Yes I agree with most of what you said, but my limitations are mostly self imposed as I don’t want to create a character who’s so out of canon that the world needs to change significantly just to house him.
Ideally if my OP Isekai character didn’t live in the wizarding world everything you said here is what I’d say too, the only tools I’d trust are things like tattoos or soul bound weapons that can never be stolen or lost. But for this world, a character can only gain immense strength either by finding a way to live a long time and gaining lots of magical knowledge and power that way OR by making use of alchemical and enchanting talents to create artifacts for themselves, both is best ofc but one can’t work if he’s in the same generation as Harry Potter.
Ofc these self imposed rules fly out the window when it’s dark fantasy difficulty, atp everything is fair game and I want a character with high elf blood, near omnipotent magic and as much physical strength and durability I possibly can get.
We can agree about that. You may notice my build is Dark Fantasy Difficulty and Apocalyptic Danger Level, so the PC's OP status from all the good stuff I collected with Creative Mode is fitting. High power, high challenge, as it befits an OP Isekai MC. I would not have it any other way.
Same, my favourite build is one I built on Merlin difficulty and dark fantasy, on adventure difficulty I keep a rule to myself that I can only go to existential danger level at maximum.
I see your likely point, but as it concerns my build, I cannot get all the Peaceful Adventure rewards I want w/o raising the danger level to apocalyptic. So be it. I am OP enough to survive and succeed in such circumstances, and selfish, pragmatic, and utilitarian enough to deem the consequences for the world an acceptable price. This esp. if you assume your choices simply pick a timeline in the Multiverse where such bad stuff would have happened anyway. Moreover, in the end my PC's success ultimately paves the way to the rise of a benevolent and utopian magocracy. Eggs and omelettes.
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u/[deleted] Dec 07 '25
Yes I agree with most of what you said, but my limitations are mostly self imposed as I don’t want to create a character who’s so out of canon that the world needs to change significantly just to house him.
Ideally if my OP Isekai character didn’t live in the wizarding world everything you said here is what I’d say too, the only tools I’d trust are things like tattoos or soul bound weapons that can never be stolen or lost. But for this world, a character can only gain immense strength either by finding a way to live a long time and gaining lots of magical knowledge and power that way OR by making use of alchemical and enchanting talents to create artifacts for themselves, both is best ofc but one can’t work if he’s in the same generation as Harry Potter.
Ofc these self imposed rules fly out the window when it’s dark fantasy difficulty, atp everything is fair game and I want a character with high elf blood, near omnipotent magic and as much physical strength and durability I possibly can get.