131 Cool and Unique Powers For Your OCs

With Cool Powers Come Great Responsibility

Whoa there! Don't get too ahead of yourself. You gotta have a fleshed out OC before you start thinking about cool powers. Strong characters need an even stronger foundation to stand on, after all! 

 Do you really know your character? 

Powers are cool and all, sure. The truth is that even the coolest powers can seem lame sometimes! That usually only happens when the character that has those powers is, well, kinda lame.  A boring character with the coolest power ever will never be as interesting as a well thought out character with a mediocre power. So, before you start thinking about what powers to give your character, it’s best to consider some things. First, what is your character’s personality like? What kinds of traits do they have? Is your character good, or evil? What motivates them to be that way?

Once you have your character’s personality down, you can tackle their design. Why is their design or personality important to what power (or powers) they have? Well, the answer lies in the fundamentals of character design.  According to those, you want your character’s look to give the audience hints about them. For example, the audience knows, at a glance, that Wreck-It Ralph is super strong. Look at his fists and how exaggerated they are! Of course he is! So, consider how your character looks before choosing their power. Or, think about tweaking your character’s design a bit to fit the power you’d like them to have!

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Now, to the Powers for Your OC!

Now that you have a good idea of who your character is, you can confidently choose a power for them. This part of creating characters can be overwhelming for many artists. The options are truly limitless! Remember, nothing has to be permanent when creating characters. So, try not to stress about the choice! You can always go back, after all! Remember to have fun while you create.

Below, you’ll find a list of some cool powers to have for OCs. Remember, you can also tweak each of these powers, and make them totally your own! Doing this will make sure your powers are just as unique as your OCs. If you’re still feeling a little stuck at this stage, don’t fret! A bit of inspiration may be all you need to get back on track!

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Magical Powers For Your Magically Inclined OCs

1. Illusion Casting: The capacity to create realistic illusions that deceive the senses.
2. Energy Projection: The power to emit and manipulate various forms of energy.
3. Necromancy: The ability to communicate with and control the dead.
4. Animal Communication: The capacity to communicate with and understand animals.
5. Soul Manipulation: The ability to manipulate and influence souls.
6. Reality Warping: The power to manipulate and reshape reality.
7. Elemental Transmutation: The ability to transform one element into another.
8. Light Manipulation: The capacity to control and manipulate light.
9. Shadow Manipulation: The power to control and manipulate shadows.
10. Plant Manipulation: The ability to control and manipulate plants.
11. Psychic Blast: The capacity to release powerful psychic energy blasts.
12. Elemental Fusion: The power to merge multiple elements to create new forms of energy.
13. Portal Creation: The ability to create portals for instantaneous travel.
14. Energy Absorption: The capacity to absorb and harness various forms of energy.
15. Elemental Ascendancy: The capacity to become one with and embody an element.
16. Energy Constructs: The power to create solid objects or weapons out of pure energy.
17. Animation: The ability to bring inanimate objects to life and control them.
18. Elemental Disintegration: The power to break down and disintegrate objects or beings using elemental energy.
19. Energy Transmutation: The capacity to convert one form of energy into another.
20. Energy Vampirism: The ability to absorb and drain the energy of others for one's own use.
21. Elemental Transfusion: The capacity to transfer or share elemental powers with others.
22. Reality Anchoring: The power to stabilize and anchor reality, preventing alterations or distortions.
23. Elemental Fusion: The ability to merge multiple elements into a new, more powerful form.
24. Reality Manipulation Immunity: The ability to be immune to reality-altering effects.
25. Energy Reflection: The capacity to reflect and redirect energy attacks back at the attacker.
26. Elemental Conjuring Mastery: The power to summon and control a vast array of elemental beings.
27. Reality Distortion Field: The ability to create a field that distorts and alters reality within its boundaries.
28. Divination: The power to gain insight into the past, present, or future using magical means.
29. Enchantment: The capacity to imbue objects with magical properties or enchantments.
30. Potion Brewing: The ability to create magical potions with various effects.
31. Rune Magic: The power to harness the power of ancient symbols and runes for magical purposes.
32. Spell Absorption: The capacity to absorb and nullify incoming magical spells or attacks.
33. Glamour: The ability to create illusions or alter one's appearance using magical illusions.
34. Elemental Conjuring: The power to summon and control elemental forces, such as fire, water, earth, or air.
35. Arcane Teleportation: The ability to instantly transport oneself or others to different locations using magic.
36. Mana Manipulation: The power to manipulate and control magical energy, known as mana.
37. Mystical Shielding: The ability to create magical shields or barriers for protection against physical or magical attacks.
38. Soul Binding: The capacity to bind or link one's soul with another entity, granting control or forming a connection.
39. Illusionary Constructs: The power to create solid and tangible illusions that can interact with the physical world.
40. Elemental Fusion: The ability to merge multiple elements together to create new and powerful forms of magic.
41. Shadow Magic: The capacity to manipulate and control shadows, using them for concealment, transportation, or attacks.
42. Spirit Summoning: The ability to summon and communicate with spirits or otherworldly entities.
43. Curses and Hexes: The capacity to place curses or hexes on others, affecting their luck, health, or well-being.

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Superpowers For Your Heroic OCs

44. Chromatic Manipulation: The ability to control and manipulate all colors, allowing the character to create dazzling displays to confuse villains or camouflage themselves seamlessly.
45. Chrono-Synthesis: The power to merge with alternate versions of oneself from different timelines, gaining their knowledge, skills, and experiences.
46. Atmoskinetics: The capacity to manipulate atmospheric pressure, allowing the character to create powerful gusts of wind or even control weather patterns.
47. Dream Shaping: The ability to enter and manipulate the dreams of others, altering their perceptions and even creating new dreamscapes.
48. Technomorphosis: The power to merge with and transform into any technological device, granting the ability to interface with systems or turn into weapons.
49. Soundscaping: The capacity to shape and control sound waves, allowing the character to create sonic barriers, manipulate sound frequencies, or even mimic any voice or sound.
50. Absolute Empathy: The ability to sense and understand the emotions and intentions of others at an intense and profound level.
51. Pathfinding: The power to perceive and visualize the most efficient routes and paths to any destination, even in unfamiliar or complex environments.
52. Biomimetic Adaptation: The capacity to instantly adapt one's body to mimic the physical attributes and abilities of any living organism.
53. Gravity Manipulation: The ability to bend and control the force of gravity, granting the power to levitate, create gravitational fields, or increase or decrease the weight of objects.
54. Phantasmal Projection: The power to project one's consciousness or create illusions that are so convincing, they can affect all five senses of those who perceive them.
55. Elemental Transmutation: The capacity to transform one substance into another element, such as turning water into solid ice or air into fire.
56. Heliokinesis: The ability to manipulate and control solar energy, allowing the character to create intense heat, project blinding light, or even absorb sunlight for power.
57. Symbiotic Fusion: The power to merge with another living being, sharing their physical attributes, skills, and knowledge while maintaining autonomy.
58. Gravitational Singularity Generation: The capacity to create small, localized black holes capable of distorting space and time.
59. Electromagnetic Disruption: The ability to disrupt or manipulate electromagnetic fields, giving the character control over electricity, magnetism, and electronic devices.
60. Quantum Phasing: The power to pass through solid objects by manipulating the quantum state of one's body, essentially becoming intangible.
61. Luminescent Constructs: The capacity to create solid constructs made of pure light, shaping them into various forms and using them as weapons or tools.
62. Psychic Pyrokinesis: The ability to generate and control fire with the power of the mind, allowing the character to create flames, project fireballs, and manipulate existing fires.
63. Probability Alteration: The power to manipulate probability, bending luck and chance to one's favor, causing improbable events to occur or preventing unfavorable outcomes.
64. Retrocognition: The capacity to perceive and gain knowledge about past events or history through extrasensory perception.
65. Neural Manipulation: The ability to control and manipulate the neural pathways of others, granting the power to induce pain, erase memories, or alter perceptions.
66. Cryokinetic Constructs: The power to create solid structures and weapons out of ice, shaping and manipulating frozen water at will.
67. Molecular Dissociation: The capacity to break down and disintegrate matter at the molecular level, essentially causing objects to crumble or disassemble.
68. Reality Distortion: The ability to manipulate the fabric of reality itself, altering the laws of physics or bending the perception of the world around them.
69. Precognitive Combat: The power to foresee and anticipate an opponent's moves and actions during combat, granting unparalleled reflexes and strategic advantage.
70. Neuroelectric Manipulation: The capacity to control and manipulate the electrical impulses within the nervous system, allowing the character to induce paralysis, alter perceptions, or enhance cognitive abilities.
71. Bioluminescent Healing: The power to heal and regenerate wounds through the emission of healing light, accelerating the body's natural healing processes.
72. Meta-linguistics: The capacity to understand and communicate with any form of language, spoken or written, even those that are extraterrestrial or long-lost.
73. Spatial Manipulation: The ability to manipulate and distort space itself, granting the power to create portals, teleportation, or even pocket dimensions.
74. Fractal Duplication: The power to split oneself into multiple copies, each possessing the same skills, knowledge, and abilities as the original.
75. Ectoplasmic Projection: The capacity to project and control a semi-physical ectoplasmic form, allowing the character to pass through walls or interact with the physical world.
76. Molecular Reconstruction:The ability to manipulate the structure and composition of molecules, enabling the character to reshape matter at a fundamental level.
77. Bio-Photokinesis: The power to control and manipulate bioluminescent organisms, commanding swarms of glowing creatures or using them as living weapons.
78. Inertia Manipulation: The ability to control and manipulate the motion and momentum of objects, allowing the character to increase or decrease speed, create kinetic barriers, or halt movement completely.
79. Pyrokinetic Flight: The capacity to generate intense flames from one's body, using them as propulsion to achieve flight and maneuverability.
80. Sonokinetic Constructs: The power to create solid constructs and weapons out of sound waves, shaping and molding them to the character's will.
81. Nanite Swarm Generation: The capacity to generate and control swarms of nanobots, granting the ability to reshape matter, repair objects, or even infect others with nanite technology.
82. Probability Anchoring: The power to anchor and fix the outcome of events, ensuring that certain events or actions will always happen as intended.
83. Temporal Stasis: The ability to freeze or manipulate the flow of time for specific objects or individuals, effectively suspending them in a state of temporal stasis.
84. Temporal Displacement: The capacity to temporarily shift oneself or others out of the normal flow of time, granting the ability to move faster or slower relative to the rest of the world.
85. Quantum Intuition: The power to tap into the underlying fabric of reality and gain intuition and insight into quantum phenomena, providing an unparalleled understanding of probability and quantum mechanics.
86. Meta-Reality Perception: The capacity to perceive and interact with multiple layers of reality, including parallel universes, alternate timelines, and metaphysical dimensions, granting the character vast knowledge and awareness beyond the confines of a single reality
87. Neural Synthesis: The capacity to merge one's consciousness with another individual, forming a shared mind and allowing for the exchange of thoughts, memories, and skills.

Evil Powers for Your Villainous  OCs

88. Persuasive Empathy: The ability to influence and manipulate the emotions and thoughts of others, persuading them to align with the character's desires or change their perspectives.
89. Emotion Transference: The power to absorb, manipulate, and transfer emotions between individuals, amplifying or dampening feelings or even transferring emotions from oneself to others.
90. Elemental Imprisonment: The power to trap or imprison others using elemental forces.
91. Dark Matter Manipulation: The power to manipulate and control dark matter, a mysterious and destructive substance.
92. Soul Corruption: The ability to corrupt and manipulate the souls of others, turning them evil or draining their life force.
93. Mind Domination: The power to forcefully dominate and control the minds of others, bending them to one's will.
94. Chaos Manipulation: The ability to manipulate and control the chaotic forces of the universe, causing disorder and destruction.
95. Soul Devouring: The capacity to consume and absorb the souls of others, gaining their powers and life force.
96. Plague Manipulation: The capacity to control and spread deadly diseases or plagues
97. Possession: The ability to possess and take control of another person's body, using it as a vessel.
98. Desolation Aura: The capacity to emit an aura of despair and hopelessness, draining the life force of those nearby.
99. Pain Absorption: The power to absorb and feed off the pain and suffering of others, growing stronger in the process.
100. Death Inducement: The ability to induce death in living beings with a single touch or gesture.
101. Decay Manipulation: The power to accelerate the decay and deterioration of organic or inorganic matter.
102. Malediction Casting: The ability to cast powerful and potent curses on individuals or locations.
103. Demonic Transformation: The capacity to transform into a demonic or monstrous form, gaining enhanced strength and abilities.
104. Psychic Drain: The power to drain the psychic energy or powers of others, weakening or nullifying their abilities.
105. Dark Summoning: The ability to summon and control dark creatures from other realms or dimensions.
106. Shadow Aura: The power to surround oneself with an aura of darkness, instilling fear and draining the light from the environment.
107. Dark Teleportation: The ability to teleport through shadows or darkness, moving instantly from one location to another.
108. Hatred Empowerment: The power to draw strength and power from the intense hatred and animosity of oneself or others.
109. Maleficent Transmutation: The ability to transform living beings or objects into twisted and malevolent forms.
110. Dark Clairvoyance: The capacity to see and perceive dark and forbidden knowledge about the past, present, or future.
111. Nightmarish Phantasms: The power to project and manifest horrifying and nightmarish illusions into the minds of others.
112. Venomous Manipulation: The ability to control and manipulate deadly poisons and toxins.
113. Energetic Parasitism: The capacity to feed off and drain the life force or energy of others to sustain oneself.
114. Soul Shattering: The power to shatter or destroy the souls of others, eradicating their existence.
115. Eternal Damnation: The ability to condemn souls to eternal suffering or damnation, ensuring they never find peace or redemption.
116. Corruption Aura: The power to emit an aura that corrupts and taints everything it touches, turning the environment into a twisted and malevolent version.
117. Elemental Decay: The ability to cause the elements (fire, water, earth, air) to wither and decay, leaving devastation in their wake.
118. Demonic Empowerment: The power to draw strength and abilities from demonic entities, becoming more powerful with each alliance.
119. Shadow Consumption: The ability to consume shadows, growing stronger and more sinister with each shadow absorbed.
120. Blood Manipulation: The capacity to control and manipulate the blood within living beings, causing internal damage or even death.
121. Emotion Vampirism: The capacity to feed on and drain the emotions of others, leaving them emotionally numb and weakened.
122. Parasitic Fusion: The power to merge with other beings, gradually draining their life force and absorbing their abilities until they become an empty husk.
123. Hex Empowerment: The ability to gain strength and power from the curses and hexes cast upon oneself, turning adversity into advantage.
124. Dark Puppetry: The capacity to control and manipulate the bodies of others, turning them into mindless puppets to carry out one's bidding.
125. Eternity's Grasp: The ability to manipulate the flow of time for specific individuals, trapping them in an eternal loop or accelerating their aging to near-death.
126. Void Manipulation: The capacity to manipulate and control the primordial nothingness, erasing existence and plunging everything into eternal darkness.
127. Soul Mirror: The power to reflect and magnify the darkness within others, amplifying their negative traits and driving them to commit evil acts.
128. Psychic Parasitism: The ability to latch onto the minds of others, draining their thoughts, memories, and sanity until they become empty shells.
129. Oblivion's Touch: The ability to erase memories and knowledge from the minds of others, leaving them as blank slates or causing them to lose their sense of self.
130. Sorrowful Melody: The power to perform sorrowful melodies that resonate with profound sadness, plunging the hearts of listeners into despair and driving them to dark thoughts.
131. Necrotic Infestation: The power to infect living beings with a malevolent necrotic energy, slowly decaying their bodies and corrupting their life force until they become mindless, undead servants.

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Your Character is Powerful. Now What?

Whoa. That’s a seriously powerful OC you’ve got there! Now, what do you do with them? Like in all things art, the options are limitless! For the most part, you can create things related to your character. Fanfictions, stories, drawings, comics, the list never ends! You can also use your character in roleplays, DnD, or maybe you can use your character as your new persona! (Maybe you could try your hand at being a V-Tuber or PNG-Tuber!)

Whatever trouble you and your OC end up getting in, you’re gonna need to stay organized. Having 1 OC alone is a lot to keep track of, between memorizing their favorite foods to their weaknesses. When you have multiple OCs, there’s even more chaos! The best solution to this is using a character reference sheet. That way, you’ll be able to look back and double check the details whenever you need to!

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Discover CharacterHub's Power Vault!

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To wrap things up, designing an OC means choosing every single little thing about their life. It can be a lot! Whether your OC has 1 cool power, or 101, or none, remember to stay loose and have fun with your art. Now, go forth and adventure with your powerful OC!