Scholar Ability Additions and Revisions

[LegoTechnic]

I think this is my biggest issue with SCH right now is that we keep running into this conundrum. I think this entire post is great but I will say that I'm opposed to some ideas, mostly just based on the fact that I would rather see the fairy gone and have more focus on SCH's ability to use shields and assist the party.

That said I'm sure more people would be mad if they out right removed the fairy but I personally never felt the fairy added to the SCH appeal (to me at least).

The fairy's primary role has always been to give the SCH some of the abilities generally tied to other classes. The SCH itself only has direct heals, specifically ability heals with a single variant of cure and additional weak heals that generate a galvanizing shield. Their magic comes from an unknown, not fully understood source which is alluded to frequently in their class quests and is thus a separate healing energy than that of Conjurors and White Mages. They have no regens at all, and previously had no method of "spiritual refresh" (though I guess they do NOW...), and they have no connection to the spirits as WHMs know them at all, instead entering into a "partnership" with a fairy of unknown origin (which they continually avoid having to delve into in class quests due to distractions).

And this is where the fairy comes in, because the fairy is responsible for the SCH's spirit magic. Much like how Arcanists don't have anything to do with Black Magic, SCHs aren't White Mages, so it's Eos, the fairy of dawn who is responsible for CNJ effects such as regen, divine seal, and shell. And as a duality, Selene of dusk takes on DPS role features similar to a Bard with a haste buff and a silence, though in HW she also gained an AoE dispell to replace the loss of her alternating skill/spell speed buffs. This is part of the class design, as the SCH is specifically Shields-Only, relying on technique and unusual application (see: Virus) to fill their role, and their heals themselves are at best only moderately powerful without tactical manipulation, so they use the fairy to cover abilities that they themselves do not have.

Or at least it was supposed to be that way until someone decided all healers should start to play the same. Hopefully they've done their worst and the trend will not continue further down the Knucker Hole. >_>;