(07-10-2014, 02:42 PM)Jancis Wrote: That makes a lot of sense. Honestly I see most of the people who use that as their reason is because they're trying to be special.Â
I haven't pictured people who were not trained properly to either know enough to have their poor usage pose as a health factor; if it did I kind of imagine that it would be brought to light by other conjurers before it got out of hand. Considering how early on it shows up on the conjurer quest line I took it as a basic training that any book for "home-schooled" or "self-taught" conjurers to have easy access to.
It wouldn't be a big secret beyond the weird hermit girl with her young mother that was herself a hermit and ended up killing herself leaving her daughter confused and sad about the world in her own twisted perspective. That's all. While the Conjurer Guild wouldn't have propaganda that "CONJURING KILLS!" they might have a calmer banner that "Conjuring: Is it for You. The Things You Need to Know."
Also I've never met an airship pilot. Le Sad... but Yo Ho and a bottle of Rum to the pirates!
As long as you're having fun you're winning the game.
I pictured the Conjurer's guild to look like a big-city public school. Wall to wall packed with people all learning at different rates and so on.
That's whether or not you want to consider that everyone practicing conjury even went through the guild proper. Lots of folks picked up a sword after witnessing heroes slay a dragon; There's no reason someone with some innate talent on the far side of the world doesn't just stick with what works. You're a poor kid in Ul'dah taking care of your starved family and find out you can smooth over the nicks and wounds of the refugees that are stealing food and raiding caravans. Do you care that you're doing it "properly" or that you feel better after eating more than a handful of beans and some seeds?