(04-22-2017, 09:22 AM)Yidya Wrote: So going off of that, would you think replicating an exact spell from black/white magic be harder for a arcanist to do as it would be using their own power instead of drawing from outside sources (In most cases)... OR would it in be possible to be more powerful if you had access to a greater pool of aether from a particularly powerful mage than drawing in from nearby sources would allow... If that makes sense (I think what I'm trying to say is in a similar sense to discussing CNJ/WM using their own aether for spells). Or would that also be in the realms of headcannon?
When specifically talking about Black and White Magic (and even Conjury and Summoning to some extent), the reason they draw from external sources is because the spells they are attempting to cast are too powerful for any one mage to wield safely.
So if you're really trying to conjure a meteor using geometries, theoretically it could be done, but someone still has to pay the cost of that spell in aether, which would most likely kill any living person. Arcanists can, to some extent drain aether from the environment or manipulate it into external reservoirs, but everything they cast still has to go through their body/mana. That's the ultimate limiting factor for an arcanist delivering high level forbidden magicks outside of how the magick is designed to be cast.
