Considering that at least one of the initiator archetypes I've made has the Animus class feature (Eblanese Ninja at this point, I may make another archetype that has it as well), I'm thinking that similar things could be used to power crystal equipment. One point of animus would count as two MP being spent to power the crystal, one point from a ki pool would power would count as 3 MP, and a point from an arcane pool would count as 4 MP. Regardless of how much each point would power the crystal, the effect is still limited by level (a 6th-level Red Mage spending an arcane point to power their fire crystal rapier would still only get +3d6 fire damage). Other things, like a use of Lay On Hands or Harm Touch could be similar (albeit limited to particular elements, perhaps)? Like a use of Lay On Hands could count as 4 MP, but only works on fire, lightning, and ice elemental crystals, holy divine crystals, and cosmic crystals, while Harm Touch would be of similar use on earth, wind, and water elemental crystals, shadow divine crystals, and cosmic crystals.
Thoughts on this?
Thoughts on this?