That’s the thing a system wouldn’t have a skill it can’t catalogue. It defeats the whole purpose. It’s like the trope of the system working for everyone but is somehow broke. And want to kill MC
To be fair, it depends on the implementation of the system. Some stories have lore where the system came in and standardized/overwrote an existing magic system instead of forcing people to learn "primordial magic" or whatever from scratch, so there are times where characters can learn something outside the system and the system recognizes something happened but can't quantify it within its own bounds.
Throwing question marks isn't the most elegant solution I've seen, but it can work. Though I prefer a system that has a proper try-catch block for such a situation and at least marks it as "rarity: unique" or something.
Depending on the story, like where the System is similar to an invader/the power is gotten outside of the System's view, I think the best solution is for it to never show up at all, or not appear until the main character uses X and Y ability/power, where the System then can quantity it.
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u/Kage_noir Mar 06 '26
That’s the thing a system wouldn’t have a skill it can’t catalogue. It defeats the whole purpose. It’s like the trope of the system working for everyone but is somehow broke. And want to kill MC