If you could what would you pick?

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If given the chance to have any amazing, magical invention of our choosing integrated into real life, some of the best options are just "I wish I could be the real me," "I wish I could have healthcare," and "I wish I could get to my job in a decent amount of time." How messed up is our society, that these things are an impossible fairy tale fantasy? Not only that, but even if fantasias, curative magic, and aetherytes were actually real, they would be owned and controlled by huge corporations and only the ultra-wealthy could afford to use them.

Fantasias can also mean free surgeries (not really surgeries since I imagine that fantasias are probably instructions for the body to change so nothing is really being cut into). Maybe I want a flat chest---
Capitalism indeed. Most problems can be routed back to capitalism.

Not only that, but even if fantasias, curative magic, and aetherytes were actually real, they would be owned and controlled by huge corporations and only the ultra-wealthy could afford to use them.

scary but true. I do not want to imagine what the super wealthy would do if someone started provisioning out aetheryte tickets even if they didn't want that

Curative magic in FFXIV doesn't prevent fatal wounds. IIRC, It's more like very good first aid by helping the body jumpstart its own healing process and expediting it. Magic will not work on targets whose lifeforce is depleted and cannot be replenished, or is suffering from a disease that will not heal naturally (terminal). For that reason, raise doesn't actually bring someone back to life, it brings someone back from unconsciousness. Weakness and Brink of Death are both states where their life force reached the absolute minimum required to stay alive. Recoverable, but just barely, and leaves the body in a state of weakness.

That being said, Benediction is still a pretty good skill to bring over, pretty much a fix-all wound recovery skill, even if it can't remove ailments. I'd consider Esuna or Exuviation as well, but there's only so many limited status ailments you can remove (some poison debuffs aren't removeable either, so Esuna and Exuviation can't do much against fatal ailments), so I expect it has a similar effect to current medicine other than the convenience of not needing multiple types of specific antidotes and antibiotics on the spur of the moment.


Hm. But if we had the Lost Restorative Magicks of Ronka on the other hand, that might be a different story. It might not be able to bring back the dead, but it seems to be exempt from the 'unable to heal targets whose lifeforce is depleted' rule and can remove diseases that will not heal naturally. Sounds like a boon to me.

That's quite interesting lore- how are characters that were cleaved in half, burned alive, bled out, fallen into the abyss, etc brought back by raising exactly? This is more of a silly question from me because I know not all mechanics are really lore friendly (looking you, astrologian astrosigns!).

The inventory, imagine being able to carry so many thing without being affected by the weight or having anyone able to notice you're a walking warehouse.

I don't know how that is supposed to work in game but damn i would love that irl

Just imagining the mental image of the WoL being asked to hand out a wall and then gestures "one moment" before pulling out an entire brick wall from their pocket and handing it to the other person

How would you log out to use the Fantasia?

I think logging out is just how you can access the character creator. Irl you would probably go somewhere private to drink your fantasia (or do it in front of your friends to freak them out). Does make me wonder if fantasias require maximum focus. You drink it, get distracted, and oops you suddenly have neon yellow hair!