Writing Prompt The most OP, but absurdly crippling power granted to a character?

[Aoi_Sora]

Squirrel powers. That power defeated Thanos you know.

 

[ArcadiaBlade]

I have this idea of a story about a man whose an F-ranked adventurer who wants to party but no one wants to be with him. After rumours spread, they told about how he is the most useless person apart from being a pack mule which is why he is always an F-ranked.

For shts and giggles, a group partied up with him, only to be used as a meatshield as they decided to throw him into a boss room while they gather the treasures and GTFO. The plan worked and they began to laugh, thinking that it was so easy to get money by sacrificing someone.

Next day, they were scared shtless after the guy came back, wanting to party with them again. Like, he was literally sacrificed to get easy money and he just came out of nowhere, not even injured at the slightest.

There, evil people began to try and use him when he only wants to get promoted to D-rank and try to ask his crush out.

His power? Power Overwhelming

The more dangerous the MC's situation is, the more power he gains. The downside is that he can't be strong against those weaker than him.

Like, a single scrawny goblin can kill him instantly but an evil god with OP powers would be One-shot by the MC without a sweat.

The cheat slayer. Built to kill OP characters not built to survive an easy situation.

It is the main reason why he can never go above F-rank since you need to solo a quest to get promoted and even the easiest F-rank promotion would get him killed.

 

[Cipiteca396]

It is the main reason why he can never go above F-rank since you need to solo a quest to get promoted and even the easiest F-rank promotion would get him killed.

That's a bit excessive. Unless the cheat somehow weakens him when it's not in use. He should be able to pull off the same thing any other person could without his cheat.

 

[ThrillingHuman]

Power: psychic weapons
Description: using psychic powers to conjure up any weapon, green lantern style.
Strength: almost any weapon, regardless of its physical plausibility, can be brought into the world by imagination alone
Weakness: draws on your mind, meaning that if you rely on it, you will always lose a part of what makes you, you, permanently. Like, you summon a pistol and you can't feel love no more. You summon a holy sword and turn into a vegetable

 

[ArcadiaBlade]

That's a bit excessive. Unless the cheat somehow weakens him when it's not in use. He should be able to pull off the same thing any other person could without his cheat.

Thats the point of his cheat. He literally cant kill those weaker than him. The stronger his opponents are the stronger he gets and even go OP on them. The weaker his opponent are, the weaker he would be. Thats his drawback and because of that, he avoids taking easy quest that would insta-kill him.

Which is why he always joins evil people who are stronger than him and his gift would even worked if there are more opponents against him.

Basically...

The stronger his opponents are, the stronger he gets
The massive army he face, the more overwhelming he would be.
The weaker his opponents are, the weaker he gets.
The less danger he face, the more likely he gets killed.

Which is why he hangs out with danger and avoids a relaxing life.

 

[miclowgunman]

Skill: Plot Armor. You are protected from life threatening situations by twisting fate, to the point that you never die and are always able to complete your task. The skill only works as long as you are the center of attention in any given time. If you are ever upstaged by someone else, the skill deactivates. It also makes even the most mundane tasks spiral into insane rabbit holes of near apocalypses and doesn't prevent you from getting hurt, just not severely injured or killed. You also gain the benefit of quick healing from any wound after a nights rest but your apatite is increased 20 fold as well.

 

[SirDogeTheFirst]

SSS+ drop skill with a twist. You can get some of the best weapons of your universe with ease, but all the things dropped by you are cursed, and after one hour of use time, they will destroy theirselves and all the creatures killed by them will be respawned wearing a duck heat.

Extra detail. "Guess who is back, mother quacker." Is written on the duck hat.

You can be the number one scammer, but you need to constantly change your identity and move from places to places.

 

[LilTV1155]

Make him the Spy in Stratego.

Everyone can kill him if they try to initiate combat with him, even if they are the otherwise weakest unit on the battlefield. Meanwhile, if he tries to initiate battle with anyone other than the demon king, doing so will also kill him. However, if he attacks the demon king specifically, one hit kill on the demon king.

Also, the demon king can kill him as well if the demon king attacks first. This power only works if the person with this power attacks first.

That sound totally pointless. A fly get swatted by all kinds, but can only sting a cow's tail. Eh?

That's a bit excessive. Unless the cheat somehow weakens him when it's not in use. He should be able to pull off the same thing any other person could without his cheat.

Main point of this entire thread: A power that is so OP and the weakest at the same time. Big move, big consequences or it was just unreasonably pointless.
So this cheat doesn't make this guy a cheat. If anything, this ability make this guy an Anti-OP Grower Cheat.

 

[Jemini]

That sound totally pointless. A fly get swatted by all kinds, but can only sting a cow's tail. Eh?

In Stratego, the spy is the only means by which you can gain the definitive advantage over the enemy by taking out their strongest unit without losing your own. (And typically, if you take out the other guy's general with the spy then you are bound to win at that point unless you REALLY screw up and get your own 10 killed by either his spy or by having your 10 step on a bomb.)

It just struck me though as an incredibly crippling OP ability, which perfectly fit what this thread was asking for.