(06-08-2015, 08:30 PM)LiadansWhisper Wrote: Two of those three really wouldn't work. Â It isn't the Soulstone that makes a White Mage a White Mage. Â In the questline, the Soulstone is just like the "club membership" that gets you taught by the Padjal. Â And even with a Tome, if you don't have the Elementals' permission, you can't use Succor. Â Full stop. Â They're actively preventing mortals from accessing it, so you actually need their permission.About soulstones: you absolutely CAN randomly find a shiny rock, "attune" or sync up nicely with the spirit of the person who created it, and get pretty much all the power and learning you need. I think it's extremely silly and I'm not fond of soulstones IC just like some people aren't fond of Fantasia IC but that is the canon Square has elected to create for this setting.
Also, I think the claim that the Elemental's permission is necessary for learning Succor is extremely dubious. If Succor can be taken and given at the whim of the Elementals alone, why did they have to wipe out every last White Mage and do everything possible to hide every trace of the Amdapori? Why didn't they just take the White Magic back and refuse to give it out again? What's more, we already know that there are different "nefarious" ways of gaining access to Succor without needing Elemental permission.
The Elementals may have created Succor, but there is nothing in lore that suggests they have any control over it (save of course for the control they impose with their threats of extermination for any and all who disobey their edicts). In fact, the entire backstory of Succor is that the Elementals lost control of the magic and had to reign the mortals in.
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