I first apologize if this is something that has already been discussed or answered before. I did give a show of searching the forum before making my (first) post, but it turned up a lot of random posts and probably shows I'm kinda dink at using forum searches, so early apologies.
Onto the topic at hand, if you know what a blue mage is you can skip this first bit. For those of you who have not seen the wonders of the blue mage, I want you to go buy FF9 on steam right now and fall in love with Quina. Blue magic is a unique form of magic where the user learns to use the magic of an enemy, unique to their kind only, through various means (being hit with the spell enough times, eating them, etc.) Such spells such as the Cactuar's 1000 needles, or the Marlboro's Bad Breath, are just examples of what they learn, and then through whatever means manage to replicate in future battles.
I've began work on a new character, having manages to server hop over to Balmung finally, and while I know the class may probably never see the light of day due to game limitations, I wonder if lorewise the capability of someone learning how to replicate the spells of certain enemies is supported, via direct magical capability or through use of magical implements, or perhaps even through an altered version of what summoners do. AND, if so, to what extent would you say it would be limited? For example (But not intent) could they even mimic certain powers of the primals such as Ifrit's Hellfire, if they had the grasp and capability?
Just mostly wanting to see what I have to work with before I dump a lot of backstory and plot into my upcoming character.
Onto the topic at hand, if you know what a blue mage is you can skip this first bit. For those of you who have not seen the wonders of the blue mage, I want you to go buy FF9 on steam right now and fall in love with Quina. Blue magic is a unique form of magic where the user learns to use the magic of an enemy, unique to their kind only, through various means (being hit with the spell enough times, eating them, etc.) Such spells such as the Cactuar's 1000 needles, or the Marlboro's Bad Breath, are just examples of what they learn, and then through whatever means manage to replicate in future battles.
I've began work on a new character, having manages to server hop over to Balmung finally, and while I know the class may probably never see the light of day due to game limitations, I wonder if lorewise the capability of someone learning how to replicate the spells of certain enemies is supported, via direct magical capability or through use of magical implements, or perhaps even through an altered version of what summoners do. AND, if so, to what extent would you say it would be limited? For example (But not intent) could they even mimic certain powers of the primals such as Ifrit's Hellfire, if they had the grasp and capability?
Just mostly wanting to see what I have to work with before I dump a lot of backstory and plot into my upcoming character.
