No worries! A lot changed in 4.x and a bunch more is changing in 5.x this summer, it's crazy.
Though I did come up with a conundrum — Astrologian and Machinist. Sorry for incoming tl;dr! I hadn't prepared for this since I hadn't considered Astro without Soul Crystal before.
In the game there is no base class for either of these jobs. For MCH I'm just going to ignore it since I've literally never RPed Era doing anything with that job (the MCH soul crystal is actually empty - the Warrior of Light is the first one using it, so it's an exception to the ability rule in that sense) but for AST it's a healing job, which is her truest affinity and thus she uses frequently.
Astrologian uses a magical card deck that's kind of like an actual tarot deck. It's used to predict possible futures and prepare accordingly, blah blah. But it wouldn't make sense for her to lose all access to every single ability without her soul crystal around.
I was thinking half-strength basic spells that don't involve the astrologian's cards, with the possible opportunity to boost it back up a bit over time by studying the stars in-game. For the cards... Without her soul stone, just have the cards never be the one she's looking for or needs in that moment. If she tries to put a card aside in her spread for later it just disappears rather than saves. She can't augment her current card by using Royal Road (so no increased duration, potency, or AoE range). Sometimes they are half the potency or half the duration for no reason at all. All her 'tarot' readings will be horrendously inaccurate, etc.
'Don't make it across the Dreaming'. Would she be informed that means they are safe? Even hearing that time doesn't move on back home while in Khu Ioduan Era will be weary of that, so would seek the extra reassurance. As for the other possibility, I do hope lost & found posters are a thing that can happen. 8')
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Though I did come up with a conundrum — Astrologian and Machinist. Sorry for incoming tl;dr! I hadn't prepared for this since I hadn't considered Astro without Soul Crystal before.
In the game there is no base class for either of these jobs. For MCH I'm just going to ignore it since I've literally never RPed Era doing anything with that job (the MCH soul crystal is actually empty - the Warrior of Light is the first one using it, so it's an exception to the ability rule in that sense) but for AST it's a healing job, which is her truest affinity and thus she uses frequently.
Astrologian uses a magical card deck that's kind of like an actual tarot deck. It's used to predict possible futures and prepare accordingly, blah blah. But it wouldn't make sense for her to lose all access to every single ability without her soul crystal around.
I was thinking half-strength basic spells that don't involve the astrologian's cards, with the possible opportunity to boost it back up a bit over time by studying the stars in-game. For the cards... Without her soul stone, just have the cards never be the one she's looking for or needs in that moment. If she tries to put a card aside in her spread for later it just disappears rather than saves. She can't augment her current card by using Royal Road (so no increased duration, potency, or AoE range). Sometimes they are half the potency or half the duration for no reason at all. All her 'tarot' readings will be horrendously inaccurate, etc.
'Don't make it across the Dreaming'. Would she be informed that means they are safe? Even hearing that time doesn't move on back home while in Khu Ioduan Era will be weary of that, so would seek the extra reassurance. As for the other possibility, I do hope lost & found posters are a thing that can happen. 8')
(Again, I'm sorry for the many questions!)