Suggestion: Artist class and Blue Mage job

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I made a post back in 2012 and I would love to hear what everyone thinks about these ideas.

Here's my past post (url: http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...rtist%29-class)

Suggestion: Dilettante (Artist) class

The 'Dilettante' class can be related mostly to Relm in Final Fantasy VI, where you sketch your enemies and use an ability of theirs. So obviously their weapons will be something involving pens, brushes, etc.

Just in case you're not sure what I'm talking about, here's Relm.

http://finalfantasy.wikia.com/wiki/Relm_Arrowny

Dilettante refers to:

A person who claims an area of interest, such as the arts, without real commitment or knowledge.
A person with an amateur interest in the arts.

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Class abilities: Part 1

1 - Sketch - (Deals single target damage)
2 - Bad Breath (Inflicts poison on an enemy target - Can stack up to 3 times)
4 - Synergy (Heals an ally)
6 - Cat Scratch (Blinds the enemy 100% for one auto-attack. Secondary effect: 50% on the second, 25% on the third)
8 - Azeyma's Fury (Enemy target receives more damage)
10 - Scan (Increases damage on target for 15 seconds)
12 - Silence (Silence's enemy target for 1.5 seconds)
15 - Aspect of Empathy (Increases healing/protective potencies and allows for supportive combos to be activated. Note: aspects cannot be changed during combat)
15 - Aspect of Anger (Increases damage potency and allows for damaging combos to be activated)
18 - Synergy II (Heals an ally - secondary effect: reduces the damage of the next hit/ability from an enemy)

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Class abilities: Part 2

22 - Bad Breath II (Inflicts a small amount of damage on an enemy, and spreads a DoT to nearby monsters).
26 - Revifiy (Resurrects an ally in a weakened state).
30 - Matra Magic (Lasts until recast/death - Gains mana based on successful combos).
34 - Sketch II (Deals single target damage. Secondary effect: Slow for 10s)
38 - Synergy III (Gives an ally a shield - Secondary effect: blocks the physical hit).
42 - Artist's Link (Channel to an ally to share damage taken for 8 seconds. Channel to an enemy to deal damage. End of spell interrupts any abilities being cast)
46 - Nophica's Blessing (Target's next ability causes them to gain mana or TP).
50 - Bad Breath III (Single target damage to an enemy. Secondary effect: consumes the stacks of poison to deal extra damage)

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Job Skills: Part 1

30 - Creative Boon (depending on stance, a monster is sketched which activates an ability that either heals an ally or damages an enemy).
35 - Frogsong (Morphs enemy into a frog for 10 seconds or until damage has been taken)
40 - Magic Hammer (Reduces emnity, recovers your MP)
45 - White Wind (AOE heal)) / Goblin Punch (Deals damage. Stuns a monster for 1.5 seconds)
50 - Wind Breath (Heals and shields an ally from damage) / Aqua Rake (Damages enemies in front of you)

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Job Skills: Part 2

52 - Bad Breath IV (Deals single target damage. Can only be used after Bad Breath II. Secondary effect: Reduces target enemy's physical defence)
54 - Rhalgr's Curse (Reduces a target enemy's magic defence)
56 - Sketch III (Damages an enemy, or gives an ally regen. Activated by damaging ability - can be cast on an enemy. Activated by supportive ability - can be cast on an ally)
58 - Angel Snack (removes status ailments) / Chocobo Kick (Single target spell, interrupts casting)
60 - Mighty Guard (Grants a phyiscal and magical shield that blocks damage up to 15% of their maximum health) / Twister (Single Target high damage spell)

The descriptions aren't the best (I'm aware), but hopefully they give some kind of an idea as to the purpose behind them. Apologies for the multiple posts, but the word limitations made it difficult to fit the words in.

Something I'm also aware off is that we have a few classes/jobs that provide a similar role. I would be really interested in seeing how this could be changed into a class/job that supports both the tank and healing role, instead of dps and healing.

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This isn't a bad idea in theory. Not sure if it should become a blue mage or a beast tamer, since , relm leaned more towards being a tamer over a blue mage. I wanna rework my old jobnideas and create new ones, this might be of interest to me. Thanks, lol.