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SMN roleplay - throwing storylines out the window

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synaesthetic synaesthetic Find all posts by this user modularity of mind Posts:364 Joined:Jul 2013 Character:Aeriyn Ashley Server:Balmung Reputation: 22 RE: SMN roleplay - throwing storylines out the window | #7 07-30-2014, 06:26 AM (This post was last modified: 07-30-2014, 06:30 AM by synaesthetic.) There are ways you can make Summoner work. The lore states that summoning magic was a legacy of the Allagan Empire. Finding some records of summoning magic in functional tomestones probably wouldn't be too unlikely, considering how Eorzea is essentially covered in the contents of every Allagan dumpster and wastebin ever.  XIV's lore regarding magic is pretty clear--the modern, "accepted" schools of magic are conjury, thaumaturgy and arcanima. The lost/"forbidden" schools of black and white magic are also a thing, but arcanist magic extends to the "style" of arcanima used by different lost civilizations. Arcanist - uses Limsa Lominsa ("modern") style arcanima Scholar - uses Nymian style arcanima Summoner - uses Allagan style arcanima It's very probable that even though the Allagans killed a lot of primals for various reasons, one would assume that it wasn't something your average Allagan could do since they went to all the trouble to build the Ultima Weapon in order to, y'know, deal with the primal threat. Show Content SMN storyline spoilersThe SMN questline requires that you face down a fragment of primal power. It stands to reason that Tristan is responsible for the existence of the egis you have to fight, and it's clear where he learned how to use Allagan arcanima and summon primal fragments--from the Ascians. You, as an arcanist picking up random pieces of Allagan arcanima here and there, learn how to summon the fragments by fighting them. That doesn't mean every summoner learned that way. After all, we already know Tristan learned how to do it from the Ascians. And the Ascians can, with a little help from the beastmen, summon the whole primal, but cranked up to eleven, as the Extreme Primal quests show. So. There's that, too. If somewhere in the SMN questline actually mentions that you have to down each "actual" Primal before you can summon that primal fragment/egi, well that creates a pretty damn huge plothole if SMN is the first job you level up, and you unlock Titan or Garuda before actually fighting story mode Titan or Garuda for the first time... so yeah, I'm just going to either say that's wrong, or if it's not then it's a plot hole, and ignore it. attractive enmity device

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SMN roleplay - throwing storylines out the window - by JFrombaugh - 07-28-2014, 04:24 AM RE: SMN roleplay - throwing storylines out the window - by Aduu Avagnar - 07-28-2014, 01:40 PM RE: SMN roleplay - throwing storylines out the window - by Warren Castille - 07-28-2014, 01:45 PM RE: SMN roleplay - throwing storylines out the window - by LiadansWhisper - 07-28-2014, 04:22 PM RE: SMN roleplay - throwing storylines out the window - by Goodfellow - 07-28-2014, 04:53 PM RE: SMN roleplay - throwing storylines out the window - by Mercurias - 07-29-2014, 05:12 AM RE: SMN roleplay - throwing storylines out the window - by synaesthetic - 07-30-2014, 06:26 AM RE: SMN roleplay - throwing storylines out the window - by LiadansWhisper - 07-30-2014, 04:24 PM RE: SMN roleplay - throwing storylines out the window - by synaesthetic - 07-30-2014, 05:07 PM RE: SMN roleplay - throwing storylines out the window - by LiadansWhisper - 07-30-2014, 09:01 PM RE: SMN roleplay - throwing storylines out the window - by Ralamano - 07-30-2014, 09:56 PM RE: SMN roleplay - throwing storylines out the window - by ArmachiA - 07-30-2014, 10:21 PM RE: SMN roleplay - throwing storylines out the window - by JFrombaugh - 08-01-2014, 05:04 PM RE: SMN roleplay - throwing storylines out the window - by LiadansWhisper - 08-01-2014, 05:06 PM RE: SMN roleplay - throwing storylines out the window - by JFrombaugh - 08-02-2014, 02:31 AM RE: SMN roleplay - throwing storylines out the window - by LiadansWhisper - 08-02-2014, 03:42 AM RE: SMN roleplay - throwing storylines out the window - by Aduu Avagnar - 08-03-2014, 02:06 PM

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