(05-06-2015, 10:05 AM)theincubuslord Wrote:Off topic, it's a big Japanese RPG trope, right up there with killing your gods. Do you even Final Fantasy brah?(05-06-2015, 10:03 AM)Spiritual Machine Wrote: What, no one here gets their powers from friendship? I thought this was a Japanese RPG.
That's more a typical Western trope though, is it not? Like with Captain Planet and My Little Pony.
Actually there are a lot more examples of that trope being played straight from Anime/Manga than Western shows on the TV Tropes page for it. Especially when it comes to those Magical Girl ones--they never quite have the power to shoot the biggest lasers without charging up the ol' Inner Monologue o' Friendship.
Captain Planet was way more realistic actually. To defeat pollution, you put together five magical rings, and by their powers combined you summon someone else to deal with it.
On topic, I tend to make characters who have limited or typical abilities but the intellect to use them in creative ways. A lot of crazy stuff can be deduced out of the lore for what people are basically capable of if they try. Now that can be more of a challenge than leaning on a more nebulous source of power or experience, but that's part of the fun.
