Talk:Guidelines/@comment-39916134-20191127053745/@comment-25582638-20191127063803

This is to ensure that canon-breaking RWBY lores or overpowered OCs and factions don't flood the RPs and keep the playing field as balanced and fair as possible. And with more information coming in from every volume of the series, every element that could be potentially exploited must be taken into consideration, especially things like Hardlight Dust and weapon transformations, making the guidelines more detailed than before.

If you're not going to get too technical and powerscaling-ish (weapons, tech, Dust casting, robots) with your OCs, you don't have to read all of the guidelines, really. Just focus on other stuff like appearance, backstory, and personality and you'd do just fine, just make sure that they make sense and whatnot.

The guidelines is indeed overwhelming, but when you've created one or two approved OCs, you'll get a hang of it won't need refer to the guidelines that much. Unless, again, you're focused on powerscaling; you'll have to double check that.

Hope this answers your question.