[@mito] Hmm I think the weakened/malnourished dragon form sounds like a great idea to start weaker like that. I do definitely like that. 

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a way to increase power beyond the natural specifications, and a way to still unlock the use of arts and other abilities, allowing for character development. and yea, its just adding some options for the future, if there's ever a need to get stronger.[/quote]

You can just have her learn Arts if you really want to. If she has a human form she can learn Arts. I wouldn't be surprised if an Eastern Dragon could learn arts either tbh, or even western ones. Arts is just a catch all for any system of magic in this setting more or less. Plenty of other ways to go about gaining new abilities depending on how mystical the dragon is.

I suppose it depends on what kind of a main 'theme' you'd want your dragon form to have. Like if it is just being a generic dragon then yeah their abilities might be limited, but if your dragon form is the form of, say, a Storm Dragon you could open yourself up to the possibility of lightning abilities in future.

Lots of possibilities there if we're taking future future. I doubt it'd come up too much since it'd realistically take a while to have to get to that point. I'm pretty alright wity the abilties, otherwise.