Adapted from Nigh Omnipotence- Superpower Wiki
Lately, I have been exploring various realms of genre fiction and wondering if there was a way to crash them together in a tabletop experience. This means figuring out a way to balance unrelated effects against each other. I love Mutants and Masterminds for its ability do describe almost any character ability you can think of, so I am experimenting with M&M’s tools to work on ways to fold multiple genres together.
Nigh Omnipotence
The state of being almost all-powerful. Lesser version of Omnipotence.
Also Called
Almost/Defective/Flawed/Imperfect/Limited/Quasi/Restricted/Semi/Virtual Omnipotence
Capabilities
The user possesses supreme-like-power but has a limitation/restriction/weakness that inhibits their potential to become an omnipotent being. The user's near-omnipotence can range from having ultimate or maxed power over a particular domain or having expert-level power, knowledge, and presence over numerous or all aspects.
Despite being limited, the user possesses unimaginable power at their will. Depending on the series, the user's power may or may not backfire on them. Nigh-Omnipotence has various types: Some users are created or born with it and can innately learn their powers like breathing. Some users are awarded and require additional instruction to understand their potential fully. Those who are sealed or fused with it may need to understand their power and how to use it. Some users use supernatural means and can master this with ease.
The demonstration of nigh-omnipotence is not well-proven across all of fiction due to two primary concerns, their morality and the uses of their powers. Users can be a hero, anti-hero, antagonist, in the position of a witch, wizard, chaotic force, tyrant, psychopath, dictator, or any other character in any fictional setting. The second common characteristic of nigh-omnipotent creatures or forces is their behavior and mentality. They can possess features similar to humans, such as selfishness, arrogance, greed, and intimidating or manipulating others because they are "untouchable," even though they are not.
The differences between nigh-omnipotence and omnipotence are the range of applications one character can perform in their franchise. Nigh-Omnipotence is a term for any character that can do anything without severe consequences following them. The user is in a high position in a hierarchy; only beings and forces on the same scale as the user can harm or kill them. Omnipotence, however, is truly limitless, a state of being that no one or anything in the past, currently, or will harm them. Beings with omnipotence are the supreme beings of their reproductive setting, commonly present in monotheistic religions, being God, while users of nigh-omnipotence can use any nigh-omnipotent ability such as divine-level-psionics, being nearly completely immortal or invincible, possessing nearly every power, having nearly infinite knowledge or presence over a subject, and commonly manipulating reality through their mind or another medium, as long as they are not omnipotent.
Application
Reality Warping
The power to manipulate reality.
Universal Manipulation
The power to manipulate everything within the entire universe.
Limitations
The limitations and weaknesses of nigh-omnipotence can vary a lot as the power itself is infinitely diverse with infinite possibilities, variety, types and ways on what it can be. Some can have one weakness while others can have multiple weaknesses.
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