User blog comment:Njalm2/Nanja's Classroom: Designing RP Characters/@comment-2089817-20161210041136/@comment-2089817-20161210072157

Glad it proves to be helpful, even though the one I drew is a bit messy lol. Yeah, that's generally the idea, that whatever attributes you choose to make this character of, such as Ichigo's "swordsman" and "learn-as-you-go", everything that branches off from that needs to follow those rules. It can be clear cut, like for instance, Ichigo wouldn't know Kido because he's not the study-type. You don't learn Kido from just accidentally doing it like how Ichigo stumbles upon certain abilities. So since that is the rule that Ichigo must follow, he cannot have abilities that require extensive practice or study to use. So no Kido, no formal Hollow techniques, and even his swordsmanship and footwork must only be refined by the perimeters of experience and "learn-as-you-go" rather than from formal lessons.

And yeah, these concept maps are rather helpful for many things. I found them to be a pain at first honestly, since Biology and Biochem have SO much fucking shit to memorize and everything connects to everything, so those concept maps become a literal nightmare to write up, let alone to read or study. But they're better than nothing. Fuck flashcards.

I look forward to seeing your Arrancar's concept map, it should be interesting. Never thought about an Arrancar using Kido but it surprisingly does make sense.