I'm going to quote myself from the last WHM debate thread I bothered to post in:
Just replace White Mage with Dragoon and you have my response to how this information is being perceived by some people.
Kismet Wrote:This question keeps cropping up and my question to the asker is the same every time:
Why does the character NEED to be a White Mage specifically?
The purpose or end goal of a roleplayer's decisions about what traits/abilities/weaknesses to give a character -- and whether or not they make sense within the scope of what's commonly possible in the game's universe -- is typically my concern.
If you're anything like me, I try to think of why the character needs to be special to such a degree. And why I can't just find a way to creatively and logically work around any lore that may not be all that inclusive to what I want to do. If I can't justify the specialness with a reason other than "well, that would be awesome", then I feel like it makes the trait an empty one and doesn't add much to the character. It ends up coming off as vapid, not interesting.
Disclaimer: None of this is to say that if you just want your character to be cool and special, that you can't. I won't police you about that. Do as you like. Everything stated above is just the process that I typically use for creating a character concept.
Just replace White Mage with Dragoon and you have my response to how this information is being perceived by some people.