Okay now I'm out of roleplay.
Every being has chakras in them according to Monks, not being a Fist of Rhalgr myself irl (duh), and just vaguely guessing with lore we got. Chakras take a lot of training to open. They aren't just "OH THIS OPENS BECAUSE IM STANDING ON A FORMER BATTLEFIELD DESU". Else everyone in Eorzea by now would have shat our chakras right left and centre with Bahamut ripperoning the living hell out of a lot citizens at the Calamity
Widargelt
It is as Erik said. Widargelt is my name. I am a brother of the monkhood. My order is the Fist of Rhalgr. Our way is to train the body and mind.
Widargelt
The fist is our weapon. With it, we put down our enemies. The energy within us moves the fist. The chakra is the seat of that energy. It is a sacred place. It can be opened, and the life force within controlled.
Widargelt
Chakra exist in all that lives─in all beings. Yet not all beings can open them.
Widargelt
Much training is needed. And great discipline. With these, the life force be commanded.
Widargelt
There are those who require no training. Their inner strength is such that it forces the chakra open. I have heard of this happening. But never have I seen it─until now.
But once more, if you read further down the questline, it is really, really, really heavily implied only the FoR have access to these things. And their order is really, really mostly dead. There's people being trained again, but if we take Widargelt's words for granted, it will probably take years before one has managed to open a chakra, and some might never do it. Opening chakras isn't a god given right. Some people don't seem to be ever capable of doing it.
http://xivdb.com/quest/66597/Brother+Fro...her+Mother
Anyhow, Monks do have spell to some degree. Although you wouldn't call them anything like BLM spells for the most part... they can throw magic at people.
Howling Fist is still a line of Aether
![[Image: QFMIE3s.png]](http://i.imgur.com/QFMIE3s.png)
Elixir Field is also... really really spell like
![[Image: 2rphmm2.png]](http://i.imgur.com/2rphmm2.png)
And also minor things such as Mantra def have a spell caster feeling to it
![[Image: aOcHVWj.png]](http://i.imgur.com/aOcHVWj.png)
So can you cast Aether as a Monk? Yes.
Can you do other jobs with it? No, they still require their focus like a staff/wand for a THM. You will need your book as an ACN ect.
Unless it turns out we are getting specs for our jobs in 4.0, I wouldn't hold my breath to see a spellcaster who throws things around without using a weapon. Although please, give healing Monk SE, that would be so cool ;_;
... Or staff whacking Monk, I'd be cool with that as well.
Every being has chakras in them according to Monks, not being a Fist of Rhalgr myself irl (duh), and just vaguely guessing with lore we got. Chakras take a lot of training to open. They aren't just "OH THIS OPENS BECAUSE IM STANDING ON A FORMER BATTLEFIELD DESU". Else everyone in Eorzea by now would have shat our chakras right left and centre with Bahamut ripperoning the living hell out of a lot citizens at the Calamity
Widargelt
It is as Erik said. Widargelt is my name. I am a brother of the monkhood. My order is the Fist of Rhalgr. Our way is to train the body and mind.
Widargelt
The fist is our weapon. With it, we put down our enemies. The energy within us moves the fist. The chakra is the seat of that energy. It is a sacred place. It can be opened, and the life force within controlled.
Widargelt
Chakra exist in all that lives─in all beings. Yet not all beings can open them.
Widargelt
Much training is needed. And great discipline. With these, the life force be commanded.
Widargelt
There are those who require no training. Their inner strength is such that it forces the chakra open. I have heard of this happening. But never have I seen it─until now.
But once more, if you read further down the questline, it is really, really, really heavily implied only the FoR have access to these things. And their order is really, really mostly dead. There's people being trained again, but if we take Widargelt's words for granted, it will probably take years before one has managed to open a chakra, and some might never do it. Opening chakras isn't a god given right. Some people don't seem to be ever capable of doing it.
http://xivdb.com/quest/66597/Brother+Fro...her+Mother
Anyhow, Monks do have spell to some degree. Although you wouldn't call them anything like BLM spells for the most part... they can throw magic at people.
Howling Fist is still a line of Aether
Elixir Field is also... really really spell like
And also minor things such as Mantra def have a spell caster feeling to it
So can you cast Aether as a Monk? Yes.
Can you do other jobs with it? No, they still require their focus like a staff/wand for a THM. You will need your book as an ACN ect.
Unless it turns out we are getting specs for our jobs in 4.0, I wouldn't hold my breath to see a spellcaster who throws things around without using a weapon. Although please, give healing Monk SE, that would be so cool ;_;
... Or staff whacking Monk, I'd be cool with that as well.
