Better anime power system type?
I'm struggling like HELL to do a power system based off of this and other things I like...
Too complicated, didn't read. Smd hunterfag.
That just looks like DnD's or PFs though
It really isn't. It has a ton of nuance and detail in the rules and restrictions
my penis
Three years.
powers being tied to the users personality can be kino but most of the time its just used to justify retarded asspull abilities like pic rel
I'm trying to set a ton of hard rules in mine and have a more versatile system that's more like an 'art' where while you can't do anything, you can do most things, and what you decide to do expresses your personality. See chakra system if it wasn't dumb
>hard rules
don't. Retards will tell you otherwise but the fact of the matter is that hard rules for any given setting limit their scope and make them extremely difficult to take seriously. Our own universe isn't completely defined by hard rules, why should fictional universes, where their entire point is to defy normalcy, be expected to do so? If you're worried about stuff like asspulls, use other narrative tools like escalation of stakes to make certain outcomes seem believable. Don't just use a power system as a crutch, that's what unironic hacks do.
O MY RUBBER NEN
>look, i made this very complex powersystem
>everyone past first chapters is a specialist
ye, wow, such a great system
glad it got discontinued
The limitations are extremely loose and like in HxH predicated mostly on their relevance to each other, don't worry, I'm aware of the shortcomings of hard rules and I'm dealing heavily in themes of thaumaturgy and astral projection so I have to have an element of inbuilt randomness. One I do justify or lampshade but it is nonetheless there. My story is pretty much entirely character based; I'm forcing myself to step out of my element in it's entirety to try and 'master' lore and magic building first, so I have a broad but sense making framework on which I can be a gardener and add things as I go. I am just trying to be versatile.
But you are right.
Thanks btw; it means that even if aspects of my system don't make sense there'll be some vocal and well read consumers who'll be immersed anyway if I do it decently. I really do appreciate it
POSSESSES THE PROPERTIES OF BOTH ASS AND PULL
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But jokes aside, Hisoka's powers are an amazing fit to his personality.
He uses nen to fake textures as an illusions much like how he likes to lie and deceive to hide his intentions, and gum strings like a puppeteer just like he loves to pawn people.
Oda did the same with Doflamingo and strings, how he is puppeteer that manipulates people from the shadows.
I kind of want an mc I write or otherwise to just be able to manifest similar kinds of powers out of different candies he eats, with black licorice (to make hard weapons) being the strongest due to the risk.
None of those options, the superior choice is
> Power system where every power is treated like a skill anyone can specialize in, but the users personality and blood affect affinity with certain skills
lol, that's basically how HxH works though... aka OP
none
sounds cringe
in mine it's a triangle with conditions, creation and control on each edge, so you can have a power like Aoi Todo's without sacrificing physical strength or being a specialist. It's just the more corners you use together, the better your power or the more you make, the more flexible but weaker your basic powers are
You also don't make powers just by yourself, there're borderline mindless spirits you take into your body and then appropriate using your own power in a combination. Like the stand like power they used to mess with the environment or prey on people gets warped by your own power into something new
On top of this there are magic schools that have groomed spirits to be able to respond to chemical equations and magic language and these can be bonded with to have something that's like a hatsu/stand that's really versatile, giving you a bunch of spells you can cast with different spirit combinations, and since they've been part of the world and so many add power to the ability, they're pretty strong.
So you can make your own power or use an established school and even tweak the latter by combining it with your own
Don't know if it's going to end up being too confusing but I really like it in my head, even though I know there are probably some real problems with this kind of depth