(04-13-2015, 02:18 PM)Val Wrote:Fire is technically just a chemical reaction, but you're right that if it's hot enough the reacting matter can ionize.(04-13-2015, 01:42 PM)undefined Wrote: Ninjas: Do I need to? Everyone knows what they're capable of. They're probably the most straightforward of all the jobs thanks to their lore being so to-the-point on this. The combination of speed, precision, stealth, and the elemental techniques granted by mudra make them very dangerous and super-effective as scouts. That being said... while Naruto ninjas may make sense as a reference, the emphasis in FFXIV is largely on their physical abilities, not their mudra, and as such I would highly advise against attempting to RP the more outrageous abilities. (I was going to say 'stuff like chidori is ok' but then I don't know how having lightning coming out of your hand would work in FFXIV so...)
Correct me if I'm wrong, but considering that fire is a plasma, would it not be possible to generate flames so hot that they take on the form of lightning? And I'd imagine the mudra would work two ways: Either a direct elemental call from the sky, as seen, or taking the element of lightning into the body to discharge it however the Ninja sees fit.
At least one source in-game implies that ninjutsu is scarcely different from thaumaturgy, with both being a forceful manipulation of aether guided by the caster's will. There are even hard limits to the technique--a Ninja has to be focused when performing the Mudras, and there is a recovery period between usage of Ninjutsu due to the toll it takes on the Ninja.
This is all covered in the opening Ninja Job quest (the only one I did), and it all just sounds like quick, cheap, taxing spellwork to me.