Materia System

[Amineri]

Thank you for the excellent clarification!

It still leaves me wondering whether "weapons" is also literal, or whether it includes tools. In other words, is this system only for the combat classes, or do crafters and gatherers create materia as well?

edit: I understand that crafters attach materia, and that gatherers harvest the catalyst that allows the materia to be attached. My reference to "this system" was referring to the system of creating materia, not the entire materia system.