There isn't much said already so I want to give my 2 cents with some personal headcanon, especially as someone who has taken every job to 50 and thus seen the other story quests.
SO TAKE WITH A GRAIN OF SALT. I WOULD LOVE TO SEE CORRECTIONS/CONTRADICTIONS TO MY THOUGHTS TO BETTER REFINE MY UNDERSTANDING.
I've always seen Chakra as a refinement of Aether that fuels all physical disciplines. The domans call it Ninjutsu, the Warriors call it the beast within, It is what allows Bards to sing songs that can rouse allies and allows paladins to brunt the toughest of attacks.
Chakra is in reference to a very specific manner of tapping into that personal aether pool which seems to imply a great deal of control and understanding which would be in line with mythos surrounding warrior monks, especially those in Japan and China.Â
It is contrasting to say the Warrior which doesn't open the faucet the whole way but rather tears the faucet off and must struggle with installing it back on and that is why it can be consuming.
It is, in short, the same god but a different interpretation, much akin to the Abrahamic religions in that some aspects are emphasized over others. Probably a Monk takes time to open up Chakras to avoid being like the Warrior which could, perhaps by a Monk's definition, opens all of them up at once and forcibly reseals them. A monk can actually live with all chakras open at all times and maintain control, which could also lend to the in game interpretation of them being high damage dealers in comparison to Warrior.
It contrasts directly with classes, both physical and magical that seek external conduits for their abilities. Dragoons in possession of Drachen Mail have their armor quenched in Dragon's blood, a corrupting element, as a bargain for power, perhaps another shortcut to obtaining a degree of opened chakras. Both Arcanist Grimoires and Black Mage staves have blood in them in order to better channel their spells, blood in the ink and blood somewhere on the staff. Blood, being very closely tied to aether, perhaps with aether even dissolved in the liquid which can then be wrung dry as a power source.
So I think of MNK chakra as being the most a living thing can be in a controlled manner, as opposed to an explosion of energy that would peter out seconds after being unleashed but in a sustainable manner.
SO TAKE WITH A GRAIN OF SALT. I WOULD LOVE TO SEE CORRECTIONS/CONTRADICTIONS TO MY THOUGHTS TO BETTER REFINE MY UNDERSTANDING.
I've always seen Chakra as a refinement of Aether that fuels all physical disciplines. The domans call it Ninjutsu, the Warriors call it the beast within, It is what allows Bards to sing songs that can rouse allies and allows paladins to brunt the toughest of attacks.
Chakra is in reference to a very specific manner of tapping into that personal aether pool which seems to imply a great deal of control and understanding which would be in line with mythos surrounding warrior monks, especially those in Japan and China.Â
It is contrasting to say the Warrior which doesn't open the faucet the whole way but rather tears the faucet off and must struggle with installing it back on and that is why it can be consuming.
It is, in short, the same god but a different interpretation, much akin to the Abrahamic religions in that some aspects are emphasized over others. Probably a Monk takes time to open up Chakras to avoid being like the Warrior which could, perhaps by a Monk's definition, opens all of them up at once and forcibly reseals them. A monk can actually live with all chakras open at all times and maintain control, which could also lend to the in game interpretation of them being high damage dealers in comparison to Warrior.
It contrasts directly with classes, both physical and magical that seek external conduits for their abilities. Dragoons in possession of Drachen Mail have their armor quenched in Dragon's blood, a corrupting element, as a bargain for power, perhaps another shortcut to obtaining a degree of opened chakras. Both Arcanist Grimoires and Black Mage staves have blood in them in order to better channel their spells, blood in the ink and blood somewhere on the staff. Blood, being very closely tied to aether, perhaps with aether even dissolved in the liquid which can then be wrung dry as a power source.
So I think of MNK chakra as being the most a living thing can be in a controlled manner, as opposed to an explosion of energy that would peter out seconds after being unleashed but in a sustainable manner.
