"We also have a franchise cap of four characters per franchise, though the mods reserve the right to exercise some flexibility in this regard, depending on overall game size." <-- also the flexibility bit
(also for reference, claire is my best friend and i have modded with them before and am doing art for this game which is why i'm like. trying to be reassuring about it dfkljgdjkl)
also yeah since our overall player cap is pretty small (soft cap of 35, hard cap of 40) the franchise cap is just to keep the game from being dominated by a given canon or franchise BUT I don't expect it to ever be a major problem or for BD to blow up to the extent that it becomes super relevant
yeah! I'll probably keep the cap slightly fluid as suits the needs of the game (raising/lowering it depending on the size of the playerbase) but I don't see it being a huge issue
now fire emblem on the other hand