(03-17-2015, 10:45 AM)Sounsyy Wrote:(03-17-2015, 10:45 AM)Gegenji Wrote: So, unless there's something going on with that Sacred Geometry that's drastically reducing the user's aetheric usage, you'd think casting Resurrection would be just as dangerous on one's reserves as a Raise using one's own energy.
This made me remember something from the ALC questline. The arcane geometries allow the caster to visualize their spells, but the ink in which the symbols are drawn is what helps the Arcanist actually channel the energies into a spell. The ink is aether conductive (ie metals that conduct aether like silver, gold, electrum). So it's possible that ACN don't actually NEED to use much aether to cast spells because the ink on their books amplifies their energy. Better ink, less exertion casting.
Right, but ACN are not alone in their focii. THM use the gems in their staves as mentioned in the GSM quest chain, and even CNJ "attunement" is aided directly through their staves as mentioned in one of the CRP quests. Would this mean that if a CNJ could use their staff on their own aetheric energies like a THM/ACN's gems and sigils, that they could cast a Raise through their own power?
In which case...
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