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Stock Superpowers
aka: Stock Superpower
The standard, recognizable super powers shared by many a hero (and villain) with no risk of becoming cliché or being seen as lame. Can be strengthened by the presence of friends or turning evil. Tend to develop with puberty, manifest when you turn 16, or reflect your personality. Can be turned off under the right (er, wrong) circumstances or exchanged. May even get you put in a special category.

May be temporarily stolen or given up. Upgrade at your own risk. Required Secondary Powers not included.

Tropes

Subtracting all of the above equals a Badass Normal. Though Badass Normals do have the option of attaining:

For information on how to obtain them, see How To Give A Character Superpowers.
Magic and PowersGenre TropesOtherness Tropes
Magic and PowersPowerAuthority Tropes
Stock PuzzleNarrative DevicesThe Tale
Skills and Training TropesNarrative TropesThe Tale
Stock PuzzleIndex IndexStock Visual Metaphors
Ranged Energy Attack TropesMagic and PowersTeleportation Tropes
Stock ScreamAdded Alliterative AppealStockholm Syndrome
Standard Superhero SuitsSuperhero TropesAdaptive Armor
Magic and PowersSpeculative Fiction TropesWizards and Witches

alternative title(s): Stock Superpower
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