User blog comment:DazzlingEmerald/Adding Techniques to Your Characters/@comment-4869113-20150712011002/@comment-25152698-20150712231944

Also, to be quite honest with you, I think I was the perfect person to write this blog. Not because I think I'm such a great writing or that I am better than any of you, but because I have gone down this vile path already.

I remember how much I despised over powered characters who lacked logic, but when I came to the chat for help, I was given the "do you" sort of advice. Because everyone did it, I went with the flow and followed the trend. Until I realized how much I hated my own character.

So that is why I wrote this, so that no one else goes down the wrong path. Obviously, I have already made other pages since then to try and set a good example, and others have as well. But we can't do it alone. We need help.

I encourage anyone reading to create a simple chunin for once, and challenge yourself to every last second. Allow this character to grow on its own, instead of giving him so many techniques to begin with. That way, logic comes on its own, you'll have a reference to the roleplay your character learned a certain technique, or when he truly accomplished a feat mentioned on his page.