[quote=Krinos Solstice]
I don't mean to interrupt your zanpakuto communication discussion, but I've been drifting in and out of this here OOC for the last few days debating on whether I should throw up a CS or not. I've been wanting to create my own Shinigami for a long time, however, I've noticed there are a lot of characters that are quite powerful. I'd like to take a more different approach to my character, and I'm open to any advice any of you can give on this subject. I pretty much want him to start off weak, so weak that he's an actual sorry excuse for a Shinigami. So, again, any advice would be helpful in making sure I don't make him stronger than I want him to start out being.
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Hello and welcome Krinos ^_^ I'm one of two Co-Gms. Basically, with the power thing, it does seem like the majority of the characters are like that but not all :P My characters have all started out weak, and the one with power conceals it. Zane's characters aren't extremely powerful either so don't worry, not everyone in this RP is ridiculously powered ^_^ The way I started was to have my main character unable to contact her Zanpakuto so she didn't have a Shikai at first, that'd be a start ^_^ Then you could train your character or even get a Captain to help train you and eventually gain your Shikai. Your Shikai move don't even needed to be all decided at first, you can leave a few slots open to gain moves later on and the Bankai is the last thing to fill out since it'd be a while before it's gained so most people leave that out for a later time or for when inspiration hits :P