I've always built Gospel in a way so that he would always greatly excel with magick in some form or another. He comes from a family that's always had extremely strong ties with the arcane and even rumored to have a Padjal in their bloodline at one point in time. Since birth, Gospel always had a strong affinity with black magick and arcanum and was heavily tutored by his father and numerous teachers in his early youth.
As he got older he learned about conjury, goldsmithing and alchemy from his mother along from other various teachers. This opened the door to clock/dollmaking to him and is pretty much what got Gospel hooked on the whole automaton thing, thus turning him into a puppetmaster of sorts. Eventually, his knowledge in puppetmastery would begin to slightly excel over his experience with arcanum.
As a side note with conjury; Gospel really only learned about the elemental and defensive aspects of it while forgoing many of the healing techniques. This was mostly done in order to further enhance his affinity with the elements. (Think of a whitemage stuck in a permanent cleric stance.)
As for weapons? Though, certainly not a master with the lance. Gospel is very deadly with a staff, knowing advanced parrying and fighting techniques in order to defend himself in case an enemy closes in on his position.
With the constant self-discipline and always being out in the field on his own while searching for the unknown. I'd like to say that my character has evolved into quite a frightening force to be reckoned with in terms of being a full on magick wielder. Or at least that's the vibe I've always been given from others from an OoC view.
So to go down the list of what he is from strongest to weakest.
Battle classes:
Thaumaturge/Blackmage, Puppetmaster, Arcanist/Summoner, Conjurer/Whitemage, Scholar.
DoH/L:
Alchemy, Goldsmithing, Botany, Mining.
As he got older he learned about conjury, goldsmithing and alchemy from his mother along from other various teachers. This opened the door to clock/dollmaking to him and is pretty much what got Gospel hooked on the whole automaton thing, thus turning him into a puppetmaster of sorts. Eventually, his knowledge in puppetmastery would begin to slightly excel over his experience with arcanum.
As a side note with conjury; Gospel really only learned about the elemental and defensive aspects of it while forgoing many of the healing techniques. This was mostly done in order to further enhance his affinity with the elements. (Think of a whitemage stuck in a permanent cleric stance.)
As for weapons? Though, certainly not a master with the lance. Gospel is very deadly with a staff, knowing advanced parrying and fighting techniques in order to defend himself in case an enemy closes in on his position.
With the constant self-discipline and always being out in the field on his own while searching for the unknown. I'd like to say that my character has evolved into quite a frightening force to be reckoned with in terms of being a full on magick wielder. Or at least that's the vibe I've always been given from others from an OoC view.
So to go down the list of what he is from strongest to weakest.
Battle classes:
Thaumaturge/Blackmage, Puppetmaster, Arcanist/Summoner, Conjurer/Whitemage, Scholar.
DoH/L:
Alchemy, Goldsmithing, Botany, Mining.
