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== Fan Fiction ==
* In the [[Touhou Project]] story [[
** In the same fanfic, {{spoiler|Yuuka Kazami is capable of shapeshifting her own body into all kinds of horrid, twisted forms, all with a floral theme. This isn't just vine tentacles and root claws either. She can actually turn herself into Kaiju-sized plant monstrosities and weaponize every single part of her body. This power of Yuuka is justified in that she's actually an [[Eldritch Abomination|Elder God]], albeit a very weakened one.}}
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* A feature of ''The Dreadful Secrets of Candlewick Manor'', a supplement for ''[[Monsters and Other Childish Things]]''. The more powers you have, the more creepy other people find you and the less you can pass for normal. (In the original game, you have a [[Mons|mon]] companion. In ''Candlewick Manor'', you have an eerie power which (usually) manifests physically, or else mentally or psychically.)
* Sorcerers in the game ''Sorcerer'' who have Parasite demons commonly have this kind of power.
* Many of the mutations Chaos champions gain in ''[[Warhammer Fantasy Battle]]'' and ''[[Warhammer 40000]]'' fit this, usually a physical boon specific to the chaos god they represent. If they are unlucky, however, they might get something like an eye on their navel or an emu's leg.
** Hell, an eye or emu's leg is nothing compared to the grotesque explosions of tentacles (with breasts and tongues if we're talking about Slaanesh)that you can get stuck with!
** Chaos Marauders, at least in their [[MMORPG|Age of Reckoning]] manifestation, use Chaos energies to spontaneously mutate their limbs into a variety of crablike claws and similar weapons.
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* ''[[Bioshock]]'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''.
** 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]].
* 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".
* ''[[Prototype (video game)|Prototype]]'' has the main character capable of significantly altering his own body, allowing him to grow everything from claws to [[Combat Tentacles]] to better destroy absolutely everything around him... or he can ''eat someone'' to steal their appearance and blend into a crowd. Combine this with [[Super Strength]], [[Super Speed]], and [[Nigh Invulnerability]], and you've got one very scary [[Villain Protagonist]] on your hands.
** That and his ability to spray blood from his wrists with such force he [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/789-Prototype can fly around like an Emo Peter Pan.]
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