(04-30-2017, 06:14 AM)Silfur Wrote: One of Sounsyy's posts mentions that runes and patterns can be woven/drawn into clothing to enhance/protect the user from the magic that they are casting, if I remember correctly.
I'm currently commissioning someone for a drawing of my character and I wanted to include the symbols he has drawn into the inside of his own clothing to protect himself and I was wondering if there are any in-game examples (images) that I could base them off of.
I think you're referring to this post where I talk about the myriad ways monks, black mages, and scholars of Nym enhanced their aether conduction via soft metals and patterns woven into the fabric or stitching of their garments.
Encyclopedia Eorzea: Savant’s Attire Wrote:Recovered from the Floating City of Nym by an intrepid adventurer, this garb was identified as being of Nymian design, believed to have been invented in the latter part of the Fifth Astral Era. An experimental uniform issued exclusively to the scholar elite, the crystal tubes attached to the forearms could be infused with the wearer’s own aether. This allowed the scholar to later call upon ready resevoirs of mana to amplify the potency of her spells, although manipulation of energies stored in such fashion is thought to have required a degree of control possessed only by the most accomplished savants.
Encyclopedia Eorzea: Wizard’s Attire Wrote:A raiment of the black mage. Resplendent after two thousand years, this garb from the Fifth Astral Era is shot through with hex-spun mythril. Such innovations give away this seemingly innocent piece of clothing as the invest for summoning creatures from the void - that otherworldly plane which makes sport of the sanity of man.
Encyclopedia Eorzea: Goetia Attire Wrote:Goetia attire was originally worn by high-ranking Mhachi magi who were particularly skilled in enslaving the denizens of the void. Though appearing featureless from a distance, closer inspection reveals subtle arcane patterns in the cloth - runes and symbols woven with thread soaked in the blood of pact-bound voidsent. These patterns are said to amplify the power of the wearer, elevating the destructive potential of the caster’s spells to truly catastrophic levels. Infused with such potent properties, the authenticity of the robes becomes glaringly apparent when compared to the many imitations merchant seek to hawk as genuine relics of ancient Mhach.
Encyclopedia Eorzea: Tantra Attire Wrote:Only elders of the Fist of Rhalgr are permitted to don this attire. Though the thread used in its creation is the same as that woven into the standard temple habit, the veteran monks looming the tantra cloth imbue each stitch with concentrated energy, resulting in a significantly higher rate of aetherial conductivity. A monk’s chakras are thus greatly expanded when swathed in such material, but without the training required to moderate the excessive outpouring of aether, an unseasoned wearer would bleed out his entire life essence in a matter of moments.
I went to go investigate each of these outfits, particularly the Wizard's and Goetia Attire. I checked both the art books and in game rendering, and it does not appear that these patterns are rendered visibly. The Goetia Attire does have snakes stitched into the boots and gloves, and there's some sort of artistic pattern on the bill of the hat and front flap of the Goetia coat, but I'm not sure if that's what the lore book is referring to?
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Otherwise, even upon closer inspection, I could not find any arcane patterns/glyphs sewn into the clothing. So this looks like an "in-lore" thing only, so feel free to render your patterns however you see fit! You could probably take image references (for scholar/summoner/arcanist specifically) from the geometries shown in the tomes? Sorry I couldn't be of more help! ^^;
