FFXIV Lore- What it Means to be a Red Mage

[@strictlyplatonic7287]

To be a Red Mage is to steal the Limit Break whenever possible.

[@sophieirisviel4100]

lol there are times i’ll load into MSQ roulette (even if i’ve already done it) just so i can verflashbang in porta decumana

[@jerrysaen]

There'll be nothing left of you but a smoking crater!

[@NemMoon]

I was just doing a pandemonium raid and did this very thing 😂

[@fang4223]

And stealing raises, apparently, with those unlimited swiftcasts. : P

[@minminlink]

Alisaise in duty support

[@johndavidtibbetts7320]

5:57 and fourthly, they all agreed that this school of magic would be stylish as fuck

[@sixthcairn]

Slaying both figuratively AND literally!

[@ironicpolis7798]

honestly i think its very fitting i'm going red mage during endwalker, since red mages lore wise vowed to use their power for the sake of the world, and guess what. the final days are here. anyone else feel the same?

[@TheRedAzuki]

Also RDM does everything in style.

[@1gunnerShock]

A good pick, but I personally take DRK since much like RDM, they vow to protect any and all the innocent from evil.

[@SigmaStudios7]

I too have found myself taking up the Red Mantle once again in defense of our Star. May we meet as allies one day on the field of battle, my sibling in arms.

[@occamsaturn]

@@SigmaStudios7 you'd think you'd be an Astrologian

[@KingLIFEDRAIN]

Free roam paladin. My sword and shield will always be used to defend the realm and her people.

[@Richterdgf]

Here’s what it means to be a Red Mage: You’re the absolute best person to have around in a crisis, and will save the day more times than can be counted, but still won’t get any Player Commendations. (For the record, I’m closing in on 4,000 comms, it’s just nice to be acknowledged for a job well done is all.)

[@brettwallace7687]

That is weird. I play bard and I almost always get commendations despite dying... a lot.

[@JohnDCrafton]

I get comms regularly no matter what job I'm playing. You must be doing something wrong.

[@skeetzneph870]

truest words ever

[@RavanaMuse]

@@brettwallace7687 Those are pity comms my friend XD

[@Spectre0117]

I feel like as a tank who plays almost perfectly everytime. I almost never get comms.

[@jeanerick8583]

This was a Ver-good, and informative.

[@SynodicScribe]

You're V-ery welcome!

[@barrygeistwhite3474]

Red Magic is the school of heroes, make no mistake. Gallant and tireless, their brilliant garb serves as a beacon to any and all who catch sight of it - and you can't help but do so with the way they fly about the battlefield. A Red Mage is ever ready to give answer to oppressors and dark powers not only because of their creed or philosophy, but because the discipline only ever appealed to those of such a mindset in the first place. To don that vermilion cloak is to make yourself seen by friend and foe alike - as protector and challenger, as magician and warrior, as a champion bold and true.

[@TheInterplanetary]

That touches me, inspires me to keep going.

[@TRONgirl_EXE]

As someone who intended to dual-main SMN/SCH as part of the RP of “being a Persona-user in another JRPG franchise,” red mage came as a surprise to me in how the amount of actions per minute satisfied my ADHD brain. Plus, the soul crystal happens to look like a garnet shaped like a blood droplet, and garnets are my birthstone

[@SynodicScribe]

Just wanted to say I've notice a lot of growth in the channel lately and I see every new subscriber. Thank you all so much for supporting me and my channel. Now go impress your friends with these hot FFXIV facts! MORE TO COME!

[@caseycoker1051]

I found your channel when your DRK video grew legs a week or two ago and have been working through all of it ever since. Great stuff! I love the calming, audiobook nature of your narration. Keep up the great work.

[@alnea6156]

I only watched 1 video so far and I think I’m already in love with this channel. Ffxiv lore is so under appreciated. Probably already one of my fav ffxiv channels now!

[@SynodicScribe]

D'aw, oh you. ^^

[@SubduedRadical]

I feel like it's under appreciated because, at first glance, it doesn't seem like there's a lot. Remember coming over from WoW to FFXIV in around 2014 or so (whatever patch was just before NIN was released), and there seemed to be far less lore by comparison. Where WoW's lore has 10,000+ years of history on Azeroth, and centuries (or millennia...) on Draenor as well, FFXIV's lore seemed to be - note SEEMED at first - mainly "here are three cities, there's a big bad Evil Empire off somewhere, and a big cataclysm happened 5 years ago. Now go save the world or whatever!" ...if all you did in ARR was the MSQ, this was mostly the story you were presented with, with a few toes dipping in places like Wanderer's Palace, Ampador, and Qarn. But if you start doing Job questlines, Crafter questlines, sidequests, reading some of 1.X's random side quests, and obviously, finish the later expansions (most notably Shadowbringers), you see that the world has lore spanning 6 ages, each of which lasted for 1500-3000 years (rough ballpark) between them. For example, I knew from the SCH and WHM blurbs that there was once a nation of White Mages (Ampador) and once a nation of Scholars (Nym), but I didn't realize that they were around (along with Mhach - "Mhach, Mhach, beware the dark; keep away or lose your heart...THAT Mhach?!" - the nation of Black Mages turned Void Mages). While I recognized Mhach and Ampador were contemporaries, culminating in the War of the Magi and the 6th (or was it 5th?) calamity of Water, I did NOT realize until the SB (I think it was) SCH quests that Nym was also contemporary with them. Wherever you go to Ampador and learn that the Ampadori tried (and succeeded in a few cases) of kidnapping SCH's so they could try to torture the secrets of their unusual brand of healing magics from them, including Lilac's Job stone. Indeed, you learn more about the ancient nation of White Mages in the SCH Job quests than in the WHM ones - the WHM ones are...imo, generally somewhat lacking as far as lore goes, it's always trying to seal one taint or another in the forests. Adding in SMN, and then especially doing MSQs from later, you start learning a lot of the ubiquitous Allagans, which pop up basically everywhere and were from the...3rd? 4th? I think it's 4th...age. You learn a lot about them over time, but much came after ARR, of course. HW added quite a bit just by itself. And this is before getting into Red Magic, Beli'dah, the Ascians, Eureka, and so on. And they've only fleshed things out more since then. And I'm sure there's even more big reveals coming in Endwalker - I'm hyped, but who isn't at this point? :D FFXIV is a game with DECEPTIVELY shallow seeming lore that, when you actually start digging, becomes deeper and deeper, until you realize that there was a whole mountain of lore complete with its own cave system there all along, you just somehow didn't see it. But I think this is why the lore is under appreciated. People see a somewhat casual MMO with pretty graphics that is pretty chill to play at a relaxed pace, but when you start pealing back those surface layers and looking underneath, THAT'S when you find the deep and interesting lore.

[@kat7270]

Was looking forward to this one, red mage is my favorite caster :)

[@projecttrickyzed2306]

Every class you talk about makes me want to make a specific character for that class and play through the game to max level. My guy are you're not a bard because I'm inspired. Lol

[@basteala525]

Really glad for this video. This takes a lot of nebulous thoughts and a basic understanding I had and made everything crystal clear. As someone getting ready to start roleplaying a red mage story arc for my character, such clear explanations about the lore and mechanics of red magic is priceless. Hell yes I'll like and sub.

[@kuronyra1709]

a VERy good video.Recently picked up Red Mage, and aside from the sheer number of button becoming kind of problematic, it's definitly one of the best jobs to play around with. The fluidity of the rotations, the little quick reactions necessary once you can have the special attacks unlocking and then have them chained multiple times in a row... Also you can pretty much pick up any glam, paint it red, and you have an actual working Red Mage outfit.

[@Horsaz]

Yay one of my favourite jobs! Haha it makes so much sense now to me that the Rdm teacher in the story quest is specifically a miqo'te.

[@shinywave]

Loved this vid! RDM is my fav class to play and I learned so much thank you! Embarrassed to admit I never knew what on earth that floating thing was for 😂

[@SynodicScribe]

I know right? It's kinda just there without explanation. xD

[@akirandrake414]

It's one of the few classes in the game I've struggled to get a good handle on. It's an amazing class, I just have a hard time with it. But I want to get better at it.

[@continuallyblessed44]

@@akirandrake414 Once you get the rhythm down it feels amazing.

[@Nremlok]

I'm so glad I found this channel, Been playing for a little over a year and was wondering why there wasn't some variety of lore chronicler yet.

[@SynodicScribe]

I felt the same way honestly. But I never thought I'd be able to run a good lore channel until my friends convinced me to give it a shot. Now I can't see myself stopping anytime soon. Sharing what I find with everyone is to much fun!

[@ryno4ever433]

Check out Ethys Asher. A lot of his really good stuff is pretty old, but he still makes lore videos.

[@TheInterplanetary]

As a RDM main since mid to late Stormblood, I have always loved how fluid and active the combination of magic and melee is for the class. I was a Ninja/Dragoon before that and had saved RDM as one of the last things for me to level. Was one of the best feelings ever. Still is! Thank you for this history lesson.

[@SynodicScribe]

As a guy that love mixing melee and magic Red Mage definitely hits the sweet spot. It's a solid DPS roll and flashy as heck!

[@TheInterplanetary]

@@SynodicScribe Ahh yes, the blinding RDM Limit Break 3 being the ultimate skill, bringing a bit of love from the 5th astral era to the battlefield! My man 😁🤣

[@woopidoop7452]

I may be a bit late, but i want to say i am SO thankful for this video. I've been looking around for lore on mages and ways of casting magic for RP purposes in FF, and yours is the first video i've found on the subject that actually goes in depth on not just the mentality of the job, but the way it functions as well! Thanks to you my character might not become a true red mage, but she might find ways to finally use magic despite her small mana pool with the methods of the red mages!

[@SynodicScribe]

No one is EVER to late to join the lore party, I'm glad you could find my little corner of KZbin. haha

[@ErisofDiscordia]

Looking forward to hearing about Sage. I'm very pleased with the growth of Lore videos on youtube in general. I felt like back when I started there was so few resources to learn (prior to ShB). Keep at it!

[@BlaxxShadow]

Veriffic Video! RDM is my 2nd fav class and finally having the lore laid out and committing it to memory makes me proud to be one :)

[@Avestani96]

Goddamn I love this, the Grey Jedi of FF.

[@Samsonsamurai]

GDI you make Red Mage sound so cool that I’m gonna have to pick it up. I’m a SAM main so I can’t wait to hear about what extended lore you can find

[@SynodicScribe]

Oh I got quite a bit on Samurai.

[@Theo-hj2pl]

As a RDM main since I could even unlock it, I'm going to try Samurai just for you lol

[@solidghost4525]

I used to be a black mage but once I took the red I felt more nimble, versatile, and healing is nice. Plus I like my sword it’s dope.

[@acehealer4212]

The mechanics of Red Magic sound really, really cool. I also think it’s interesting that the RDM’s rapier and fashion came from the Elezen!

[@dmillz5501]

Saw this in my recommendation feed. Absolutely fell in love with the style of content. Gotta go binge the one's you've done for other classes.

[@SynodicScribe]

Warrior is coming out later today for your viewing pleasure!

[@Raziroth]

Red Mage has been my favorite FF job since I played FF3 on my DS. Only now starting to get into FF14 I love this lore for them!

[@exploder717]

Man, I always love the intros and outros you do, teach. Here's to more lessons!

[@SynodicScribe]

You got it! More on the way this week!

[@seraphiszurvan]

As a RL martial artist, and seeing what I garnered/assumed from the in-game presentation on Red Mage in FFXIV, I am very surprised how close I was. I am really curious where you found your sources on some of the stories and how it all worked. Not to test if you're wrong, but I've scoured the internet and couldn't really find much before I found this video! Well done! :D Thumbs up from me.

[@SynodicScribe]

The stories at the beginning of the job videos are of my creation. I make them based on the resources I collect to try and weave a fun story. As for the actual lore videos themselves 90% of my information comes from The Game and the Encyclopedia Eorzea Volumes I&II. the other 10% comes from official publications, art books and lore talks from the live letters.

[@gabeneko69]

The coming together of White and Black mages during the 6th Umbral Calamity and forming Red Magic is actually talked about briefly in the early job quests for Red Mages. As a Red Mage main, and someone who has always loved the class, I pay close attention to any of the lore and this video is spot on, and taught me a few things too.

[@roti8]

I love these video, keep up the good work! It seems hard to find all that info on the equipment and weapons, but it's one of my fav segments.

[@SynodicScribe]

Honestly the fine details on the weapons and armor are only in the official publications. I couldn't find a single reference in game!

[@mikoto7693]

Fascinating, I almost chose red mage when I reached lvl 50, but ultimately went with Smn, Sch and Whm. I love healing and generally use Smn to do solo content.

[@Theo-hj2pl]

Healing is fun! I leveled all to max and I want to level more up. Instead of doing solo content with smn, I've been using rdm. It's worth trying! If you ever do pick it up, all you have to do is watch 1 guide and the rest is really easy.

[@SubduedRadical]

2:00 - I need to go back and check, but I'm curious: For the cutscenes where a healer gets a special scene (where they get to take part in healing, "What are you standing around for?! Well? You're a HEALER, aren't you?!") if RDM's also get the healing scene or the DPS one? Either way, the ability to cure/raise AND be a full time DPS is absolutely amazing. I hate DPSing in general, but if I do, I have to go SMN or RDM. I just can't stand the idea of healers being down and that equaling an automatic wipe. If only there was a Vermilion Medica... I wonder, lorewise, if the balance of Mana is to reflect a desire to not unbalance the world's Aether again. That is, even using one's own Aether, what caused the calamity (well, and also the Ascians on one of the other Shards...) was using many aspects of magic, but not using Water much. This led to Water being too abundant, and when the Shard collapsed into the Source, leading to the Calamity of the flood. I've never heard that mentioned, but I wonder... Though I most note, there is a RDM master (who gets tempered) and apprentice (who saves him) in Bozja. The second Bozja zone has, I believe, three FATE's related to their storyline. Love this series so far from what I've seen of it here. I kinda wonder what the history of Arcanism is. I know Thamaturgy is a form of Black Magic that also uses the limit of only one's own Aether (and Conjury White Magic, though in that case, with the Elementals' blessing...slash/Aether?) But Arcanism is different, using glyphs and sacred geometry instead. They seem to be literal Mathmagicians, though I'm not 100% certain. ...and, it's notable that Ninjutsu functions on a similar premise, using hand signs to mimic this magical geometry. I THINK, anyway. I believe that's why when you futz up your Ninjutsu, you end up with discount Carbuncle sitting on your head. :D

[@Bluelyre]

I played rdm for SB story. They get the dps one.

[@SubduedRadical]

@@Bluelyre aww. I mean, fair enough, but still aww.

[@ironicpolis7798]

yeah i played rdm during the msq of stormblood and shadowbringers and you dont have the chance to heal anyone in cutscenes (very sad)

[@NaitomeIya]

Rezzing back to back is so satisfying. SMNs can rezz too but even Verraise is affected by dualcast.

[@elrilmoonweaver4723]

Went RDM for the flashy playstyle, stayed for X'rhun Tia. :D

[@kylelake8098]

This video was amazing I cant wait to see the rest of them!

[@SynodicScribe]

Thank you so much! I try to give all my lore videos their own love. ^^

[@lyconxero457]

It’s funny how things that are supposed to be “rare” in the lore end up being some of the most populous things in the game.

[@SirZipper]

Funny how hard learning red magic is in the lore, but it's one of, if not the easiest job to play in-game.

[@YvaiatheDemon]

As a RDM main, I am much more proud now showing of my flashy skills uwu

[@cameronstroebel3333]

Amazing! I'll be watching all your other FFVIX lore videos now while I roll a new RDM :D

[@ryuichiro.sakuraba]

Quite interesting! Just thinking as well about the VERsions of Black and White magic used by the Red Mages, it seems that the usual damage over time (or the lingering spells) Aero and Thunder seem to be more focused and precise rather than lingering, which probably meant that all the pain these spells wrought would be dealt at the briefest moment post-incantation. Also kind of noticed that while VERspells are flashy and such, these are very localised and seems to be concentrated in a smaller area (as compared to the vanilla schools' magicks, though that may change a tiny bit with EW changes on the finishers becoming AoE). Not sure if that is actually the case though and I would be glad if I'd be enlightened or corrected.

[@SynodicScribe]

You're right. Red Magic is more condensed and precision based. Since they're using only their own aether, they need to make every spell count. Unlike the Black and White schools that can flood an area with magic by using ambient aether.

[@XonixDerps]

@@SynodicScribe KInd of makes me think if you were to face one (And you knew nothing of them) you'd assume they were a goof of an enemy or maybe not disciplined save for a duelist in terms of magic? Not realizing they're incredibly precise?

[@ProfBrunoClemente]

Recently subscribed here ! I love those "what it means to be..." series! Looking forward to "What it means to be a Bard"! Love the class in general, but I wanted to know more about it in Eorzea. Great content, thank you!

[@SynodicScribe]

Glad to have you around! That seems to be a job more people wanna know about so I'm moving it to sooner rather than later.

[@ProfBrunoClemente]

@@SynodicScribe that is amazing, thank you! It is such a flavorful job and the game implemented so well it's mechanics integrating the Songs Bards are known for with the core kit of the Archer. Loved the Races videos, too!

[@hilken]

"A jack of all trades is a master of none, but oftentimes better than a master of one". This is the reason I leveled up as fast as I could, that phrase usually defines my playstyle in any game, I wanted this class so bad than in little more than two weeks I already was lvl 50, though now that I got to play it I can't help but think, isn't it a bit underwelming? Or at least not as the lore makes it look like. I was expecting that the physical "phase" would be the one building the mana to power up the spells (9:52) and maybe even setting "traps" by moving around the target while slashing around, but instead is the spells that powers up the physical phase, it makes it far more static that what I was expecting.

[@stargasior]

I love Red Mage and now I love it even more! Nice video!

[@eviljoshy3402]

Wow. I've been playing since RR and I had no idea Ver was short for Vermillion. I thought it was some latin derivative. My static raid pld used to call Ver-flare discount flare lmao.

[@Sylentmana]

It’s as my mama always said, “there are no fat Red Mages.”

[@LegendConsole]

I always loved Spellswords so RDM become my main right off the bat. But now I have a greater love of it for helping me learn some of the game's systems. Has made playing BLM much much more enjoyable.

[@turntyle]

this is my fav video you've done

[@SynodicScribe]

Glad you enjoyed it! ^^

[@skyhijinx]

Damn that was cool. So glad to be a Red Mage main.

[@sonicroze]

You have given reason here for why Red Mages be so stylish. Props my dude.

[@NyanPoptartCat]

There’s never a good excuse for a calamity, but there is no reason not to use eVERy opportunity to make delicious verpuns.

[@SynodicScribe]

Can't help ourselves.

[@84632]

Great video, im even more excited now to unlock red mage and play it asap

[@andrex1456]

YESSSSSSS I’ve wanted a FF14 lore channel for so long!

[@Steveoreo]

This is gold!! Thank you!!!

[@stephengrenleski1972]

One doesn't need to be able to use the most destructive spells and most efficient healing spells to win a battle. I've carried a few parties as RDM in FFXI, and I like to think that I do a good job in XIV, but I need to train more on knowing where I'm backflipping to in arenas.

[@StormyWitchnado]

Love all your videos. ❤

[@MarcelEntertainment]

Dear Synodic Scribe my head recently hurts from 1 kind of lore that confuses me the most and overwhelmed me when I first started playing FFXIV and that is technology in FFXIV. We have swords, shiels, axes, medieval structures but on the other hand we have cyborgs, imperial bases with red LED lamps and alarms, flying ships, flying cyborgs, guns, rifles, cannons, etc... What confuses me here is why is there such a split in development, where does technology come from? I recently unlocked the machinist and levelled till 50 + did the questline and here we have even drones and a cyborg we can summon to fight alongside us. I know what I am about to ask will be a very difficult video to make and maybe take you eternity but is there any way you could make a video or documentary about technology in FFXIv, perhaps the whole of Final Fantasy. Especially as a new player this can be confusing too see 2 ages meet each other in 1 era. hahaha

[@SynodicScribe]

I actually already addressed this briefly a little bit ago! I'll do a Complete History on Magic and Magitek later down the line. kzbin.info/www/bejne/pGLWg3aJqat1Z7M

[@SynodicScribe]

Also, sorry it took half a week to respond to your other question. I've e-mailed back my response. lmao

[@AlphasGamingStuff]

Brilliant video thank you!

[@SynodicScribe]

You're welcome ^^

[@LoreSquid]

A very good lore video. It covered everything I needed honestly for my FC and all the concepts.

[@SynodicScribe]

The Crimson Duelists were taught Red Magic by the mages living in the mountains of Northern Eorzea. The Crimson Duelists might have fallen apart but the Red Mage order still exists as far as we know. As far as the weapons go, Red Mages learned how to weave melee into their style long before the Crimson Duelists. But it could be argued the Duelists took their Melee more seriously than the Red Mage order.

[@LoreSquid]

@@SynodicScribe Ah, I see! That was a distinction that didn't properly get explained in what I read. My friends usually told me the mages were akin to any mage but the duellists were the ones to pick up the blade. Thanks for clarifying that.

[@SynodicScribe]

@@LoreSquidYeah, without putting their whole body into it their spells it wouldn't be nearly as aether efficient. Which is what the school relies on.

[@Lunarfly_streams]

Dark knight may have a magical sword But we're the true magical swordsmen

[@lorddarkheart1716]

My younger brother loves Red Mage ever since the first FF game we played. I've been trying to get him to cosplay one so I can practice my photography on him, but now I've gotta wait for that.

[@SynodicScribe]

That sounds amazing! You'll have to let me know if he ever goes through with it!

[@lorddarkheart1716]

@@SynodicScribe I'll try to remember man. I kept telling him that he'd make an awesome Red Mage. Red is honestly his best color imo

[@mrdoormat6809]

As a rabid Elder Scrolls player, this is probably the closest i can get to Spellsword, and i love it.

[@johndavidtibbetts7320]

as someone who adores the Fallout Storyteller series by Shoddycast and dearly misses it, I love that this series has a similar format. Granted it would be nice if it went all the way with the concept like Storyteller, but 14 being an MMO likely introduces some roadblocks to that XD

[@SynodicScribe]

Yeaaaaaaaah. There's only so far I can take the in game approach but it seems to have been mostly positively received. I plan on making many more videos for sure!

[@AncientShotgun]

Ah yes, the verperson.

[@hasseo195]

Image the power of a red mage, who cast away, the "only yourt own aether" rule, and started again to use the aether of the surroundings. Combining truly the whole power of black magic and white magic.^^

[@KingsKaiser]

Jack of all trades, master of none.

[@DcSensai]

But better than a master of one.

[@blaze595]

Might be a bit biased on this since it's my favourite job; but regardless of 'canon', the more I learn about Red Mage, the more I think it's the perfect job for the Warrior of Light. An art that's super versatile, incorporates a wide range of different skill sets (suiting the experience with multiple jobs), developed with the intent of serving the world and helping the weak... Like any job can work with the WoL, but i think Red Mage suits their role in the world especially well.

[@outsiderXIII]

I picked up red mage as soon as it was available to me and came to love the class I think it's my main now tbh Because of it's versatility I've been able to greatly help out in runs or bring a healer back up in a 4 man dungeon and the lore is indeed very fitting for the WOL

[@ClericOfPholtus]

Red Mage best ever since NES #FightMe

[@TastyGamingQc]

My whm perspective on rdm: You rez. My mp is better spent on active heals rather than rez

[@at0micl0bster]

I didn't have a real main until stormblood came out, long live red mage / style mage

[@Sparoue]

What a fantastic video! 10/10

[@Bloodybladeboy]

All this did was feed my red mage superiority complex XD I kid I’ve always loved the class of red mage it’s my go to whenever available

[@DewoftheDutch]

Red Mage; The Grey Jedi of Final Fantasy.

[@DrDingsGaster]

This is why I love Red Mage.

[@elvinglass2465]

They really are the Jedi of the Final Fantasy games.

[@TheFrantic5]

"Ver"-satility

[@cerul]

VERy nice on that pun, professor

[@MrGrossbaff]

That's why i play red mage

[@Gefnir]

Vercomment! Sorry I couldn’t resist. *Jolts away*

[@Getsugaru]

Professor, do we need to keep track of the ver-ious puns for the exam?

[@sadgirlhours4088]

Rezmage clutch 😎✊🏻

[@emilyspector2728]

New sub! RDM here and yeah…we do rock it. Lol. We riposte with flair. ♥️♥️😄😄

[@SynodicScribe]

Thank you for your support!

[@SuperFanFiction]

So THAT'S why there is Ver- in some of their spells, why they do jumps and flips, and do double casts.

[@SynodicScribe]

Now you know!

[@danielcherry3748]

Love your content!

[@VioletMoonfox]

So a red mage that abandons their moral casting and uses a combination of the expeditious casting of the red mage and the mana draining casting of the black mage would be a terrifying force.

[@TheRedAzuki]

Your lvl 60 q is about taking down a guy who tries to walk that path.

[@VioletMoonfox]

@@TheRedAzuki I know. I've played it, it's just been a while.i forgot about the whole inner mama thing.

[@tylerjordan3059]

Brain go VERR

[@randomforester_462]

Ver-y informative video.

[@joseluiscamacho5168]

So, I guess for RP, I could say an ancestor from back in the Water calamity ordeal trained up as a Red Mage and left his family a soul crystal that got handed down all the way to my RDM? Is that acceptable?

[@snajigaming8736]

A small request. I would love to see a video on warriors. Why aren't they called berzerkers? Why do their eyes glow red? Its a simple job but there's gotta be something more to them then just swinging an axe around and shouting.

[@SynodicScribe]

Your instincts ring true. There's more to every job than meets the eye. It'll be fun covering Warrior as well as all the rest.

[@Kitsune10060]

best caster, hands down.

[@seventhcyborg]

Fencing makes some sense as a martial art to pair with magecraft. It simply isn't as physically demanding as a broadsword.

[@SemekiIzuio]

I've also am planning to use RDM for Enwalker but SMN has been crying out for me to play since I hvent touched that class at all and it has recieved an overhaul sorta. Hm hm

[@vindurza]

my favorite dps class

[@Samavanzi]

I wonder if Cocobusi from the Thaumaturge questline could do Red Magic, since it's so aether efficient

[@SynodicScribe]

Unfortunately, Cocobusi's deficiency prevents him from performing any real magic less he risk death. But you're right, even those without tons of natural talent can become decent Red Mages with tons of training and the right weapon.

[@Samavanzi]

@@SynodicScribe Do you think he could do smaller magic? Like, it would suck to not even be able to light a candle or something.

[@SynodicScribe]

@@Samavanzi Look at it this way. If he did that, he'd likely be shortening his lifespan bit by bit until he died young. His body doesn't recover its natural pool of aether the way it should. Now you can see why he was so desperate and frustrated, unable to perform even minor spells while his brothers were high mages.

[@Samavanzi]

@@SynodicScribe Maybe some sort of therapy then? Like, whatever the monks do with their chakras to increase their aether-flow. It seems like *something* should help somewhere, even it isn't well known or terribly accessible.

[@SynodicScribe]

@@Samavanzi He tried his whole life to "fix" this problem with no results. There are some limitations that simply can't be overcome. And yet, while not a powerful mage, he proved himself to be the most talented Alchemist in his family, concocting elixirs that interact with aether in ways some have never seen. The doors of magic are forever closed to him, but others will always remain open.

[@WilliamTheWatchful]

I would main Red Mage if my roommate/best friend didn't already mained it. It's my main Caster at least.

[@enderknight6073]

Expectation: RDMs are rare Reality: Looking for RDMs for prog, who to choose from. RDM, the most common caster.

[@lucasvillasboas5562]

I can understand how red mages use only their own aether for black magic, making it more like thaumaturgy than black magic, but doesn't white magic inherently use ambient aether? I thought the whole essence of white magic and conjury was the use of ambient aether by using the power of the elementals? So how can red mages use white magic using only their own aether?

[@SynodicScribe]

That's because it's not white magic, only Red Magic. The Black and White mages took bits and pieces of their crafts and Red Magic was the result. Something that wasn't as strong as either, but also not a threat to the user. As a Red Mage you're never casting Black and White magic, only Red.

[@lucasvillasboas5562]

@@SynodicScribe That makes sense, but what is the black and white mana that RDMs have to balance? I thought it just meant how much black or white magic they are using, but as you explained they use red magic not black and white. Does it just mean that they can't heal too much without damaging their enemies and vice-versa? The reason the "manas" have to be balanced is that an imbalance makes you aether starved right? If this is the case how does using both mana types (dealing damage and healing/protecting) spend less aether than just using one of them? Unlike the thaumaturge's astral and umbral states, neither lack nor white mana regen your aether, so why is balance more aether efficient than inbalance?

[@SynodicScribe]

@@lucasvillasboas5562 Well that's more of an in game mechanic, not everything about the game is gonna have a lore explanation. Kinda like Black Mages having infinite MP, technically that contradicts the lore. haha But I tried to explain in the video that every spell they cast releases residual energy. The best way to explain it is that Red Mages are trying to recycle what power they can. Which is what the Mana Gauge is, you're collecting and storing strips of spent aether that has an Astral/Umbral charge to empower yourself later down the line. Which is why balance is important.

[@PrinceArtemis]

Was hoping you would expain the bad of channeling aether through your body without a focus. The end result was anyone who did fried or froze from the inside out. 🤔

[@jet44444]

Verry informative

[@Zoeila]

i think there was enemy red mages in bozja

[@HCSR2]

They study both schools of magic so much they've gone as far as recreating versions of the schools most destructive ambient aether magics and adapt them to be localized and only use personal aether to maximum efficiency. I hate when people refer to RDM in FFXIV as jack of all trades and master of none or imply they can't be as strong as the other mages. They are jack of all trades and master of all. Their limitations are not due to inability, they are due to restraint. The truly powerful man is the one who has power and knows not abuse it.

[@KidDynamite22]

Vermillion... ooooooohhhhhh....

[@pockystyx4087]

I'm gonna miss job quests; we're gonna lose out on so much lore and character connections to selected jobs in the future. God; imagine if DRK was introduced as late as EW or beyond. . .

[@akirandrake414]

Wait what's happening to job quests?