Telling a new player they can't or will run into issues playing something that is readily accessible to them in the game, regardless of whether or not they have a good IC story on how it occurs just comes across as abrasive. One of the fundamental principles of conduct in roleplaying is to promote a positive and inclusive environment in which people feel encouraged to roleplay.
Having someone have the entirety of the job system presented before them and seeing all the interesting people getting into roleplaying, then having the second things said to them (besides hello) is that they can't do what enticed them to begin with is both contradictory to the aims and tenants roleplayers desire and ultimately unhealthy for a community.
Always should the reasonable inclusiveness of its members superseded any independent idea or 'lore rule' so long as that idea falls within reasonable grounds.
Whatever rules you wish to impart on individual groups as far as the usage of Job Stones, particular jobs, etc - are at best Group Canon specific to that group and should have no weight or bearing outside it, and it's fairly clear here that there are multiple opinions on the matter to the point where the RPC cannot claim to be under a single canopy of thought on the matter (nor should it ever, diversity is the soil in which imagination blooms.)
All jobs fall within this category - it is a readily accessible mechanic of the game that anyone can play, that in the failing of the written lore is dictated to be rare or non-existent beyond 'special exception'. This portion of that lore can, and in should be disregarded as according to the player or group's preference.
Rather than keep the restricting concepts as an absolute - the lore stories behind them are guidelines on how to conduct oneself as that Job. Someone who is a White or Black mage, due to matters of secrecy and persecution, are not going to be outwardly public about it, or, if they are, active persecution would be of the themes of that individual's plot.
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Out of all of these, Scholars are rather easy to story-line. Nym is in ruins and many of its treasures were only to be revealed after the Calamity. It's not beyond the concept of a story for someone to stumble across one of these stones in a rare moment of destiny.
How a Scholar conducts themselves Publicly, however, that's a matter of discussion. I'm of the mind that while Arcanists are fine having their carbuncles out in public, Scholars would likely want to protect their faeries from unwanted attention, unless they're absolutely needed.
Having someone have the entirety of the job system presented before them and seeing all the interesting people getting into roleplaying, then having the second things said to them (besides hello) is that they can't do what enticed them to begin with is both contradictory to the aims and tenants roleplayers desire and ultimately unhealthy for a community.
Always should the reasonable inclusiveness of its members superseded any independent idea or 'lore rule' so long as that idea falls within reasonable grounds.
Whatever rules you wish to impart on individual groups as far as the usage of Job Stones, particular jobs, etc - are at best Group Canon specific to that group and should have no weight or bearing outside it, and it's fairly clear here that there are multiple opinions on the matter to the point where the RPC cannot claim to be under a single canopy of thought on the matter (nor should it ever, diversity is the soil in which imagination blooms.)
All jobs fall within this category - it is a readily accessible mechanic of the game that anyone can play, that in the failing of the written lore is dictated to be rare or non-existent beyond 'special exception'. This portion of that lore can, and in should be disregarded as according to the player or group's preference.
Rather than keep the restricting concepts as an absolute - the lore stories behind them are guidelines on how to conduct oneself as that Job. Someone who is a White or Black mage, due to matters of secrecy and persecution, are not going to be outwardly public about it, or, if they are, active persecution would be of the themes of that individual's plot.
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Out of all of these, Scholars are rather easy to story-line. Nym is in ruins and many of its treasures were only to be revealed after the Calamity. It's not beyond the concept of a story for someone to stumble across one of these stones in a rare moment of destiny.
How a Scholar conducts themselves Publicly, however, that's a matter of discussion. I'm of the mind that while Arcanists are fine having their carbuncles out in public, Scholars would likely want to protect their faeries from unwanted attention, unless they're absolutely needed.
