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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Zurai" data-source="post: 4280481" data-attributes="member: 52324">I looked for a restriction on nested arrays/containers as well, and there isn't one I could find. The thing is, though, that you really don't get any more "free" points. The powers in an array can't be used simultaneously without special considerations. Nested arrays aren't any more powerful in that regard than non-nested arrays. Technically I could have done the entire group of powers in a single array without changing a single thing; I did it this way because it fits the thematics of the character. His primary Shikai abilities revolve around an external darkness manipulation, but when that just plain doesn't work, he internalizes it, losing the external powers but greatly enhancing his zanpaktou.I thought long and hard about how to do that mechanically. I don't want to break the system and have an overpowered character that's impossible to challenge, or anything like that. I read and re-read the rules and made and re-made the character over and over again. The original draft of the Shikai powers had Darkness Feeds along with all the Umbral Mantle powers all in one array. While I changed it to two arrays, it actually costs exactly the same amount of points either way - but it fit better with the character concept this way.I'm actually still looking for a good way to mechanically represent that he can't just Boost using Darkness Feeds then shift back to Umbral Mantle and keep doing his stuff.</blockquote>

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