(I thought I'd share some things about Scholars for everyone. If you have more to add or change, feel free to comment and I'll work it in.)
What is a Scholar?
If you were to go by the Wiki information, you might assume “Scholarâ€directly correlates to “uses fairy magic and healingâ€. Well, that is the current school of magic based on old Nymeans teachings and make up the Scholar as a magical class, but there is much more to it than this.
A Scholar is an academic. While other professions and jobs seek out practical magic and power, Scholars are the historians, researchers, scientists, mathematicians, and philosophers that seek to understand magic rather than be the master of it. Scholars may travel to distant lands in search of ruins of lost cultures, or may spend lots of time learning from books and even people. The ultimate goal is the oh-so-Sharlayan pursuit of knowledge in the world.
Where do Scholars come from?
If you look back into Eorzean history, the two nations famous for academia are Sharlayan and Nym, but in modern Eorzea, a scholar can come from any background. The only requirement is the desire to learn and discover.
The focal magic of scholars stems from Nym. Even the common attire of a Nymean scholar reflects the origins (mortarboard hat y'all).
What about Fairies?
In the Scholar job quest, the PC researches the ruins of the Floating City of Nym, where he/she stumbles upon a fairy who immediately forms a pact.
Fairies are elementals created by the Nymeans from energies and elements in the world. They would then be bound to the scholar. It is likely our PC's fairy Eos lost her master to the Nymean plague and bound herself to a new one to give herself purpose.
Unfortunately, this kind of thing is wildly uncommon though not impossible. Fairies in Eorzea are extremely scarce and thought to border extinction. No matter their actual population, a fairy that currently exists is will be hard for your Scholar to come by. You may find it a personal struggle to explore the world trying to find one.
It is also semi-possible to create a new fairy as the Nymeans did, but that magic is not readily available at this time.
Fairies in Eorzea, as far as the PC’s familiar is concerned,appear to possess the ability to perform a paradigm shift at will. The two personalities we meet are Eos, and Selene.
Eos’ type is friendly, helpful, and strives to protect. She is drawn to noble heroes like the PC.
Selene’s type throws a little mischief and mystery into the ring. While a fairy like Eos dedicates herself entirely to protecting her partner, Selene alters the flow of battle and affects the magic rather than shield its target. She is likely more interested in those whose moral principles are nebulous and gray.
But remember: You do not have to have a fairy companion if you do not want it, nor is it even possible for every scholar to have one.
Unknown: It seems like your fairy familiar can either be like Selene or Eos, but it is unknown if those are general names for the type of fairy or the names of the PC's particular individual fairy.
Okay…then what is Scholar magic?
The thing is, just because the PC uses Nymean magic taught by a fairy does not necessarily mean you HAVE to. Nymean magic is new to common knowledge (only discovered this year ICly) and you may well have other magic your character utilizes. It could be divination, healing, rituals, telepathy…anything you can imagine a studious individual needing. But remember, Scholars will most likely have support and healing abilities due to the nature of their job. Your character could technically have roots as a White/Black mage, a Summoner, or an Astrologian and still be a Scholar.
Do I need to wield a book?
You most certainly do! A scholar’s greatest weapon is the knowledge it seeks, and your research has to go somewhere, right? Like an arcanist, the spells a scholar uses in daily life are more potent when the tome in hand is well read. The more care put into the book, the finer the metals in the ink use to write in it, the stronger the channeling will be. The book is the scholar’s tool because it symbolizes and contains everything the scholar stands for.
You could have the ugliest, crappiest looking tome made out of dried feces, and it would probably work as long as the ink was on fleek and/or the geometries were drawn with precision.
Thing is, silver ink is expensive and hard to come by, and writing spells requires a lot of math and a steady hand. Your character may struggle without these.
What is a Scholar?
If you were to go by the Wiki information, you might assume “Scholarâ€directly correlates to “uses fairy magic and healingâ€. Well, that is the current school of magic based on old Nymeans teachings and make up the Scholar as a magical class, but there is much more to it than this.
A Scholar is an academic. While other professions and jobs seek out practical magic and power, Scholars are the historians, researchers, scientists, mathematicians, and philosophers that seek to understand magic rather than be the master of it. Scholars may travel to distant lands in search of ruins of lost cultures, or may spend lots of time learning from books and even people. The ultimate goal is the oh-so-Sharlayan pursuit of knowledge in the world.
Where do Scholars come from?
If you look back into Eorzean history, the two nations famous for academia are Sharlayan and Nym, but in modern Eorzea, a scholar can come from any background. The only requirement is the desire to learn and discover.
The focal magic of scholars stems from Nym. Even the common attire of a Nymean scholar reflects the origins (mortarboard hat y'all).
What about Fairies?
In the Scholar job quest, the PC researches the ruins of the Floating City of Nym, where he/she stumbles upon a fairy who immediately forms a pact.
Fairies are elementals created by the Nymeans from energies and elements in the world. They would then be bound to the scholar. It is likely our PC's fairy Eos lost her master to the Nymean plague and bound herself to a new one to give herself purpose.
Unfortunately, this kind of thing is wildly uncommon though not impossible. Fairies in Eorzea are extremely scarce and thought to border extinction. No matter their actual population, a fairy that currently exists is will be hard for your Scholar to come by. You may find it a personal struggle to explore the world trying to find one.
It is also semi-possible to create a new fairy as the Nymeans did, but that magic is not readily available at this time.
Fairies in Eorzea, as far as the PC’s familiar is concerned,appear to possess the ability to perform a paradigm shift at will. The two personalities we meet are Eos, and Selene.
Eos’ type is friendly, helpful, and strives to protect. She is drawn to noble heroes like the PC.
Selene’s type throws a little mischief and mystery into the ring. While a fairy like Eos dedicates herself entirely to protecting her partner, Selene alters the flow of battle and affects the magic rather than shield its target. She is likely more interested in those whose moral principles are nebulous and gray.
But remember: You do not have to have a fairy companion if you do not want it, nor is it even possible for every scholar to have one.
Unknown: It seems like your fairy familiar can either be like Selene or Eos, but it is unknown if those are general names for the type of fairy or the names of the PC's particular individual fairy.
Okay…then what is Scholar magic?
The thing is, just because the PC uses Nymean magic taught by a fairy does not necessarily mean you HAVE to. Nymean magic is new to common knowledge (only discovered this year ICly) and you may well have other magic your character utilizes. It could be divination, healing, rituals, telepathy…anything you can imagine a studious individual needing. But remember, Scholars will most likely have support and healing abilities due to the nature of their job. Your character could technically have roots as a White/Black mage, a Summoner, or an Astrologian and still be a Scholar.
Do I need to wield a book?
You most certainly do! A scholar’s greatest weapon is the knowledge it seeks, and your research has to go somewhere, right? Like an arcanist, the spells a scholar uses in daily life are more potent when the tome in hand is well read. The more care put into the book, the finer the metals in the ink use to write in it, the stronger the channeling will be. The book is the scholar’s tool because it symbolizes and contains everything the scholar stands for.
You could have the ugliest, crappiest looking tome made out of dried feces, and it would probably work as long as the ink was on fleek and/or the geometries were drawn with precision.
Thing is, silver ink is expensive and hard to come by, and writing spells requires a lot of math and a steady hand. Your character may struggle without these.
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