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If you're peaceful by nature and dislike war, I can't see BLM working all that well. From the "likes to work alone" part, I would think either SMN or SCH.
The funny thing is, I actually felt that BLM would work BETTER for my character than SCH, because, for one thing Scholar IS the only recurring FF magic-user class that is directly tied to the military. And not only does your storyline involve working for the Maurader's Guild, but it is confirmed that the ancient Nymian Scholars had the job of personally directing their units in battle, which strongly goes against the idea of it being suitable for someone who likes to work alone.
In the BLM story, by contrast, I got more of a sense of "wise weilders of dark magic" from Ququruka and the beastmen; weilding highly destructive magic but using that to seal portals to the Void. All of the beastmen are revealed outcasts from their tribes.
However, there's also the fact that SCHs took on the role of doctors during times of peace, as well as the whole piece of the puzzle involving the fairy needing to regain her memories (which hints that SCH spells might actually come from the fairies themselves, rather than being advanced Arcanima designed with the intention of protecting large groups of soldiers in battle).
Plus, since Nym doesn't exist anymore, you probably could easily be a "free" Scholar, unlike for instance a WHM who is bound to serve the Padjal.
So is this true? Or do you think BLMs are the most (stereotypically) aggressive DoM, and if so, why?
Edited, Jun 6th 2014 2:50am by JFrombaugh
Edited, Jun 6th 2014 2:51am by JFrombaugh