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I used the words "mana pool" as an abstraction for the personal reservoir of aether that every living being has and can draw on given the right training. Just like how Widargelt tells us that every living being also has chakra.
For the purposes of lore discussion, I'm ignoring the game mechanic that is MP. If I hadn't, we'd be getting into really grey areas such as Paladins. Is it conjury, is it Holy Succor a la 1.0...? Does Flash even exist as a spell within XIV lore, or is it pure game mechanic?
EDIT for Zelmanov: I also left out WAR, DRG, and NIN because lore is very vague when it comes to how they utilize aether. NIN ninjutsu is probably a similar process to THM and to MNK sans control over chakra. And BRD I'm not familiar at all with.
(06-11-2015, 01:55 PM)Yangh Wrote: [EDIT again] The diagram suggests that chakra feed the mana pool which is then drawn upon to perform Monk feats. Is the mana pool used as a place to pull from or simply a stop off point before being re-purposed. I assume the latter as Monk skills don't require MP to use... unless im' just not reading it right.
I used the words "mana pool" as an abstraction for the personal reservoir of aether that every living being has and can draw on given the right training. Just like how Widargelt tells us that every living being also has chakra.
For the purposes of lore discussion, I'm ignoring the game mechanic that is MP. If I hadn't, we'd be getting into really grey areas such as Paladins. Is it conjury, is it Holy Succor a la 1.0...? Does Flash even exist as a spell within XIV lore, or is it pure game mechanic?
EDIT for Zelmanov: I also left out WAR, DRG, and NIN because lore is very vague when it comes to how they utilize aether. NIN ninjutsu is probably a similar process to THM and to MNK sans control over chakra. And BRD I'm not familiar at all with.
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