Hi there, my first post to the forums, but the very reason I joined in the first place!
On to the topic at hand, and before I get into detail about it, there are storyline spoilers for BLMs that follow.
I really don't know terribly much about the lore except from what I've gleaned in game and a bit of reading here and there. Â However, in game, as a BLM, my story says that we're not looked on kindly. Â It's a bit of a stigma.
Well that makes sense, 'black magic' never really did have a good ring to it. Â Except that, well, there was that one in the End of an Era video, waging war. Â Was he looked on poorly but allowed in because of the need of the many outweighing what he was?
My question is really that how are BLMs (and from what I've heard, though not seen yet, pretty much all jobs are a rare recurrence with history) perceived in RP / the accepted RP story? Â Are they feared, despised? Â Or is it just a job? Â Obviously my character isn't the only PC one, so that part of the storyline doesn't matter. Â But should my character be protective of knowing he's more than a THM, or if he's found out as a BLM it's 'Eh, no biggie.'
At some point the story I've been playing and the RP community must differ just based on how many of each class the stories indicate there is versus the reality of how many there are. Â But how does that affect their perceptions, what their classes have done in the past and how they're treated because of it?
At this point my question specializes on black mages, but I'm curious about how it is for all classes.
Also if there was a better place to put this question, I apologize, as well as for the length of the question.
On to the topic at hand, and before I get into detail about it, there are storyline spoilers for BLMs that follow.
I really don't know terribly much about the lore except from what I've gleaned in game and a bit of reading here and there. Â However, in game, as a BLM, my story says that we're not looked on kindly. Â It's a bit of a stigma.
Well that makes sense, 'black magic' never really did have a good ring to it. Â Except that, well, there was that one in the End of an Era video, waging war. Â Was he looked on poorly but allowed in because of the need of the many outweighing what he was?
My question is really that how are BLMs (and from what I've heard, though not seen yet, pretty much all jobs are a rare recurrence with history) perceived in RP / the accepted RP story? Â Are they feared, despised? Â Or is it just a job? Â Obviously my character isn't the only PC one, so that part of the storyline doesn't matter. Â But should my character be protective of knowing he's more than a THM, or if he's found out as a BLM it's 'Eh, no biggie.'
At some point the story I've been playing and the RP community must differ just based on how many of each class the stories indicate there is versus the reality of how many there are. Â But how does that affect their perceptions, what their classes have done in the past and how they're treated because of it?
At this point my question specializes on black mages, but I'm curious about how it is for all classes.
Also if there was a better place to put this question, I apologize, as well as for the length of the question.
