(06-11-2015, 03:04 PM)Gegenji Wrote:(06-11-2015, 02:59 PM)Yangh Wrote: Though back to the topic of aether gathered, aether spent. I'm left wondering if when a Monk uses their chakra and aether if they actually expel it at all. Maybe it loops back around without ever leaving in the body in most cases and is un-shaped, re-purposed and joins back with the natural flow before being called on again.
I suppose there are a few skills Monk posses that do unleash energy such as Rock Breaker, Arm of the Destroyer and Howling Fist but the majority of their abilities seem to use aether to internally bolster rather than externally expel.
Rather than suffering from aether fatigue I think its far more likely that overcharging their bodies has a muscle fatigue like effect to act as their limitations rather than running lower on aether.
That's basically what I meant with the whole comparison to tie into MP vs. TP. Casters are expelling the aether from their Chakra to perform their magic, while a MNK's aether is not leaving the body at all. Instead, it is being used to bolster physical skills and thus is more likely to cause a physical fatigue/"out of TP" situation rather than an aetherically drained/"empty MP pool" one. And rest (or medicines/food/etc) helps recover from both. Or something.
Ah! Then we're once again on the same page! It certainly would make sense when you consider Monks must train both mind and body. The body being the more emphasised in this case to be able to withstand the fatigue of whatever they're attempting to do.
