I'm curious how much the animation of the spellcasting plays in to this theory. Obviously, those who RP themselves as able to draw aetheric geometry in the air don't apply here.
For the animations of the class I've seen (haven't leveled the class up much), they consult their grimoire, either tracing patterns or otherwise noting an existing shape, and then they use their grimoire as a focus, either opening the book to direct the drawn effect, or throwing the shape from the page into the aether.
In either case, I wasn't sure how this accounts for those animations, if they're accounted for at all. I'd imagine, though, after drawing aetherial geometry, you'd want to be specific about where the shape should manifest....unless something in that geometry's writing takes that in to account. For example, a final pen stroke away from the drawn geometry would indicate the distance from the caster in yards to the ground, or aim the effect in the direction written.
Anyway, this was some fascinating headcanon...and sorry if this question was already asked and answered elsewhere in the thread. :3
For the animations of the class I've seen (haven't leveled the class up much), they consult their grimoire, either tracing patterns or otherwise noting an existing shape, and then they use their grimoire as a focus, either opening the book to direct the drawn effect, or throwing the shape from the page into the aether.
In either case, I wasn't sure how this accounts for those animations, if they're accounted for at all. I'd imagine, though, after drawing aetherial geometry, you'd want to be specific about where the shape should manifest....unless something in that geometry's writing takes that in to account. For example, a final pen stroke away from the drawn geometry would indicate the distance from the caster in yards to the ground, or aim the effect in the direction written.
Anyway, this was some fascinating headcanon...and sorry if this question was already asked and answered elsewhere in the thread. :3
