Darkside Tank vs Healer Tank

[Zaiden Dean]

So at first, the idea behind Sno Wyte was an Ancient evil that was the result of a poisoned mind. Then there was the purge, afterwards I found the muse for my creation to be nearly gone. So I made a switch, Sno now knows of the poison and works to fight it everyday. And since my muse has started returning.

At first I was like, "Hmm. I'd like a healer." Something I never did before. Then today an idea hit me. I want to create a pacifist healer that knows both Darkside and Lightside healing, whom all though is a healer, that is a Tank. Capable of being brutally beaten and wounded by any, yet never gives in.

I would like it if Sno, in the end, is known as a Healer Tank, in the same way @[member="Ashin Varanin"] is - save of course she would hate fighting, preferring the idea of communications to end battle.

I wanted to gauge the response of the board though, leaving me with this thread. Do you think it sounds like a good idea? I mean I plan to continue with it even if everyone feels it'd be to weak etc.

 

[Mother Askani]

I think its a good idea. I have a character whose a pacifist, and skilled in all types of healing. Light and dark lol. It can be fun
@[member="Sno Wyte"]

 

[Valiens Nantaris]

Darkside...healing? <_<

In any case it's highly unlikely that someone would know dark and light powers at once.

 

[Aran Finn]

Darkside...healing? <_<

In any case it's highly unlikely that someone would know dark and light powers at once.

@[member="Tamara"] Wouldn't that be a Grey Force user?

 

[Valiens Nantaris]

No!
Grey Force users are not special and magical people who can happily use light and dark powers without penalty. Star Wars has a rigid morality system for a reason, and it's pretty clear that grey force users tend one way or the other, and almost always end up falling or working with the light.
I think the rigid light/dark system of Star Wars is a bit silly at times, but it is there, and we have to at least acknowledge its existence.

 

[Zaiden Dean]

Jacen Solo....prime example lol. Unless im remembering someone else. He used the abilities to heal with both dark and Lightside energies. Independant of course. That's where my idea came in. I want to try and combine them. For example.

Tamara gets a fatal wound across her abdomen. Sno shows up, uses the Darkside to heal the tissues, resulting in a seamless fix in a quarter the tine if lightside all the while weakening the cells themselves. Then using the Lightside, she rejuvenates the cells.

I think ima call it Grey Healing

 

[Xochilt]

Ehh... not sure if this would work well. Just seems too contradictory with two different methods of healing with completely different focuses and philosophies.

I'd ask @boolon and the other major healers in the site.

 

[Soeht]

I've always thought of dark side healing as having the following qualities:

• Temporary - It's never permanent, as the dark side is not benevolent. To have some permanence, the user would have to continuously apply the healing technique.
• Ugly - Again, the dark side is not benevolent and corrupts even Palpatine's handsome looks
• Painful - Physical pain is a means to intensify one's connection to the dark side, and again it's not benevolent. I'd imagine all healing either makes the wound feel worse or as if there was no healing at all.

This is backed up in canon. It is possible to heal with the dark side, just not ideal to healing without it. Look into Darth Sion as an example of possibly dark side healing at its best.

 

[Soeht]

Also, the dark side of the Force is not some simple switch that can be turned on and off once a dependence has set in. Usually, that is. Luke in Episode VI is an example of a Jedi that nearly crossed that line and then turning away from the dark side just before he did. But in his case, he didn't go off the deep end.

Star Wars canon is very clear on this fact: it takes a lot to turn away from the dark side once you cross the line. It took Darth Vader watching his son being tortured to death, and Revan a mind wipe.

Not only that, but it's clear that the dark side corrupts the user and thus their use of the Force to that meant for destruction and pain - hence why Force Lightning is seen as a Sith power rather than universal, whereas true healing is considered a Jedi power.

Plus, seeking a "balance" of the Force to the point of being able to use the dark side liberally while still being able to use exclusively benevolent Force powers is something that's not really supported in much of canon. Revan is usually cited as an example of one that managed to achieve this balance, but SWTOR reveals that he falls to the dark side just before his death when desperate for power and even dies in a manner typical of powerful dark siders (Sidious and Joruus)

 

[Zaiden Dean]

@[member="Daella Apparine"] every bit of that is true. However, those few that do use darkside energies while retaining their lightside abilities were able, thus I wanted Sno to. She will never truly turn light, or away from from the dark as is. She will always be forced to embrace it no matter what she wants. The poison that has been inside of her for this long has completely altered the way she thinks. Right and wrong don't mean the sane that they would to the average person.
As well, I don't plan for this to be a simple thing. Oh boom she has the ultimate healing. I actually want this to be something I have to strive for. That's why the plan was so great.

It's something I've never even thought to try.

 

[Soeht]

However, those few that do use darkside energies while retaining their lightside abilities were able

Name an example from canon, then. It's likely not truly supportive of such a statement.

 

[Velok the Younger]

I've always thought of dark side healing as having the following qualities:

• Temporary - It's never permanent, as the dark side is not benevolent. To have some permanence, the user would have to continuously apply the healing technique.
• Ugly - Again, the dark side is not benevolent and corrupts even Palpatine's handsome looks
• Painful - Physical pain is a means to intensify one's connection to the dark side, and again it's not benevolent. I'd imagine all healing either makes the wound feel worse or as if there was no healing at all.

This is backed up in canon. It is possible to heal with the dark side, just not ideal to healing without it. Look into Darth Sion as an example of possibly dark side healing at its best.

@[member="Sno Wyte"], I've been doing Dark Side healing with this character for a good while, and Daella hit the nail on the head. I'd also throw in that your risk of infection is significantly greater than with Light Side healing -- you're literally forcing the structures of your body back together at several levels, sort of a brutal process rather than a benevolent one.