Xel
The Paladin
Fair point. Yet better people would generally as they do in real life, flock to famous schools.
And there is a difference between needing a drawback and just having one.
Yeah, but just like real life UA has finite space and even top tier people will have to go elsewhere. That's why I think it's perfectly reasonable to use UA students as a guideline. Starting out they're really no different than any other student. They haven't benefited from UA's teachings yet. So while I wouldn't use powerhouses like Icy-Hot as an example, I would use more background characters as an example.
And that's the key point I was making. Generally you should have some kind vulnerability, not even necessarily a drawback (although in this RP that seems to be a requirement). But SOMETHING so that you can be beaten, otherwise you're OP. But a lot of times people feel like they need more than they actually do. They don't get any roleplay benefit out of their excessive weaknesses, they only add it because they believe it's required. There's a line between having a weakness to make you fair, and just going overboard with that weakness. And it's often times difficult to know where that line is.