(08-09-2013, 08:53 AM)FreelanceWizard Wrote: 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.
I think you're misinterpreting the quest dialogue slightly.Â
The girl in question, Sylphie, is indeed healing without proper training, however, it isn't the lack of training that's detrimental to her health, but the method of casting.
Conjury relies on the elements found in nature and the aether therein. When using conjury to cure, the aether surrounding the caster is used to heal the person in question. This is why conjurers study earth, wind, and water - the elements most ready and abundant in nature.
Sylphie on the other hand, is using her own aether. This isn't conjury by definition of the magic. It's thaumaturgy.
While it isn't blatantly said, it's heavily implied and we can infer that the spell she's using is akin to sacrifice, which was a thaumaturge spell which used the casters own innate-aether to heal their target.Â
Keep in mind that aether is the lifeblood of all living things. So when a caster uses a spell that drains their aether and continues to do it without restraint, they can kill themselves, which was the case for Sylphie's mother.Â
When Sylphie claims she can cast raise and brother E-Sumi-Yan admonishes her, it because she's not casting raise, she's likely casting a thaumaturge spell akin to resurrect, which in practice of thaumaturgy, is in line with necromancy. This is likely what he means when he saysÂ
Quote:"You know not what you do─what you risk! You are meddling with forces beyond your comprehension! Should you even attempt to use that spell, I will have no recourse but to strip you of the name of “conjurer†and banish you from our halls! Do I make myself clear?"
Anyways, just wanted to drop that by. A person can likely learn conjury on their own without major ramifications such as the ones Sylphie experiences so long as the method of casting falls in line with being derived from nature, and not within oneself. Freelance pretty much hit everything else on the head tho
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