(06-14-2014, 05:06 PM)JFrombaugh Wrote: As we all know, practically every Limsa Lominsan in the game is shown to be a wine & ale swilling alcoholic. If I remember correctly, in LL's Main Scenario quests, whenever your character gets a vision from the Echo, everyone else thinks that you passed out because you drank too much.
IMO a Disciple of Magic character (especially an Arcanist) *probably* would not like this, as so much binge drinking tends to do badly for the brain and for mood in general, two things that I know are both keys to becoming a good mage.
So do you think this would be a reason for me to choose a Conjurer or Thaumaturge instead? Or would it be that hard to just suspend disbelief?
I play a Scholar, a Scholar captain who happens to be from Limsa and also is a recovering alcoholic.
Intelligent men can drink, can get drunk and can be alcoholics. Heck in history there's some great thinkers who were under the influence, not just alcohol, but stronger stuff too.
As Captain Saefinn has spent so much time at sea, he's found one of his favourite pass times is to read, he spent a lot of time sat reading a book and despite being the son of a sailor, he has managed to become quite well educated for this reason. The alcohol comes with the company he keeps and it helps with a lot of his guilt. Only when he takes it too far does it affect him poorly. Getting drunk != lack of intelligence.
But you don't need to dance around with the alcohol because it seems traditionally Limsan, because it's not like it's a mandatory thing for a Limsan to do, even if somebody Limsan might thing you weird or drunk when you pass out for some given reason. Heck, you don't need to use the main storyline on your character.
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