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I haven't read many superpower books, but let me list a few ideas that may not be cliché.

1) Physical or emotional trauma. Make a situation where the character needs the power to survive or help others, but they do not have it. The power is unlocked, unbeknownst to the character until another event happens where they can use the power. This has been done, but there are many mental and physical illnesses that you can choose a rare one to unlock the superpower. Phobias could help place pressure on the mind to bring out powers. Just like how someone can be triggered by forgotten traumas, the superpowers can come like the memories. (Might have to mix in psychology which could be difficult to explain logically.)
2) This one might be very cliché- Magical objects that grant them powers? Perhaps a random stinky shoe they found on the road or a strange amulet.
3) If there are others in the world who have superpowers, maybe have the character touch someone with powers and some of their ability will be passed onto the character.
4) If the novel mentions deities or superior beings, maybe have them grant the powers? This one is quite cliché in cultivation books though.
5) The character finds a phrase or book that lets their powers flow after being blocked for so long. An ancient chant is a cool example. Actually, this might be cliché in fantasy novels. I don't know.
6) Losing a limb that prevented the power from activating? I can't imagine how to explain that though.
7) They underwent a surgery where they received an organ from a donor who had superpowers. They have a piece of the person's power. (Not supposed to be scientific at all.)
8) Hearing a song. The song could be like a call bringing forth the powers.
9) Simple abilities evolve to become superpowers. For example, someone can yell very loud without superpowers. Then, the ability becomes deadly screeches.
10) The character searches for their abilities for years until they finally say "Damn, I wish I had superpowers!" A star shoots across the night sky and bam! Their powers have arrived.
11) They do something stupid like eat a rock.
12) Gaining superpowers in steps. Use a few of the ways a superpower can be gained and combine them to lead up to the final product. One idea unlocks the power. The other helps it grow.

That was interesting! So many things have been done that this list was so difficult to make and even then, half of these have been used in some way. Many of them are not logical, which is also a bit disappointing. Anyway, good luck with your writing! Sorry for writing too much.

Missrealitybites just reminds me of "attack on titan"

The_Good_Devil oh really? Thanks for letting me know. It's quite cliche but with a tweak here and there I'm sure any writers can make it their own. Like people say, there is nothing new under the sun. :)

The_Good_Devil oh really? Thanks for letting me know. It's quite cliche but with a tweak here and there I'm sure any writers can make it their own. Like people say, there is nothing new under the sun. :)

Gourmet_DAO the MC has an allergy. He ate something that triggered his allergy. He convulsed for a day. According to past results of the same situation, he was supposed to be dead. However his body preserved. Every white cell of his body was defending the substance that attacked his body. Finally his white cells won. He survived. His white cell evolved because of this. It repairs itself 100M/ per second making him immune system became stronger than anyone else. Like wolverine, his wound healed instantly. He was then called, "Mr. Undead" (lame title I know. Can change that)

However, this unkillable man has weakness that no one knows.

He still has his allergy.

You can also try a One Punch Man.

The MC did something pretty normal(invent something. It could be eating pasta every single day for 10 years) and obtained superpower at some point. So every time someone ask him, he tells them that is because of the banal thing he has done every day for years.

The idea is that it must be something doable, but that nobody sane would do every single day on the long run.

DarkRay Ahahahahahahhahahahaa !!!! You already wrote a new novel, I have nothing to do :)

Otherwise it will be plagiarism !!!

Missrealitybites The idea is curious, probably father was liquidated for special services and the potion was replaced. The main character drinks and see, not knowing, turns into a military laboratory mouse. Hulk 2. Remake. But from this one can do something, there is something in this idea ...

ValKree It’s healthy that you wrote so much, there are some very interesting ideas. I liked the concept found by chance, on the road, the usual and old and kind of unnecessary thing but ... Perhaps a random smelly shoe that they found on the road, or a strange amulet. (somewhat reminiscent of a movie about a teapot that gave money for pain, I don’t remember its name ...) I also read little about super abilities, apart from the novels of Ursula Le Guin, I watched Marvel!

Thanks it was really helpful!

Avalondra The story can be interesting! But here the author will have a clear lack of medical terms to explain this all scientifically. Although I studied medicine, it was an imposed subject, since I am a technician and not a medic. But the idea is intriguing, since the main character has an allergy ... and his superpowers can either improve or worsen. It seems that I haven’t read and seen this yet?

Respect!

Gourmet_DAO You have my blessing, if you want to use this :D

Gourmet_DAO It reminds me "The Mask" movie, where Stenley found the mask in the river when he was going to end his life If I remember correctly.

Gourmet_DAO

Actually most stories with system lose themselves at some point because of this. They either cease to update the status or skills, or little mistakes appear like the levels or stats don't add on, the impact of stat values is not really felt ect..

A good system is not so easy to write even if i love this genre.

Anya_Nesh Yes, all the plots and ideas are already basically spelled out, told. It remains only to connect the imagination and try to make a compilation of ideas and stories to the best of your abilities!

Arkinslize I also like the genre of the system, but either constant quests are needed there, or possess by default super powers. It’s like in the Age of Empire there was a cheat code - spiceman or bigkar. People appeared in skkafandraf and a black machine shooting with a laser, and this is in the age of the Middle Ages and theodolism. Of course, the wizards enticed the cheat of characters ... but if the player was completely frostbitten, then he made the army of cheat characters and they defeated everyone in the game.

But it’s difficult to describe the system in the mind, because you have to pay attention to the description of the world, and the characters in it, and the events that are happening, and here is the system. That is, as the Russian fabulist Krylov wrote the swan, the crayfish and the pike, I still drag the wagon, one under the snag, the other into the sky, and the third into the deep water.

Gourmet_DAO I'm glad you see potential

Why not keep it simple and reuse an old one?

You'll get two plots for the price of one.

The Norse/Greek/Japanese etc (or mix them if that makes you happier) pantheons exist, but in the modern world they can't get personally involved (for some convoluted reason or another). Hence they have to solve internal conflicts by proxy.

Add the spice that the proxies in question are never told why they suddenly are able to do some funny shit. Voila, you have a set of super heroes 100% clueless what they're supposed to do with their new abilities, and in the background you have a set of gods wrecking their divine brains about how to make their personal superpowered moron do whatever said god wanted him/her to do.

The rest of the insanity is up to you.

StenDuring The concept is clear. It is interesting in that the hero does not know that he has superpower and where it came from. But to use sacred forces in the text is somehow not the case. Everyone has their own view of the world. But as I have already emphasized, the concept is interesting!

Can this be used? I will refer to you as an author.