(04-08-2014, 02:55 PM)Verrier Wrote: 1) Is nineteen a reasonable age for a character to be able to use these skills? I tend to err on the side of caution, if that helps any; she's very likely to fail or miscast/mess up her understanding of what she reads due to her inexperience.
I don't see why not. Adventurers seem to be relatively young, as is typical in most fantasy settings. As long as the character has reached majority and has a narrative reason for her expertise, 19 seems totally fine.
(04-08-2014, 02:55 PM)Verrier Wrote: 2) Carbuncle is summoned via a crystal, from my understanding - how similar is this to primals, and how socially accepted is it? Is a carbuncle a kind of minor primal and how does that fiddle with lore? (And what sort of effects, if any, do they have upon the person summoning?
The carbuncle isn't a Primal -- in fact, technically speaking, neither are the Egi of the Summoner. In fact, several "summoned creatures" (Good King Moggle Mog, Siren, etc.) aren't Primals, a point that's made in the 2.1 main scenario quest and by dev post in the case of Siren. The game isn't yet entirely clear on what exactly a Primal is compared to these other things; to me, it seems "Primal" is used to mean powerful creatures summoned by beast tribes with the ability to Temper. The Arcanist, Summoner, and Scholar summons don't have either of those qualities.
In terms of the social acceptability of summons, Arcanists are well-respected members of Lominsan society, so carbuncles wouldn't be seen as weird or disturbing. Summoners use a newly rediscovered art and do things that are fairly crazy (fighting Primals), so the sheer rarity of them and their egi would give some pause -- but this isn't a situation like Warlocks in WoW.
(04-08-2014, 02:55 PM)Verrier Wrote: 3) Does it make sense that this could be taught to someone outside of the Arcanist Guild, such as by family? I'd wanted to go with the notion that her mother taught her how to use her abilities.
Arcanima isn't especially well known outside of Limsa Lominsa, but if you can come up with narrative justification for it, it seems reasonable. It's not as if there aren't arcanists practicing out in the world that might spread their knowledge.
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