(12-30-2015, 11:28 PM)SkyeTheKnumpty Wrote: Also looking to play a summoner, but more of an apprentice who's still learning .I noticed you have to defeat a Primal to summon it (makes sense), but what about Carbuncles?
Carbuncles are a manifestation of your Aether (and the aether of crystals you carry) into a familiar, that all Arcanists have the power to create. These are similar in concept to an Egi, but do not require an imprint of a primal to create.
That being said, you don't exactly have to defeat a Primal in single combat. Anyone resistant to tempering could have gone with one of the Grand Companies and defeated one, or a prospective Summoner could have lingered around frequent summoning areas until the Scions came along to wipe out the most recent summoning, and then grabbed the imprint off the aftermath, or any number of options.
