Let's go down the magical list of things! 

[@Fallenreaper] While it might be limiting and repeating, people tend to be different enough that, in theory, two people playing a fire type person could play them completely different. That would also make for a good fight. Using the same character to see how differently they are played. I did something similar with Luna, who used to RP here.

The thing about making a list is that there is always something forgotten. The basics are simple, basically, no extreme healing, teleportation, etc.

On the subject of [b]Points[/b], if I did make it with points, it would be similar to Bleach - Rising Stars, and focus more on 


Strength, Speed, Magic Ability, Defense(split between magical and physical), and maybe intelligence or evasion/ or something, but stats aren't a good way to introduce people. The way I suggested, probably would be. As, personally, it keeps them from getting too fancy, which is where a lot of issues start.