I'm one of those people who doesn't like to bring mechanical things like soul crystals into actual RP. Â They're literally weird skill switchers and they only show up for Warrior of Light stuff. Â Don't see them anywhere else.
With that said, how does this relate to White Mages?
Assuming (Correctly) that we shouldn't dip our hands into Lore Lore Lore, and then just...kind of squish it into a shape it isn't, there's another option.
There's a very common thread of "White" and "Black" magic being two schools of use. Â White for it's warding, healing, etc etc. Â Things like salt circles and herbalism are examples of RL things considered "White" magic, while setting people on fire and cursing them are "Black".
Maybe the average adventurer knows better, but the average peasant doesn't. Â Magic is weird. Â Magic is scarey. Â Magic made their chocobo explode and set the barn on fire. Â Magic healed the burns. Â Burny magic is black and scarey. Â White magic makes the scars afterwards less severe.
My char takes that kind of view. Â Someone says they're a "White Mage" ? Â He's going to assume you're more "fixer" than "fucker". Succor isn't something he knows about or frankly cares about.
If you say you're a black mage? He expects explosions and aether fueled wrath. He doesn't know there used to be a whole of of terrible revolving around something specifically CALLED Black Mages. He just knows black magic's connotation is "And now you're screwed."
It's a good medium place without needing to pull soulstones and ~forgotten lore only I possess~ into a story where it doesn't fit, but lets you keep the titles.
You don't NEED succor to be a white mage, you don't need the secrets of the black to be a black mage. Â It can, and often is, as much attitude, to the common people.
With that said, how does this relate to White Mages?
Assuming (Correctly) that we shouldn't dip our hands into Lore Lore Lore, and then just...kind of squish it into a shape it isn't, there's another option.
There's a very common thread of "White" and "Black" magic being two schools of use. Â White for it's warding, healing, etc etc. Â Things like salt circles and herbalism are examples of RL things considered "White" magic, while setting people on fire and cursing them are "Black".
Maybe the average adventurer knows better, but the average peasant doesn't. Â Magic is weird. Â Magic is scarey. Â Magic made their chocobo explode and set the barn on fire. Â Magic healed the burns. Â Burny magic is black and scarey. Â White magic makes the scars afterwards less severe.
My char takes that kind of view. Â Someone says they're a "White Mage" ? Â He's going to assume you're more "fixer" than "fucker". Succor isn't something he knows about or frankly cares about.
If you say you're a black mage? He expects explosions and aether fueled wrath. He doesn't know there used to be a whole of of terrible revolving around something specifically CALLED Black Mages. He just knows black magic's connotation is "And now you're screwed."
It's a good medium place without needing to pull soulstones and ~forgotten lore only I possess~ into a story where it doesn't fit, but lets you keep the titles.
You don't NEED succor to be a white mage, you don't need the secrets of the black to be a black mage. Â It can, and often is, as much attitude, to the common people.
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