Question about DisciplesFollow

I was hoping to be a Black Mage and have cooking as my craft. What Disciple should I choose? War & Magic or Hand?

If I'm understanding this incorrectly please set me straight.

Thanks


The various classes are divided amongst the city-states as follows:

Note: you can be every combat, harvesting, and crafting class on one character. They all level up independently and can be changed by changing your currently equipped main-hand weapon/item through the Armoury system. You can also mix and match certain abilities from different classes to further customize your character.

Disciples of War & Magic (Combat)
Disciples of the Land (Harvesting)
Disciples of the Hand (Crafting)

Limsa Lominsa:
- Marauder (Warrior)
- Arcanist (Summoner)*
- Fisher
- Culinarian
- Blacksmith
- Armorer

Gridania:
- Archer (Bard)
- Conjurer (White Mage)
- Lancer (Dragoon)
- Botanist
- Leatherworker
- Carpenter

Ul'dah
- Gladiator (Paladin)
- Thaumaturge (Black Mage)
- Pugilist (Monk)
- Miner
- Alchemist
- Goldsmith
- Weaver

*Added at A Realm Reborn launch.

The Disciples are only an umbrella term for the classes/skills that fall beneath them. If you want to be a Black Mage, you will choose the Disciple of Magic class, Thaumaturge. When you level that to 30, and Pugilist to 15, you can unlock the Black Mage quest. You don't have to stay as one thing throughout the game... It's encouraged that you don't, actually.

You don't have to choose one or the other. It's very flexible, you can be them all.

Disciples are like categories that classes/jobs are put into.

The categories only stand to tel lyou the difference, and were sometimes used on gear in 1.0

"Equipable by Discipline of Land" was a common qualifier on Gathering gear.

Ok, that clears it up for me. Thanks Adzieboy.

Edited, May 10th 2013 9:28am by BluntmanII