(02-19-2015, 11:26 AM)Apl_Juice Wrote: I think its safe to say that nonmages can use their own aether. At the very least, its something simple and easy to adapt to when RP preferences clash against others'. Its a good explanation for all the superhuman or absurdly skillful things that this game gets away with, such as Dragoon Jumping or blocking explosions, or hell, even something simple like Flash. I get that its a game and that its bound to be "game-y", but I find that a lot of RPers have their characters do crazy things. Not that its a bad thing! I just find that "cause Aether" is easy to work with.I suppose there is that. I just like learning and I'll be honest, the XIV RP community can make me a tad nervous sometimes. I never know if something I'm doing is such a big No-No or if people simply don't care (admittedly, a problem that is a WIP).
Thank you to the rest of you. I'm enjoying reading a lot of this, even if I don't have much to say. ^-^
Graeham Ridgefield Wrote:My character isn't very capable of manipulating aether. Even making use of an aetheryte crystal is something he struggles with and it usually leaves him feeling disorientated and ill after doing so.
This is directly tied to his heritage, since his mother was a Garlean and they're unable to use magic at all. Which is something a lot of Garlean role-players seem to overlook, unfortunately!
Granted he's only half-Garlean so his ability to use aether isn't gone completely but he is by no means capable of doing anything but the most simple of feats with it. I strive to make his heritage more of a drawback than a perk given just how much weight such a fact carries within Eorzea.
The Garlean tidbit, I learned very recently. I also don't RP a Garlean nor do I know any Garlean RPers, really. ( ;w; )
I'd always thought aetheryte crystals were rarely used by anyone that wasn't, like... a mercenary or adventurer or what have you, since it makes most normal people sick.
