(09-08-2013, 10:12 AM)Naunet Wrote: Honestly, I think this is just far too restrictive to be taken at face value. All of us can become White Mages OOC if we wanted. Simply by nature of it being an available class/job, there absolutely needs to be a way for one's character to be ICly said job without skirting the line of the "Chosen One" story. The Padjal can't possibly personally train all of the potential White Mages out there; it's absolutely unrealistic. So acknowledging that, there needs to be some give in how one becomes a White Mage.
I'd suggest that the easy generalized approach to this is that the current crop of White Mages are the first ones being trained by the Padjal and their trusted associates in hundreds of years (as opposed to the PC being the only one). It's a very minor change, IMO. Of course, one can always learn in other ways -- once the Padjal teaches someone the Art, there's nothing stopping that person from teaching others or using the magic for more nefarious purposes.
To the OP's question, as long as you have a lore-friendly, plausible explanation for why your character was able to progress sufficiently as a Conjurer and learn the Art of White Magic, you're good. Maybe your character's an excellent liar. Maybe he was trained by someone else with less scruples than the Padjal. Maybe the stress of constant battle makes him ultimately cynical and self-serving ("All this pressure and what do I get? Nothing? Godsdamn that!").
And corrupted white magic? Oh, there's all sorts of things. Torture is the most obvious application, but you could also harm the environment to your own benefit, overuse magic (a city where no one ever dies or gets injured), manipulate minds, abuse the elements... the possibilities are endless. I'd suggest reading through a bit of the Exalted information on their First Age; First Age Solars had both significant magical power and unbridled hubris, and they're a great example of how even seemingly "nice" powers can be bent to oligarchic, abusive evil.
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