Board Thread:Questions and Answers/@comment-3406131-20161105171445/@comment-3406131-20161106135018

Thanks everyone for your answers.

I've been able to check a few more entries, and I have to disagree with you (except Ershelby's "I need to be a bit more thoughtful when adding new powers" which is valid for all of us and at any time):

Loki 71 wrote: Well there are actually some findings that shows Nuhumans with similar augmented attributes with their predecessors, but they don't normally receive their upgrade till after the change though. Inferno, Flint and Naja would count seeing how their transformations altered their physical abilities too. There isn't actually any proof of that as far as .I know. If you check Inferno's entry in, he isn't stated to have such powers and except his energy projection (who is the consequence of his Terrigenesis powers), all his stats indicate "normal" (2 on the power grid).

For Flint and Naja, Flint may have benefit from some eugenic (if his lost tribe practiced it), but I have no recollections of them having enhanced abilities apart from their Terrigenesis powers.

But even, eugenism would unlikely be expressed in descendants by the Terrigenesis. Because eugenism isn't a gene characteristic, but the consequence of selective breeding, in the Inhumans' case on the general genetic structure. One generation screw up the process (because the product of a breeding between a selected being and another is a being less "pure", whatever that means) And the Nuhumans have been away from selective breeding for 13,000 years.

Similarly, the Hidden Ones, isolated later from Attilan, aren’t told to have any physical benefits in FF Encyclopedia.

AnnabellRice wrote: The source of physiology section comes from Karnak's Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe entry. I have found this only in Karnak's entries and not in Inhumans'. As a matter of consistency, I think we should restrict that to Karnak.

Because... AnnabellRice wrote: It applies to all Inhumans because, although he's not in any way empowered by Terrigenesis, he is still stated to be physically superior to the most perfect human specimen, simply due to "eugenically superior Inhuman heritage". ...isn’t a valid argument : Those powers were only mentioned for Karnak as far as I know.

According to his entry in, his slightly enhanced reaction time, endurance and speed (his speed is actually considered as « normal » on the power grid) come from his Inhuman metabolism. His strength from his eugenically superior genetic structure and intensive exercice.

But that's his Inhuman metabolism and his eugenically superior genetic structure. Other Inhumans might not benefit of it. Or all of them could. Or other could benefit from slightly or largely weaker or stronger benefits from this eugenism. In fact, Inhuman such as Aireo don’t benefit from such physical characteristics. The Inhuman metabolism could also be part of a precedent mutation among his family (some of the Inhumans transmit at least physical mutations to their descendants, see Terrigenesis)

AnnabellRice wrote: With Nuhumans they may not be stronger than the perfect human, since they're not pureblood, but by extension they're still stronger than the average human. Same than up there: We're talking about 13,000 years of breeding without eugenic selection. If a generation screw things up, what about dozens...

So, with those facts, except I missed other relevant comics or entries :
 * Those eugenic-based abilities are to be mentioned only for those who were stated to possess them, so only Karnak as far as we know
 * The Inhumans have possibly similar enhancements (possibly not expressed due to lack of training relatively to Karnak), or not, but aren’t consider to except if stated.
 * The Nuhumans aren’t considered to benefit from such abilities, except if they are stated to (in which case we’ll have to reconsider the whole agreement regarding the details of such cases)