I think role playing an Ascian v. role playing a foreigner (Ishgardian, Doman, Garlean, Sharlyan...an) isn't comparable at all from a storyline standpoint.Â
We see multiple heroes from Sharlayan, Ishgardians and an ex-Garlean in the main storyline, and plenty of Ishgardians and Domans within the context of job quest lines. They seem firmly planted in the realm of plausibility as player characters because you are time after time put on equal footing with them as an ally.Â
The Ascians, however, appear as basically a plot device. They're not grounded in the world as relatable, portrayable characters. To me, they're so rare and so powerful they basically would basically become props in RP.Â
The only application of playing an Ascian that I can see would be as a cameo plot device character to initiate or impact a storyline. However, even this is lore-breaking from my perspective: there are so few Ascians in the world that writing in your own would be, in and of itself, disturbing the nature and power balance of the world SE has created.
TLDR; Ascian RP would basically be insta-God Mode.
We see multiple heroes from Sharlayan, Ishgardians and an ex-Garlean in the main storyline, and plenty of Ishgardians and Domans within the context of job quest lines. They seem firmly planted in the realm of plausibility as player characters because you are time after time put on equal footing with them as an ally.Â
The Ascians, however, appear as basically a plot device. They're not grounded in the world as relatable, portrayable characters. To me, they're so rare and so powerful they basically would basically become props in RP.Â
The only application of playing an Ascian that I can see would be as a cameo plot device character to initiate or impact a storyline. However, even this is lore-breaking from my perspective: there are so few Ascians in the world that writing in your own would be, in and of itself, disturbing the nature and power balance of the world SE has created.
TLDR; Ascian RP would basically be insta-God Mode.
