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How do you (voo)doo? - FlatulentUnicorn - 10-22-2016
So, FFXIV's universe reuses many kinds of magicks that are popular in real life folklore, other games and movies.
I was wondering, however, are there any instances found in the game's lore that are akin to voodoo? I'm thinking voodoo dolls, healing, the whole shebang.
RE: How do you (voo)doo? - Caspar - 10-22-2016
The Mamool Ja seem to cast curses using enchanted totems, but how they work isn't really all that clear to me. I think there are Conjurers among them, so it may just be a fancy roundabout method of Conjury. They're also a beast tribe, so it's not likely their art will have spread far, though learning from them isn't impossible. It's not quite a voodoo doll, but maybe something similar?
RE: How do you (voo)doo? - Verad - 10-22-2016
Pretty much anything involving sympathetic magic is good for this. The frequent use of various forms of blood suggests that it's a possibility. Y'shtola's resurrection also involves a form of sympathetic magic by relying on an object close to her - her sister - in order to create a link with her spirit in the aether.
The tools and trappings for a more shamanistic interpretation of sympathetic magic are all there, between the use of common elements like those mentioned above and the presence of shamanistic traditions like the Mamool Ja and Vundu. All it would take is a character interested in applying one of the magic-wielding classes through that particular lens for it to happen.