(06-11-2015, 02:18 PM)Gegenji Wrote: I'm of the belief, going by what has been said... that the Chakra IS the mana pool. It doesn't feed into it because it's one and the same. The difference is that it isn't being drained (i.e. using MP) because it's not leaving the body. Instead, it's being used to complement physical exertion (i.e. using TP).
Getting into game mechanics is stepping onto a slippery slope, but for the purposes of this mental exercise, I'll oblige.
Casters can run out of mana. It takes time for the reservoir/pool that they can draw on to replenish. This implies a natural regeneration rate, represented in game as MP Regen. That means either you're getting aether back from nothing (impossible, since having no aether basically means you're dead) or the source is distinct from the reservoir.
The Force from Star Wars is pretty similar in concept. You've energy, and as a living thing you generate and regenerate energy. But ultimately speaking, that energy is on loan to you for as long as you're among the living. Once you're dead, it all flows back to The Greater Web of Life.
That monks don't use MP is Gameplay-Story Segregation. The same probably holds true for warriors and dragoons. You're not using magic to affect the world around you? TP for you.
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