Garlean Playable Race (?)

[kaynide]

A majority of that thread just seems to be people reiterating the same misinformation of Garleans being unable to use aether period Really wish people would do their research more before spreading false info.

That is kind of the point. According to stated lore for the game, Garleans as a whole are not able to use magic outside very very few individuals. This no longer becomes true when you see Garlean white mages or black mages on every street corner as PCs.

Moreover to quote myself from the previous exchange:

In addition, (sorry I already said this) Garlean characters in the hero team (like Cid) are meant to be rare/unique. There is (Rightly) a bit of a hullabaloo whenever a Garlean is befriended by the heroes. It wouldn’t work if suddenly even 10% of the player population were suddenly Garlean.