Quote Originally Posted by Satans_apostle
Can't you make your own character in SC3?
There are 16 points of main customization: Head, Hair, Mask, Chin, Lower Torso, Mid Torso, Upper Torso, Shoulders, Arms, Neck, Waist, Lower Legs, Upper Legs, Shins, Socks, Feet. Then there's the face and voice swap. You can acquire more faces through gameplay, but the new voices depend on the "personality" of your character based on what's equipped. Pay attention to the bottom of the character where a gauge keeps track of his/her mood.
There are six default jobs and each job can acquire new disciplines (fighting styles which involve different weapons) in Chronicles of the Sword mode. The default jobs: Barbarian, Monk, Thief, Dancer, Saint, Ninja, and acquired jobs: Swordsman, Pirate, Assassin, Sage, Knight, Samurai, all have their own default dress styles (which can be altered), as does the Sword Master job which automatically has every discipline in the game. It takes awhile to earn.
There are over 600 pieces of armor to customize your created characters (many of them must be purchased in the shop, but a lot are unlocked by playing through the Chronicles and Tales of Swords modes.
I took the opportunity to flesh out some characters I made for recent RPGs and it's pretty satisfying. The default character creation limit is three, but you can purchase more spaces from the shop when they become available.
There is also a random creation icon in the character select of certain other modes. Then there are the bonus characters unlocked via Chronicles and Tales of Swords, but they are all basically created characters whose armor and weapons you can't change.