Board Thread:Fun and Games/@comment-23758952-20130927015655/@comment-5150583-20140706030833

Generally yeah. Gotta come up with a power set that you like while making it limited enough that they can't just curb stomp everyone, if you're going for a battle plot. Just look at Naruto recently. They just keep digging their hole deeper with the powers that they only really have the Deus Ex Machina option left.

Romance, Slice of Life, or just general dicking around plots can avoid such restrictions because the plot isn't generally driven purely by battle.