• Login
  • Register
Hello There, Guest!

Username:

Password:

Remember me

Lost PW Lost Password?

Advanced Search
  • Rules
  • Staff
  • Wiki
  • Free Companies
  • Linkshells
  • Calendar
  • Chat
  • Gallery
  • Donate
home Hydaelyn Role-Players → Community → Character Workshop v
« Previous 1 2 3 4 5 … 19 Next »
→

Retconning a Red Mage


RPC has moved! These pages have been kept for historical purposes

Please be sure to visit https://ffxiv-roleplayers.com/ directly for the new page.

Retconning a Red Mage
Threaded Mode | Linear Mode

Valencev
Valence
Find all posts by this user
Has-A-Magitek-Kink
*****

Offline
Posts:1,177
Joined:Oct 2015
Character:Suen Shyu
Server:Balmung
Reputation: 119 Timezone:UTC+1
RE: Retconning a Red Mage |
#5
09-14-2017, 04:13 AM
Well to start I think it's good to point out that there is no absolute black and white with access to jobs in the lore, and it ultimately boils down to personal suspension of disbelief and how far you as a roleplayer is ready to thread.

First white magic or succor is a lost art, like most jobs, that has been closely kept by a few chosen padjals. As you know only the WoL seems to be the exception that eventually got taught by Raya and A'Runh through the soulstone of A'Towa Cant. So it's probably rhe hardest job to get into, but then, isnt't there any other amdapori soulstone left somewhere? One that your character could have won the lottery at and found in what's left of Amdapor? Or maybe they just loved learning about forbidden arts in libraries, maybe Sharlayan or Ishgardian... ? Providing they are talented enough to follow it or just access to the soulstone knowledge in the first place?

As for black magic, which is also restricted by being highly illegal, can be cast by anybody with enough power and knowing its arcane spells, as seen in the HW blm quests... At the expense of cooking yourself from the inside or be hunted by various law abidding people like the Stillglade Fane 'police'. Unless again, you somehow manage to stumble on one of those rare Mhachi soulstones, a gem of Shattoto.

Red Magic is ultimately not much different. It thrived before the Mad King and the Garlean invasion, but seems to have disappeared still, long ago. It was revived by the Rdm trainer and his friend Lambard to be used as a weapon for their Crimson Duellists. Well, only that trainer seems to have survived so... Going through him is a possibility of course... Or like for the two other magics well... It's possible to learn about it by yourself in libraries, since we know that red magic has texts about it in Ishgard, possibly Sharlayan as well, and that the monolith pyramid in the Peaks used to be a repository for red mages, albeit plundered and left abandonned by now (and infested by flesh eating qiquirns).

So, your options for all 3 magics are here. It's up to you if they feel too specific or special to your taste or not, really.

Also red mages can very well use aether from the land and Hydaelyn if they choose, much like blm and whm, but they chose not to morally is all.

Balmung: Suen Shyu
Quote this message in a reply

« Next Oldest | Next Newest »

Messages In This Thread
Retconning a Red Mage - by TeeBeeDee - 09-12-2017, 01:57 PM
RE: Retconning a Red Mage - by Maia - 09-12-2017, 02:12 PM
RE: Retconning a Red Mage - by TeeBeeDee - 09-12-2017, 02:41 PM
RE: Retconning a Red Mage - by Nebbs - 09-12-2017, 03:26 PM
RE: Retconning a Red Mage - by Valence - 09-14-2017, 04:13 AM
RE: Retconning a Red Mage - by TeeBeeDee - 09-14-2017, 11:20 AM

  • View a Printable Version
  • Send this Thread to a Friend
  • Subscribe to this thread


Users browsing this thread: 1 Guest(s)
Index | Return to Top | Lite (Archive) Mode | RSS Syndication | Current time: 05-25-2025, 10:02 PM


Final Fantasy XIV images/content © Square-Enix, forum content © RPC.
The RPC is not affiliated with Square-Enix or any of its subsidiaries.
Powered By MyBB, © 2002-2025 MyBB Group.
Designed by Adrian/Reksio, modified by Kylin@RPC