(11-08-2017, 05:31 AM)Valence Wrote: White mages also draw their aether from the planet, and wether their method is more gentle or if the soulstone is also mandatory just to even cast white magic spells, is left to speculation. I suspect the later considering the WhM 30-50 quests, where the soulstone has to be specifically bestowed by elementals to the WoL so that they can access the arcanes of that magic, like padjal do.
This is never explicitly stated. In fact, in the confines of the original questline, which is the only point at which the soulstone is even addressed, the soulstone does exactly two things: 1) It tells the Padjal that you've been chosen by A-Towa-Cant and thus they have to train you and 2) it very occasionally allows you to learn certain techniques without them being explicitly taught to you. In the 51-60 questline, it occasionally teaches you new techniques, but is never explicitly addressed within the quests themselves. In the 61-70 questline, it teaches you one technique at the end of the questline, and never once comes up.
(11-08-2017, 07:05 AM)Stormblade Wrote: You mention that BLM and WHM can't really use their spells without suiciding if they don't have the job crystal,
While it is true that Black Mages literally explode if they try to channel magic without a soulstone, there is absolutely no indication whatsoever that lack of a soulstone would cause any White Mage an issue in casting their spells, much less kill them. The only issue it would seem to pose is that the Padjal of the Twelveswood probably wouldn't be okay with you knowing the ancient art, and you'd have to learn more of the spell techniques the old fashioned way (instead of automagically picking them up).
(11-08-2017, 07:58 AM)Valence Wrote: but WhM can't simply access the magic (Succor/White Magic) as taught by the elementals to the padjals. Wether this was the case or not for anciant Amdapori magic is left to speculation I think. I suspect that old Amdapori White Magic might differ slightly from the one controled and granted by the elementals to the padjals of the Twelveswood.
I'm pretty sure this is pure speculation and head canon on your part, Valence. There is nothing that I can recall in the quests to back up your speculation. I can't think of a single place where this is mentioned. Do you have a specific quote where it is stated that White Mages cannot use White Magic (Padjali or otherwise) without a Soul Stone?