(07-31-2017, 11:04 PM)Valic Wrote: Also, has here ever been a device or item in the game that would inhibit or render someone's aether/spells useless? Not like a silence spell in particular but something that could induce the effect of silence or perhaps just limit use of aether? Like a physical item or potion or etc?
Sure! There's items, ingredients, and alchemical potions that could do that.
Blowfish Wrote:A saltwater fish that, when provoked, blows up to three times its normal size to intimidate the would-be attacker. It is also known to have an organ which contains a potent silencing poison.
Tarantula Wrote:A deadly forest spider from whose venom can be extracted a potent silencing poison.
Silencing Potion Wrote:A concoction which induces temporary loss of voice.
Though just as there are materials and soft metals which can amplify aetherial conductivity, there are also materials which can dampen its affects. Many of these are developed by Garlemald, but similar techniques exist elsewhere - such as those once employed by the Duskwights of Gelmorra.
Encyclopedia Eorzea Wrote:Garlean uniforms are made from revolutionary materials, such as carbon fiber and cermet alloys. The armor of Garlean officers is particularly ingenious, as it is coated with a substance that decreases aetherial conductivity, and therefor protects the wearer from magic attacks. The selfsame contrivance prevents the use of offensive spells, yet this hampers the pureblood Garleans little.
Gilded Magitek Armor Mount Wrote:It only took a few heated skirmishes with the allied city-states for Garlemald to realize that the magicks wielded by the realm's mages were too much for even the thickest of magitek armor plating. Alloyed gilding has since been discovered to dampen the effects of elemental charges and is now standard issue.
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As for the potion animation... I wouldn't put so much stock in it. Splashing a potion on yourself would be a highly ineffective way of administering poison or medicine. Not to mention a waste of whatever excess drips off or just hits the floor.
Though strictly speaking from a medical standpoint, the body can absorb medicine through the skin, given relatively prolonged exposure/contact. Administering a poison in this manner would be feasible if it was fast acting, though again, it's still not the most effective way of poisoning someone, versus needles, ingestion, spells, etc where the dose and concentration needed to affect the body can be ensured.
In short, you're gonna want to be ingesting these potions. Save absorption through skin for patches, poultices, or bandages.
