I've been trying to come up with a protagonist for my comic I'm trying to get around to writing, and I just came up with a power for them.
So my magic system is based around biology taken to supernatural extremes, kind of like the Gourmet Hunters in Toriko or the monsters in Dungeon Meshi. You have a Primary mutation, which determines the theme for all future mutations. Your mutations are determined by your specific tactics and the amount of Vitae (life energy stuff) you have in your body to cause the mutation. So, say your Primary is Predator, meaning you have sharp claws, teeth, and enhanced senses. You could get Night Vision, Shadow Blending (disappearing in the dark, an evolution of Night Vision), and Flash Lunge (fill yourself with killing intent to teleport forward) if you're an ambush predator. But if you were an endurance predator, you might get Debilitation (be able to apply weakness), Intimidation (fills weaker foes with fear, an evolution of Debilitation), and Armor of Terror (foes who are afraid of you cannot harm you, and evolution of Intimidation).
I wanted my protag to have a weak but versatile power. So my idea? Stockpile. A higher percentage of their calorie intake becomes fat, they can remain healthy and mobile with large amounts of weight, and they can rapidly convert fat back into energy way, way faster than any normal human can. So at first, that sounds almost worthless in a fight, but all powers run on calories in this world, which means food is primarily reserved for the elite and the military, which means it's even more useless to have a power that revolves around calories.
But here's the kicker: they can use calories to power their basic processes. So if they have the energy, they can run faster, put more strength into a punch, jump higher, and heal faster.
The catch is that they need that energy more than even those with stronger Primaries. So the power is weak on a fundamental level, but very versatile in both possible future mutations and current uses.
Sounds cool! The mc reminds me a lot of Fat Gum from Mha, as they have essentially the same power
Actually, this is closer to Izuku's use of All For One really early on, but powered by calories and dealing damage to stamina instead of actual bone. Fat Gum is sticky and can reflect damage. That second trait would actually be a great mutation later on though, due to the concept of the main power being Stockpile.
Not really sure you understand Fat Gum’s power fully. His quirk is Fat Absorption, which allows him to rapidly intake large amounts of food and gain immense fat and calories, to the point at which a normal person would quite literally die from over eating. This thick fat allows many things, namely, absorption of blunt force, to the point that you pretty much can’t hurt him with anything non-pointed, even then, there’s a lot to get through. He can also manipulate the fat in his body with insane precision and control, able to thicken more specific parts of his body, along with giving the illusion of absorbing objects. But it’s really power is the fact that Fat Gum can burn all those calories in near instant, which he can use to greatly increase his physical power, either in one super powered punch, or a few minutes of superhuman performance. That is what I was drawing a comparison to
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I've been trying to come up with a protagonist for my comic I'm trying to get around to writing, and I just came up with a power for them.
So my magic system is based around biology taken to supernatural extremes, kind of like the Gourmet Hunters in Toriko or the monsters in Dungeon Meshi. You have a Primary mutation, which determines the theme for all future mutations. Your mutations are determined by your specific tactics and the amount of Vitae (life energy stuff) you have in your body to cause the mutation. So, say your Primary is Predator, meaning you have sharp claws, teeth, and enhanced senses. You could get Night Vision, Shadow Blending (disappearing in the dark, an evolution of Night Vision), and Flash Lunge (fill yourself with killing intent to teleport forward) if you're an ambush predator. But if you were an endurance predator, you might get Debilitation (be able to apply weakness), Intimidation (fills weaker foes with fear, an evolution of Debilitation), and Armor of Terror (foes who are afraid of you cannot harm you, and evolution of Intimidation).
I wanted my protag to have a weak but versatile power. So my idea? Stockpile. A higher percentage of their calorie intake becomes fat, they can remain healthy and mobile with large amounts of weight, and they can rapidly convert fat back into energy way, way faster than any normal human can. So at first, that sounds almost worthless in a fight, but all powers run on calories in this world, which means food is primarily reserved for the elite and the military, which means it's even more useless to have a power that revolves around calories.
But here's the kicker: they can use calories to power their basic processes. So if they have the energy, they can run faster, put more strength into a punch, jump higher, and heal faster.
The catch is that they need that energy more than even those with stronger Primaries. So the power is weak on a fundamental level, but very versatile in both possible future mutations and current uses.
Sounds cool! The mc reminds me a lot of Fat Gum from Mha, as they have essentially the same power
Actually, this is closer to Izuku's use of All For One really early on, but powered by calories and dealing damage to stamina instead of actual bone. Fat Gum is sticky and can reflect damage. That second trait would actually be a great mutation later on though, due to the concept of the main power being Stockpile.
Not really sure you understand Fat Gum’s power fully. His quirk is Fat Absorption, which allows him to rapidly intake large amounts of food and gain immense fat and calories, to the point at which a normal person would quite literally die from over eating. This thick fat allows many things, namely, absorption of blunt force, to the point that you pretty much can’t hurt him with anything non-pointed, even then, there’s a lot to get through. He can also manipulate the fat in his body with insane precision and control, able to thicken more specific parts of his body, along with giving the illusion of absorbing objects. But it’s really power is the fact that Fat Gum can burn all those calories in near instant, which he can use to greatly increase his physical power, either in one super powered punch, or a few minutes of superhuman performance. That is what I was drawing a comparison to
Ah, I was just going by the wiki. I haven't gotten that far into the anime, and I can't afford the manga.
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I've been trying to come up with a protagonist for my comic I'm trying to get around to writing, and I just came up with a power for them.
So my magic system is based around biology taken to supernatural extremes, kind of like the Gourmet Hunters in Toriko or the monsters in Dungeon Meshi. You have a Primary mutation, which determines the theme for all future mutations. Your mutations are determined by your specific tactics and the amount of Vitae (life energy stuff) you have in your body to cause the mutation. So, say your Primary is Predator, meaning you have sharp claws, teeth, and enhanced senses. You could get Night Vision, Shadow Blending (disappearing in the dark, an evolution of Night Vision), and Flash Lunge (fill yourself with killing intent to teleport forward) if you're an ambush predator. But if you were an endurance predator, you might get Debilitation (be able to apply weakness), Intimidation (fills weaker foes with fear, an evolution of Debilitation), and Armor of Terror (foes who are afraid of you cannot harm you, and evolution of Intimidation).
I wanted my protag to have a weak but versatile power. So my idea? Stockpile. A higher percentage of their calorie intake becomes fat, they can remain healthy and mobile with large amounts of weight, and they can rapidly convert fat back into energy way, way faster than any normal human can. So at first, that sounds almost worthless in a fight, but all powers run on calories in this world, which means food is primarily reserved for the elite and the military, which means it's even more useless to have a power that revolves around calories.
But here's the kicker: they can use calories to power their basic processes. So if they have the energy, they can run faster, put more strength into a punch, jump higher, and heal faster.
The catch is that they need that energy more than even those with stronger Primaries. So the power is weak on a fundamental level, but very versatile in both possible future mutations and current uses.
Sounds cool! The mc reminds me a lot of Fat Gum from Mha, as they have essentially the same power
Actually, this is closer to Izuku's use of All For One really early on, but powered by calories and dealing damage to stamina instead of actual bone. Fat Gum is sticky and can reflect damage. That second trait would actually be a great mutation later on though, due to the concept of the main power being Stockpile.
Not really sure you understand Fat Gum’s power fully. His quirk is Fat Absorption, which allows him to rapidly intake large amounts of food and gain immense fat and calories, to the point at which a normal person would quite literally die from over eating. This thick fat allows many things, namely, absorption of blunt force, to the point that you pretty much can’t hurt him with anything non-pointed, even then, there’s a lot to get through. He can also manipulate the fat in his body with insane precision and control, able to thicken more specific parts of his body, along with giving the illusion of absorbing objects. But it’s really power is the fact that Fat Gum can burn all those calories in near instant, which he can use to greatly increase his physical power, either in one super powered punch, or a few minutes of superhuman performance. That is what I was drawing a comparison to
Converting fat into energy sounds like Food Battler Futoshi or Pig God from One Punch Man.
More Fat=more power.
It could be good if you had one of the future mutations to be something like "You can basically eat anything and get calories/not get sick from it."
A later adaptation I was thinking for Stockpile was the ability to sort of lock-in energy, so that all the power can build up be released all at once. So instead of swinging with the force of one punch, he could charge it to hit with the power of a sledgehammer.
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Let him who is without sin cast the first stone.
May each word that I speak be backed by each of my teeth.
I've been trying to come up with a protagonist for my comic I'm trying to get around to writing, and I just came up with a power for them.
So my magic system is based around biology taken to supernatural extremes, kind of like the Gourmet Hunters in Toriko or the monsters in Dungeon Meshi. You have a Primary mutation, which determines the theme for all future mutations. Your mutations are determined by your specific tactics and the amount of Vitae (life energy stuff) you have in your body to cause the mutation. So, say your Primary is Predator, meaning you have sharp claws, teeth, and enhanced senses. You could get Night Vision, Shadow Blending (disappearing in the dark, an evolution of Night Vision), and Flash Lunge (fill yourself with killing intent to teleport forward) if you're an ambush predator. But if you were an endurance predator, you might get Debilitation (be able to apply weakness), Intimidation (fills weaker foes with fear, an evolution of Debilitation), and Armor of Terror (foes who are afraid of you cannot harm you, and evolution of Intimidation).
I wanted my protag to have a weak but versatile power. So my idea? Stockpile. A higher percentage of their calorie intake becomes fat, they can remain healthy and mobile with large amounts of weight, and they can rapidly convert fat back into energy way, way faster than any normal human can. So at first, that sounds almost worthless in a fight, but all powers run on calories in this world, which means food is primarily reserved for the elite and the military, which means it's even more useless to have a power that revolves around calories.
But here's the kicker: they can use calories to power their basic processes. So if they have the energy, they can run faster, put more strength into a punch, jump higher, and heal faster.
The catch is that they need that energy more than even those with stronger Primaries. So the power is weak on a fundamental level, but very versatile in both possible future mutations and current uses.
First off, like the branch mutation idea. Secondly, so it is similar to how the Flash has to eat constantly to fuel his speed?
Exactly! And you need specially prepared food made from supernatural ingredients to get stronger. And those supernatural ingredients run on the same power system as you.
Yikes. Hyper specific ability that could be strong, but needs a lot of work. Yeah, I agree that it’s good for a protagonist. Now I have a question. What type of Mutations do you think I would have in this world?
I gotta be honest, I don't know how you act IRL, like how you deal with problems. I didn't say my whole system, but basically you need to be actually experiencing stress and using some sort of tactic for your body to evolve. Most people here avoid real conflict like the plague, so I really don't have a good idea of what your power would be.
Conflict avoidance would likely give you mobility or stealth, but pretty much any average person could get those. Really, it's based on your personality and I haven't interacted with you IRL or online enough to get a really good read. You're definitely a good writer, but I'm not sure that would factor in.
Thanks for the compliment, and it’s fine. I don’t fully know me either. How about you?
I'd say I'd have Mimicry, specifically in the aggressive vein. I would be able to instill fear very effectively without having to actually be dangerous, then seem harmless again when I want to hang out. A little talent I have IRL is the ability to be really, really mean. Like, not clever, just super, unrelentingly cruel. At the same time, I have a very strong sense of empathy which means I can basically love and/or forgive anyone. These two talents really suck to have together, but could be useful as a literal superpower. Maybe a later mutation would be a sort of Power Copy, but it only works for the visuals. So someone with say, Pyrosis, I could make illusions of their fireballs after I witness theirs.
A later adaptation I was thinking for Stockpile was the ability to sort of lock-in energy, so that all the power can build up be released all at once. So instead of swinging with the force of one punch, he could charge it to hit with the power of a sledgehammer.
That... literally just described what Fat Gum does.
I've been trying to come up with a protagonist for my comic I'm trying to get around to writing, and I just came up with a power for them.
So my magic system is based around biology taken to supernatural extremes, kind of like the Gourmet Hunters in Toriko or the monsters in Dungeon Meshi. You have a Primary mutation, which determines the theme for all future mutations. Your mutations are determined by your specific tactics and the amount of Vitae (life energy stuff) you have in your body to cause the mutation. So, say your Primary is Predator, meaning you have sharp claws, teeth, and enhanced senses. You could get Night Vision, Shadow Blending (disappearing in the dark, an evolution of Night Vision), and Flash Lunge (fill yourself with killing intent to teleport forward) if you're an ambush predator. But if you were an endurance predator, you might get Debilitation (be able to apply weakness), Intimidation (fills weaker foes with fear, an evolution of Debilitation), and Armor of Terror (foes who are afraid of you cannot harm you, and evolution of Intimidation).
I wanted my protag to have a weak but versatile power. So my idea? Stockpile. A higher percentage of their calorie intake becomes fat, they can remain healthy and mobile with large amounts of weight, and they can rapidly convert fat back into energy way, way faster than any normal human can. So at first, that sounds almost worthless in a fight, but all powers run on calories in this world, which means food is primarily reserved for the elite and the military, which means it's even more useless to have a power that revolves around calories.
But here's the kicker: they can use calories to power their basic processes. So if they have the energy, they can run faster, put more strength into a punch, jump higher, and heal faster.
The catch is that they need that energy more than even those with stronger Primaries. So the power is weak on a fundamental level, but very versatile in both possible future mutations and current uses.
Sounds cool! The mc reminds me a lot of Fat Gum from Mha, as they have essentially the same power
Actually, this is closer to Izuku's use of All For One really early on, but powered by calories and dealing damage to stamina instead of actual bone. Fat Gum is sticky and can reflect damage. That second trait would actually be a great mutation later on though, due to the concept of the main power being Stockpile.
Not really sure you understand Fat Gum’s power fully. His quirk is Fat Absorption, which allows him to rapidly intake large amounts of food and gain immense fat and calories, to the point at which a normal person would quite literally die from over eating. This thick fat allows many things, namely, absorption of blunt force, to the point that you pretty much can’t hurt him with anything non-pointed, even then, there’s a lot to get through. He can also manipulate the fat in his body with insane precision and control, able to thicken more specific parts of his body, along with giving the illusion of absorbing objects. But it’s really power is the fact that Fat Gum can burn all those calories in near instant, which he can use to greatly increase his physical power, either in one super powered punch, or a few minutes of superhuman performance. That is what I was drawing a comparison to
Ah, I was just going by the wiki. I haven't gotten that far into the anime, and I can't afford the manga.
All good man. Though it is a good anime, and quirks are a very interesting power system It’s also surprisingly one of the only power systems that I haven’t asked myself “What would my (enter name of power system here) be?”
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Yo, I'm Himy (He/him) not as active as I use to be, but I'm here from time to time. I don't got much else to say.
"From the stars of the inner sea, from the tower of insight, from the four corners of paradise, let them know; their story is filled with blessings. Only those free of sin may pass... Garden of Avalon!”
”The elements coalesce, amalgamate, and bring forth the star that interweaves all creation. Bow down with death! Enuma Elish!”
A later adaptation I was thinking for Stockpile was the ability to sort of lock-in energy, so that all the power can build up be released all at once. So instead of swinging with the force of one punch, he could charge it to hit with the power of a sledgehammer.
That... literally just described what Fat Gum does.
No, I mean like, they could do that to anything. They could hold their punch for like, 30 minutes, then release it with enough force to destroy a building, sure, but they could also lock-in emotions to be released later. Literally bottling up rage until they have a deadly aura that cracks concrete and allows them to access adrenaline at will.
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Let him who is without sin cast the first stone.
May each word that I speak be backed by each of my teeth.
A later adaptation I was thinking for Stockpile was the ability to sort of lock-in energy, so that all the power can build up be released all at once. So instead of swinging with the force of one punch, he could charge it to hit with the power of a sledgehammer.
That... literally just described what Fat Gum does.
No, I mean like, they could do that to anything. They could hold their punch for like, 30 minutes, then release it with enough force to destroy a building, sure, but they could also lock-in emotions to be released later. Literally bottling up rage until they have a deadly aura that cracks concrete and allows them to access adrenaline at will.
Is it expending built up energy or is it just like OFA/Strength boosting stuff?
A later adaptation I was thinking for Stockpile was the ability to sort of lock-in energy, so that all the power can build up be released all at once. So instead of swinging with the force of one punch, he could charge it to hit with the power of a sledgehammer.
That... literally just described what Fat Gum does.
No, I mean like, they could do that to anything. They could hold their punch for like, 30 minutes, then release it with enough force to destroy a building, sure, but they could also lock-in emotions to be released later. Literally bottling up rage until they have a deadly aura that cracks concrete and allows them to access adrenaline at will.
Is it expending built up energy or is it just like OFA?
Yeah, it expends it.
Not every power is going to be completely unique. Look at all the pyromancers and telekinetics in media. I've decided to do what I feel like is cool instead of worrying about being super "original."
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Not really sure you understand Fat Gum’s power fully. His quirk is Fat Absorption, which allows him to rapidly intake large amounts of food and gain immense fat and calories, to the point at which a normal person would quite literally die from over eating. This thick fat allows many things, namely, absorption of blunt force, to the point that you pretty much can’t hurt him with anything non-pointed, even then, there’s a lot to get through. He can also manipulate the fat in his body with insane precision and control, able to thicken more specific parts of his body, along with giving the illusion of absorbing objects. But it’s really power is the fact that Fat Gum can burn all those calories in near instant, which he can use to greatly increase his physical power, either in one super powered punch, or a few minutes of superhuman performance. That is what I was drawing a comparison to
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"From the stars of the inner sea, from the tower of insight, from the four corners of paradise, let them know; their story is filled with blessings. Only those free of sin may pass... Garden of Avalon!”
”The elements coalesce, amalgamate, and bring forth the star that interweaves all creation. Bow down with death! Enuma Elish!”
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Ah, I was just going by the wiki. I haven't gotten that far into the anime, and I can't afford the manga.
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Converting fat into energy sounds like Food Battler Futoshi or Pig God from One Punch Man.
More Fat=more power.
It could be good if you had one of the future mutations to be something like "You can basically eat anything and get calories/not get sick from it."
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A later adaptation I was thinking for Stockpile was the ability to sort of lock-in energy, so that all the power can build up be released all at once. So instead of swinging with the force of one punch, he could charge it to hit with the power of a sledgehammer.
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Oh that’s awesome.
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That... literally just described what Fat Gum does.
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Really? I tend to watch Grian, Mumbo, Gem, Scar, and occasionally Zedaph.
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All good man. Though it is a good anime, and quirks are a very interesting power system It’s also surprisingly one of the only power systems that I haven’t asked myself “What would my (enter name of power system here) be?”
Yo, I'm Himy (He/him) not as active as I use to be, but I'm here from time to time. I don't got much else to say.
"From the stars of the inner sea, from the tower of insight, from the four corners of paradise, let them know; their story is filled with blessings. Only those free of sin may pass... Garden of Avalon!”
”The elements coalesce, amalgamate, and bring forth the star that interweaves all creation. Bow down with death! Enuma Elish!”
No, I mean like, they could do that to anything. They could hold their punch for like, 30 minutes, then release it with enough force to destroy a building, sure, but they could also lock-in emotions to be released later. Literally bottling up rage until they have a deadly aura that cracks concrete and allows them to access adrenaline at will.
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Is it expending built up energy or is it just like OFA/Strength boosting stuff?
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Yeah, it expends it.
Not every power is going to be completely unique. Look at all the pyromancers and telekinetics in media. I've decided to do what I feel like is cool instead of worrying about being super "original."
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I'm fry, and I make doodles. That's why they call me FRY DOODLES. Also no pressure but check out my YouTube channel (Fry Doodles)
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I'm a disabled, neurodivergent, artsy dumpster fire, and somewhat of a clown. But, I'm also god's favorite princess and the most interesting girl in the world.
Crafter of Constellations, vocaloid enjoyer, waluigi’s #1 fan, space alien, your favorite pretty boy, and certified silly goose
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