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Quantus:
Ive got a wipp (Work In Perpetual Progress) going and was looking for some general help.  

The question of the hour is this:   What different forms of power are there in the world?  Power in this sense is anything that lets you impose you will on the world around you.  These are what I came up with, anything else you can think of?

Physical - "Im stronger than you."  A primary basis for power in more feudal times.  
Financial - The gold standard of power. Literally.
Technological - "I have better stuff than you" (weapons, tech, etc)
Information - "I know something you don't know."
Social - Power based on others who will listen to you.  Could be political, business, general fame, etc.

Deceit - power through convincing falsehood (Thanks Vryce)
Destruction - Power over things via the ability to destroy them. 

Vryce:
I think you have hit all the major ones,
the only other thing i could think of is not quite a power but it can be used to impose your will on the world around you.

Deceit.

physical deceit:  I have the bigger army(Bluff)
Financial: i look like a millon bucks(just looking the part gets you in the door.)
technological: i steal, hack, ect... you tech.
Information: Blackmail
Social: conmen

just a thought

Quantus:
Good call, it definitely applies.  Though Falsehoods will have a whole extra level to them than the others, as they literally damage the fabric of reality.  Ill also add a Destruction category, as having the ability to destroy something is almost as good as having it yourself, sometimes.

Vryce:
in that case creation can be a power. 

There is a lot of power in the make of a life.
could call it love

Quantus:
Metaphysically and spiritually I agree with you, but Im not sure how it would be an avenue to imposing will/change on the world around you, at least in any way that wouldn't qualify as a family version of Social, Technological, or maybe Informational Power.  Deceit works as all versions of The Con; Destruction works mostly through the threat (ie the man who can destroy the world rules the world).  But the act of creation does not in and of itself gain you anything; rather its what you create that can gain you power, depending on what it is. 

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