(08-26-2015, 10:42 AM)Amelia Wrote: I can't really say for BLM as I don't know much about the story, but for WHM, the Padjals are bringin' WHM back like Justin Timberlake, as far as I can tell.
Am I wrong for making my character a White Mage ICly because I assume I wouldn't be the ONLY one to learn under the Padjals?
Actually, in the lore panel at Fanfest, it was confirmed by Fernehalwes that the mechanism of learning Succor portrayed in the MSQ is available to the Warrior of Light alone, and that the Padjal aren't teaching it to others. He did mention, though, that there are other means of accessing Succor. Depending on how you interpret what he said, those means are nefarious or some of the people pursuing them/those means are nefarious. (I don't have the link handy, but I expect Sounsyy will be around with it soon enough.
) While several of the Jobs are accessible pre-HW without too much creative license, things expand a bit more in Heavensward. A whole organization is learning and using Black Magic, though without soulstones, the consequences of its regular use are... fiery, and Gridania prosecutes the ban on Black Magic in a clearly extraterritorial fashion. Machinists actually manufacture soulstones, which is an interesting spin on the concept. The Monks are actively training students and research on and knowledge of Summoning is spreading more widely. Sadly, White Mage remains pretty much locked down for now; its quest line keeps the same "special snowflake" concept.
EDIT: With all that said, though, there's very few doors that are firmly shut in XIV, and there's ways to work around the restrictions in your backstory. Maybe a rogue Padjal taught you, maybe you stumbled onto it in your own research, maybe you ran into a Soulstone in Amdapori ruins, etc. Of course, in none of those cases is your character a White Mage per se, as that's something of a sociopolitical construct in Gridania as much as it's a name for one who wields Succor. Also, there's going to be a fair number of powerful people and things gunning for you if it becomes obvious you've gotten access to Succor through one of the various "back doors."
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