(03-16-2016, 06:02 PM)FreelanceWizard Wrote: Well, in terms of the named Ixal ones, we have magical healing. Perhaps they get taken from the field and healed when they fall? Even if we dismiss those particular FATEs as impossible to repeat, it doesn't necessarily follow that no FATE represents a recurring issue. In fact, a great many FATEs appear to represent recurring problems, whether animals overrunning an area, Garleans testing new war machines, or people needing escort through dangerous areas.
As for levemetes, it's important that they be canon, because levequests are the whole basis of the adventuring economy in Eorzea. Individuals or groups go to the Adventurers' Guild or nearest levemete and commission a leve to take care of some problem that they're having, and the levemete hands it via leveplate to an appropriately authorized adventurer who completes the task. Upon verification and turning in the leveplate, the levemete pays the adventurer.
I come from a school of RP (which runs all the way back to EQ) where the world is integrated into the RP. If the world says, "hey, around here, coeurls tend to run amok" through a FATE, then that's the case. If it says, "there's this story about this mysterious woman from some other reality," then yep, that's true too. There's a famous investigator named Hildibrand, rocs periodically assault Camp Dragonhead, and yes, some pink-haired woman was allegedly teleporting around and being reported on by the various newspapers (which apparently only target the rich and adventurers
). If SE says, "this is why this works," then that's how it works, and that's that. I accept it because that's the stated lore, even if I don't agree with it <insert angry ranting about White Mage here>.
There's an octopus demon thing manning the registration at the Colisseum, Greg exists and willed his companion back to life as a primal, Godbert Manderville runs around in his skivvies and nobody bats an eye except an inquisitor that REALLY LOVES his line of work, Lolorito drives restaurants out of business just because he's a mustache twirling villain, Ul'dah wiped out Sil'dih with a zombie plague and there was a city-wide conspiracy to hide that truth, the Mamool Ja have a ceremonial mating dance that's too lewd for life, Moogles deliver mail and get crunk (or vice-versa), there's an idol Elezen bard group looking for their worldwide debut, the greatest weaponsmith in all the land is crafting weapons-grade kettles, Brickmans from Dragon Quest somehow made their way over to Eorzea and everyone was suitably confused (I suspect the Thug somehow brought them over here, we're on to you, thug), Kain actually existed in Ishgard's lore and so did Mog in the Moghome moogles' lore.
Need I go on?
