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[[File:Wizard_of_yog_sm.jpg|link=Call of Cthulhu|frame|Meet the [[Religion of Evil|wizard]] of [[Eldritch Abomination|Yog]]-[[King of All Cosmos|Sothoth]].]] |
[[File:Wizard_of_yog_sm.jpg|link=Call of Cthulhu (tabletop game)|frame|Meet the [[Religion of Evil|wizard]] of [[Eldritch Abomination|Yog]]-[[King of All Cosmos|Sothoth]].]] |
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* The hero of [[FPS]] ''[[The Darkness]]'', Jackie Estacado, sprouts a pair of snapping serpentine demon-heads from his shoulders, as well as producing dark tentacles to impale foes and destroy walls as needed. |
* The hero of [[FPS]] ''[[The Darkness]]'', Jackie Estacado, sprouts a pair of snapping serpentine demon-heads from his shoulders, as well as producing dark tentacles to impale foes and destroy walls as needed. |
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* In the first ''[[Baten Kaitos]]'' game, {{spoiler|Geldoblame}} is transformed into a hideous deformed monstrosity after {{spoiler|infusing himself with the power of Malpercio}}. [[Jiggle Physics]] are involved, which is as [[Squick|unpleasant]] as it sounds. |
* In the first ''[[Baten Kaitos]]'' game, {{spoiler|Geldoblame}} is transformed into a hideous deformed monstrosity after {{spoiler|infusing himself with the power of Malpercio}}. [[Jiggle Physics]] are involved, which is as [[Squick|unpleasant]] as it sounds. |
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* ''[[BioShock (series)]]'s'' "Insect Swarm" plasmid causes a small hive-like growth to form on your palm, which allows you to ''[[Bee-Bee Gun|throw live swarms of hornets]] at your foes''. |
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** Most of the other plasmids, which are injected into yourself in order to [[Lego Genetics|rapidly modify your genetic structure]], combine this with [[Elemental Powers]]. |
** Most of the other plasmids, which are injected into yourself in order to [[Lego Genetics|rapidly modify your genetic structure]], combine this with [[Elemental Powers]]. |
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* Similarly to ''[[Warhammer Fantasy Battle]]'' and ''[[Warhammer 40000]]'', [[ADOM]] features various "corruptions" that you eventually gain after enough exposure to the forces of Chaos (from traps and Chaos beings, but also simply being deep in a dungeon). These most commonly take the form of Lovecraftian superpowers - although as "superpowers", they're mostly examples of [[Blessed with Suck]]. Also similarly to the ''Warhammer'' games, taking enough corruption will turn you into a "writhing mass of primal Chaos". |
* Similarly to ''[[Warhammer Fantasy Battle]]'' and ''[[Warhammer 40000]]'', [[ADOM]] features various "corruptions" that you eventually gain after enough exposure to the forces of Chaos (from traps and Chaos beings, but also simply being deep in a dungeon). These most commonly take the form of Lovecraftian superpowers - although as "superpowers", they're mostly examples of [[Blessed with Suck]]. Also similarly to the ''Warhammer'' games, taking enough corruption will turn you into a "writhing mass of primal Chaos". |