Final Question

[Shaizen Latross]

One last question for my character creation. Am I allowed to create a city/world specifically for my character, or must I choose one from some list? I ask this because it will greatly affect a character I wish to create within these forums 

[Jin]

You're allowed to create an original world for your character to come from. Just don't expect to be going there anytime soon. We're sort of locked into Twilight Town at the moment.

[Shaizen Latross]

Tis fine. This is good for me. Tis good indeed. I thank you. I shall now start working on my character

[Shaizen Latross]

Hmm, actually, before I start. What are the limits on power? I have read threads on character creation limits, but was not fully sure on this subject. Like, could a character have both Light and Darkness?

[Marmadue]

I hope I got this right, but I think Jin or someone else will correct me if I'm wrong!

There's nothing that really limits what element your spells and abilities would be, other than restrictions you might apply to your character yourself. For the most part we buy new materia to get new elements and you could of course have contradicting elements. The passives (here) don't have anything that is a mix between two or more, but they don't somehow stop you from learning more. Your character's passive might not even be dark or light!

Right now healing spells and such are less effective because things are dark and spooky and broken. A question of my own: is light currently a weaker element as well, with dark being "stronger"?

[Jin]

Regarding the overall power of characters:

Regardless of how strong you write them, we tend to balance things out as best as possible whenever something of story importance comes out. We don't care if you think your character can one-shot everything; you'll be relegated to approximately the same strength as all the other heavy hitters around ya.

If you're looking for a good rubric for what constitutes a character that lines up with our overall "power cap," then I suggest checking out Jin, Era, and Max to start out with.

Basically, if you think your character could beat any of them especially Jin without taking an equally bad pounding, then you should probably tone it down a little.

Marmadue is only half correct when it comes to magic. Right now, the magical abilities of characters aligned with the Light are considered to be weakened by the overabundance of Darkness in the Nightfall. Similarly, characters aligned with the Darkness have seen their magical abilities enhanced. There's not set number or rubric to go off of for this. It's just for flavor's sake.

To get more into your example - using both would likely be allowed, but you'd of course have to convince us your character doesn't lean too far in one direction or the other in the bio. Not many people can pull that off very well. The only example that springs to mind is Riku, and that was after a long, hard struggle.

To get to the gist of it, just don't let us catch you thinking you're the best or we're gonna make you earn the title. And, to put it bluntly, you probably won't.

Happy Role Playing.

[Shaizen Latross]

And with that information, I shall begin the creation of Shaizen Latross of Tireal