To reiterate a very basic stance on jobs/gems/etc that seem to be a major bone of contention in this thread:
Black Mage: Gem is an item that helps attune you to the void. You're a Thaumaturge who has reached through your own personal aether and begun to draw power from the void, leading a myriad new abilities, some of which are powerful. Black Magic CAN be rediscovered alone, but doing so in the story took a famous prodigy an entire lifetime of study, and it was STILL an incomplete knowledge. Black Magic is still held widely to be a dangerous and destructive art that nearly destroyed the world, and there are numerous places, especially Gridania, where declaring oneself to be a Black Mage would be tantamount to walking into the Salem Witch Trials wearing a pointy hat and carrying a broom. Many a Black Mage would introduce him or herself as a Thaumaturge for safety reasons. Flare is the ultimate lost art. I recommend you not be a seventeen year old Black Mage with three months of training who can cast Flare.
Dragoon: The gem carried is a "dragon soul" which bestows upon a person the Dragoon's unique aerial combat ability, but steadfast training is required to unlock it. It would be rare to see any Dragoon using Dragonfire Dive IC, since it's widely regarded as a skill only the Azure Dragoon can use. The vast majority of Dragoons are going to be from Ishgard, where the art originated, because Ishgardians tend not to share well with outsiders. Lore in the story missions implies that the Dragon Soul gem is required to fight as a Dragoon. There can only be a single Azure Dragoon in a generation, and this person is the STRONGEST Dragoon. The position is filled by the person doing the main character story quest. You cannot be the Azure Dragoon. Your AF armor is not going to be the original. It is most likely going to be a recreation.
White Mage: The lore from the quest line flat-out declares that the player in the quest line is a massive, screaming exception to the rule, and one that divides the Padjal at that. If you want to be 100% lore true without any sort of bending, then you cannot be a White Mage. The art is as feared in some learned circles as black Magic due to its trademark abilities to raise even the dead back to life and cast Holy. I try not to be a snob, but given the ridiculous amount of power that this class has as well as the documented 2.0 lore, I view this one as the only set-in-stone class that you cannot be ICly.
(On a side note, I wouldn't WANT to be a White Mage in any case. Too overpowered. The character would either be relegated to the sidelines to avoid scene stealing or else be a god who is boring to RP with because they can win everything with lolHoly and Raise/Benediction. I see no fun in that.)
Summoner: This is an ancient Allegan magical art. The job stone literally records the powers of previous users and empowers one's summoning. You will have to have killed a Primal in order to summon its Egi, which is a highly dangerous activity given the risk of being Tempered. If people who don't know you react to you summoning an Egi with a "meh" face, then they're basically doing it wrong.
Black Mage: Gem is an item that helps attune you to the void. You're a Thaumaturge who has reached through your own personal aether and begun to draw power from the void, leading a myriad new abilities, some of which are powerful. Black Magic CAN be rediscovered alone, but doing so in the story took a famous prodigy an entire lifetime of study, and it was STILL an incomplete knowledge. Black Magic is still held widely to be a dangerous and destructive art that nearly destroyed the world, and there are numerous places, especially Gridania, where declaring oneself to be a Black Mage would be tantamount to walking into the Salem Witch Trials wearing a pointy hat and carrying a broom. Many a Black Mage would introduce him or herself as a Thaumaturge for safety reasons. Flare is the ultimate lost art. I recommend you not be a seventeen year old Black Mage with three months of training who can cast Flare.
Dragoon: The gem carried is a "dragon soul" which bestows upon a person the Dragoon's unique aerial combat ability, but steadfast training is required to unlock it. It would be rare to see any Dragoon using Dragonfire Dive IC, since it's widely regarded as a skill only the Azure Dragoon can use. The vast majority of Dragoons are going to be from Ishgard, where the art originated, because Ishgardians tend not to share well with outsiders. Lore in the story missions implies that the Dragon Soul gem is required to fight as a Dragoon. There can only be a single Azure Dragoon in a generation, and this person is the STRONGEST Dragoon. The position is filled by the person doing the main character story quest. You cannot be the Azure Dragoon. Your AF armor is not going to be the original. It is most likely going to be a recreation.
White Mage: The lore from the quest line flat-out declares that the player in the quest line is a massive, screaming exception to the rule, and one that divides the Padjal at that. If you want to be 100% lore true without any sort of bending, then you cannot be a White Mage. The art is as feared in some learned circles as black Magic due to its trademark abilities to raise even the dead back to life and cast Holy. I try not to be a snob, but given the ridiculous amount of power that this class has as well as the documented 2.0 lore, I view this one as the only set-in-stone class that you cannot be ICly.
(On a side note, I wouldn't WANT to be a White Mage in any case. Too overpowered. The character would either be relegated to the sidelines to avoid scene stealing or else be a god who is boring to RP with because they can win everything with lolHoly and Raise/Benediction. I see no fun in that.)
Summoner: This is an ancient Allegan magical art. The job stone literally records the powers of previous users and empowers one's summoning. You will have to have killed a Primal in order to summon its Egi, which is a highly dangerous activity given the risk of being Tempered. If people who don't know you react to you summoning an Egi with a "meh" face, then they're basically doing it wrong.
Characters: M'sato Tia (Lost Soul Seeker), Soren Walker (Ishgardian Midlander Pilot), Solomon Laguerre (Elezen Mercenary/Bar Manager)
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