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FreelanceWizard · **02-04-2016, 04:28 PM**

(02-04-2016, 01:29 AM)Kinono Wrote: Reviving a deadish thread for a related question!

So, magic and foci. Most magic needs foci. If not all. Okay.

So what exactly is happening when a dark knight just flat-out fires aether out of their hand? Because I'm pretty sure that's magic and I'm pretty sure they're not channeling it through their sword. Look at Power Slash and Salted Earth's animations; both skills involve the dark knight pretty much setting aside their weapon to shoot aether straight from their hand.Â

So... Is the dark knight simply using the sword as a focus but not using it as a "launch point?"

Or is the small distance shown for skills like Power Slash short enough that you don't "need" focus? Could a fully trained dark knight who has dropped their sword in the heat of battle still shoot aether out of their hands?

Inquiring minds need to know.

Dark Knight is a little tricky, since it straddles the line between Magic Arts and War Arts -- or, if you like Exalted terminology, Sorceries and Charms. The lore, at least as I've gone in the quest line, tends to focus on how emotions provide the driving force for the effects; it doesn't go into the mechanics of how those effects are created in terms of magic. This is largely true of the DoWs, excepting Monk (chakra) and Machinist (aetheromodulator pack).

So, IMO, you have a lot of freedom to work here. Maybe it's a raw burst of aether from your raw emotions -- no focus required, being that it's wild energy. Perhaps the sword is the focus. Maybe the soulstone is the focus; we know soulstones are a requirement for some types of magic.

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