precasting

Luckily, I made a point of being prepared.

Patientia (Passive) LV1 EXP: 98.71%
The calm forbearance that outlasts the self-devouring flames of Wrath; the steady endurance that leads one to finding hope. This ability represents the quality of one’s Aura that allows it to retain and recall specific pattern. By using this skill, another skill may be precast and then drawn upon at a later time, paying the full cost to give the technique form in ones Aura. The resulting skill is in all ways like it would be had it been cast normally, with the except of charged skills, in which case the ability may cast with whatever charge has been prepared beforehand.
Max Number of Precast Skills: 1.

Sighing slowly, I smiled at Finn.

“Who, me?” I asked as the heal I kept prepared took effect, restoring both my HP and MP thanks to the Dust Crystal I’d burned days ago. “Nah, I feel great. You?”

Patientia was my contingency—my one free shot. Because of how it worked, I could effectively cast one of my skills for free in a time of need. Thus far, I hadn’t been able to find any particular limit on the type of skill, either; I could stock anything from barriers, to attacks, to, of course, healing techniques. I could even pre-prepare something as big as Lux Aeterna and start a fight by unleashing a blast of pure devastation for free. As skills went, it was a simple one, but no less powerful for that fact, and its versatility was immense. Perhaps more than that, it was a skill that got more powerful as I learned other skills, with which to make use of it.