishment]]: After being arrested, if Al Phee tries to make another unauthorized time jump he'll be stricken with permanent BO.
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* [[Hurricane of Puns]]: Punday at Callahan's.
{{quote| ''Folks who come into the place for the first time on a Tuesday evening have been known to flee screaming into the night, leaving full pitchers of beer behind in their haste to be elsewhere.''}}
* [[I Cannot Self
* [[Immune to Bullets]]: The good guys, for a change. All of the bar's patrons who have been protected by Mickey Finn are immune to gunfire, nukes, and [[Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking|getting wet when it rains]].
** [[Blessed With Suck|OTOH]], the [[Required Secondary Powers]] are a bitch. It only neutralizes lethal trauma, so as not to leave one with a case of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Congenital_insensitivity_to_pain CIP]. That means that if someone attacks to ''maim'', '''they can do it as long as no single blow is lethal!'''
** Likewise, immunity to nukes is limited to the blast forces and radiation. It's still possible to be trapped in debris and just ''burn''. {{spoiler|As Noah Gonzalez found when the "immunity to nukes" clause was tested.}}
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* [[Playing With Puppets]]: A villain in ''Callahan's Lady'' uses a [[Mind Control Device]] to make people do disgusting and embarrassing things for her own amusement.
* [[Pungeon Master]]: Nearly all the regulars, but Doc Webster especially.
* [[Rapid
* [[Really Seven Hundred Years Old]]: Rachel in "A Voice Is Heard In Ramah". No explanation is offered; she just is.
* [[That Satisfying Crunch]]: At Callahan's, making a toast and pitching your glass into the fireplace can be one of the most cathartic actions you'll ever undertake.
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