Now I may be a rocket scientist but that seems slightly unaccurate...can someone explained to me how this truth hath cometh to light?
Black+White=Red?????2??????
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05-07-2017, 08:29 AMVanitasBlack+White=Red?????2??????
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05-07-2017, 08:38 AMAtlaworks
You see, when you put on your rose-tinted glasses, everything looks red.
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05-07-2017, 08:38 AMErikMynhier
Serious or trolling?
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05-07-2017, 08:39 AMErikMynhier
Just in case you are serious.
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05-07-2017, 08:39 AMAldora
Because "Grey Mage" sounded dull? Even Gandalf didn't want to stay grey.
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05-07-2017, 09:01 AMKitfoxQuick googling seems to point towards inspiration from Dungeons & Dragons and related fantasy literature (Dragonlance).Quote:
Originally Posted by Vanitas
http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/...d.php?t=729582
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dragonlance
http://dragonlancenexus.com/lexicon/...hp?title=Mages
http://dragonlancenexus.com/lexicon/..._the_Red_Robes
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05-07-2017, 10:12 AMbass9020
It just sucks they lumped in with the casters for gear and as usual only the name is unique and nothing more.
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05-07-2017, 10:12 AMTinyRedLeaf
Aye, I reckon that Dragonlance was the most probable inspiration for Final Fantasy's red mage, but I don't think this was ever officially confirmed.
I recognise that it's been literally a generation since table-top RPG and the Dragonlance chronicles were popular, but this isn't something that a little bit of Googlefu can't solve.
In the Dragonlance universe, black-robed mages were the equivalent of Sith lords in the Star Wars universe. They were mages who preferred the quick and easy path to powerful magic, while white-robed mages preferred the slower, but ultimately more powerful route to the highest levels of magic. The red-robed mages were those in between, and favoured balance. The most powerful magic-user of the Dragonlance chronicles, Raistlin Majere, started as a "red mage", but eventually took the black, on his path to godhood. -
05-07-2017, 10:14 AMGreedaloxMust suck to be so jaded.Quote:
Originally Posted by bass9020
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05-07-2017, 10:38 AMAverax
...Magic...
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05-07-2017, 10:39 AMSkyrior
Hello, just your friendly forum poster here. Now I know you're really excited for Stormblood, just as I am. Buuuuuut, there's some teeny weeny error in your post.... Now don't get upset ok? I'm just trying to help here. Oooooooohhhh boy... Here we go... It's "inaccurate" instead of "unaccurate"... Capisce? ^_^
Totally no offense intended! Sorry!! Just sayin', you know? wuw ^_^ XDDDDDDD -
05-07-2017, 11:38 AMskyfox
Redmage = mana battery back in FFXI.
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05-07-2017, 12:43 PMMiles_MaelstromThe Black in Blackmage is actually extremely dark red.Quote:
Originally Posted by Vanitas
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05-07-2017, 02:47 PMKazrah
"What's black and white and red all over?"
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05-07-2017, 05:53 PMVanitasWhat's a capisce? Can you eat it?Quote:
Originally Posted by Skyrior
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05-07-2017, 06:09 PMUnsceneHow dare you call a rocket scientist into question.Quote:
Originally Posted by Skyrior
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05-07-2017, 06:39 PMXlantaa
Because Red Mage has been like this for 30 years of Final Fantasy.
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05-07-2017, 08:18 PMFelis
Because mixing black magic and white magic is dangerous. And red is the color of danger.
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05-07-2017, 08:25 PMTintso? then it was 30 years WRONG. but whatever, a Red Mage is not a fusion between a White Mage and a Black Mage. a Red Mage is also a Sword Fighter. so it's Black+White+Sword=RedQuote:
Originally Posted by Xlantaa
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05-08-2017, 12:13 AMMiles_Maelstrom
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05-08-2017, 03:13 AMstardrifter*inaccurateQuote:
Originally Posted by Vanitas
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05-08-2017, 04:09 AMBecketthttp://i.imgur.com/CPEnkJF.pngQuote:
Originally Posted by Vanitas