I think it depends. I personally feel a character's flaws in their discipline is a lot more interesting than how good they actually are. Being a complete master leaves no room for growth in their field.Â
I think personality is also hugely important to a character's job or class. S'imba would suck at arcanist for the fact he doesn't have that mathematical and strategy forming skills the class requires. A character who keeps his head cool 100% of the time and highly analytical probably won't be the greatest warrior or drk.Â
Then you get into soulstones and how much they affect skill. They'd definitely increase the rate of which someone learns. Though I don't think it's an instantaneous event. It still requires a lot of work.Â
There's nothing wrong with having a knack for something, but it still seems more intriguing if there's an appropriate amount of room for growth.Â
The best black mage rper I've ever seen used a lot of these traits. 50 year old man whose family line traced themselves back as black mages passing the secrets from father to son type of deal. He was a highly skilled black mage. He has the personality you would expect to see. Arrogant, his magic was so superior in his mind that all other kinds were inferior, and power hungry. Despite this his grasp on the art while he could be considered a master still had plenty of mistakes bring made and still had to go to the book to look up spells and rituals. He had strengths and weaknesses within the scope of black magic. Which made it feel much more realistic.Â
Basically my thoughts on it is even a prodigy would have to spend a life time devoted to a craft to become a master. It's unlikely that someone trying to use every discipline would become a master since most of thour things require a life time purely devoted to them. Just my personal opinion.
I think personality is also hugely important to a character's job or class. S'imba would suck at arcanist for the fact he doesn't have that mathematical and strategy forming skills the class requires. A character who keeps his head cool 100% of the time and highly analytical probably won't be the greatest warrior or drk.Â
Then you get into soulstones and how much they affect skill. They'd definitely increase the rate of which someone learns. Though I don't think it's an instantaneous event. It still requires a lot of work.Â
There's nothing wrong with having a knack for something, but it still seems more intriguing if there's an appropriate amount of room for growth.Â
The best black mage rper I've ever seen used a lot of these traits. 50 year old man whose family line traced themselves back as black mages passing the secrets from father to son type of deal. He was a highly skilled black mage. He has the personality you would expect to see. Arrogant, his magic was so superior in his mind that all other kinds were inferior, and power hungry. Despite this his grasp on the art while he could be considered a master still had plenty of mistakes bring made and still had to go to the book to look up spells and rituals. He had strengths and weaknesses within the scope of black magic. Which made it feel much more realistic.Â
Basically my thoughts on it is even a prodigy would have to spend a life time devoted to a craft to become a master. It's unlikely that someone trying to use every discipline would become a master since most of thour things require a life time purely devoted to them. Just my personal opinion.
Wikis       Â
S'imba Tia S'imba Fate-14 Sheet                Â
K'ovu Tia
Mateus character:Â Simb'a Sarabi
S'imba Tia S'imba Fate-14 Sheet                Â
K'ovu Tia
Mateus character:Â Simb'a Sarabi
