My character has had a Magitek prosthetic since his inception some five odd years ago. There has been people who absolutely hate the idea-- ...others who love it. You'll certainly find a mix of reception on it, depending on how you go about it.
For me, personally, it was something ingrained into my character. He had his injury and "surgery" of sorts when he was very young. I did this, as it's sort of a major life event, you know? A significant part of his background was his recovery and learning to cope. It took him years to re-learn his hand-eye coordination. He almost didn't even survive the initial surgery. Fusing metal to flesh isn't something easily accomplished. It's a foreign object, one the body might very well endlessly fight to fend off until your body is entirely spent and you just... ...die.
To him, it's more of a character flaw than a boon. It certainly has it's merits. One can't inflict physical pain on it (though there is something that can be done to send Merri into a debilitating shock from pain, but, that's a secret.), but it can be broken. Extremely cold weather constricts some of the metal and puts him in considerable pain, where as extreme heat can cause issues as well. As Dogberry mentioned, Merri suffers from phantom limb syndrome as well, and has phantom pain from time to time.
There's also the stigma of magitek. Eorzea has opened up to it in recent years, but it's still Imperial by design. Merri goes to great, great lengths to conceal his prosthetic. If he's going to bare his arms, he'll often try to cover it in a sort of synthetic skin, though it certainly doesn't look real under scrutiny or even match his skin tone perfectly.
As far as it's concept goes, Merri's prosthetic works in tandom with aether. Magitek as a whole is capable of sending and receiving aetheric signatures. It's sort of how their wireless technology works. Endemerrin's prosthetic basically functions in a similar matter. His own body's innate aether sort of communicates with the prosthetic. He attempts to move his left arm, which is no longer there, and the prosthetic interprets and converts those signals to motor functions in the blink of an eye. Boom, functioning arm. There's a lot more to it, as I've had years to flesh out it's concept, but that's how Merri's works. I like to think his design is very unique to him, but, that's simply the way I see it.
All that being said. I'd like to think it's something you shouldn't jump into without considerable thought. Think of all the little implications it would have. Your character wouldn't simply have a major, life-changing surgery and be up jumping around like normal in a week. It's a slow, slow recovery. Something that should take years to really get back to normal. Your character would likely struggle for a very long time. Doubly so with arms, given the need for hand-eye coordination and dexterity. I personally feel like having a magitek prosthetic is something better built into a character rather than given after the fact, but, that doesn't mean there isn't alternatives. There are people who pull it off well by treating it as they should, as this thread has shown. At the end of the day, it's your character, and you ought to do with it what you please. :>
For me, personally, it was something ingrained into my character. He had his injury and "surgery" of sorts when he was very young. I did this, as it's sort of a major life event, you know? A significant part of his background was his recovery and learning to cope. It took him years to re-learn his hand-eye coordination. He almost didn't even survive the initial surgery. Fusing metal to flesh isn't something easily accomplished. It's a foreign object, one the body might very well endlessly fight to fend off until your body is entirely spent and you just... ...die.
To him, it's more of a character flaw than a boon. It certainly has it's merits. One can't inflict physical pain on it (though there is something that can be done to send Merri into a debilitating shock from pain, but, that's a secret.), but it can be broken. Extremely cold weather constricts some of the metal and puts him in considerable pain, where as extreme heat can cause issues as well. As Dogberry mentioned, Merri suffers from phantom limb syndrome as well, and has phantom pain from time to time.
There's also the stigma of magitek. Eorzea has opened up to it in recent years, but it's still Imperial by design. Merri goes to great, great lengths to conceal his prosthetic. If he's going to bare his arms, he'll often try to cover it in a sort of synthetic skin, though it certainly doesn't look real under scrutiny or even match his skin tone perfectly.
As far as it's concept goes, Merri's prosthetic works in tandom with aether. Magitek as a whole is capable of sending and receiving aetheric signatures. It's sort of how their wireless technology works. Endemerrin's prosthetic basically functions in a similar matter. His own body's innate aether sort of communicates with the prosthetic. He attempts to move his left arm, which is no longer there, and the prosthetic interprets and converts those signals to motor functions in the blink of an eye. Boom, functioning arm. There's a lot more to it, as I've had years to flesh out it's concept, but that's how Merri's works. I like to think his design is very unique to him, but, that's simply the way I see it.
All that being said. I'd like to think it's something you shouldn't jump into without considerable thought. Think of all the little implications it would have. Your character wouldn't simply have a major, life-changing surgery and be up jumping around like normal in a week. It's a slow, slow recovery. Something that should take years to really get back to normal. Your character would likely struggle for a very long time. Doubly so with arms, given the need for hand-eye coordination and dexterity. I personally feel like having a magitek prosthetic is something better built into a character rather than given after the fact, but, that doesn't mean there isn't alternatives. There are people who pull it off well by treating it as they should, as this thread has shown. At the end of the day, it's your character, and you ought to do with it what you please. :>
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