The "normal" healer in XIV is the Conjurer, who calls upon the Aether of the world through the elements to heal and support allies. White Magic is its own kind of thing -- historically, it's been a forbidden style of magic, though the Padjal are now apparently bringing it back (main site).
The thing about RPing Jobs is that we don't quite know yet how they're going to work lore-wise in ARR. In 1.x, you had to do a lot of genericizing to RP them, as their lore basically had your character as the only person with the Job; obviously, that was problematic.
We don't yet know how they're going to work in 2.x, though it will remain true that you'll have to complete a quest to learn the Job.
Any any rate, you don't need to play a White Mage to be a healer. Conveniently, Conjurer is the main base class for White Mage, so you can start RPing as a Conjurer, then RP that you've learned White Magic, depending on how feasible the quest lines make that.
As for having an innate talent for healing, yes, there's in fact two NPC examples of this in the Conjurer quest line -- people can heal without formal training, albeit at a terrible cost to themselves. The Conjurer quest line revolves around convincing such a person to receive formal training and learn to hear and commune with the elements as a true Conjurer.
The thing about RPing Jobs is that we don't quite know yet how they're going to work lore-wise in ARR. In 1.x, you had to do a lot of genericizing to RP them, as their lore basically had your character as the only person with the Job; obviously, that was problematic.
We don't yet know how they're going to work in 2.x, though it will remain true that you'll have to complete a quest to learn the Job.Any any rate, you don't need to play a White Mage to be a healer. Conveniently, Conjurer is the main base class for White Mage, so you can start RPing as a Conjurer, then RP that you've learned White Magic, depending on how feasible the quest lines make that.
As for having an innate talent for healing, yes, there's in fact two NPC examples of this in the Conjurer quest line -- people can heal without formal training, albeit at a terrible cost to themselves. The Conjurer quest line revolves around convincing such a person to receive formal training and learn to hear and commune with the elements as a true Conjurer.
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