dev1024 - healing magic

[TimeMage]

Not exactly. Phalanx is a reduction of a certain amount of damage, which is why it works wonders for enemies that hit very fast, but with weak attacks. -PDT is a certain percentage of the damage taken, so it will scale with the damage received.

Either way, I don't think it would help us at being better healers, unless the buff is brokenly potent. I'd prefer something predictive, like Reversal, or reactive, like Cure V.

[Drusenija]

Not exactly. Phalanx is a reduction of a certain amount of damage, which is why it works wonders for enemies that hit very fast, but with weak attacks. -PDT is a certain percentage of the damage taken, so it will scale with the damage received.

It's still conceptually the same spell; one is -fixed amount per hit, one is -% amount per hit. -%PDT is obviously much more useful, my point was just it's not a unique concept, just an evolution of an existing one ^^

Another possible idea is to link it to our stratagems? That may not necessarily work due to the fact even at 90 they only recharge once every 48 seconds, but if you wanted to give Scholars access to Tier V+ healing magic (or even elemental magic for that matter), add a stratagem that only can be used whilst under the affect of Addendum White/Black that lasts for a single spell (like any other stratagem) that grants access to Tier V+ magic.

You essentially are then saying that every cast of Cure V is going to cost you a stratagem. It also effectively limits your usage of the spell (so you're not replacing a White Mage), but still gives you access to powerful curative magic in a pinch. It also means you'd be consciously playing a healing role and locking yourself into it to some degree since switching arts will cost you your Addendum stratagem as a minimum and more if you wanted Addendum Black, which some people may not want. (It would make Enlightenment a much more appealing merit ability at the very least!)

As an example (using "Arcana" as the name for this new stratagem):
Light Arts (5 stratagems left)
Addendum: White (4 stratagems left)
Arcana (3 stratagems left)
Cure V (3 stratagems left)
Arcana (2 stratagems left)
Cure V (2 stratagems left)
Arcana (1 stratagems left)
Cure V (1 stratagems left)
Arcana (0 stratagems left)
Cure V (0 stratagems left)
-- at this point you have to wait for your next stratagem to charge --
Cure IV
Cure IV
Arcana
Cure V
Cure IV
Cure IV
-- etc, etc, etc --

Basically, you can 'spike' Cure in a pinch by spamming stratagems, but it's not giving your Cure IV and Cure V permanently to bounce between.

I like Reversal better personally ^^ But just another thought to discuss.