What I did for my character was went the conjurer direction. In Conjurer, you to wield the elements and utilize the aether from the environment itself. Well fire, thunder and ice, are basically an element themselves. So I had my character go the elementalist direction to learn the thaumaturge spells IC, without even approaching the thaumaturge guild.
So while Sage/Red Mage might not be doable right now, an elementalist style can be done IC. Because as you said, the two schools don't really see eye to eye on how to utilize aether. The only spell group my character doesn't have IC, is the actual black magic itself as a black mage. But there's very few black magic spells anyways.
So while Sage/Red Mage might not be doable right now, an elementalist style can be done IC. Because as you said, the two schools don't really see eye to eye on how to utilize aether. The only spell group my character doesn't have IC, is the actual black magic itself as a black mage. But there's very few black magic spells anyways.
