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A character that is all-powerful. Either literally omnipotent, or are simply so powerful that they're virtually omnipotent within the context of the story. In fact, there's a sliding scale of sorts to measure how powerful a being can be. It can go one of five ways, at least in fiction. The most powerful Reality Warpers tend to exhibit this. Combine this with a strong Ego, and you get A God Am I (which may or not be completely true). Combine it with Cloudcuckoolander tendencies, and you may have a Great Gazoo, or worse, a Mad God. Examples of The Omnipotent include:

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  • A character that is all-powerful. Either literally omnipotent, or are simply so powerful that they're virtually omnipotent within the context of the story. In fact, there's a sliding scale of sorts to measure how powerful a being can be. It can go one of five ways, at least in fiction. The most powerful Reality Warpers tend to exhibit this. Combine this with a strong Ego, and you get A God Am I (which may or not be completely true). Combine it with Cloudcuckoolander tendencies, and you may have a Great Gazoo, or worse, a Mad God. Examples of The Omnipotent include:
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  • A character that is all-powerful. Either literally omnipotent, or are simply so powerful that they're virtually omnipotent within the context of the story. In fact, there's a sliding scale of sorts to measure how powerful a being can be. It can go one of five ways, at least in fiction. * The character has absolute omnipotence. As in, nothing can challenge them, and they can literally do anything and everything, logic and causality be damned. * The character is omnipotent. They can break logic and causality to achieve anything, but there are others who can do this as well. What happens if they go against each other can be a massive Mind Screw. * The character can do just about anything that's logically possible (i.e. virtual omnipotence), or at least appear to, thus making sure Magic A Is Magic A in the process. This type of omnipotence is also more frequent than the above type to have multiple characters that operate at this level. The term nigh-omnipotent is often thrown about at this level. * The character is omnipotent within a field or concept. Specialized omnipotence, if you will. Anthropomorphic Personifications are almost guaranteed to display this with the concept they embody. * The character is "merely" an almighty being, whose power is far beyond any other in the setting. For practical purposes though, they're basically omnipotent. The most powerful Reality Warpers tend to exhibit this. Combine this with a strong Ego, and you get A God Am I (which may or not be completely true). Combine it with Cloudcuckoolander tendencies, and you may have a Great Gazoo, or worse, a Mad God. Compare The Omniscient, who often, but not always, overlaps with The Omnipotent. Cosmic Beings are often Omnipotent as well. If they don't actually do anything, they're an All Powerful Bystander. Nigh Invulnerable is a step lower than this. Examples of The Omnipotent include:
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