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I'm still not 100% certain as to why there is such an outcry about what are, for all intents and purposes, mere labels. In the case of White Mage: you are an adept conjurer, using the forces of nature against your foes to great effect and are a potent healer to boot. Is your character concept diminished by being "a powerful conjurer" rather than a White Mage?
Better yet, to use my own character as an example, would Yvelont be more interesting if he were a Dragoon-turned-Warrior as opposed to a former Ishgardian knight who happens to have learned to wield axe, sword, and spear? The core concept would remain largely the same.
That being said, I would never dream of telling anyone how to play their character. These were simply honest questions I had for those in the "screw the lore" camp. For myself, I feel like the RPC adventurers represent a fractional minority of the overall adventuring populace and with a good enough story behind it, nearly any facet of the lore can be bent to some degree. But, because we are a community, it can become a problem when such things become the rule rather than the exception - sort of a case of too many chiefs and not enough braves. I'm afraid I have neither the authority nor the inclination to come up with a solution for that.
Edit: Welp, that's what I get for not reading the whole thread. The surgeon/nurse analog doesn't seem to apply in this case, in my opinion, but I'm glad the question has been addressed.
Better yet, to use my own character as an example, would Yvelont be more interesting if he were a Dragoon-turned-Warrior as opposed to a former Ishgardian knight who happens to have learned to wield axe, sword, and spear? The core concept would remain largely the same.
That being said, I would never dream of telling anyone how to play their character. These were simply honest questions I had for those in the "screw the lore" camp. For myself, I feel like the RPC adventurers represent a fractional minority of the overall adventuring populace and with a good enough story behind it, nearly any facet of the lore can be bent to some degree. But, because we are a community, it can become a problem when such things become the rule rather than the exception - sort of a case of too many chiefs and not enough braves. I'm afraid I have neither the authority nor the inclination to come up with a solution for that.
Edit: Welp, that's what I get for not reading the whole thread. The surgeon/nurse analog doesn't seem to apply in this case, in my opinion, but I'm glad the question has been addressed.
Yvelont Navarre
Parn Paparn
IC Blog for Yvelont: http://never-your-pawn.tumblr.com
OOC Blog: http://navarre-again.tumblr.com
Parn Paparn
IC Blog for Yvelont: http://never-your-pawn.tumblr.com
OOC Blog: http://navarre-again.tumblr.com