love to listen to thoughts like in dishonored, would be cool to know what people really think of you.

I said, I cast FIREBALL! (Problem solved) ;-)

Stealth or Invisibility. I mean... who wouldn't want it eh?

I always liked the idea of being able to use powers that hide in plain sight. I think Bard's magical songs have a lot of potential behind them for that. Not to mention, I've just always wanted to learn a string instrument and haven't much time for it.

Bards can be really dangerous if unexpected.

Picture it: You're at the bar, sitting at the counter. You've been talking with the bartender about the goings-on that day while a hooded figure sits behind you in the center of the tavern amidst an eager crowd of listeners. You and the bartender had got on the subject of his finely aged drinks. He has a special wine that has been aged far longer than any other in his inventory, dating back to when his father taught him the value of aging wine. It was a very expensive drink, secured away in the back in the hopes that a noble would want to buy it. It was then you noticed that none of the once noisy patrons had been talking. No laughing, no cheering, just listening to the bard play his suggestive song, surrounded by a ring of coins that they had tipped him with throughout the day. The bartender noted how strange it was, but you brushed it off, figuring they just enjoyed the peaceful music, and not being one to complain about the atmosphere. You had been drowning out the music to hold the conversation, but once you noticed its melody, you were enthralled by it. It gave you a sense of calm serenity you hadn’t felt since sometime before your travels. You consider giving a tip for your new-found mood but pull back when you realize any flexible income you had before coming in was lost to the mug in your hand. The bard notices your rustling bag and frowns at its retreat. The bard begins to play a new song. The hypnotic pattern combined with the alcohol swirls your mind, along with everyone else’s. With a blur of speed, the bard uses his improvisation skills to whip out dinner knives, one for you, and one for the bartender. In your daze, a sharp burning enters your throat as you fall over. The bartender is heard, falling face-first onto the counter as the bard smiles and grabs your coins. He runs to the back room and finds the wine the bartender talked about. The patrons dashed after him when they came to their senses, but in the minute it took for them to respond, he had already changed tunes, and snuck, transparent as the wind.

For me personally, though, I think the idea of teleporting magic via guitar riff is a fun way to save on gas when traveling.

Mine's pretty simple. The cure disease spell from any given CRPG. The ability to cure diabetes, any cancer, COVID, basically any number of physical ailments. Keep myself and my gamer friends (and relatives) healthier for longer, allow so many of my friends with various chronic pain issues the relief they deserve. So much potential in just that one ability to make lives better.

Mmmmm, some RPG skills involve flight, so an ability to fly would be awesome, no need for issues with travel time, no traffic, never have to find a parking spot, easy way to disappear suddenly when needed. Definitely a skill like Fly.

I would choose healing. As a nurse, I could find a myriad number of opportunities to use healing.

Quick save and 10 slots to reload.

If that's too OP, than the ability to make portals/teleport to places I've been before.

Save tons on travel time and costs

I only want one thing. Respawning.

Since saving/loading isn't a game skill, but a generic feature, I'll still go with some nondetection / astral/spirit form / dematerialize skill. Make myself completely immaterial, unnoticeable to anyone and anything in any way, not interacting with matter in any way, can just move and observe, passing through anything until I cancel that mode and suddenly appear.
On the other hand, a good cure disease skill would sure come in handy. Not only considering the current circumstances, of course, but in general.

Skyrim's stealth skill, because who wouldn't like to be able to crouch and just disappear!

i'd go with the ppwer to be rich and control a chain of taverns. then id meet heroes and trade with them for rares, and sell them as nfts in other games...


oh wait does this count?

I would take the skill present in so many video games of: never requiring sleep, rest, to eat or drink, needing to go to the toilet, and never becoming fatigued as a result of any of this.

I'd be able to accomplish so much without needing to spend time on those things ... and also play a ton more video games.

The video game ability I choose is QUICK SAVE! Can think of no more valuable skill than to experience life with the ability to quick save before every important decision (and reload if necessary)!

Fast travel would be great. Only to places you'd already been to keep it interesting.

If you had it, you'd be a shoe-in for an astronauts job too, as they could take you to the moon once and then you could pop back whenever you wanted.

Even a Mars shot would be on the cards. If things went belly up, you could just sneakily fast travel back, like in Skyrim when you're low on health.

If you parked your spaceship properly you could pop back there too with a spanner or whatever to fix it.