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RE: Characters' Aether Aspect to a Certain Element? - Titor - 03-04-2015
(03-04-2015, 09:44 AM)Gegenji Wrote: Also, people change over time... so if they do have colored/aspected aether, would they be stuck with that or could it change under certain stimuli?I roleplay Titor as aspected. He was born wind-aspected but due to certain... events it was attempted to be force-converted to lightning aspect. However the conversion did not go as planned and it just resulted him having to wear rubber gloves to 'filter out' the lightning aspected part, since it is not exactly the most controllable.
I never really thought much about the 'colour' of it. I suppose it would be in greyscales.Â
Then again if we go by the colours of the elemental shards it would be green(wind)/purple(lightning) but... I do not know. I would kind of rather it be greyscales myself.
RE: Characters' Aether Aspect to a Certain Element? - Warren Castille - 03-04-2015
(03-04-2015, 12:29 PM)Mae Wrote: I actually sort of assumed that some degree of elemental affinity was not only Lore, but common. At the very least, during character creation you choose your patron deity, and this does affect your elemental attributes. I don't know about the raiding scene (I'm not a raider) but I haven't experienced a part of the game where players --NEED-- to beef up elemental resists with materia for content, so it seems (to me) that the patron deity affecting elemental attributes is more of an RP/immersion thing.
Anyways.
Kara's got a higher affinity to fire and earth. She's got a minor affinity to air, neutral to lightning, weak to water, and -really- weak to ice. It's not exact to someone who's patron is Azeyma, but I think it's appropriate for someone who's very much a desert dweller.
One of the myriad false promises from 1.0 was that your patron deity meant something.
It didn't.
The original launch of the game also allowed you to spend points on elemental resistances instead of auto-assigning them. Why yes, you COULD just dump them all into Fire Resistance and get decimated by anything-but-fire. 1.0's deities existed purely for a fluff perspective.
RE: Characters' Aether Aspect to a Certain Element? - Hihimi - 03-04-2015
(03-04-2015, 09:05 AM)Nako Wrote:Holy frick I thought I was alone here!(03-04-2015, 08:56 AM)Warren Castille Wrote:this^(03-04-2015, 08:44 AM)Inessa Hara Wrote: Ive actually touched on this with a lore expert of sorts and we have generally come to this conclusion:
Lore wise, there is not really a thing called elemental Aether aspection. All PC's and NPC's have Aether but its usually formless and tangible and can be aspected into a certian element for a short time.
This however does not break lore if you roleplay an elementally aspected character. Its just really bending it since its not confirmed canon or fanon.
If I remember correctly, elemental-aspected Aether fits firmly into the Grey Area of lore. Believable, just not openly invoked in the story.
personally I see it as a strength/weakness thing for mages, they are stronger with one element than another, which may lead them to pursuing ways to increase their strengths in the others or developing their strongest. It's a nice plot device.
I do partake in this, though Nako's aether is unaspected, and gives off an opalescent sheen (I am a fan of I.M.E. (Individual Magic Effect, go read Goblins)
Anyways I have yet to really decide on whether or not Hihimi's magic is partially aspected. I don't think it would be. Similarly, she has no I.M.E. ...yet. (Evil cackling)
RE: Characters' Aether Aspect to a Certain Element? - Uninstalldotexe - 03-04-2015
Believe it or not everyone has an aura that can be seen with a little training and aether can have a heavy influence because your "soul" is comprised of aether. Even without aether, everyone generates one and it can tell you a lot about a person's well-being and general mood. Auras have specific colors associated with moods and health, and even the chakras for you monk types. Take a gander at the following links:
Aura/Chakra Chart and Meanings
Aura Observing Exercises
RE: Characters' Aether Aspect to a Certain Element? - Chris Ganale - 03-04-2015
Only two of my characters have thought toward aspection. Ganale is aspected to earth because it's a reference to a Pokémon RP where I run a version of him who is (or will be) a 'Master' of Ground and Rock elements and can manipulate things related to those elements (when I got to Titan the very first time I looked at all his moves and attacks and went "so here's me walking away with his entire move list to add to my own"). Chao is aspected to fire because that's the type of magic she's heavily proficient with in her home setting, her aspection here is so strong it unbalances the astral/umbral deal with thaumaturgy and forces her to use her own type of magic.
RE: Characters' Aether Aspect to a Certain Element? - Kellach Woods - 03-04-2015
That's why unless I'm emoting something fairly specific, I always refer to that as "believes".
Which, from the understanding of one of my character's culture, isn't so much aether as it is the element itself "blessing" someone.
To me, it feels like if such a thing would happen it would be a rare happening enough to direct the character themselves towards one of the patron deities of that element.
RE: Characters' Aether Aspect to a Certain Element? - Khadan - 03-04-2015
I tend to agree with Berrod on this. For myself I just assume that all aether is just aether (unaspected) until you forcibly assign it a 'flavor'. As for personal Aether I follow the trend that as an avid follower of Halone in his daily life, his affinity will be more in the realm of ice and wind. I play this off in little ways like rather than braving the Thanalan heat he uses ice shards in his armor to keep him from suffering too much and when in Coerthas he finds the cold 'bracing' and comfortable while others are wearing the heavy winter coat and still shivering in their boots.
I personally enjoy the interplay of religion in RP especially when one can easily prove that the gods do exist and, to a degree I hope we'll see more of in Heavensward, influence the world.
Just my 2 gil.
RE: Characters' Aether Aspect to a Certain Element? - Aaron - 03-04-2015
ALL HAIL SHIVA!
Seriously, Â ice is where it's at yo.
RE: Characters' Aether Aspect to a Certain Element? - Yssen - 03-04-2015
Lore wise this is a bit on an artifact from 1.0. Affinity was mentioned as being tied to which of the 12 you had as patron. I think some NPCs even mentioned that or at alluded to it. It was reflected mechanically in the elemental stat bits before allocation. We can see some of the last bits of this when we choose a patron now. Also, back then CNJ had access to all the elemental magic, and there were some people that said if you had say, wind affinity from Oschon, your Aero spells were better. True or not? Dunno. Those times have long sense passed.
Totally a thing though, and a fun bit to RP. Opened up lots of questions and hooks like "Why do you have an affinity for Fire if your patron is Oschon. *engage head scratch and pondering.*" Neat little character defining tidbits should always be encourage. Yar.
RE: Characters' Aether Aspect to a Certain Element? - Knight Kat - 03-05-2015
Grey area or not, this seems more widely used and accepted as "doable" than I thought. This is good! : ) I like the idea of elemental aether affinity. It would make since for Kiht to have affinity for ice because her patron deity is actually Halone, but she traditionally reveres Menphina greatly.
Thank you all for the responses thus far!
RE: Characters' Aether Aspect to a Certain Element? - Star Lin - 03-05-2015
Oh, this is an interesting idea. I could see how this could play more into Kestlona own journey along the 'Oschon's path'. Hm, Alex could probably explain it more to her but I'm not going to create Alex in game. I already got a storyline for Kest, involving him and her 'path' to becoming a Monk. Hm, wind to power her hits.... got to think on this one.
John on the other hand might start working out some of the problems I'm having with him. He more in the blue/green of a healer but maybe also dipping his toes into actual weapon training...like his sister before him but different from the reason that she took to the sword and shield. I'm also playing him as a 'Postcognitive' (if anyone actually watch Tokyo Babylon 2nd OVA, then that should give you some idea on John ability). I was planning to have it be found out later when he finds out his birth name that it was the opposite of his mother's 'precognitive' ability. It didn't help after reading Ha'uruh Nunh's wiki that I'm now toying with the ability being tied to his father's blood. *make note to contact Howl and see if a Tia from the tribe could be used as a father*
Anyway, I'm wondering if that ability would show up in John's aura. Also what color would that be if it did appear. Hm, so many question.
RE: Characters' Aether Aspect to a Certain Element? - Mercurias - 03-09-2015
I would personally state that there are people who have greater AFFINITY with certain elements over others rather than a specifically aspected form of their own aether.Â
In other words, having a natural talent for using, say, fire magic that means you learn it quickly and maybe even have 'especially powerful fireballs' or something. If it were me, I'd also choose at least one element that the person has a POOR time using, say a Thaumaturge who is especially skilled with fire magic, but poor when it comes to ice magic.Â
Or in an entertaining variation, one could be able to use one element with a lot of power but no control, and the other with very fine control but extremely weak.
I've got a Highlander Thaumaturge punkass/bad guy awaiting use someplace who has a lot of power and personal aether, so his spells are extremely strong, but he's got almost no fine control. He cause a whole lot of collateral damage. He's a walking disaster area when he gets angry. Basically I wanted to make an uncomplicated villain who still makes characters have an immediate "Oh crap!" reaction when he blows down a door and stomps into the room.