Final Fantasy RPG 4th Edition - Remastered
Final Fantasy RPG 4th Edition - Remastered
Final Fantasy RPG 4th Edition - Remastered
Remastered Edition
Version: 4.0.2
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Contents
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Title Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . i
Forward . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vi
Acknowledgements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vii
What is Final Fantasy, Anyway? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vii
Notes from the Typesetters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vii
How to Find Us . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vii
1 Introduction 1
Play Basics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
The Game Master . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
The Players . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Design Principles and Decisions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Avoid Downtime . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Quick Production . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Create Two Games . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Tabletop, But Not Only Tabletop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
2 Game System 5
Group Creation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Traits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Character Creation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Quirks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Quirk List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Stats and Skills . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Stats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Skills . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Challenges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Destiny . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Earning Destiny Points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Spending Destiny Points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Combat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Initiative . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Action Types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Speeds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Attacks and Rolls in Combat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Basic Actions and Reactions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Critical Hits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Elements and Damage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Healing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Special Combat Rules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
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3 Jobs 25
Jobs Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Main Jobs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Adept . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Archer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Artist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Black Mage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Druid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Freelancer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Monk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Rogue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Time Mage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Warrior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
White Mage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Secondary Jobs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Alchemist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Berserker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Defender . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Dervish . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Fencer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Phalanx . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Rune Knight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Squire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Wizard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
4 Magic 71
Black Magic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Elemental Spells . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Transmutation Spells . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Worldly Spells . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Expert Spells . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Black Mysteries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
White Magic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Heavenly Spells . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Protective Spells . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Psychic Spells . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
White Mysteries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Time Magic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Astral Spells . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Subtle Spells . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Void Spells . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Inspiration Spells . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Time Mysteries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Blue Magic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Initiate Spells . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Acolyte Spells . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Master Spells . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Ancient Spells . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Other Spells . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Summoned Creatures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Geomancy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
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Performances . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Dance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Song . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Mimicry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
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Wealth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Mundane Items . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Acquiring Gil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Gil and the Rogue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Armor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Weapons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Inventory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Potions and Healing Items . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Battle Items . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Equipment Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
7 Bestiary 131
Appendices 135
Experience Table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Status Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
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Forward
Before presenting this product, I would like to intro- started another version, which was finalized by Dust, who
duce myself. I am an RPG player and Game Master since published, in 2010, the third edition of FFd6 system. An-
1994, and one of the people who were part of the Re- other game published was Chikago’s Academia Bahamut,
turners group of since the creation of FFRPG’s first edi- a Brazilian cross between ZODIAC and the original 3rd
tion. I followed and helped to carry out the playtest of all edition.
“official” editions of the game, through the internet relay Thus, when creating this game, I try to stand on the
chat (IRC) campaigns or playing offline. The group stayed shoulders of giants. All creators and games mentioned
together until the end of second edition’s development, above were sources of inspiration when I build this ver-
around July 2001. sion. Still, I do not consider myself writing the final or
When the development of the famous third edition definitive version of FFRPG;as well as electronic games,
started, there began to be disagreements among the team, pen and paper RPG continues to evolve and incorporate
leading to the creation of the first FFRPG “spin-off”, called different concepts and reach different audiences. I hope
ZODIAC, created by S Ferguson, which, from 2001 until that this work is just the kickoff to the fifth edition, sixth
today (the last version is dated 2013), has gone through edition, and many others, created by fans of this ageless
three editions. The FFRPG (or Returners’ FFRPG, as it be- masterpiece: Final Fantasy.
came known to differentiate the ZODIAC FFRPG) took 8 This game is not affiliated, owned or subject to Square
years to complete the development of its 3rd edition, be- Enix or any of their companies in any way. Much of the
ing officially launched in 2009. But even after such a long material described here is owned by Square Enix and
development time, it was released with various problems its various contributors as Yoshitaka Amano. This work
that generated other versions. is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-
There were the works of Fernanda Parker in Brazil, NonCommercial 4.0 International License. To view a copy
who translated the game to Portuguese; the SeeD group, of this license, visit
formed by many of the original members of the Returners, http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
but already without the leadership of Samuel Banner, who or send a letter to:
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gaming via IRC:according to the authors, the game is “im- Mountain View, CA 94042
possible” to be played on a real table without computer USA
assistance; Alan Wiling and his team created the FFRPG
d20, based on Pathfinder; Scott Tengelin and his team also - Bruno Carvalho
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Introduction
Chapter 1
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Play Basics
This book contains the entirety of the rules you’ll need as both referee and storyteller. As a storyteller it is their
to know. Like most pen-and-paper RPGs, you’ll also need responsibility to create the quests and storylines the play-
dice: in this case, ten-sided dice. Most rolls in this system ers become embroiled in, take on the roles of Non-Player
are referred to as a d100 roll. To do that, roll two ten-sided Characters (NPCs), the people and monsters the heroes
dice, usually in two different colors or by rolling one after encounter in their travels, and act as the players’ eyes and
another. One die will represent the single-digit, and the ears within the game, describing the scenery and situa-
other die will represent ten’s digit. Name which die will tions. As a referee, the GM enforces the rules, sets out the
be each digit before you roll! A result of “00” is read as challenges, and keeps the players on task to ensure each
100. You’ll usually want two per player but having extras session runs as smoothly as possible. It might seem daunt-
is a good idea. ing to tackle these challenges with the patience and dedi-
cation they deserve, but it is very rewarding.
Setting
The Final Fantasy series has spanned dozens of
The Players
worlds: from Ivalice, the multiracial land of mercenaries Players in the FFRPG step into the shoes of a character
and adventure; to Cocoon, the artificial planet nurtured by with a unique background, personality, skills and pow-
psychopathic ancient constructs; and rarely do any two of ers. These protagonists are known as the Player Char-
these worlds operate under the same laws. Some feature acters (PCs), and ultimately shape the story by virtues
magic that slowly chips away at the minds of those who of their actions and decisions. There are some crucial
use it, and in others death is little more than a minor in- differences between videogame and tabletop play, how-
convenience. ever; each player generally only controls one character,
As you can imagine, this means that creating a univer- rather than an entire party. As result, most adventures
sal set of rules, one that covers everything from the en- will see several players cooperating with each other un-
tire Final Fantasy series, is simply impossible – and ignor- der the GM’s guidance, working along to create the story.
ing this fact would be irresponsible and downright chaotic This game is not a competitive exercise: the players work
at best. Details about each specific game setting may be together to overcome the challenges they create and/or
found in the Worldbooks series, each describing one spe- the GM presents, but the collective goal is to have fun to-
cific world. At the time of this book, the Worldbooks for gether, not to “win”. As much as the PC and some NPC may
Final Fantasy IV, VI, and Tactics are already published, and be enemies, players and the GM have the same purpose:
many more are coming. to collectively have fun while creating a memorable story.
That said, this book was designed to give you and your
friends a chance to explore your own stories, with your
own heroes, and very often, in your own unique Final Fan-
tasy world. Whether your campaign will be set a familiar
place or whether it will be set in a post-apocalyptic city Kupo! I'm Mog, the moogle, and I'll be your guide through this
where the last memories of the deceased are immortal-
book. I'll be presenting you some examples, hints, and other as
ized as whispering magical crystals… well, that’s all up to
sorted help so you can understand more easily the terms and how
you. Are the heroes tied together by ancient prophecy or
are they childhood friends? Are they a crew of gentlemen
the game works. I hope you have fun playing this edition of the
airship thieves or forced into an uneasy alliance by the
FFRPG!
outbreak of war? This is a chance to let your creativity
shine.
Kweh! I'm Boco, the chocobo. During the book, I'll bring me‑
The Game Master chanical advice and optional rules. There are plenty of ways
to use this system, and you can change it to better suit your
In the video games, Final Fantasy may be accessed playstyle and your playgroup. So, count on me to bring alter‑
with a cartridge, CD-ROM or DVD. In FFRPG, however, it is nate ways to use this ruleset to your liking!
the Game Master (GM) who unspools the epic saga, acting
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The game’s core concept is “nostalgia”. As such, the should be published into each game module, and the game
game must be flexible and customizable enough, so each should be easily “moddable”. Also, this means this game
group can emphasize the aspects they find most relevant can and will be subject to errata, supplements, and needs
to the gaming experience. Final Fantasy has over 30 years to be able to evolve with time.
of history and different gamers had lots of different expe-
riences.
Create Two Games
The gaming unit is the group. Use mechanical rules for
the group of adventurers as design decision. This “group” If you stop to coldly analyze what were the JRPGs of
should consider not only the players ‘opinion, but also the the golden era (8, 16 and 32 bit), you will see that basically
Game Master’s. the “RPG” is a strategy game and an exploration game (I’m
talking of pure RPGs, not Action RPGs or Tactical RPGs).
The moment of transition between the two games is the
Avoid Downtime
moment of combat. Thus, to emulate this spirit, I am di-
Downtime is the time that the player spends not play- vorcing the combat system from the non-combat system
ing during the game. It is basically caused by the fact that to clearly characterize the two moments. Actions out of
not all players can effectively act at the same time, due to combat will have another mechanics and will function dif-
the Game Master’s inability to hear everyone at the same ferently from actions in combat.
time. During the gaming experience, all players must be
involved in the action as much as possible.
Tabletop, But Not Only Tabletop
This is a tabletop game and should be written as such.
Quick Production
The rules should be as tabletop-friendly as possible and
Translating Final Fantasy to tabletop is a huge en- should be able to play with only pencils, paper and dice.
deavor. It is best to deliver a small product that can be However, RPG evolved with its medium over the time. The
played with few options than try to describe all the possi- rules must be able to work in other environments, like
ble options before publishing the game. The game should computer assisted, chat-based games and the slower Play-
be modular, with space for “expansions”, to allow quicker by-Post games.
production. The specific rules for specific game settings
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Game System
Chapter 2
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Group Creation
An FFRPG 4e Adventure or Campaign is centered The Good: You have contacts that appear in the most
around the Group: the organization or party which the improbable moments. By spending Destiny Points in any
player characters are a part of, whose ideals or structure situation, you can find someone interested in buying or
brings the players much of their general goals or objec- selling you things, except if this implies risk of life. How-
tives. Group creation is a joint activity between the play- ever, they may not always charge fair prices, even if this
ers and GM and will serve to guide subsequent creation of merchant is a cat-man in the middle of an inhospitable
individual player characters. This activity is very impor- mountain.
tant because it defines what kind of stories will be played. The Bad: People tend not to rely on mercenaries and
To create the group, follow the 5 steps below. will doubt your intentions when they know your motiva-
tions, unless you spend Destiny Points.
1. Choose Traits
These special features are the mechanical elements Monster Hunter
that will influence the way the game is played. Each
group has three Traits, chosen from the list below. This group was founded to kill monsters. You gain
Traits strongly influence how the game will unfold experience points (XP) by winning battles against beasts
and should be chosen very well by the GM and the and other creatures.
players. The Good: You may spend Destiny Points to discover
things about monsters.
2. Choose a Name The Bad: Monsters are always hostile to you. You
The Group may have a name like Returners, Knights need to spend Destiny Points to prevent a monster from
of Ivalice, Heroes of Light, Shin-Ra Inc., SOLDIER, or being automatically hostile.
any other name.
Nemesis
3. Create the Roots
This group was founded to fight something or some-
What links the group? Why was it founded? What is one of great power. This enemy can be a person or orga-
its reason for existence? Are they the underground nization. This Trait can be selected more than once, each
resistance to an oppressive empire? Are they mem- time representing a different enemy. You gain experience
bers of a kingdom or a corporation? Are they young (XP) preventing the plans of your Nemesis or defeating it
people from a village in the countryside? or its lackeys.
4. Create the Evil The Good: As much as your Nemesis hate you, it al-
ways seems to leave a hole in his plans. Whenever you
Who is the main antagonist? Who threatens the are in a situation of imminent defeat to your Nemesis, you
Group’s existence? Remember that this antagonist may spend Destiny Points to figure out a way to escape, in
may (and probably will) change during the course order to face it again later. This does not count as defeat-
of a campaign. ing or preventing the Nemesis’ plan in any way: you only
5. Write the starting Destiny Points save yourself.
The Bad: Your Nemesis knows your plans better than
Destiny Points is a Group feature that can be used by anyone. Whenever you try to spend Destiny Points to get
players to influence the story. Starting Groups begin any advantage over your Nemesis, you will need to spend
with 4 Destiny Points. twice as many Destiny Points.
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ter, food, hiding, and other support within the reach of the Relics from the Past
common man.
This group was founded to investigate the secrets of
The Bad: You can’t refuse a request for help from a
the past, either arcane or technological (depending on the
humble man, unless you spend Destiny Points.
campaign). You gain experience points (XP) by investigat-
ing ruins, discovering elder tomes or other ancient arti-
Protégé facts.
This group was founded to protect something or The Good: You may spend Destiny Points to find out
someone from harm. Although it is very important for sev- stories about artifacts and other ancient legends.
eral reasons, this protégé is unable to defend itself from The Bad: Many of the ancient things have profound
harm, which can be physical or not. This Trait can be se- and dire stories, carrying curses. You may suffer the curse
lected more than once, each time representing a different that was upon something found, unless you spend Destiny
entity to be protected. You gain experience points (XP) by Points.
avoiding harm for the entity or by restoring it.
The Good: If your protégé is in danger, you may spend
Reputation
Destiny Points to gain a second chance on any Challenge
that can save it. This group was founded to earn fame and success. You
The Bad: If the protégé is destroyed or killed, even if gain experience points (XP) when you can spread your
is possible to reconstruct, resurrect or any other way re- reputation and become better known and loved. Alterna-
store it, you lose Destiny Points. tively, you may decide that your desired reputation is bad
reputation and your goal is to become feared and hated.
The Good: Your reputation precedes you. You may
spend Destiny Points to impress or even influence people
based on your reputation.
The Bad: It’s hard to go incognito. When you really
need to be undercover, you need to spend Destiny Points,
or else you will be recognized or otherwise affected by
your reputation.
Sense of Duty
This group was founded to follow an organization. De-
fine what is the specific organization, which may be a
church, a kingdom, the army, a corporation, or something
else. This Trait can be selected more than once, each time
representing an affiliation to a different organization. You
gain experience points (XP) by performing missions for
the organization.
The Good: You may spend Destiny Points to receive
help from the organization. This special aid will depend
on the chosen organization.
The Bad: You can’t refuse missions from that organi-
zation, even if it goes against your character’s beliefs, un-
less you spend Destiny Points.
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Group creation is really a huge part of campaign creation. solving the enigma of the finite Mana, discovering a way to please
When planning the campaign, you may create the Group (and its all the kingdoms. This campaign went with a political undertone,
Traits) ahead of time and simply present it to the players. How with the PCs struggling to uncover Ganelon's emissaries and stop
ever, if you can, just present the setting and try to create the Group his machinations.
along with your players. Below I'll present two different Group ex 2nd Group's Traits: Relics from the Past, Reputation & Neme
amples, all within the same setting. sis (The One without a Name). The players decided they would
Setting: Wars of Mana. Taken straight from Seiken Densetsu face a timeless being from another dimension. A creature so ter
III (or Trials of Mana) storyline, Wars of Mana takes place on rible and alien that no mortal could even speak his name without
a high fantasy medieval world, where six great nations fight over delving into the pits of madness. This was even stronger due to
control for the Mana, the magical energy that permeates the world. one of the PCs being halfmad due to an encounter with it. And
1st Group's Traits: Relics from the Past, Nemesis (Ganelon) what’s worse, it seems that no one believed them. This campaign
& Monster Hunter. This group was created to find a way to stop had a very dark horror tone, as the PCs struggled to earn a Rep
Ganelon, an evil shapeshifter who is using political connections, utation and prove to the world that an unseen threat exists. The
doppelganger minions and his cunning to force the world into only ones who listened were the alreadycorrupted cultists of this
widespread chaos and war. They believe the key to stop them is Evil God.
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Character Creation
Each player character has its own characteristics. 5. Assign your Skills
They are individually assigned by the player to his char- A character earns 1 Skill point for each 3 Levels he
acter, based on the concept the player wants to roleplay. earns. Remember that the total Character Level is
To create a player character, do the following steps: the sum of his Stat Levels. These skill points may
1. Choose a Name be spent as the player wishes between the skills, but
Choose a name that suits the character you want to the Stat Level is the maximum amount of skill points
play. that may be spent in all skills linked to that Stat. The
skills are:
2. Choose your Traits and Quirks Earth Skills: Strength, Climbing, Swimming, Intim-
Each character has a total of 3 Traits and 3 Quirks. idation, Tolerance, Jumping.
2 of his Traits must be chosen from his Group’s Air Skills: Running, Stealth, Piloting, Riding, Thiev-
Traits, and the last one is chosen from the Trait ery, Acrobatics.
list, and doesn’t need to be one of the Group’s Fire Skills: Infiltration, Perception, Medicine, Sur-
Traits. The 3 Quirks must be chosen from the list in vival, Technology, Wisdom.
the Quirks section starting at page 11. Traits define Water Skills: Willpower, Bluff, Animal Handling,
how the character will earn experience points (XP) Charisma, Performance, Magic.
and evolve during the game, while the Quirks indi- The Skill details start at page 14 in the Skills section.
cate how it can earn Destiny Points. Remember that
the Destiny Points are shared by the Group, hence 6. Acquire your Abilities
all Destiny Points income and expenses will come Each Job offers Core Abilities and Specialties. A
from the Group’s total Destiny, rather than being in- character acquires all Core Abilities they qualify for
dividual characters’ values. In addition, all Traits and may select one Specialty for each of their Core
grant ways in which the characters may spend Des- Abilities if they meet the required Stat levels. For
tiny points. more details on Abilities see the Jobs Summary sec-
3. Choose your Jobs tion starting at page 26.
Each player character has two Jobs, chosen from 7. Buy your Starting Equipment
two different lists. The combination of Main and
During character creation, each player can spend
Secondary jobs can allow for a great variety of char-
200 Gil in equipment and items. It is recommended
acters, each with several unique ways of contribut-
that you buy at least one weapon for your start-
ing in battle, by wielding unique Abilities against
ing character. More details on wealth and equip-
their foes. The jobs are the following:
ment may be found on the Wealth section, starting
Main Jobs: Adept, Archer, Artist, Black Mage,
at page 94.
Druid, Freelancer, Monk, Time Mage, Rogue, War-
rior, White Mage 8. Finishing Touches
Secondary Jobs: Alchemist, Berserker, Defender,
Your Job HP and MP bonuses are your total Charac-
Dervish, Fencer, Rune Knight, Phalanx, Squire, Wiz-
ter Level times your Job HP and MP multipliers, re-
ard.
spectively. Calculate your HP by adding your Earth
More details on Jobs and their Abilities are in value to your Job HP bonus and your MP by adding
the Jobs Summary section starting at page 26. your Water value to your Job MP bonus using your
4. Spend XP to increase your Stats Job’s guidelines. Don’t forget to flesh out the charac-
ter concept using all the cues you’ve been collecting
In FFRPG 4e, each character has four Stats, each re- thus far (Traits, Quirks, Jobs, Skills, etc.). Take notes
lated to a crystal: Earth, Air, Fire and Water. More on your character backstory, motivations, person-
details on these Stats are in the Stats section at ality and appearance, as that may help you roleplay
page 14. A starting character has a total of 200 (two your character to its fullest potential.
hundred) experience points (XP) to spend on their
Stats.
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JB wants to create a cutebutdangerous Geomancer moogle. and Block Projectiles from the Fencer. Due to his Stats, he also
He begins with his name, of course JBMog, and looks at his chooses a Specialty: Nature Warrior (Polearms & Bows), because
Group's Traits. The Returners, as his group calls itself, have what’s better than a Polearmwielder Moogle? He hasn't leveled
the Nemesis (Empire), People's Hero and Sense of Duty (Banon) up enough to get other Specialties, so he goes to Equipment.
traits. JBMog doesn't like that Banon guy, so he decides to have Being a Nature Warrior, he proceeds to get the heaviest ar
the Nemesis (The Empire) and People's Hero Traits. To round it mor around: a Leather Plate (99 Gil) and an Iron Spear (63 Gil).
up, he fetches one last trait: Protégé (Narshe Mines): He'll fight With the remaining Gil he buys a Tonic (25 Gil) and pockets the
to protect his people at the Narshe mines. Looking at the Quirks, remaining money (13 Gil). Finally, he does his HP (level x4 = 8x4
he quickly comes with a good idea of his character: The Moogle is = 32 + earth (20) totals 52 HP) and MP (level x1 = 8x1 = 8 + water
mandatory for him, but the Feral and Fast Quirks also round up (10) totals 18) calculations.
his character. So, his character sheet is done! Let's see how it is:
All in all, he's a quick moogle who loves animal company, but
he's a tad shy in human lands. Then, he notes his jobs. Druid is JBMog, 8th level Druid/Fencer
a quick choice, for a Geomancer character, but he takes a minute Stat Level Value XP Spent
to ponder about Secondary Jobs. After some debate, he ends up Earth 2 20 40
choosing Fencer to focus on the defense. Air 2 24 60
Next, the Stats. With his 200 XP, and looking at the stats, he Fire 3 30 90
decides to make Fire his primary stat, spending 90 XP on that one. Water 1 10 10
This nets him Fire 30, as shown in the experience table. Then, he
proceeds to put 10 XP in Water and 40 XP in Earth: bringing Skills: Perception 1 and Performance 1.
these Stats to 10 and 20, respectively. The last 60 XP he proceeds Traits & Quirks: Nemesis (The Empire), People's Hero, Protégé
to put in Air, granting him Air 24. (Narshe Mines); Moogle, Feral, and Fast.
His levels are Earth 2, Air 2, Fire 3 and Water 1. With these HP 52/52; MP 18/18; ARM 3; MARM 0
scores, his character level is 8 (2+2+3+1). For Skills, he decides to Equipment: Iron Spear (Air vs Earth, 6 damage), Leather Plate
grab Perception and Performance. Abilities: Nature's Path [Nature Warrior]; Awakened (Geo
As for Abilities, he notes down the first level Core Abili mancer); Block Projectiles
ties: Nature's Path and Awakened (Geomancer) from the Druid, Actions: !Geomancy, !Arrow Guard
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Quirks
Quirks are characteristics that define your character’s Brute (body): You are very strong and heavy. Spend Des-
personality and/or backstory. They give the player some tiny Points to overcome challenges whenever your muscle
tips on how to roleplay their character and are a tool power really makes a difference. However, your weight
both to earn Destiny Points and to use them. Some Quirk and lack of reflexes can cause you problems, granting you
also got a keyword. You may not have more than one Destiny Points.
quirk with the same keyword, so you can’t be Caustic
and Empathic at the same time. And absolutely no Half- Caustic (charisma): You attract dislike and people feel
Viera/Half-Elvaan, please! uncomfortable by your side. You may use Destiny Points
to intimidate or otherwise impose your will on others. You
Destiny Points are a shared group resource that may be receive Destiny Points when this lack of sympathy causes
used to give the players some control in the narrative. you problems.
They may be used to turn a failed Challenge into a suc-
cessful one, to give tips and directions, to perform heroic Contacts: You have contacts to obtain information or fa-
actions that surpass human capacity and even to cheat vors. Decide at character creation what kind of contacts
death, among various other uses. Details on how to earn you have and what kind of favors they would be willing
and how to spend Destiny Points are on the Destiny sec- to do. To use these favors, spend Destiny Points. How-
tion, starting at page 17. ever, your contacts may ask dangerous favors or cause you
problems, granting you Destiny points.
Quirk List Compulsive Liar (honesty): For some reason, telling the
Arrogant: You don’t back off from challenges and don’t truth is very hard for you. Worse, others believe! Use Des-
submit to the will of others. You may spend Destiny Points tiny Points to make people believe your lies, especially the
to resist intimidation. However, you do not take insults most ridiculous, and earn Destiny Points whenever your
lightly and don’t refuse challenges. Earn Destiny Points lack of honesty causes you problems.
when this attitude causes you problems.
Dwarf (racial): Creatures that live
Bangaa (racial): A people of underground in caves and mines,
biped lizard men. They are as building great kingdoms and cas-
tall as humans, but significantly tles under the rock. They are gen-
stronger and covered with hard erally smaller and more muscular
scales. You may use Destiny Points than humans, possessing an innate
due to your great strength, leath- aptitude for metallurgy and tech-
ery skin and high strength to over- nology. You may use Destiny Points
come physical Challenges. How- in situations involving explosives,
ever, your race has terrible vision machinery and mining, activities
and it is not uncommon for Bangaa to cover their eyes to for which dwarves are renowned.
focus only on hearing and smell. Although you can still However, the time spent in the
see, but the lack of an accurate vision may cause you prob- darkness turns sunlight into an ongoing discomfort, mak-
lems, and if that happens, earn Destiny Points. ing you feel bad in bright light. Whenever this causes you
problems, earn Destiny Points.
Bottomless Pockets: You usually have everything always
at hand. Spend Destiny Points to find things you did not
expect, as that wrench you were just looking for! How-
ever, sometimes you simply won’t find something you
were sure that were with you. When this causes you prob-
lems, earn Destiny Points.
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Elvaan (racial): Proud, athletic, Intuitive Magic – Illusion: You can spend Destiny Points
slender and towering, Elvaan are to manipulate lights, shadows and illusions, performing
known for their prominent pointed small magical effects. Your magical skills, however, can’t
ears, often stretching ten to fifteen be used in combat. Sometimes, magic does not work the
centimeters to the sides of their way or when you want, and if this causes you problems,
heads. Some call them the Elves or earn Destiny Points.
Elezen. You may use Destiny Points
in situations that require courage, Lalafell (racial): These little
confidence and willpower. How- creatures are among the smallest
ever, Elvaan are famous for their ar- known races, hardly reaching
rogance and inability to forgive of- more than a meter tall. In their
fenses, whether real or imagined. own language, they call them-
Whenever this causes you prob- selves Tarutaru. You may spend
lems, earn Destiny Points. Destiny Points to make small
magical effects by manipulating
Empathic (charisma): You attract sympathy and people telekinetically objects as well as to
feel comfortable at your side. You may use Destiny Points control light and shadows. Their magical skills, however,
to attract sympathy and good impressions. However, peo- can’t be used in combat. Their small stature and lack of
ple tend to not take you seriously. If this causes you prob- physical strength can cause problems when they try to
lems, earn Destiny Points. overcome situations that require strength and endurance.
Whenever this happens, earn Destiny Points.
Fast (body): You are fast and light. Spend Destiny Points
to use your speed to your advantage but earn Destiny Lycanthrope: Your senses are much more acute than
Points when your lack of strength or resistance causes you usual. You can use Destiny Points to track by scent or dis-
problems. cover things that only your keen senses would find. But
your bestial blood tries to take control of you, and you
Feral (animal): You were raised by beasts, monsters or have a constant internal struggle to not act like an animal.
a savage tribe. You relate well with animals. Use Destiny Whenever this cause problems, earn Destiny Points.
Points to attract animal sympathy and calm them. How-
ever, you are unable to get along with other humans and Moogle (racial): Their appearance
earn Destiny Points whenever that causes you problems. is similar to a humanoid cat, usu-
ally white in color, with small wings
Focused: You are focused on some issues (decide which). of red or purple color and an an-
Unfortunately, this leaves you with little regard for other tenna on his head ending in a red
subjects. You may use Destiny Points to remember spe- ball (pompom). Their ears are like
cific knowledge of your studies. Earn Destiny Points when those of a cat or a dog. Despite
your lack of attention to other matters causes you prob- having wings, they can’t fly, but
lems. their pompoms give almost tele-
Intuitive Magic – Elemental: You can spend Destiny pathic abilities with other moogle,
Points to manipulate fire, lightning and ice, creating small building what some scholars call
magical effects. Your magical skills, however, can’t be Mognet. You may spend Destiny
used in combat. Sometimes, magic does not work the way Points to gather information or send messages through
or when you want, and if this causes you problems, earn Mognet to other moogle. However, their spoken language
Destiny Points. heavily depends on the kupo word, which can have several
meanings depending on the intonation and body move-
Intuitive Magic – Forces: You can spend Destiny Points ments. Because of this, communication with other races
to telekinetically manipulate objects, as well as air, earth is full of misunderstandings. Whenever this causes you
and water, performing small magical effects. Your mag- problems, earn Destiny Points.
ical skills, however, can’t be used in combat. Sometimes,
magic does not work the way or when you want, and if this
causes you problems, earn Destiny Points.
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Naive Idealist: You see life through the lens of a personal Straight Arrow (honesty): You’re a straight arrow, rarely
code of conduct, or some religious fanaticism, or an ide- lie and got a reputation for honesty. You may spend Des-
ological utopia. Either way, you’re very attached to your tiny Points to make people believe and trust you. Earn
ideals, and you can draw strength from them. The details Destiny points whenever your honesty causes you prob-
of your ideal code must be fleshed out with the GM, but lems.
you can spend Destiny points to face incredible odds when
Uncommon Beauty: You are very beautiful and can use
adhering to it. However, you’re gullible and easily manip-
your beauty to attract attention and get good impressions.
ulable, as your ideals may be used to cause you problems,
You may use Destiny Points to influence other characters
earning you Destiny Points.
who would feel attracted to you. Whenever your beauty
Natural Hunter (animal): You feel more comfortable causes you problems, earn Destiny Points.
away from civilization. Forests are your second home. You
can use Destiny Points to hunt, seek shelter and track in Viera (racial): The Viera have two
natural environments. However, you are already so used sub-races. The most common live
to kill animals that they avoid you and feel uncomfortable in temperate forests and have long
around you. If this causes you problems, earn Destiny rabbit ears, but there is a sub-race
points. that lives in tropical jungles and has
feline characteristics rather than
Nu Mou (racial): They have sim- rabbit’s. This sub-breed is com-
ilarities with dogs, with elongated monly called Mithra or Miqo’te. Re-
snouts, furry tails and big, floppy, gardless of the sub-race, they are
ears. Their short stature, around a mostly female, with males being
meter and a half tall, and their ten- only about twenty percent of the
dency to a stooped posture, cause population. Moreover, they are
them to be very small. They have closely linked to the forests and
a fragile constitution, but they are jungles where they live. You may
very intelligent and tend to live use Destiny Points to communicate
three times more than normal humans. You may use with trees, although their cognitive ability is very limited.
Destiny Points in situations involving patience, common On the other hand, you feel extremely uncomfortable in
sense and obscure knowledge, especially magical knowl- urban environments, and can even become ill if you stay
edge. They are also slow and not very athletic. Whenever away from the natural environment for a long time. When-
this causes you problems, earn Destiny Points. ever this causes you problems, earn Destiny Points.
Paranoid: You’re always aware of the dangers that can
arise at any time. Spend Destiny Points to perceive things Visions: For some reason, you have visions that can give
that only your keen senses may notice. However, you sus- you hints of the future or just torture you. Spend Des-
pect everyone and everything, and if this causes you prob- tiny Points for good visions and earn Destiny Points when
lems, earn Destiny Points. flashbacks cause you trouble.
Roegadyn (racial): Also known as You may also want to create your own Quirks. Choose a
Galka, this race with slightly ursine trait that defines your character and talk with your GM to
appearance has huge bodies, often turn into a Quirk. However, there are three guidelines that
over two meters tall. Despite their should be followed. First, a Quirk must be able to provide
great strength and power, they are the player ways to spend Destiny Points to overcome Chal-
renowned for self-knowledge and lenges; second, a quirk must be able to provide the GM
phlegm. You may use Destiny ways to create problems for the group; and lastly, a quirk
Points in situations involving self- may not influence tactical combat rolls.
control and great physical strength.
But often their overly calm attitude
may look like apathy or simply lazi-
ness. Whenever this causes you
problems, earn Destiny Points.
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Stats
Characters have four Stats, each connected to a crystal
— Earth, Air, Fire and Water. Each Stat has a value and
levels. For every 10 points in its value, the Stat earns an-
other level. Stat’s value varies from 0 to 255 and, conse-
quently, between 0 and 25 levels. The sum of a character’s
Stat levels is his Character level.
For example, a 30th level character may have Earth 52
(5th level), Air 108 (10th level), Fire 80 (8th level) and
Water 75 (7th level). Each Stat has 6 skills associated to
it. The sum of all Skill levels a character has in all skills
linked to a particular Stat may not be higher than its Stat
level. Thus, the above character has 10 points to spend in
all skills but may not spend more than 5 points in Earth
skills, no more than 8 points in Fire skills and no more
than 7 points in Water Skills.
Skills
Stats are also used in the tactical combat system. Each
roll in combat uses one Offensive and one Defensive Stat. Skills are tools that the characters have to overcome Chal-
Earth is usually the Offensive Stat for attacks that depends lenges. Each Challenge must relate to a Skill. Each Skill
on the user’s brute force and physicality and is the De- level means the player may re-roll once a Challenge re-
fensive Stat to attacks that may be prevented by the de- lated to that Skill. For example, a character with 3 levels
fender’s physical strength, health and muscle power. in Strength Skill can re-roll the d100 3 times to overcome
Strength Challenges.
Attacks that rely on the user’s speed, finesse and skill
use Air as its Offensive Stat. It is the Defensive Stat against Earth Skills involve brute strength, toughness, physical
attacks that may be evaded by the defender’s reflexes and prowess and bulk. A character’s Earth level is his limit to
agility. A primarily Offensive Stat, Fire is used in attacks spend points in Strength, Climbing, Swimming, Intimi-
that rely on the user’s intelligence and magical ability. If dation, Tolerance, or Jumping.
an attack may be avoided by the defender’s insight, it uses Air Skills involve movement, finesse and body coordina-
Fire as it Defensive Stat. tion. A character’s Air level is his limit to spend points in
Lastly, attacks that depends on the user’s charisma Running, Stealth, Piloting, Riding, Thievery, or Acro-
and willpower to hit uses Water as its Offensive Stat. How- batics.
ever, it is a mainly Defensive Stat, as attacks that may be Fire Skills involve intelligence, knowledge and wisdom. A
resisted by the user’s mental strength and magical de- character’s Fire level is his limit to spend points in Infil-
fenses should use it. Besides its offense and defense impli- tration, Perception, Medicine, Survival, Technology, or
cations, players should note that your Earth Value is added Wisdom.
to your hit points (HP) and your Water Value is added to
your magic points (MP) value. Water Skills involve willpower and charisma. A charac-
ter’s Water level is his limit to spend points in Willpower,
Stats are increased using experience points. The cost Bluff, Animal Handling, Charisma, Performance, or
to increase a Stat’s value by a single point is one plus twice Magic.
the Stat level. Thus, a Stat costs 1 experience point per
Below is a description of each Skill and examples of
Stat point while at level 0 (value from 0 to 9); 3 experience
Challenges associated with them.
points per Stat point while at level 1 (value 10 to 19); 5 XP
per Stat point while at level 2 (value 20 to 29); and so on.
Starting on page 135, there is a table with the total XP cost
for each Stat value.
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Acrobatics (Air): Ability to perform acrobatic maneuvers Piloting (Air): Ability to drive inanimate machines, rang-
and maintain balance in difficult situations. Can be used ing from chariots and carriages to giant robots and air-
in situations where the character may lose balance, must craft, depending on the setting’s technology.
walk on cliffs or wires, or in situations where it hangs on
masts, chandeliers or ropes. Riding (Air): Ability to ride animals such as chocobos. It
can be used in situations involving the ability to ride ani-
Bluff (Water): Ability to lie, cheat, conceal and seduce. It mals, in pursuits or to do mounted maneuvers.
can be used in situations to deceive, pretend, or otherwise
attempt to conceive your true intentions. Running (Air): Ability to walk and run fast and for long
distances. It can be used in situations involving the run-
Charisma (Water): Personal magnetism and ability to
ning speed and endurance in long distance runs.
impress. It can be used in situations involving the reac-
tions of non-player characters, sometimes even without Stealth (Air): Ability to hide and move silently. It can be
any specific action by the character. used in situations when the character doesn’t want to be
Climbing (Earth): Climbing speed and technique. It can noticed.
be used in situations that involve climbing walls, moun- Strength (Earth): Strength and physical ability. It can be
tains, trees and other obstacles. used in situations involving the character’s ability to lift,
Animal Handling (Water): Ability to soothe and train an- pull, push and knock down things.
imals and monsters. It can be used in situations requiring
empathy with animals, to calm wildlife, train animals or Survival (Fire): Ability to relate to the natural world and
prevent them from attacking someone. get food, water and shelter outdoors. It can be used in sit-
uations where the character needs to hunt and gather food
Infiltration (Fire): Ability to open locks and gain access and water in wild environments.
to locked locations. It can include both the ability to un-
lock locks with lock picks as the ability to fake access cards Swimming (Earth): Ability to cross distances by swim-
in more modern environments. ming. It can be used in situations involving the need to
Intimidation (Earth): Ability to impose your will through cross rivers, lakes, seas, or simply to avoid drowning.
coercion, threats and power displays. It can be used in sit- Technology (Fire): Ability to relate to existing technology
uations where the character wants to impose its will in the on the world, varying according to the setting’s technol-
most direct way possible. ogy level. It can vary from gear-operated primitive ma-
Jumping (Earth): Jumping capacity, involving both the chines to the operation and maintenance of sophisticated
distance as the height. It can be used in situations involv- computers.
ing the ability to overcome pits or to reach high platforms.
Thievery (Air): Ability to perform hands tricks, as making
Magic (Water): Knowledge of arcane magic. It can be used small objects exchange owner without anyone noticing. It
in situations involving knowledge of the magical forces of can be used in situations involving theft, traps or sleight
the world and its mysteries. of hand.
Medicine (Fire): Knowledge of anatomy, healing, herbal Tolerance (Earth): Ability to resist hot and cold environ-
medicines and medical techniques. It can be used in var- ments, hunger, thirst, drowning and suffocation. It can
ious situations involving diseases, poisonings and reme- be used in situations where the character must overcome
dies. physical hardships.
Perception (Fire): Ability to distin- Willpower (Water): Ability to resist intimidation, pain,
guish detail with the five senses. It can suffering and torture. It can be used to withstand suffer-
be used in situations involving sight, ing and to endure the physical and emotional hardships.
hearing, smell, touch or taste.
Wisdom (Fire): Common sense and the ability to distin-
Performance (Water): Ability to act, guish illusions, tricks and deceptions. It can be used in
sing, dance, or perform other forms of situations that require the character’s judgment to avoid
art. It can be carried out in situations being fooled.
involving artistic performances, such
as an opera.
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Combat
Combat is the raison d’etre of many rules through this Interrupt Action
book. All rules regarding Jobs, Spells and Equipment are
This action occurs when the character can’t or does
only tools to be used during tactical combat. The rules
not want to spend a initiative dice representing the cur-
described below turn combative moments in a simulation
rent phase. Any character may perform any action or re-
that uses all the concepts discussed so far to present tacti-
action at any phase by spending two initiative die of any
cal challenges to the group. Each fight consists of rounds
value. Some abilities allow the character to perform ac-
that follow until one side has fled, surrendered or been
tions “as an interrupt” by spending one initiative dice of
defeated.
any value in specific situations.
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provided by any effects doesn’t affect unconscious char- specifically targets zero HP characters doesn’t have any
acters, unless its description specifically says that the ef- effects on a character with current HP equal to 1 or more.
fect affects targets with zero HP. Similarly, an effect that
Optional Rule: Quick Combat Variant them. May be used in situations where you must attack with
a ranged weapon or defend yourself from enemies attacking
Tactical Combat, as presented in this chapter, is a deep
with missiles.
strategical endeavor that tries to mimic the video game's com‑
Spellcraft (Fire): Magical prowess. Ability to use magic to
bat systems. However, there are lots of examples where the
enforce your will. May be used in situations where you want
group does not want to spend so much time and effort to use
to cast spells and use your magical power to harm or heal.
these rules. Maybe the game is not focused on combat, or
Spell Resistance (Water): Magical defense. Ability to
maybe there will be so much combat that using the full rules
overcome enemy magic. May be used in situations where you
will grind things to a halt. Maybe the game will be played on
want to dispel enemy magic or simply resist its effects. Also
a slower medium, like Play‑by‑Post, where even the simplest
used to counterspell.
tactical combats might take weeks to happen.
Second, instead of gaining one Skill point per three char‑
In this case, you might want to use this variant rule. If you
acter levels, you earn one Skill point for each character level.
wish to use it, ignore most of the Character Options chapter:
You still may not spend more Skill points in all Skills related
you'll have no need for Jobs, Abilities, Spells, Equipment or
to a Stat than levels you have in that Stat.
Status Effects. Your characters might have a Job or two, but
Third, each time you re‑roll a Challenge due to using a
only for flavor.
Skill, you “spend” that Skill level. This represents physical,
First, add the following Skills to the Skill list:
mental and emotional fatigue. Your “spent” Skill levels return
Fencing (Earth): Melee fighting ability. Including both
once you have the time to rest 8 hours.
attacking with melee weapons and defending against them.
Lastly, there are no specific Combat rules. To resolve
May be used in situations where you must attack with a melee
combats, use Challenges appropriate to the action at hand, us‑
weapon or defend yourself from enemies attacking in close
ing these new Skills or the core Skills, as situation demands.
range.
Unlike the tactical combat rules, Destiny Points and Quirks
Marksmanship (Air): Ranged fighting ability. Including
may be used during combat in this variant, as it is handled by
both attacking with ranged weapons and defending against
normal Challenge rules.
Later in his adventures, JBMog, now a 30th level character, JB: “I'll strike the golem with my lance. I rolled a 61, plus my Air
was in a dungeon with his friends Rob, a 28th level Warrior/Rune is 148 total. It hits?”
Knight and Nyarly, a 31st level Adept/Wizard. After an unfortu GM: “You try to attack him with your polearm, but the heavy
nate failed Challenge roll, they fell into a trap, activating an iron armor of the golem deflects it (The attack targets Earth plus diff
Golem guardian. 40. His value is 112, so he needed to overcome 152 to hit). He
GM: “Start of Round 1. The creature rolls 1, 3 and 6 as initiative. ignores your attacks while he prepares his own. He starts charging
Roll your initiative!” a Slow axe attack against Nyarly. We begin Phase 2, and his attack
JB: “5, 6 and 9. I use my Preemptive Strike to change the 9 to 1. is finished. I roll a 34 (plus his 112 Earth totals 145) for a total
My initiatives are 1, 5 and 6!” 114 damage (110 damage plus 34's singles digit).”
Rob: “3, 3, and 8. And Nyarly rolled 4, 5, and 10” Nyarly: “Yikes! I will use an interrupt action and react to use
GM: “Phase 1. You're first JB, then Golem acts.” !Will Shield. I spend the 4 and 10 dice. I rolled a 69, for a total
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of 149. I made it? (The GM nods, as his !Will Shield have 30 Your strike hits true, dealing 101 damage (that's 131 minus the
difficulty and the Golem's Earth value is 112, and 149 is greater 30 MARM), but the creature seems to be immune to your mental
than 142.) Nyarly creates a magical shield that blocks the blow effect. In the golem's turn at phase 6, he delays his action.”
and spends 14 MP (10% of his 143 MP).” JB: “I'll charge Geomancy. No actions until phase 8? Ok. Let
Rob: “Seems no one got actions in Phase 2, so I'm acting at phase me roll for Geomancy! Hm… 75? What’s the Major effect for
3. Seems that his weak spot is Air, so my first action is to draw my Underground? Ah, Cave In. I'll spend the 35 MP to increase the
Meteo Knuckle. My second action (Rob can act before the golem damage. (JB rolls a 51 and hits) That's 101 damage (100 damage
since his initiative total is 11 and the Golem's is 9) is to use !Item plus 51's singles digit)! Take that!”
to stash my Old Axe and equip the gloves.” GM: “Rocks fall, and the Golem receives 71 damage from the cave
GM: “The Golem starts to leak out a strange gas. It attacks all in, but he's still rocking!”
characters, rusting your equipment! Whoever got Water lower Rob: “Phase 8? At last! I'll attack him… Oh, only 11… I miss…
than 43 is hit with the Weaken (Armor) status until the end of No, wait, I crit due to JB!Thanks! I'll do”
the next round.” (The GM rolled a 31. 31 plus the Golem's Fire GM: “Actually the Golem reacts with his delayed action. He rolls
value is 113, and the attack had diff 70 and targeted the group) a 17 to block and… (checks Rob's Earth value of 111) fails. Your
JB: “I think the only one hit was Rob (Rob nods). My turn now, critical does only 19 damage due to the golem's heavy armor but
right? (Nyarly's initiative total is 5, while JB's is 11) I'll use !Advice roll for Meteorite!”
on Rob. I want him to crit with that knuckle!” Rob: “08 and 66. That's two hits? Nice! The meteors fall dealing
Nyarly: “So, now it is my turn. I'll spend 60 HP to unleash a 48 and 46 damage, ignoring his MARM. That was a nice crit! I
!Fury Brand. Rolled 90 for a total of 181 vs Water+30. If it hits, did what, 130 damage?”
that's 131 Fire damage and maybe Berserk.” GM: “113. (The Golem still have 115 HP) So the round ends.
GM: “Yeah, that hits. Your staff burns with your magical fire Roll your initiative for the second round!”
when you sacrifice your lifeforce to summon a cleansing flame.
Optional Rule: Scaling down the Numbers Combat also uses a d10 instead of d100. Divide all diffi‑
culties by ten, rounding down if necessary. !Attack Actions,
The FFRPG 4th edition kept the d100 mechanic from ear‑
for example are Stat vs. Stat, difficulty 4. When calculating
lier iterations of the Returner’s games. However, the dice
damage, instead of adding the 1's digit die, you just add 5
used increases the burden of an already‑crunchy game. This
damage.
optional rule revamps the whole game engine with lower num‑
When you roll a natural 10, on an attack able to critical
bers, and generally speeds up play, easing the math burden.
hit, roll again. If the second roll is a hit, the attack is a crit.
To use it, remove all references to Stat Values, keeping
Abilities like Time Mage’s Wild Magic also just roll a d10.
only Stat Levels. Anything in the book that references Stat
Dervish's Deadly Accuracy is essentially tripling your critical
Values uses Stat Levels instead. At creation you have 20 XP.
hit rate, so they can threaten a critical on an 8, 9, or 10, and
A Stat level of 1 costs 1, 2 costs 4, 3 costs 9, 4 costs 16, 5 costs
then resolve the confirmation roll as other classes would. The
25, and so on. You just keep any XP you don't spend (so a 3 2
Rogue’s Dice deals damage equal to 10 times the d10 results.
2 1 character starts with 2 XP leftover).
The Berserker’s Unwavering Fury Ability can increase or de‑
Character’s HP and MP are calculated by adding the Job
crease the confirmation roll’s value by 1.
bonuses to either 10 times your Earth Level (HP) or 10 times
This option swaps granularity for speed, reducing the
your Water Level (MP).
mental load on the GM and the players. It is recommended
Challenges use a d10 instead of a d100, with difficulties
to use it if you don’t mind losing the granularity of the d100
ranging from 1 to 9. Skills work as usual, and Destiny Points
and/or the nostalgic experience of using d100, especially if
adds 2 or 4 to a dice, instead of 20 or 40. When rolling Chal‑
you do not have access or do not want to use computer aid
lenges, you can just roll all die at once and pick the best result.
during the game.
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Special Combat Rules any other effects on the target) or the actual HP lost by the
target, whichever is lower. When a draining effect is used
This section lists several miscellaneous rules that ap- on a target with the Zombie status, its effects are reversed:
ply to combat encounters. They are corner cases that may the damage is dealt to the user, who loses HP (or MP) and
not apply to every combat, but can clarify special situa- the Zombie heals it.
tions. Temporary vs Permanent Status Effects: All tempo-
Opposing Status Effects: When a character is subject rary status effects are inflicted by an action or reaction.
to multiple status effects with opposed effects, as for ex- Permanent status effects are those granted by Auto-Status
ample having Curse and Blink, they cancel each other. or SOS-Status.
Should their duration be different, the status that lasts Dropping Slow actions: If, for any reason, a character
longer reinstate its effects after the shorter status ends. do not wish to perform a Slow action after announcing it, it
Multiple Elemental Status Effects: When a charac- may choose to drop the action, and perform nothing. The
ter is subject to multiple instances of Vulnerable, Resist, character still charges the full charge time, but when the
Immune and Absorb status effects to the same element time comes to inflict its effects, the die is discarded with
(say, a character with Immune:Ice and Vulnerable:Ice), no further repercussions.
follow the following order: Apply Immune, then Absorb. Special interactions with Slow actions: When you
Should neither be present, apply Vulnerable and/or Re- get hit by an effect while charging a Slow action, several
sist (which are considered opposed, as per the Opposing things can happen. Effects that change charge time (such
Status Effects rule). as Weaken:Speed and Strengthen:Speed) can change
Multiple Rerolls: When multiple rerolls affect the the delivery phase; Effects that impede the character from
same action, “positive” rerolls (roll twice and take best) acting stop the slow action outright without refunding the
and “negative” rerolls (roll twice and take worst) cancel cost; Charm effects means the character will change the
themselves. Should there be any rerolls left after that, the target to fit its changed perspective on who’s ally and en-
character apply them as normal. emy; Berserk effects will turn the Slow action into an !At-
Damage Dealt vs HP lost: Some effects specify dam- tack action; and lastly, Confuse means the character uses
age dealt. This is the damage before accounting for Armor the Slow action in random target(s).
or Magic Armor and before accounting for any effects on Targets that can’t act and initiative: Targets that
the target, but after the single’s digit is added. Effects that cannot act (such as characters with 0 HP and charac-
specify HP lost (or MP lost) are applied to the actual HP (or ters under effects such as Stone or Stop) still generate
MP) value the target lost with the final damage applied af- initiative as normal, but automatically discard each die
ter all modifiers, and cannot be more than the amount of once their time to act comes (with the exception of Sleep,
health the target actually loses to bring them to the mini- which allows the character to keep exactly 1 delayed die,
mum of zero. even if you could otherwise delay more actions). Should
Drain Effects: Some effects drain HP and/or MP. their condition be healed mid-round, they can still act nor-
Those effects heal up the user’s HP (or MP) up to the tar- mally with any remaining dice. To avoid rolling unneces-
get’s HP or MP lost. For example, an effect that drains HP sary initiative dice, you may opt to roll them only when the
equal to half of damage dealt will heal the user an amount character actually gets revived/healed and simply drop
equal to half of damage dealt (before accounting ARM and any dice that rolls up on an earlier phase.
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Each player character must choose a Main Job and Jobs Summary
Secondary Job. Your Main Job determines your HP and
MP bonuses, and the type of gear you can equip. Also, The next pages present a summary of all Jobs. Its ca-
Main Jobs contain most active Abilities, giving you differ- pabilities are ranked from “F”, the lowest rank, to “S”, the
ent tools to contribute in your Group, be it offensively, highest. The Freelancer is unranked, as its versatility de-
defensively or by supporting the team. Secondary Jobs pends on its Job Changes.
provide reactions, increase your gear selection and can
provide several other abilities to cover up for your weak- Offense Rank is how good the Job is at neutralizing en-
nesses or to exploit your strong points. emies. It is the greater between the Job’s Single-Target
Damage rank, or how good the job is at dealing damage to
Each job has several Core and Specialty Abilities. Core a single target; Group Damage rank, or how good the job
Abilities are gained by all characters with that Job, as soon is at dealing damage to all enemies; and Disabling rank,
as they have the necessary character levels. Specialty or how good the job is at using status effects to neutralize
Abilities are optional choices; each character can choose enemies.
one and only one specialty for each of your abilities and
can do it at any time after getting the prerequisite levels. Defense Rank is how good the Job is at keeping himself
However, after choosing a Specialty, the character can no alive. It is the greater between the Job’s Passive Defense
longer “forget it” or exchange it for another. rank, or how much it can survive without using reactions;
Active Defense rank or how much it can avoid hits due to
Regardless of its Job, the HP of a player character is its reactions; and Healing rank, or how good the job is at
equal to its Earth Stat value, plus the Job bonus (Charac- healing himself or its allies.
ter Level times Job HP multiplier), and the MP of a player
characters is equal its Water Stat value, plus the job bonus Support Rank is how good the Job is at helping its al-
(Character Level times Job MP multiplier). lies. It is the greater between the Job’s Offensive Support
rank, a measure of how the Job can help its allies deal dam-
age; Defensive Support rank, or how good the job is at pro-
tecting its allies; and Misc. Support rank, or how good the
job is at other kinds of support.
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Primary Jobs
Offense: B Defense: B Support: C
Single-Target Damage: B Passive Defense: B Offensive Support: F
Adept
Group Damage: B Active Defense: C Defensive Support: C
Disabling: B Healing: D Misc. Support: D
Offense: S Defense: F Support: C
Single-Target Damage: S Passive Defense: F Offensive Support: D
Archer
Group Damage: F Active Defense: F Defensive Support: D
Disabling: C Healing: F Misc. Support: C
Offense: C Defense: C Support: A
Single-Target Damage: D Passive Defense: F Offensive Support: B
Artist
Group Damage: D Active Defense: C Defensive Support: B
Disabling: C Healing: C Misc. Support: A
Offense: S Defense: D Support: D
Single-Target Damage: A Passive Defense: D Offensive Support: D
Black Mage
Group Damage: S Active Defense: F Defensive Support: D
Disabling: A Healing: D Misc. Support: F
Offense: B Defense: C Support: B
Single-Target Damage: C Passive Defense: D Offensive Support: B
Druid
Group Damage: B Active Defense: C Defensive Support: B
Disabling: B Healing: C Misc. Support: C
Offense: ? Defense: ? Support: ?
Single-Target Damage: ? Passive Defense: ? Offensive Support: ?
Freelancer
Group Damage: ? Active Defense: ? Defensive Support: ?
Disabling: ? Healing: ? Misc. Support: ?
Offense: C Defense: S Support: F
Single-Target Damage: C Passive Defense: S Offensive Support: F
Monk
Group Damage: C Active Defense: A Defensive Support: F
Disabling: D Healing: C Misc. Support: F
Offense: C Defense: D Support: S
Single-Target Damage: C Passive Defense: F Offensive Support: A
Rogue
Group Damage: D Active Defense: D Defensive Support: C
Disabling: C Healing: F Misc. Support: S
Offense: C Defense: C Support: A
Single-Target Damage: C Passive Defense: D Offensive Support: A
Time Mage
Group Damage: C Active Defense: C Defensive Support: B
Disabling: C Healing: D Misc. Support: B
Offense: B Defense: A Support: D
Single-Target Damage: B Passive Defense: A Offensive Support: D
Warrior
Group Damage: B Active Defense: D Defensive Support: D
Disabling: D Healing: F Misc. Support: F
Offense: D Defense: S Support: C
Single-Target Damage: F Passive Defense: C Offensive Support: D
White Mage
Group Damage: D Active Defense: D Defensive Support: C
Disabling: F Healing: S Misc. Support: D
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Secondary Jobs
Offense: C Defense: A Support: C
Single-Target Damage: C Passive Defense: B Offensive Support: F
Alchemist
Group Damage: C Active Defense: C Defensive Support: D
Disabling: D Healing: A Misc. Support: C
Offense: A Defense: C Support: C
Single-Target Damage: A Passive Defense: C Offensive Support: C
Berserker
Group Damage: C Active Defense: D Defensive Support: D
Disabling: F Healing: F Misc. Support: D
Offense: F Defense: B Support: A
Single-Target Damage: F Passive Defense: C Offensive Support: F
Defender
Group Damage: F Active Defense: C Defensive Support: A
Disabling: F Healing: B Misc. Support: D
Offense: S Defense: C Support: F
Single-Target Damage: S Passive Defense: C Offensive Support: F
Dervish
Group Damage: F Active Defense: D Defensive Support: F
Disabling: F Healing: F Misc. Support: F
Offense: D Defense: S Support: D
Single-Target Damage: D Passive Defense: A Offensive Support: F
Fencer
Group Damage: F Active Defense: S Defensive Support: F
Disabling: D Healing: F Misc. Support: D
Offense: D Defense: A Support: B
Single-Target Damage: D Passive Defense: A Offensive Support: F
Phalanx
Group Damage: F Active Defense: A Defensive Support: B
Disabling: F Healing: F Misc. Support: D
Offense: D Defense: A Support: B
Single-Target Damage: D Passive Defense: D Offensive Support: D
Rune Knight
Group Damage: D Active Defense: A Defensive Support: B
Disabling: F Healing: F Misc. Support: C
Offense: B Defense: C Support: B
Single-Target Damage: B Passive Defense: F Offensive Support: B
Squire
Group Damage: C Active Defense: C Defensive Support: D
Disabling: F Healing: F Misc. Support: B
Offense: B Defense: C Support: B
Single-Target Damage: B Passive Defense: F Offensive Support: B
Wizard
Group Damage: B Active Defense: F Defensive Support: B
Disabling: D Healing: C Misc. Support: F
These ranks, are, however, just an approximation of each Job's for example. So, don't worry about choosing the “right classes” –
Abilities. If you want to build your White Mage as an offensive just pick up the ones you'd like to play, and you'll surely will find
character, go ahead! Also, they do not cover each possible inter good Abilities to use. Also, keep in mind that the only thing your
action between all Main and Secondary Jobs. An Archer/Rune Job influences is your combat ability – you have no roleplaying or
Knight plays and feels different in battle than an Archer/Phalanx, character concept limitation due to your Job.
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Main Jobs
Adept
A mystic who uses his own vital energy to trigger magical effects. Several
Adept actions require you to spend HP based on your maximum or current
HP. In these cases, you lose current hit points equal to the value listed in
ability, but it does not diminish your maximum HP. Its main Stats are Fire
and Earth. All Adept’s abilities deal damage based on weapon damage, so
equipping a strong weapon is a must.
Representatives: General Beatrix (FFIX), Agrias Oaks (FFT), Goffard Gafgar-
ion (FFT), Dark Knight Job (FFX-2, FFXI), Fell Knight Job (FFT), Mystic Knight
Job (FFV), Adelbert Steiner (FFIX), Warrior Dressphere (FFX-2)
Level 1 15 30 60
HP Bonus 4x 5x 6x 7x
MP Bonus 1x 2x 3x
Armor Heavy
Claws/Gloves
Weapons & Shields
Heavy Weapons
Weapons
Katanas
Wands
Staves
Abilities
Martial Discipline: Core ability acquired at level 1. You are an adept, and gain the multipliers and equipment choices
above. Whenever you use an Adept ability, you may spend 10%, 20% or 30% of your current HP to decrease the charge
time by 2, 4 or 6, respectively. This can reduce the charge time to a minimum of 0. The action modified by this ability
becomes a magical action.
Specialties:
Arcane Connection: Requires Fire level 3. You gain one of the following Spell groups: Fire, Ice, Light-
ning, Light, or Cosmic.
Spirit Strength: Requires Water level 3. Whenever you need to spend HP to use an action, you may
spend an equal amount of MP to prevent the HP loss.
Arcane Fury: Requires Earth level 3. While your current MP is greater than zero and you have the
Berserk status, your !Attack action deals 150% weapon damage.
Arcane Discipline: Core ability acquired at level 1. You earn one of the three following actions:
!Elemental Strike is a Magical Quick action: Choose Fire, Lightning, or Ice. You concentrate the
chosen element and strike a weapon attack causing normal damage, using the chosen element.
!Holy Strike is a Slow (4) action: Using your own vital energy as sacred power, you attack with the
force of Light. Do a weapon attack dealing 150% weapon damage, Light-elemental.
!Shadow Strike is a Slow (4) action: Sacrificing your own life force to profane powers, you use the
forces of Shadow to attack. Do a weapon attack dealing 150% weapon damage, Shadow-elemental.
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Specialties:
Dualism: Requires Air level 5 and Water level 5. You gain one of the following actions: !Elemental
Strike, !Holy Strike, or !Shadow Strike.
!Will Shield is a reaction requiring Earth level 6 and Air level 4: You can use this reaction whenever
you suffer damage. Conjuring up a protective magical shield, you avoid injuries. Perform a Water vs
(the greater of Earth or Fire) attack, difficulty 30. If successful, negate all effects of the attack and
spend MP equal 10% of your maximum MP. If you do not have enough MP to spend, this ability fails.
Quick Channeling: Requires Fire level 7. When using an ability, you may reduce its charge time by 1,
to a minimum of 0.
Blade Magic: Core ability acquired at level 15. You gain one of the three following actions:
!Snake Fang is a Ranged Magical Slow (2) action: You create a snake-shaped wave of energy. The
snake then attacks a target of your choice, a Fire vs Earth attack, difficulty 40. If successful, the
target suffers Bio-elemental weapon damage and the Poison status until the end of next round.
!Hallowed Bolt is a Ranged Magical Slow (2) action: You create a luminous energy sphere, then send
that ball spiraling against a target of your choice, a Fire vs Fire attack, difficulty 40. If successful, the
target suffers Lightning-elemental weapon damage and the Curse status until the end the next round.
!Black Sky is a Ranged Magical Slow (2) action: You invoke a black energy beam from the sky. The
lightning strikes a target of your choice, a Fire vs Air attack, difficulty 40. If successful, the target
suffers Shadow-elemental weapon damage and the Blind status until the end of next round.
Specialties:
!Shadow Blade is a Magical Slow (2) action requiring Air level 6 and Fire level 9: Conjuring a tornado
of souls, perform a weapon attack against all other combatants, enemies and allies. You deal 150%
weapon damage, Shadow-elemental, to all characters hit.
!Stasis Strike is a Ranged Slow (5) action requiring Earth level 9 and Air level 6: You summon a
lightning bolt from heavens. If you are successful in a weapon attack, difficulty 30, deal 150% weapon
damage, Light-elemental, to a target. If your attack is a critical hit or overcomes difficulty 70, inflict
the Immobilize status until the end of your next round on the target.
!Fury Brand is a Magical Slow (5) action requiring Air level 6 and Water level 9: Create a rune of
fury in your weapon and strike. If you are successful in a weapon attack, difficulty 30, deal 150%
weapon damage, Fire-elemental, to a target. If your attack is a critical hit or overcomes difficulty 70,
inflict the Mute status until the end of your next round on the target.
Elemental Soul: Core ability acquired at level 24. Select an element other than Cut, Crush, or Puncture. You become
Immune to all damage of the chosen element. In addition, choose one of the following actions to augment: Reduce
!Will Shield’s difficulty to 10, !Stasis Strike may inflict Stop instead of Immobilize, !Fury Brand may inflict Berserk
instead of Mute, or !Cleansing Strike may inflict Toad instead of Disable.
Specialties:
!Night Sword is a Slow (2) action requiring Fire level 10: Using dark energies in your favor, you drain
the life energy of your target. Attack with your weapon to deal weapon damage, Shadow-elemental,
to a target, and you drain HP equal to the HP lost.
Light’s Judgement: Requires Earth level 10. You gain the Slow (2) action !Cleansing Strike. This
action creates an arcane seal in the air, and then you attack a target with your weapon, destroying
the seal and dealing 150% weapon damage, Ice-elemental. If your attack is a critical hit or overcomes
difficulty 70, inflict the Disable status until the end of your next round on the target.
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Reckless Sacrifice: Requires Water level 10. When using an Adept action that inflicts a negative status
on a single target, you can choose to automatically hit without performing an attack roll. If you do,
you inflict the status on the target and on yourself for the same duration.
Arcane Shock: Core ability acquired at level 42. You gain the Ranged Magical Slow (3) action !Demi Shock. Concen-
trating the arcane forces, you try to break the enemy. Do a Fire vs Earth attack, difficulty 40. If successful, the target
loses 50% of their current HP. This counts as a Gravity-type status effect.
Specialties:
Mana Safe: Requires Earth level 8 and Water level 10. You can spend any amount of MP and an action
to heal the same amount of MP to an ally. Any ally can spend any amount of MP and an action to heal
on you half that amount of MP.
Dark Pact: Requires Earth level 11 and Fire level 11. Whenever you spend HP to use a Quick Adept
action that deals Shadow-elemental damage, you may spend extra 10% of your max HP to deal extra
50% weapon damage. You must declare this Ability before rolling the attack, spending the extra HP
regardless of hitting or missing.
Elemental Overload: Requires Air level 7 and Fire level 12. Whenever you spend HP to use a Quick
Adept action that deals Fire-, Ice-, or Lightning-elemental damage, you may spend extra 10% of your
max HP to attack all opponents, rather than just one target.
Staggering Blow: Core ability acquired at level 60. Core Ability acquired at level 60. Whenever one of your abilities
damage a charging target, the target loses the Slow action.
Specialties:
!Shellburst Stab is a Ranged Magical Slow (6) action requiring Earth level 20: You overload the target
with magical energy. Perform an Earth vs Water attack, difficulty 40, to deal Puncture-elemental
damage equal to the lesser between the target’s current MP or 999.
!Soul Eater is a Ranged Slow (6) action requiring Air level 20: Opening a portal to the underworld,
you try to drag their opponents into eternal sleep. Do a weapon attack against all enemies, difficulty
50, to inflict the Death status effect. If any of the targets is immune to this effect, you deal 150%
weapon damage to it, Shadow-elemental.
!Divine Retribution is a Ranged Slow (6) action requiring Water level 20: You show the light of
glory to your opponents, who are tempted to follow you. Do a weapon attack against all enemies,
difficulty 50. All opponents hit receive the Charm status until end of next round. If any of the targets
is immune to this effect, you deal 150% weapon damage to it, Light-elemental.
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Archer
A fighter who controls the battlefield from afar using an assortment of
weapon attacks. They aren’t very tough but have the advantage of fighting
at a distance. They are true masters of battlefield control, able to direct the
flow of battle and inflict devastating status effects. Its main stats are depen-
dent on the weapon that chose to specialize: Earth for throwing weapons,
Air for archery and Fire for rifles and crossbows.
Representatives: Archer Job (FFIII, FFT, FFTA), Ranger Job (FFXI), Hunter
Job (FFV, FFXI, FFTA), Sniper Job (FFTA), Mustadio Bunanza (FFT), Barret
Wallace (FFVII)
Level 1 15 30 60
HP Bonus 4x 5x 6x 7x
MP Bonus 0x 1x
Armor Medium
Claws/Gloves
Bows
Weapons
Rifles / Crossbows
Throwing Weapons
Abilities
Sharpshooter: Core Ability acquired at level 1. You are an archer, and gain the multipliers and equipment choices
above.
Specialties:
Precise Shot: Requires Fire level 3. Whenever you attack with a rifle or crossbow, all reactions to your
attack use Fire as a Defensive Stat instead of the original Defensive Stat. For example, if someone tries
to !Dodge your attack, instead of rolling Air vs Earth as normal, the enemy will roll Air vs Fire.
Quick Throw: Requires Earth level 5. Whenever you attack with a Throwing Weapon, you may re-roll
the attack once.
Point Blank: Requires Water level 3. Whenever you declare an attack with a Ranged weapon, you
may declare a point-blank shot to reduce the charge time of the attack by 1, to a minimum of 0. Your
weapon is not Ranged during this attack.
Warning Volley: Requires Air level 4. Whenever you declare an attack with a Bow, you may increase
its charge time by 1 to shot a warning volley. In addition to the attack’s effects, you deal weapon
damage to all enemies that react to the attack other than the original target.
Charge: Core Ability acquired at level 1. You gain the Slow (3) action !Charge. You aim for an accurate shot. Attack
with your weapon, dealing 150% weapon damage.
Specialties:
Ambush: Requires Water level 7. Until the end of the first round of each combat, your Stats count as
two levels higher for damage calculation.
Ungarmax: Requires Air and Fire level 8. You gain the Slow (7) action !Great Charge. Elite hunters
learn to wait for the perfect moment to shoot. Attack with your weapon, dealing 250% weapon
damage.
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Reflex Shot: Requires Earth level 7 and Water level 9. You gain the reaction !Reflex Shot. Use it as
an interrupt after being targeted by an attack while charging a Slow action to perform the !Attack
action against the character targeting you. If the target drops to 0 HP or for any reason cannot attack
you after suffering your attack, his action is spent without causing any effect.
Nutcracker: Core Ability acquired at level 15. You gain the Slow (3) action !Vitals Aim. Aiming at your opponent’s
weak points, attack with your weapon, dealing normal damage but ignoring the target’s Armor and Magical Armor.
Specialties:
Arm Aim: Requires Earth level 8 and Water level 6. You gain the Slow (2) action !Arm Aim. You may
use it to disable the target’s upper body. Attack with your weapon, difficulty 70. If successful, inflict
the Disable status on the target until the end of the next round.
Leg Aim: Requires Earth level 5 and Air level 9. You gain the Slow (2) action !Leg Aim. It disables the
target’s lower members. Attack with your weapon, difficulty 70. If successful, inflict the Immobilize
status on the target until the end of the next round.
Head Aim: Requires Air level 7 and Fire level 9. You gain the Slow (2) action !Head Aim. With it, you
do a glancing shot on the head that causes disorientation and dizziness on target. Attack with your
weapon, difficulty 70. If successful, inflict the Slow status on the target over the next two rounds.
Eye Aim: Requires Earth level 8 and Fire level 5. You gain the Slow (2) action !Eye Aim. You may use
it to attack the target’s eyes. Attack with your weapon, difficulty 70. If successful, inflict the Blind
status on the target until the end of the next round.
Mindblow: Core Ability acquired at level 24. You gain the Quick action !Mindblow, a mystic shot that drains the
target’s energy. Attack with your weapon, causing normal damage, but decreasing the target’s MP instead of HP. This
ability may critical hit, dealing double damage.
Specialties:
Patience Shot: Requires Air and Fire level 10. When using a damage-dealing action thats not a Spell,
you can increase its charge time by 4 to increase the damage dealt by 50% weapon damage.
Marked Quarry: Requires Water level 13. Once per round, when you hit a single target attack, reduce
the difficulty of the next attack targeting the same character by 30, to a minimum of 0.
Wing Aim: Requires Earth level 6 and Air level 10. You gain the Slow (1) action !Wing Aim. Using it,
you shoot the target’s wings. Attack with your weapon, difficulty 70. If successful, the target loses
the Float and Flight statuses, if any, and cannot gain them until the end of the next round.
Danger Sense: Core Ability acquired at level 42. You’re always under the effects of Strengthen (Speed) status.
Specialties:
Deadly Precision: Requires Earth, Air and Fire level 10. Your !Arm Aim, !Leg Aim, !Head Aim, !Eye
Aim, !Wing Aim and !Triple Foul actions deal damage equal to 75% weapon damage in addition to
its effects.
Toolbox: Requires Water level 8. You gain one of the following Specialties: Arm Aim, Leg Aim, Head
Aim, Eye Aim or Aim Wing, even if you haven’t met the requirements and even if you already chose a
Specialty for Nutcracker and/or Mind Strike.
Colossus Slayer: Requires Earth level 15. When you use the action !Vitals Aim, rather than ignore
the target’s Armor or Magical Armor, you add it to the damage dealt instead of subtracting it.
Always Prepared: Core Ability acquired at level 60. Choose any Specialty from any other Archer Ability. You gain this
Specialty, even if you have chosen another Specialty for this Ability, and even if you haven’t met the requirements
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Specialties:
Barrage: Requires Air level 20. You gain the physical Slow (6) action !Barrage. Using it, attack with
your weapon, difficulty 10, against a random enemy. This attack doesn’t consider either your or the
target’s Stats. If you hit, inflict weapon damage and you may repeat the attack against a random
enemy, this time with difficulty 20. As long as you keep hitting, you can repeat the attack, always
adding 10, cumulatively, to the difficulty, until the difficulty becomes 100 or you miss an attack. This
action can’t be used to start Marked Quarry or benefit from it.
Crippling Shot: Requires Fire level 20. You gain the Slow (4) action !Triple Foul. This action is a
weapon attack, difficulty 70. If successful, you inflict all the statuses you could inflict the following
actions: !Arm Aim, !Leg Aim, !Head Aim, !Eye Aim, !Wing Aim, as if you had used them. You only
inflict the statuses based on the Abilities you have.
Projectile Rain: Requires Earth level 20. Whenever your action or reaction reduce a target to 0 HP,
you gain an extra initiative dice with a value equal to the current phase plus one. You can’t gain
initiative die with value 11 or greater.
Artist
For these free souls, all life is a stage on which they weave magic from the
arts of dance, song, and mimicry. Their main Stat is Water, but an Artist can
find all four Stats useful. Their abilities vary greatly, each specializing in one
of the three arts.
Representatives: Edward Chris van Muir (FFIV), Bard Job (FFIII, FFV, FFXI,
FFT), Penelo (FFTA2), Dancer Job (FFV, FFT, FFXI), Songstress Dressphere
(FFX-2), Gogo (FFVI), Mime Job (FFV, FFT).
Level 1 15 30 60
HP Bonus 4x 5x 6x 7x
MP Bonus 0x 1x 2x
Armor Medium
Claws / Gloves
Light Swords / Knives
Weapons
Instruments
Throwing Weapons
Abilities
Strength of Character: Core ability acquired at level 1. You are an artist and gain the multipliers and equipment listed
above.
Specialties:
Singular Courage: Requires Air level 3. You gain the Quick action !Hide: Courageously search for the
nearest hiding place and gain Vanish status until the end of the round. If you take any other action
before the end of the round, you lose Vanish.
Seduction: Requires Water level 4. You gain the reaction !Flirt. It may be used when you are the sole
target of an attack. You perform a Water vs Fire attack, difficulty 0. If successful, you must designate
a new valid target for the attack, chosen from among your allies. In case of a critical hit, the new
target may also be an enemy. If there is no other valid target, this reaction automatically fails.
Roll with the Blow: Requires Earth level 5. You resist Crush-elemental damage.
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Artistic Niche: Core ability acquired at level 1. You learn first level performances and choose your primary art:
!Dance is a Quick action: gives you access to physical performances focused on your opponents,
causing injury, reducing their ability to fight, and generally making their job harder. Through this
action you can use any known Dance-type known performance.
!Sing is a Quick action: gives you access to magical performances focused on your allies, increasing
their fighting skills, protecting them and turning you into a powerful support to your teammates.
Through this action, you can use any known Song-type performance.
!Mimic is a Quick action: gives you acces to performances that allow you to emulate your allies and
opponents, the most unpredictable of the arts. The power of a mime is the power of his opponents
and teammates, and they become stronger as their challenges grow. Through this action, you can
use any known Mimicry-type performance.
Specialties:
Juggler: Requires Air level 3. Gain the ability to use one of these weapon types: Staves, Heavy
Weapons, Katanas, Polearms, or Wands. Gain the Ranged Quick action !Throw: You throw a weapon,
even if it seems impossible! Choose your equipped weapon or !Draw a chosen weapon from your
inventory, and perform an Air vs Air attack to deal 150% weapon damage on a hit or 200% on a
critical hit. The weapon is lost until the end of combat.
Illusionist: Requires Fire level 5. Increase your MP bonus multiplier at all levels by 1 if its level 1 value
is zero. In addition, you gain one of the following Spell groups: Images, Transform, Strengthen,
Flight, Weaken, or Purify.
Legendary Tale: Requires Earth level 3 and Air level 3. You gain the free reaction !Legend: Once per
round, when an ally is successful at an action, you can roll 1d10. If you roll a 1 or 2, the ally’s action
fails. If you roll 7 or greater, the ally’s action becomes a critical hit.
Supporting Role: Core ability acquired at level 15. You learn second level performances.
Specialties:
Eclectic Artist: Requires Fire level 8 and Water level 10. Choose one first-level Dance, Song or
Mimicry. You may use it as if you had chosen it as your Artistic Niche.
Phlegm: Requires Earth level 12. Requires Earth level 12. Whenever you are hit by an action that
inflicts a negative status, you may choose to have its effects and duration begin at the start of the next
round. This Specialty does not affect damage taken.
Inspiration: Requires Air level 10 and Water level 7. Once per round, when you deal a critical hit,
gain an extra initiative dice with the value 10.
Fame: Core ability acquired at level 24. You learn third level performances.
Specialties:
Perfectionism: Requires Earth level 9, Air level 9, and Water level 9. Choose one second-level Dance,
Song or Mimicry. You may use it as if you had chosen it as your Artistic Niche.
Narcissism: Requires Fire level 10 and Water level 10. You become immune to Charm, Confuse and
Sleep.
Undue Criticism: Requires Earth level 7 and Air level 7. You gain the Ranged Magical Quick action
action !Hater: Shame your target into a rage. Perform a Water vs Fire attack, difficulty 40 to inflict
the Berserk status until the end of the next round.
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Protagonist: Core Ability acquired at level 42. You learn fourth level performances.
Specialties:
Multitalented: Requires Fire level 10 and Water level 13. Choose one third-level Dance, Song or
Mimicry. You may use it as if you had chosen it as your Artistic Niche.
Encouragement: Requires Earth level 10, Air level 10, and Water level 12. You gain the reaction !Do
Over: Use this reaction after an ally rolls an attack. Your ally may reroll the attack.
Arcane Heart: Requires Fire level 14. Increase your MP bonus multiplier at all levels by 1 if its level
1 value is 1x or less. In addition, you gain one of the following Spell groups: Shield, Armor, Regen-
eration or Divination.
Stardom: Core ability acquired at level 60. You learn fifth level performances.
Specialties:
Perfectionism: Requires Water level 20. Choose one fourth-level Dance, Song or Mimicry. You may
use it as if you had chosen it as your Artistic Niche.
Powerful Chord: Requires Earth level 20. Whenever you !Attack, you can choose whether it will be
physical or magical, regardless of the equipped weapon. In addition, add twice your Earth level to
your weapon’s damage for all actions.
Dedicated Fans: Requires Air level 20. When you suffer damage or an attack, you may, as a reaction,
force an ally to use a reaction he could use if he had suffered the damage or attack. Spend your
initiative die in place of theirs. Furthermore, your allies may use their reactions when you suffer
damage or an attack, as if the damage or the attack had affected that ally, spending their own die. In
both cases, if the ally’s reaction fails, you suffer the attack’s effects normally.
Black Mage
A magician skilled in elemental magic, master of destructive energies. Its
main Stats are Fire and Water. Its Spells are extremely offensive, which makes
it extremely handy in eliminating the opposition, but at the same time aren’t
very versatile. The list of spells and their description are below, starting at
page 72.
Representatives: Black Mage Job (FFI, FFII, FFV, FFX-2, FFXI, FFT, FFTA),
Lulu (FFX), Palom of Mysidia (FFIV), Vivi Ornitier (FFIX)
Level 1 15 30 60
HP Bonus 3x 4x 5x 6x
MP Bonus 2x 3x 4x
Armor Light
Light Swords/Knives
Claws/Gloves
Weapons
Staves
Wands
Abilities
Arcane Power: Core Ability gained at level 1. You are a black mage, and gain the multipliers and equipment choices
above.
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Specialties:
Arcane Mystery: Flare: Requires Fire level 20 and character level 64. You gain the Flare Spell.
Arcane Mystery: Ultima: Requires Fire level 20 and character level 64. You gain the Ultima Spell.
Arcane Mystery: Doomsday: Requires Fire level 20 and character level 64. You gain the Doomsday
Spell.
Elemental Magic: Core Ability acquired at level 1. You gain one Elemental Spell group: Lightning, Ice, or Fire.
Specialties:
Elemental Mastery: Requires Water level 3. You gain one Elemental Spell group. After reaching level
15, gain another Elemental Spell group.
Elemental Burst: Requires Earth level 4. Whenever you use a Spell against a single target, you may
deal 25% of the Spell’s damage dealt to another opponent, chosen randomly, ignoring their MARM.
Elemental Shock: Requires Fire level 5. Whenever you deal damage with an Elemental Spell, increase
the value of all targets’ initiative dice by 1, up to a maximum of 10.
Transmutation: Core Ability acquired at level 1. You gain one Transmutation Spell group: Death, Transform or
Poison.
Specialties:
Transmutation Mastery: Requires Fire level 6. You gain one Transmutation Spell group.
Piercing Arcana: Requires Air and Water level 5. Your Spells ignore the targets’ status resistance.
This has no effect on status immunities.
Magic Resistance: Requires Earth and Fire level 4. You resist all status effects you are able to inflict
with a Transmutation Spell.
Worldly Magic: Core Ability acquired at level 15. You gain one Worldly Spell group: Water, Earth, or Shadow.
Specialties:
Worldly Mastery: Requires Earth level 8. You gain one Worldly Spell group.
Worldly Shock: Requires Fire level 10 and Water level 7. Your Spells ignore half of targets’ MARM.
Careful Casting: Requires Air level 5 and Water level 8. You may, as you cast a Spell, increase its
charge time by 3. Doing so will reduce by 30 its difficulty, to a minimum of zero. All difficulties listed
in the Spell are reduced by this effect.
Magical Expert: Core Ability acquired at level 30. You gain one Expert Spell group: Drain, Hex, or Mage Bane.
Specialties:
Multi-Expert: Requires Earth, Air and Water level 7. You gain one Expert Spell group.
Obliterate: Requires Fire level 12. When you use an Expert Spell, before applying the Spell’s effects,
if the target has the Protect, Shell, and/or Reflect statuses they cease to affect him until the end of
the round.
Favored Element: Requires Air level 9 and Fire level 10. Choose an element. Your attacks of the
chosen element ignore the target’s elemental resistance and deal 50% damage to immune targets.
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Druid
Unlike the other arcane jobs, these mages fuel their powers from their con-
nection with nature. They are often overlooked or misunderstood by other
magicians. Their power derives primarily from experimentation with nature
and contact with the monsters and the environment around them. They are
quite different, but typically have high values on Earth and Water.
Representatives: Yuna (FFX), Summoner Job (FFIII, FFV, FFT, FFTA), Ry-
dia of Mist (FFIV), Strago Magus (FFVI), Quistis Trepe (FFVIII), Quina Quen
(FFIX), Kimahri Ronso (FFX), Blue Mage Job (FFV, FFXI, FFTA), Gun Mage
Dressphere (FFX-2), Geomancer Job (FFIII, FFV, FFT, FFTA2), Mog (FFVI), El-
ementalist Job (FFTA, FFTA2), Orator Job (FFT), Beastmaster Job (FFV, FFXI,
FFTA), Reis Duelar (FFT)
Level 1 15 30 60
HP Bonus 3x 4x 5x 6x
MP Bonus 1x 2x 3x
Armor Medium
Claws/Gloves
Weapons Wands
Throwing Weapons
Abilities
Nature’s Path: Core Ability acquired at level 1. You are a druid, and gain the multipliers and equipment choices above.
In addition, choose one of the options below:
Primal Arcana: Requires level 1. Increase your MP bonus multiplier at all levels by 1. You may equip
light armor. Also, you gain one of the following Spell groups: Healing, Fire, Ice, Lightning, Poison,
or Slow.
Nature Warrior: Requires level 1. Increase your HP bonus multiplier at all levels by 1. You may
equip heavy armor and two of the following weapons: Heavy Weapons, Bows, Light Swords / Knives,
Weapons & Shields, Katana, Polearms or Staves.
Primal Music: Requires level 1. Increase your HP bonus and MP bonus multipliers at all levels by 1
each. Also, you may equip the Instruments weapon type.
Specialties:
Cursing: Requires Air level 3. You gain the Curse Spell.
Nature Lore: Requires Water level 3. You gain the Ranged Magical Quick action !Lore. Using it, you
study the opponents to discover its magical abilities. Perform a Water vs Water attack, difficulty 0,
to discover the target’s maximum and current HP and MP, and all Spells, if any, it can cast.
Quick Casting: Requires Earth and Fire level 5. Whenever you spend MP to use a Slow action, you
may reduce the MP cost or the charge time by 25%, to a minimum of 25% MP or Slow (1).
Awakened: Core Ability acquired at level 1. Select an option: Blue Mage, Summoner or Geomancer. This choice de-
termines what defines your abilities and powers.
Blue Mage: You may learn Blue Magic Spells, but you can only cast Initiate Spells. Learn two Blue
Magic Initiate Spells at character creation. Also, whenever you suffer the effects of a Blue Magic Spell
and are not reduced to 0 HP, you permanently learn the Spell. The list and description of the Blue
Magic Spells starts at page 79.
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Geomancer: You earn the Ranged Slow (2) magical action !Geomancy. The geomancer has the power
to use the terrain to his advantage, invoking magical effects. Their powers vary accordingly to the
terrain where the battle takes place, be it Plains, Forest, Mountains, Snow, Sea, Swamps, Urban, Un-
derground, Lava, Deserts, or Cosmic. The rules for these effects and their descriptions are in the Ge-
omancy section, starting at page 86.
Summoner: You gain the Quick magical action !Tame. To use it, make a Water vs Fire attack, difficulty
40. If successful, you deal non-elemental damage equal to your character level. If the opponent is
reduced to 0 HP by this attack, you capture the enemy’s soul, and can release it later with an action
to have the captured enemy perform his most powerful attack against targets of your choice. !Tame
may also be used as a reaction when an enemy drops to 0 HP. In this case, the enemy’s soul is captured
if it hits, regardless of damage. Use the Stats of captured enemy to determine the effects of this action.
While you own a captured soul, you may not use the !Tame action.
Specialties:
Martial Channeling: Requires Earth and Air level 4. Whenever you use a magical action (not Spells),
you may substitute the attack roll for a weapon attack, maintaining the same difficulty. You are suc-
cessful in your action if you succeed with the weapon attack. If you do succeed, and the action deals
damage, you deal weapon damage instead of the action’s damage. Other than attack roll and damage,
this Specialty doesn’t change anything else in the action. Martial Channeling may not increase the
damage of multi-attack actions like Branch Spear and !Kuuton.
Light Steps: Requires Fire level 6. You gain the Flight Spell group.
Intimidation: Requires Water level 4. You gain the Ranged Quick magical action !Intimidation. You
attack your enemy’s self-confidence with your presence of spirit. Perform a Water vs Fire attack,
difficulty 40. If successful, until the end of the next round, when the target roll doubles in an attack
roll, instead of having a critical hit, its attack fails. Treat this as a Mental-type status effect.
Nature’s Blessings: Core Ability acquired at level 10. You gain an extra ability dependent on your Awakened ability
type:
Blue Mage: You may cast Acolyte Spells.
Geomancer: You may spend MP to increase the power of their !Geomancy action, as indicated under
each terrain section below, starting at page 86.
Summoner: You gain !Call, allowing them to obtain the help of Summoned Monsters they’ve obtained
in their adventures. The complete rules for these are in the Summoned Creatures section, starting
at page 81.
Specialties:
Air Gust: Requires Air level 7. You gain the Ranged Slow (2) magical action !Air Wave. Using it, you
perform an (Air or Fire) vs Water attack against a target, difficulty 40. If successful, choose one:
Deal 10x Air level Air-elemental damage
Grant Float to your party until the end of the round
If 30th level or greater, spend 30 MP to deal 15x damage as above
If 30th level or greater, spend 30 MP to deal 10x damage as above and force the target to lose
their highest initiative die
If 30th level or greater, spend 30 MP to Grant Float as above and force the target to lose their
highest initiative die
Treat the loss of an initiative die as a Seal-type status effect. Until the end of the round, the
target cannot be affected by this again.
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Weak Point: Requires Water and Air level 5. You gain the action !Advice. It allows you to choose
an ally and point out the weaknesses of the enemy. Until the end of the next round, whenever the
chosen ally performs an attack that can score critical hit, critical hits happen even if the attack didn’t
overcome the difficulty.
Magical Camouflage: Requires Earth and Water level 7. Whenever you or an ally uses an action or
spell that targets your own group, you may choose up to two targets to avoid the effects of the spell
or action.
Natural Domain: Core Ability acquired at level 20. You gain one of the following three extra abilities:
Blue Mage: You may roll 1d100 whenever a combatant uses a Blue Magic spell on any ally or foe,
automatically learning the spell if the roll is equal to or lower than the Blue Mage’s level.
Geomancer: gain the Ranged Slow (X) magical action !Geotrance action and can use it to cast geo-
mancy effects even if not in the right terrain, according to the rules in page 89.
Summoner: You may now have up to two monster’s souls under the effect of !Tame at the same time.
Specialties:
Monster’s Language: Requires Air level 10 and Fire level 8. You gain the Ranged Quick magical ac-
tion !Parley. Speaking the monsters’ language, you can try to convince them to abandon the fight.
Perform a Fire vs Fire attack, difficulty 70. If successful, the target will use on its next action to !Flee,
obtaining automatic success if you wish. Treat this as a Fatal-type status effect.
Adaptive Tolerance: Requires Water level 9. Whenever you suffer the effects of a Status effect, you
gain (Status) Resistance to that status effect until the end of combat.
Earth Slash: Requires Earth level 10. You gain the Slow (2) magical action !Earth Slash. Using it, you
perform an (Earth or Fire) vs Water attack against all other combatants (allies and foes), difficulty
40. This attack automatically fails against targets that are under the Float or Flight status effect. If
successful, choose for each target: either deal damage equal to 7x Earth level, Earth-elemental, or
inflict the Immobilize status until the end of the round. At 40th level or greater, you may spend 60
MP when using this action to double the duration of the status effect and increase the damage to 14x
Earth level.
Natural Mastery: Core Ability acquired at level 30. You gain an extra ability, depending on the choice made in the
Awakened ability.
Blue Mage: When a Blue Magic Spell’s effect reduces you to 0 HP, you learn it. Also, you may can now
cast Master Spells and Ancient Spells.
Geomancer: One status effect is permanently applied to you. Which status is gained is based on your
lowest Stat value when you reach level 30. You may choose between status in case of a tie: Earth —
Puncture Resist; Air — Float; Fire — Premonition; Water — Blink.
Summoner: You gain the Quick magical action !Summon. It may be used only once per combat. Using
it, you choose a Summoned Monster to materialize. Until the end of the round, you can’t use any Call
beyond the summoned. On the other hand, the Summoned Monster, in addition to its normal Call
effects, will also protect you from harm, effectively granting you the Wall status until the end of the
round, and other effects, depending on the Summoned Monster. The complete rules for this and the
description of the Summoned Monsters are below, starting at page 81.
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Specialties:
Quagmire: Requires Fire level 8 and Water level 10. You gain the Slow (4) magical action !Quagmire.
Using it, you realize a (Water or Fire) vs Water attack against a target, difficulty 40. This attack
automatically fails against targets under the effect of Float or Flight status effects. If successful, you
deal 17x Water level Water-elemental damage and inflict the Slow status over the next two rounds.
At 40th level or greater, you may spend 60 MP to use this action against a group, rather than a single
target.
Truce: Requires Water level 12 and Air level 8. You gain the Ranged Quick magical action !Truce.
Speaking the monsters’ language, you try to make them pause for a moment. Do a Water vs Fire
attack, difficulty 40, attack against all enemies. The enemies hit cannot target your party with actions
for the next 3 phases. Remove this effect if the target suffers damage. This has no effect on phase 10.
Treat this as a Mental-type status effect.
Natural Resilience: Requires Earth level 10 and Fire level 8. Choose Toxic, Seal, or Transform. You
become immune to all the negative statuses of the chosen type.
Freelancer
The Freelancer is a dilettante, forgoing all tried and true paths to forge their
own road. It embodies versatility, being able to dabble into all other Main
Jobs, building unique battle strategies and tactics. With it, you’ll be able to
pick and choose your skills, mixing and matching strategies and changing
your Job almost at-will.
Representatives: Onion Kid (FF III), Bare Job (FF V)
Level 1 15 30 60
HP Bonus 3x 4x 5x 6x
MP Bonus 1x 2x
Armor none
Weapons none
Abilities
Versatility: Core Ability acquired at level 1. You are a freelancer, and gain the multipliers and equipment choices
above.
Job Change: Core Ability acquired at level 1. Choose a Main Job. You undergo a Job Change from Freelancer to the
chosen Job. Whenever you make a Job Change, treat as you had the new Job to determine which weapons and armor
you may equip, instead of the previous. Each time you spend Job Points to acquire a new ability, you must undergo a
Job Change to that job. You may only keep the option to equip a piece of gear if you have an Ability that permanently
grants access to a weapon or armor type. Your Main Job’s abilities other than JP UP may not change your HP and MP
bonuses. Lastly, you may not acquire any Main Job’s Specialties unless by spending Job Points.
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JP UP: Ability acquired at level 8. Gain 3 Job Points (JP). You may spend them accordingly to the table below. You may
spend less than your total Job points but cannot spend them again until you gain more Job Points. To gain any Core
Ability or Specialty this way, you must satisfy all the Ability’s required levels. JP UP may grant a Specialty even if the
Freelancer does not have the corresponding Core Ability, but the Character Level must still be equal to or higher than
the Core Ability’s level.
Ability Gained JP Cost Special
Increase your HP bonus multiplier by 1 at all levels 1 May be chosen once
Increase your HP bonus multiplier by 1 at all levels 2 May be chosen twice
Increase your MP bonus multiplier by 1 at all levels 2 May be chosen twice
Awakened, Natural Domain, Arcane Devotion core abilities 2
First ability that grants spell groups 2 Other than Arcane Devotion
Second or later ability that grants spell groups 1 Other than Arcane Devotion
Specialty from an ability you already have a specialty from 2
Core Ability you already have chosen an option 2 May only pick a different option
Core ability or Specialty not listed above 1
JP UP: Core Ability acquired at level 16. Gain 1 Job Point. You may spend any Job Points you have stored immediately.
JP UP: Core Ability acquired at level 23. Gain 1 Job Point. You may spend any Job Points you have stored immediately.
JP UP: Core Ability acquired at level 30. Gain 1 Job Point. You may spend any Job Points you have stored immediately.
JP UP: Core Ability acquired at level 37. Gain 1 Job Point. You may spend any Job Points you have stored immediately.
JP UP: Core Ability acquired at level 44. Gain 1 Job Point. You may spend any Job Points you have stored immediately.
JP UP: Core Ability acquired at level 51. Gain 1 Job Point. You may spend any Job Points you have stored immediately.
JP UP: Core Ability acquired at level 58. Gain 1 Job Point. You may spend any Job Points you have stored immediately.
JP UP: Core Ability acquired at level 65. Gain 1 Job Point. You may spend any Job Points you have stored immediately.
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Monk
A mystic who battles with the power of their fists and spirit. They have many
hit points and can evoke elemental powers. Its main stats are Earth and Fire.
Most monks either devote themselves to the martial arts or to spiritual and
magical pursues, however some masters try to balance these two paths.
Representatives: Amarant Coral (FFIX), Monk Job (FFI, FFIII, FFV, FFT),
Sabin Rene Figaro (FFVI), Tifa Lockheart (FFVII), Yang Fang Leiden (FFIV),
Zell Dincht (FFVIII)
Level 1 15 30 60
HP Bonus 6x 7x 8x 9x
MP Bonus 0x 1x
Armor Medium
Claws/Gloves
Weapons Wands
Throwing Weapons
Abilities
Martial Arts: Core Ability acquired at level 1. You are a monk, and gain the multipliers and equipment choices above.
Specialties:
Brawler: Requires Earth level 3. Whenever you use the !Attack action while equipped with Claws /
Gloves, you may re-roll the attack once.
Drunken Dance: Requires Air level 3. Whenever you perform a physical action, reduce your next
action’s charge time by 2, to a minimum of zero, if it is magical. Whenever you perform a magical
action, reduce your next action’s charge time by 2, to a minimum of zero, if it is physical.
Spirit Power: Requires Fire level 3. Whenever one of your abilities’ effects change based on your
character level, consider it as being four levels higher than it is. Reduce all Stat level of your Special-
ties’ (both earned and unearned) requirements by one.
Elemental Arts: Requires Water level 3. Increase your MP bonus multiplier at all levels by 1 if its level
1 value is zero. In addition, you gain access to one of the following Spell groups: Gravity, Healing,
Poison, or Purify.
Jutsu: Core Ability acquired at level 1. You earn one of the four types of Jutsu below:
!Katon is a Ranged Slow (3) magical action. Using it, you invoke elemental spirits. Do a Fire vs Fire
attack, difficulty 40. If successful, deal 4x Fire level Fire-elemental damage on a target. This ability
can achieve critical hits; in this case, besides the damage, the target receives the Curse status until
the end of the next round. At level 20 or greater, critical hits also inflict the Sleep status until the end
of the next round.
!Suiton is a Ranged Slow (3) magical action. Using it, you invoke elemental spirits. Do a Fire vs Water
attack, difficulty 40. If successful, deal 4x Fire level Water-elemental damage on a target. This ability
can achieve critical hits; in this case, besides the damage, the target receives the Weaken (Mental)
status until the end of the next round. At level 20 or greater, critical hits also inflict the Mute status
until the end of the next round.
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!Doton is a Ranged Slow (3) magical action. Using it, you invoke elemental spirits. Do a Fire vs Earth
attack, difficulty 40. If successful, deal 4x Fire level Earth-elemental damage on a target. This ability
can achieve critical hits; in this case, besides the damage, the target receives the Poison status until
the end of the next round. At level 20 or greater, critical hits also inflict the Virus status until the end
of the next round.
!Fuuton is a Ranged Slow (3) magical action. Using it, you invoke elemental spirits. Do a Fire vs Air
attack, difficulty 40. If successful, deal 4x Fire level Air-elemental damage on a target. This ability
can achieve critical hits; in this case, besides the damage, the target receives the Blind status until
the end of the next round. At level 20 or greater, critical hits also inflict the Confuse status until the
end of the next round.
Regardless of the chosen Jutsu, at level 15 the damage becomes 6x Fire level, at level 22 the damage
becomes 8x Fire Level, at level 31 the damage becomes 11x Fire Level and at level 40 the damage
becomes 14x Fire level.
Specialties:
Elan: Requires Air level 4 and Fire level 6. Your Jutsu targets a group instead of just one target.
Vengeful Spirits: Requires Fire level 6 and Water level 4. Whenever your Jutsu are successful, con-
sider that they had a critical hit.
Lightning Jutsu: Requires Earth level 4 and Fire level 6. You gain the reaction !Raiton. Use it when
you are hit by a magical action or Spell. You conjure the spirits defensively to interfere with it. Per-
form a Fire vs Fire attack, difficulty 40. A successful reaction means you ignore the action’s damage.
You may also use this reaction to negate all effects of the magical action or Spell, when you or an ally
is hit by a magical action or Spell that deals elemental damage opposed to one of your earned Jutsu,
according to the table below.
Jutsu Opposing Elements
!Katon Ice or Water
!Suiton Fire or Light
!Doton Air or Lightning
!Fuuton Earth or Shadow
Punch Rush: Core Ability acquired at level 15. You gain the Slow (3) action !Punch Rush. Perform a weapon attack,
difficulty 30, dealing weapon damage and ignoring half of the target’s Armor or Magical Armor. Reduce by 10 the
difficulty if your weapon deals physical damage. Reduce by 10 the difficulty if your weapon is not Ranged. !Punch
Rush attacks with Claws/Gloves ignores the target’s Armor.
Specialties:
Jutsu Acolyte: Requires Fire level 7. You gain one of the following Jutsu: !Katon, !Suiton, !Doton, or
!Fuuton.
Zen Awareness: Requires Air level 8. You may use reactions while charging Slow actions as an inter-
rupt.
Flurry of Blows: Requires Earth level 7. Your attacks hit when you roll doubles, even if the attack
didn’t overcome the difficulty. Your !Punch Rush can critical hit, dealing double damage and inflict-
ing the Weaken (Armor) status effect until the end of the round.
Zen Evasion: Core Ability acquired at level 24. You gain the reaction !Zen Evasion. Use it after you’re hit with a Slow
action. You ignore the action’s effects on a successful Air vs Fire roll, difficulty 40.
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Specialties:
Soul Volley: Requires Fire and Water level 10. Choose and gain either !Aura Bolt or !Dark Bolt. Both
are Ranged Slow (4) magical actions. Release your inner Ki in a bolt of light or darkness to perform
a Fire vs Water attack, difficulty 50. If successful, the target takes 14 x Fire level damage, and you
may repeat the attack as an interrupt any number of times, each against a different target. !Aura
Bolt deals Light-elemental damage and !Dark Bolt deals Shadow-elemental damage. At level 45 the
damage increases to 16 x Fire level damage, at level 52 it increases to 20x Fire level damage, and at
level 59 it increases to 22x Fire level damage.
Timeless Body: Requires Earth, Air, Fire and Water level 8. You resist Mental-type and Time-type
status effects.
Suplex: Requires Earth level 10. When using the !Punch Rush action, you may discard an extra
initiative die to deal 300% weapon damage on normal and critical hits. The damage is only 200%
weapon damage if you’re equipped with any weapon other than Claws/Gloves.
Awaken Chakra: Core Ability acquired at level 42. Choose one of the three options below:
Balanced Chakras: Whenever you use an action or reaction which Offensive Stat is Earth or Fire, you
may use the highest of either Earth or Fire.
Spiritual Chakras: When using a Jutsu or Soul Volley, you may increase its charge time by 1 to increase
the damage by 3x Fire level on a single target, or by 1x Fire level on all targets.
Material Chakras: You gain the Slow (2) action !Kick. When using it, attack all opponents with your
weapon, dealing 100% weapon damage. When equipped with Claws/Gloves, ignore the target’s Pro-
tect status.
Specialties:
Pressure Points: Requires Earth level 6 and Water level 12. You gain the Slow (2) physical action
!Atemi. This action allows you to deliver blows to the correct points to close the chakra of the target.
Do an Earth vs Earth attack, difficulty 70. If successful, inflict the Immobilize status until the end of
the next round. At level 50, reduce the difficulty to 50. You may spend 30 MP to make your !Atemi
action targets all enemies instead of only one.
Release Chakra: Requires Air level 6 and Water level 12. You gain the Slow (5) magical action
!Chakra. When using it, you release the healing power of your chakras to end any negative sta-
tuses affecting you. However, until level 50, you can’t use this Ability while under the effect of any
Mental-type or Time-type negative statuses. You may spend any amount of MP to recover HP equal
to double of that amount, in addition to its effects.
Chi Blast: Requires Fire level 6 and Water level 12. You gain the Slow (2) magical action !Chi Blast.
This action allows you to directly attack the enemy’s fighting spirit. Do an Fire vs Fire attack, difficulty
70. If successful, inflict the Disable status until the end of the next round. At level 50, reduce the
difficulty to 50. You may spend 30 MP to make your !Chi Blast action targets all enemies instead of
only one.
Zen Mind: Core Ability acquired at level 60. Your attacks and reactions against enemies suffering any temporary
negative status effects may be rerolled once.
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Specialties:
Jutsu Master: Requires Fire level 20. You gain two of the following actions: !Katon, !Suiton, !Doton
or !Fuuton. You also gain the Ranged Slow (5) magical action !Kuuton. Using your mastery of the
four elements, roll 1d100 and add your Fire value, comparing this result to all opponents’ stats. If
the result is greater than Earth plus 20, the opponent takes 6x Fire level Earth-elemental damage. If
the result is greater than Air plus 20, the opponent takes 6x Fire level Air-elemental damage. If the
result is greater than Fire plus 20, the opponent takes 6x Fire level Fire-elemental damage. If the
result is greater than Water plus 20, the opponent takes 6x Fire level Water-elemental damage. This
attack always ignores targets’ MARM.
Elemental Union: Requires Air and Water level 10. Increase your MP bonus multiplier by 1 at all
levels. You gain one of the following Spell groups: Mage Bane, Regeneration, Enchantment, or
Divination.
Phantom Rush: Requires Earth level 20. You gain the Slow (6) physical action !Phantom Rush, a
martial arts secret known as the supreme blow. Using it, do an Earth vs Air attack, difficulty 30. If
successful, deal 33x Earth level Crush-elemental damage on a target, ignoring its ARM.
Rogue
An expert in surviving with what life throws at him. The Rogue makes its
own destiny, obtaining resources from where nobody expects. His main Stats
are Air and Water. His skills strengthen the group, making their allies better
prepared to face their challenges. Many of their skills are related to luck and
may have unpredictable results.
Representatives: Cid Pollendina (FFIV), Edgar Roni Figaro (FFVI), Setzer
Gabbiani (FFVI), Cait Sith (FFVII), Selphie Tilmitt (FFVIII), Wakka (FFX), Lady
Luck Dressphere (FFX-2), Corsair Job (FFXI), Rikku (FFX), Gadgeteer Job
(FFTA), Mustadio Bunanza (FFT), Locke Cole (FFVI), Yuffie Kisaragi (FFVII),
Rikku (FFX), Thief Job (FFI, FFIII, FFV, FFXI, FFT, FFTA, FFX-2), Zidane Tribal
(FFIX)
Level 1 15 30 60
HP Bonus 4x 5x 6x 7x
MP Bonus 0x 1x 2x
Armor Medium
Polearms
Light Swords / Knives
Weapons Katana
Rifles / Crossbows
and Throwing Weapons
Abilities
Survivalist: Core Ability acquired at level 1. You are a rogue, and gain the multipliers and equipment choices above.
Specialties:
Steal: Requires Air level 3. You gain the Quick physical action !Steal. This action allows you to gain
items stealing them of your opponents. Perform an Air vs Air attack, difficulty 40. If successful, you
gain the target’s Common item. In case of a critical hit, you acquire the Rare item instead. Check the
Wealth and Items section, starting at page 94, for more details.
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Gilionaire: Requires Water level 3. Whenever you gain a Gil reward, you earn 25% extra Gil.
Treasure Hunter: Requires level 3 in Fire. Whenever you win a combat you may roll an additional
time for spoils. This gives you more chances of earning items at the end of combats. See the Wealth
and Items section, starting at page 94, for more details.
Clinical Eye: Core Ability acquired at level 1. This ability represents the Rogue’s ability to find weak points and details
about their opponents. However, each Rogue develops a peculiar point of view, able to perceive different aspects. You
gain one of the following:
!Detect is a Ranged Quick magical action. Using it, perform a Water vs Water attack, difficulty 0. If
successful, you discover the target’s maximum and current HP and MP, its Stat levels, and its status
Vulnerabilities, Resistances and Immunities.
!Peep is a Ranged Quick magical action. Using it, perform a Water vs Water attack, difficulty 0. If suc-
cessful, you discover the target’s maximum and current HP and MP, and its elemental Vulnerabilities,
Resistances, Immunities and Absorptions.
!Lucky Odds is also a Ranged Quick magical action. Using it, perform a Water vs Water attack, dif-
ficulty 0. If successful, you discover the target’s maximum and current HP and MP target, and what
their Common and Rare items. You may swap the target’s Common and Rare items so the Common
becomes Rare and vice-versa.
Specialties:
Feint: Requires Air and Fire level 5. Whenever an opponent reacts to your action, you can force him
to re-roll the reaction.
Fight Another Day: Requires Air level 3. The difficulty of your !Flee action is reduced to zero.
Karma: Requires Earth level 7. You gain the reaction !Karma. It may be used when you suffer the
effects of a critical hit. By using, you cast a revenge curse muttered under your breath against the
opponent who struck you. Choose an element: Fire, Ice, Lightning, Water, Air, Poison, Earth, Light,
or Shadow. The opponent who attacked you lose any Absorption, Immunity, and Resistance of the
chosen element and gains Vulnerability to the element. This effect lasts 3 rounds.
Dice: Core Ability acquired at level 15. You gain the Ranged Quick magical action !Dice. This action casts ghostly die
to haunt the target. Choose a number between 1 and 5. Perform that number Water vs Earth attacks, difficulty 0. The
opponent suffers Crush-elemental damage equal to the sum of d100’s result that hit, ignoring their MARM. If any die is
a critical hit, treat it as if the target had a critical attack against you and you suffer Crush-elemental damage component
equal to the sum of all d100 results, considering your MARM as usual.
Specialties:
Arcane Trickster: Requires Water level 10. Increase your MP bonus multiplier by 1 at all levels. In ad-
dition, you gain one of the following Spell groups: Transform, Poison, Images, Teleport, Weaken,
or Slow.
Dismantle: Requires Fire level 10. You gain the Quick magic action !Dismantle. You use your mastery
over machines and technology to disarm threats. Perform a Fire vs Earth attack, difficulty 70, against
a target. If the target is a Construct (such as a golem, machine, or robot), inflict the Death status. If
the target is not a Construct, remove one positive status effect from it and disable the corresponding
permanent status effect, if any, until the end of next round.
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Gambler: Requires Air level 10. You gain the Ranged Quick action !Moogle Reels. Do 3 Water vs
Fire (the greater between opponents’) attacks, difficulty 40. If all fail, you suffer the Confuse status
until the end of the next round. If successful in just one, perform the !Attack action against a random
opponent. If successful in exactly two, you deal magical damage of a random element in all opponents
equal to 10 x Water level. If successful in all three, you inflict the Confuse, Slow, and Poison statuses
on all opponents until the end of the next round.
Invention: Core Ability acquired at level 24. When purchasing weapons and armor, you can change their properties
to equivalent ones. Elemental Damage can be exchanged for any other element. (Monster) Destroyer and (Monster)
Killer may change the type of monster to any other type. Critical Spell, Spell Weave and Arcane Focus can change its
Spell to any other Spell of the same level or lower.
Auto: Resistance, Vulnerability, Immunity, or Absorption of Crush, Puncture, or Cut can be exchanged for another
of these three elements. Auto: Resistance, Vulnerability, Immunity or Absorption of other elements can be ex-
changed for another element, except Crush, Puncture, or Cut. The weapons who give extra damage based on a Stat can
change it to another Stat, except the weapon’s Offensive Stat. Finally, Auto: Status, SOS:Status, Status Resistance,
Status Immunity, Status Touch, and Status Strike can swap the Status within the following power levels, changing
a positive status to another positive status and a negative status effect to another negative status effect:
I: Sleep, Curse, Blind, Strengthen (Speed), Weaken (Speed), Poison, or Float.
II: Weaken (Armor), Weaken (Mental), Weaken (Physical), Weaken (Magic), Strengthen (Armor), Strengthen
(Mental), Strengthen (Magic), Strengthen (Physical), Immobilize, or Slow.
III: Haste, Condemn, Confuse, Disable, Shell, Protect, Berserk, Blink, Reraise, Mute, Premonition, Virus, or
Flight.
IV: Charm, Meltdown, Vanish, Death, Wall, Stop, Stone, Reflect, Toad, Zombie.
In addition, at any time out of combat, you can pay half weapon’s or armor’s Gil cost to change its properties, as if you
just had bought that equipment.
Specialties:
Steal the Spotlight: Requires Earth level 6 and Water level 11. You can spend allies’ initiative dice to
act if that ally allows it.
Lucky Number: Requires Air and Fire level 10. Whenever you roll a result 77 or 07 in a d100, you
are successful, regardless of the difficulty. In addition, you gain the free reaction !Lucky Seven. Use
after your character suffers damage from an attack and if the last digit of your HP is 7. Attack the
opponent who attacked you with a Water vs Water attack, difficulty 77. If you fail, deal 7 damage. If
successful, deal 77 damage. In case of a critical hit, deal 777 damage. This attack ignores MARM. You
don’t need to spend initiative dice to use this reaction. The damage is magical and Cut-elemental.
Abandon Subtlety: Requires Air level 13. Whenever you use the !Steal action, you may increase the
difficulty to 50 to perform, regardless of success in the !Steal attempt, the !Attack action as a free
action against the same target.
Charity’s Lesson: Core Ability acquired at level 42. You gain the Ranged Quick physical action !Gil Toss. If money is
power, the Rogue shows it in the most direct way possible! With this action, you can throw any number of Gil against
your targets. You perform an Air vs Air attack, difficulty 0, against all opponents. For every 100 Gil spent, deal 1x Air
level Puncture-elemental damage, split evenly among all targets hit. Gil spent this way is irretrievably lost. !Gil Toss
can’t deal more than 999 damage to each target.
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Specialties:
Jackpot: Requires Air and Fire level 12. Acquire the Ranged Quick action !Chocobo Reels. Do 3 Water
vs Earth (the greater between opponents’) attacks, difficulty 40. If all fail, you suffer the Condemned
status until the end of the next round. If successful in just one, you cast the Cura Spell, even if you don’t
know it. If successful in exactly two, you deal physical damage of a random element in all opponents
equal to 20 x Water level. If successful in all 3, you give the Shell, Protect and Haste statuses to all
allies until the end of the next round.
Counter Theft: Requires Air and Earth level 12. You may use the !Steal action as a reaction when
suffering a melee physical attack, even if you don’t have the Steal Specialty. You may not perform any
other attack during this reaction, even if you have the Abandon Subtlety Specialty.
Steal Heart: Requires Air and Water level 12. You gain the Ranged Quick magical action !Steal Heart.
With your charm, your opponent become infatuated. Make a Water vs Fire attack, difficulty 70, in-
flicting the Charm status on a target until the end of round if successful.
Measured Risks: Core Ability acquired at level 60. Once per round, if your current HP is 25% or less of your max HP,
you may perform a reaction as a free action. If, for any reason, your current HP become greater than 25% of your max
HP, and then drop below that limit again, you may use this Ability again in the same round.
Specialties:
Footwork: Requires Air level 20. At the beginning of each round, you gain an extra initiative die with
value 10.
Distract: Requires Fire level 20. You gain the Ranged Quick physical action !Distract. Distracting the
target, you expose its weaknesses. Make a Fire vs Fire attack, difficulty 40. If successful, inflict the
Meltdown status until the end of the round.
Magic Reels: Requires Water level 20. You gain the Quick action !Magic Reels. Do 3 Water vs Water
(the greater between opponents’) attacks, difficulty 40. If all fail, you are reduced to 0 HP and your
opponents recover HP equal to the amount of HP you lost. If successful in at least one, you cast a
random Spell without spending MP, even if you don’t know it. Roll 1d10 and compare to the table
below to see what Spell will be cast. For each critical hit, the Spell is cast again, up to 4 Spell casts if
you obtain 3 critical hits.
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Time Mage
A magician expert in time and cosmic magic, able to manipulate the battle-
field and use spells that support its allies and hinder its enemies. Like all
magicians, its main stats are Fire and Water. Its spells can change the flow of
battle, but ultimately the power of the Time Mage relies not in winning the
battles directly, but indirectly giving the party the tools to do so. The list of
Spells and its description are in the Time Magic section, starting at page 76.
Representatives: Time Mage Job (FFV, FFT, FFTA)
Level 1 15 30 60
HP Bonus 3x 4x 5x 6x
MP Bonus 2x 3x 4x
Armor Light
Claws / Gloves
Light Swords / Knives
Weapons
Staves
Wands
Abilities
Arcane Studies: Core Ability acquired at level 1. You are a time mage, and gain the multipliers and equipment choices
above.
Specialties:
Arcane Mystery: Old: Requires Fire level 20 and character level 64. You gain the Old Spell.
Arcane Mystery: Meteor: Requires Fire level 20 and character level 64. You gain the Meteor Spell.
Arcane Mystery: Time Stop: Requires Fire level 20 and character level 64. You gain the Time Stop
Spell.
Astral Magic: Core Ability acquired at level 1. You gain an Astral Spell group: Cosmic, Teleport, or Gravity.
Specialties:
Cosmic Mastery: Requires Fire level 5. You gain one Astral Spell group.
Phase: Requires Water level 5. Gain the reaction !Phase. Use this reaction when you are hit by a
physical attack. Make a Fire vs (the greater of Earth and Air) attack, difficulty 40. If you succeed, you
teleport away, and the attack has no effect on you.
Arcane Archer Requires Air level 3. You can equip medium armor and Bows.
Subtle Magic: Core Ability acquired at level 1. You gain one Subtle Spell group: Slow, Weaken, Strengthen, or Flight.
Specialties:
Subtle Mastery: Requires Air level 6. You gain one Subtle Spell group.
Levitation: Requires Fire level 5. You gain the Float status permanently.
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Procrastination: Requires Earth level 8. Gain the free reaction !Delay. Once per round, when an ally
or opponent cast a Spell, you can use this reaction. The Spell has no effect. At the start of next round,
before initiative is rolled, its effects happen as normal. You don’t need to spend initiative dice to use
this reaction.
Void Magic: Core Ability acquired at level 15. You gain one Void Spell Group: Speed or Meteors.
Specialties:
Void Mastery: Requires Fire and Water level 9. You gain one Void Spell group.
Acceleration: Requires Air level 10. After casting a Void Spell, you may reduce the value of one of
your dice by 1, to a minimum of the current phase.
Wild Magic: Requires Fire level 12. You may, as you cast a Spell, increase its charge time by 1. The
Spell’s difficulty becomes a d100 roll instead of a fixed number.
Magical Inspiration: Core Ability acquired at level 30. You gain one Inspiration Spell Group: Regeneration, Paraly-
sis, or Divination.
Specialties:
Inspiration Mastery: Requires Earth and Air level 7 and Fire level 10. You gain one Inspiration Spell
Group.
Action and Reaction: Requires Water level 12. At the start of each combat, roll two d100. You can
substitute any d100 roll with the result of one of these two dice. If you do, discard the die used. This
ability may be used on any d100 roll done by any combatant.
Fluid Time: Requires Air level 12. When rolling initiative, roll one extra die. Before the first phase
starts, discard one of your initiative dice.
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Warrior
A focused fighter in heavy armor, specialist in melee combat. Its main stats
are Earth and Air, with Water as tertiary stat. Regardless of the Stat you fo-
cus, Warriors may work offensively or defensively; they can either focus on
causing as much damage as possible or on protecting the group to by weak-
ening their opponent. Regardless of the chosen skills, it is a simple class to
play: buy the best possible equipment, and you will have enough HP, damage
and defenses to defeat any opponent.
Representatives: Dragoon Job (FFIII, FFV, FFXI, FFT, FFTA), Uhlan Job
(FFXIIZJ), Kain Highwind (FFIV), Cid Highwind (FFVII), Ward Zabac (FFVIII),
Freya Crescent (FFIX), Gladiator Job (FFTA), Fighter Job (FFI, FFIII), Warrior
Job (FFXI), Adelbert Steiner (FFIX), Auron (FFX), Knight Job (FFIII, FFV, FFT),
Leo Cristophe (FFVI), Soldier Job (FFTA), Cyan Garamonde (FFVI), Cloud
Strife (FFVII), Squall Leonhart (FFVIII), Tidus (FFX)
Level 1 15 30 60
HP Bonus 5x 6x 7x 8x
MP Bonus 0x 1x
Armor Heavy
Light Sword/ Knives
Claws / Gloves
Weapons & Shields
Weapons
Heavy Weapon
Katanas
Polearms
Abilities
Master of Arms: Core Ability acquired at level 1. You are a warrior, and gain the multipliers and equipment choices
above.
Specialties:
Critical Force: Requires Earth level 5. Whenever you use an ability that requires an weapon attack
and has no special effects on critical hits, you may choose to deal twice weapon damage on critical
hits (instead of the ability’s damage) and all equipment effects.
Adroit: Requires Earth and Air level 3. Whenever you use a Warrior ability other than a weapon
attack, you can choose to use either Earth or Air as Offensive Stat. Whenever you acquire an ability
that gives you the choice between two Break actions, you gain both Break actions.
Arc: Requires Fire level 3. You may add Ranged to your !Attack actions. You may increase the charge
time of an action by 1 to add Ranged to any Warrior abilities which require an weapon attack.
Armored Agility: Requires Water level 3. Once per turn, you may reroll the !Dodge, !Block or !Parry
reactions.
Power Attack: Core Ability acquired at level 1. You earn one of the three actions below:
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!Jump is a Quick action. Using it, you jump an incredible height and gain the Flight status. In your
next action, you dive on a target, discarding the initiative die and attacking with your weapon. If you
hit, inflict 150% weapon damage. After the attack, you lose the Flight status. Deal twice weapon
damage instead of 150% if you wield a Polearm.
!Mighty Strike is a Quick action. Attacking with all your might, without preparation or any worry
about accuracy, you deliver a devastating attack. Perform an attack with your weapon but increasing
the difficulty by 30. Your attack does twice weapon damage, plus all the equipment effects as usual.
!Minus Strike is a Slow (1) physical action. When using it, focus your ki energy to perform an Earth
vs Earth attack, difficulty 40, against a target. If successful, this action causes Cut-elemental damage
equal to the lowest between 10 times your Armor value or (your max HP minus your current HP).
Don’t add the singles digit to damage. This action ignores the Strengthen (Physical) status and may
not deal over 999 damage.
Specialties:
Shield Break: Requires Air level 7. Choose and gain one Break action:
!Armor Break, a Quick physical action that weakens the resistance of the target. Perform an Air vs
Earth attack, difficulty 50, to inflict the Weaken (Armor) status on the target until the end of round;
or
!Mental Break, a Quick physical action that weakens the spirit of the target. Perform an Air vs Water
attack, difficulty 50, to inflict the Weaken (Mental) status on the target until the end of round.
Dirty Fighting: Requires Water level 5. You gain Quick action !Dirty Fighting You throw sand in the
eyes of the opponent, attack their genitals or distract them in any way. Perform an weapon attack to
deal half weapon damage, and until the end of next round, the target cannot use any reactions unless
he uses an Interrupt action to do so.
Pommel Strike: Requires Fire level 6. You gain the Quick action !Pommel Strike. You attack your
opponent with your weapon’s hilt at a time and place where he doesn’t expect. Do an attack roll with
your weapon, dealing no damage. If the target is charging a Slow action, he loses it.
Weapon Specialist: Requires Earth and Air level 5. Reduce by 10 the difficulty of !Mighty Strike.
In addition, your !Jump attacks deal twice weapon damage, regardless of the equipped weapon.
You may use your Magical Armor instead of Armor value to determine !Minus Strike and !Dragon
Breath’s damage.
Blacksmith: Core ability acquired at level 15. You may destroy two identical pieces of equipment to add one of its
effects to another piece of equipment. If the source equipment is of the same type as the destination and the destination
has no effects, you need only destroy one. You may only enhance equipment with up to two effects and one additional
spell-weave. You may not move effects between armor and weapons.
Specialties:
Weapon Break: Requires Earth level 7. Choose and gain one Break action:
!Power Break, a Quick physical action that weakens the the muscle power of the target. Perform an
Earth vs Air attack, difficulty 50, to inflict the Weaken (Physical) status on the target until the end
of round; or
!Magic Break, a Quick physical action that weakens the magical power of the target. Perform an
Earth vs Fire attack, difficulty 50, to inflict the Weaken (Magic) status on the target until the end of
round.
Quadra Slam: Requires Earth level 6 and Water level 8. You gain the Slow (4) physical action !Quadra
Slam. When using it, you move with incredible speed, striking four consecutive attacks with your
weapon with just one action. You may split the attacks between any number of enemies. Each deal
half weapon damage and the first and second strike each target receives ignores its Armor.
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Guardbreak: Requires Air level 6 and Fire level 8. You gain the Quick physical action !Guard-
break.You deal a sudden strike to the opponent, disrupting its defensive stance. Perform an weapon
attack to deal half weapon damage, and if the target is delaying any actions, it loses the delayed ini-
tiative dice. !Guardbreak may also be used as an interrupt.
Double Cut: Core Ability acquired at level 24. You gain the Slow (5) action !Double Cut. With it, do two attacks with
your weapon in quick succession at the same target, dealing weapon damage and effects. This ability may achieve
critical hits, causing double damage. You may substitute one or both attacks for a Break action.
Specialties:
Slash All: Requires Earth and Fire level 11. !Slash-All is a Slow (2) action. Moving with speed, you
can unleash an attack with your weapon against all enemies. Each enemy takes damage equal to
your weapon damage, plus all equipment effects.
Blade Beam: Requires Air and Water level 11. !Blade Beam is a Ranged Slow (2) action. You shoot a
wave of ki energy at a target, performing an attack with your weapon that deals half weapon damage,
Puncture-elemental. If it succeeds, you deal Puncture-elemental damage to all other enemies, equal
to the original target’ Armor value. All damage dealt by this attack, both by the first and secondary
strikes, ignores Armor and the Protect status.
Mastery of Destruction: Requires Fire and Water level 10. You may increase the charge time by 3
when performing one of your known Break actions to target all enemies, or to increase the duration
of the Weaken status inflicted by one round.
Dragon Power: Core Ability acquired at level 42. Choose one of the following abilities:
Dragon Horn: After you perform !Jump’s attack, you may, as an interrupt, use an action to repeat the
attack against the same target. This second attack happens before you lose Flight.
Dragon Breath: You gain the Slow (3) physical action !Dragon Breath. This action allows you to use
the weakness of your enemy against itself. If you have success in an Air vs Air attack, difficulty 40,
the target is dealt Crush-elemental damage equal to the lowest between 10 times your Armor value
or (target’s max HP – target’s current HP). Don’t add the singles digit to damage. This action ignores
the Strengthen (Physical) status and may not deal over 999 damage.
Dragon Scales: After you sucessfully perform a reaction against a physical action, the enemy that
performed the action loses HP equal to your Armor value. After you sucessfully perform a reaction
against a Spell or magical action, the enemy that performed the action loses HP equal to your Magical
Armor value. In any case, ignore the enemy’s Armor, Magical Armor and all status effects.
Specialties:
Lethal Blow: Requires Earth level 16. When using !Dragon Breath or !Minus Strike, reduce the
damage by the target’s Armor before applying 999 damage limit, instead of after. Your Dragon Scales
always use the highest between Armor or Magical Armor everytime it is triggered. You may perform
a !Attack action as an interrupt after using Dragon Horn.
Dragon Blood: Requires Air level 16. Whenever an enemy attack reduces your HP to 25% of its
maximum value or less, you may use a !Power Attack ability as a free action.
Scorching Strikes: Requires Fire and Water level 12. Your !Armor Break and !Mental Break in-
flict Meltdown until the end of next round on enemies with Weaken: Armor or Weaken: Mental
statuses. Your !Power Break inflict Disable until the end of next round on enemies with Weaken:
Physical or Weaken: Magic statuses. Your !Magic Break inflict Mute until the end of next round on
enemies with Weaken: Physical or Weaken: Magic statuses. These durations may not be enhanced
by Mastery of Destruction.
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Unbreakable: Core Ability acquired at level 60. You become immune to Weaken-type status effects.
Specialties:
Finishing Touch: Requires Air level 20. You gain the Slow (5) action !Finishing Touch. Make two
weapon attacks, difficulty 70, against the target. If both attacks are successful, inflict the Stone sta-
tus. If the target is immune to Stone or if only one attack is successful, you deal double weapon
damage. If the enemy is not immune to Fatal-type statuses and one or both blows land a critical hit,
reduce your opponent to 0 HP. Treat this last effect as a Fatal-type status.
Shock: Requires Fire level 20. You gain the Ranged Slow (5) physical action !Shock. This action
releases a burst of Ki that affects all your enemies. Perform an Earth vs Fire attack, difficulty 40.
Each affected opponent suffers twice weapon damage.
Iaijutsu: Requires Water level 20. You gain the Slow (5) physical action !Cleave. You go through your
opponents with a sharp blow. Make an Air vs Earth attack, difficulty 70, against all your enemies, to
inflict the Death status. All enemies left alive (either immune to Death or due to a failed attack)
suffer half weapon damage.
White Mage
A magician skilled in healing and protection magic, master of the beneficial
magical energies. Its main stats are Water and Fire, with Earth as tertiary
stat. Your Spells are primarily defensive in nature, giving you few tools to
deal directly with your enemies. The list of Spells and their description is in
the White Magic section, starting at page 74.
Representatives: Porom (FFIV), Rosa Farrell (FFIV), White Mage Job (FFI,
FFIII, FFV, FFX-2, FFXI, FFT, FFTA)
Level 1 15 30 60
HP Bonus 3x 4x 5x 6x
MP Bonus 2x 3x 4x
Armor Light
Claws / Gloves
Weapons Staves
Wands
Abilities
Arcane Devotion: Core Ability acquired at level 1. You are a white mage, and gain the Healing Spell Group and the
multipliers and equipment choices above.
Specialties:
Arcane Mystery: Holy: Requires Fire level 20 and character level 64. You gain the Holy Spell.
Arcane Mystery: Rebirth: Requires Fire level 20 and character level 64. You gain the Rebirth Spell.
Arcane Mystery: Shield: Requires Fire level 20 and character level 64. You gain the Shield Spell.
Heavenly Magic: Core Ability acquired at level 1. You gain one Heavenly Spell group: Light, Air, or Purify.
Specialties:
Heavenly Mastery: Requires Air level 3. You gain one Heavenly Spell group.
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Heavenly Blessing: Requires Fire level 3 and Water level 5. You may target two characters with a
single target Heavenly or Protective Spell if you spend twice the MP cost.
Heavenly Warrior Requires Earth level 3. You can equip medium armor and the weapon Weapons &
Shields. Increase your HP bonus multiplier at all levels by 1 if its level 1 value is 4x or lower.
Protective Magic: Core Ability acquired at level 15. You gain one Protective Spell group: Elemental, Life, Armor,
Shield, or Images.
Specialties:
Protective Mastery: Requires Earth level 7. You gain one Protective Spell group.
Magic Shield: Requires Air level 8 and Fire level 5. You can use Protective spells on yourself as a
Reaction when an enemy targets you with an action. Spells cast as Reaction end its effects at the end
of the round and can’t target other characters.
Mana Armor: Requires Earth and Water level 8. As a free action at the beginning of each round, you
can erect a magical shield on yourself that lasts one round. Whenever you take damage with this
shield on, you lose MP instead of HP. If your MP is zero, you lose HP as normal.
Versatile Protection: Core Ability acquired at level 15. You gain another Protective Spell Group: Elemental, Life,
Armor, Shield, or Images.
Specialties:
Deep Studies: Requires Fire level 15. You gain one Heavenly, Protective or Psychic Spell group.
Martial Dabbler: Requires Earth and Air level 8. Choose a weapon type other than Instruments and
Twin Blades. You may equip weapons of that type.
Offensive Barriers: Requires Air level 10 and Fire level 9. Whenever you cast an Elemental, Armor,
Shield, or Images spell, you may do it offensively. If you do, increase the Spell’s difficulty to 70.
Instead of granting a status effect, an offensively cast spell removes the status effect from the target.
An offensive Shell Spell, for example, removes the Shell status from the target. This Ability can’t
remove permanent status effects.
Psychic Magic: Core Ability acquired at level 30. You gain one Psychic Spell group: Madness, Enchantment, or
Vulnerability.
Specialties:
Psychic: Requires Fire and Water level 11. You gain one Psychic Spell group.
Asceticism: Requires Earth level 8 and Air level 10. Even if you have the Stone, Berserk and/or Stop
statuses, you can act normally if your action removes the status.
Elemental Blessing: Requires level 8 in Earth and 12 in Fire. Choose an element. You gain the Resist
status for that element permanently.
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Secondary Jobs
Alchemist
Items and potions specialist, able to use consumables with their full poten-
tial. Its main Stat is Water. Be an Alchemist if you want your character to
be more durable, capable of staying alive longer and use items offensively
better.
Representatives: Rikku (FFX), Chemist Job (FFV, FFT, FFTA)
Abilities
Quick Hands: Core Ability acquired at level 1. Once per phase, you may use the !Draw as a free action when you use
!Item.
Specialties:
Combat Medic: Requires Fire level 3. You may equip medium armor and the following weapons:
Rifles / Crossbows.
Impromptu Mage: Requires Water level 3. Whenever you use an item that casts a Spell, you may use
your Water Stat, rather than the Fire Stat, as Offensive Stat, to hit and deal damage.
Treatment: Requires Earth level 5. You gain access to the Quick action !Treatment. With it, you
suppress bad conditions on a target, helping him to overcome his discomfort. Suppress all negative
status effects on the target until the end of the round. This does not extend the status’ duration.
Pharmacology: Core Ability acquired at level 19. Whenever you use an item to recover HP or MP, double its effects.
You may add your Air level to your Armor and your Water level to your Magic Armor.
Specialties:
Alchemical Fire: Requires Air level 12. Whenever you use a consumable that deals damage, the item
does extra damage equal to 10% of the HP lost at the end of the round. Increase this damage to 25%
if the original action only targetted one enemy. All damage dealt this way ignores ARM and MARM.
Vaccination: Requires Water level 12. When using an item to cure status, the target becomes immune
to the cured status effect for 2 rounds.
Poison Distilling: Requires Fire level 12. When using a consumable that inflicts negative status ef-
fects, you may have the inflicted status last one extra round.
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Distribute: Core Ability acquired at level 35. Whenever you heal someone, the amount that exceeds its maximum HP
is divided evenly between you and all allies except the character that was initially cured. Distribute does not affect
healing effects that target more than one target.
Specialties:
Mix: Requires Fire level 16. You gain the Slow (1) action !Mix. You can mix two items and use them
in a single action. If mixing two identical healing items, you generate the effect of the next higher-
level item (for example, two Potions turn into a Hi-Potion). If you mix two different healing items,
you generate the effect of the cheapest item in the whole Group (Mixing a Soft and Tonic creates the
effect of Tonic in the Group). If you mix two identical battle items, you cast the next strongest Spell
of the same group (two Bomb Fragment cast the Spell Fira). If you mix two different battle items,
you cast the Spell from the cheapest item against a Group (using the single target damage if the spell
deals reduced damage to groups). Special cases may be examined individually by the GM and cause
unique effects.
Alchemical Tenacity: Requires Earth and Water level 14. Increase your HP and MP bonus multipliers
by 1 each at all levels.
Unstable Potion: Core Ability acquired at level 50. At the beginning of each day, you can choose to sample an unstable
potion, using yourself as a guinea pig. If you do, choose one of the Transformation type negative statuses. You become
vulnerable to it and resistant to all other Transformation type statuses. Any other effects that give you resistance or
immunity to the chosen status automatically fail, even from equipment. This effect lasts the entire day.
Specialties:
Double Item: Requires Air level 18. You gain the Quick action !W-Item. With it, you draw and use up
to two items with only one action.
Auto-Potion: Requires Earth level 18. You gain the reaction !Auto-Potion. You can use it when you
suffer an attack. You draw an item from your inventory and use it on yourself. The item’s effects
happen after the effects of the attack you suffered.
Berserker
A Berserker believes that the best defense is a good offense and try to cause
as much damage as quickly as possible through offensive maneuvers. Water
is an important Stat to this class. Be a Berserker if you want to increase your
ability to cause physical damage as soon as possible; after all, dead enemies
don’t fight.
Representatives: Monk Job (FFV, FFT), Cyan Garamonde (FFVI), Berserker
Job (FFV), Viking Job (FFIII)
Abilities
Counter Attack: Core Ability acquired at level 1. After suffering the damage of a physical attack, you can perform the
!Attack action as an interrupt against the character who attacked you. !Attack actions made with Counter Attack have
0 difficulty.
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Specialties:
Hamedo: Requires Air level 6 and Fire level 5. You gain access to the reaction !Hamedo. Use after
being targeted by an attack to perform the !Attack action against the character targeting you. If the
target drops to 0 HP or for any reason cannot attack you after suffering your attack, his action is
spent without causing any effect.
Riposte: Requires Earth level 6 and Water level 4. After receiving a physical attack, you may use your
Counter Attack even if the attack fails for any reason.
Kharmic Strike: Requires Earth and Air level 5. During your Counter Attack, you ignore the target’s
positive statuses. Increase the difficulty of reactions to your Counter Attack by 30.
Provoke: Core Ability acquired at level 19. You gain the Quick magical action !Provoke. Insult your opponent, causing
him to attack you or lose focus. Make a Water vs Fire attack, difficulty 20. If successful, until the end of the next round,
every time the targeted enemy target one of your allies and doesn’t target you with his actions, you may perform the
!Attack action against him as a free action after the enemy’s action. You may add your Air level to your ARM and your
Water level to your MARM.
Specialties:
Ignore the Pain: Requires Earth level 16. Increase your ARM by 50% against attacks made by enemies
under the effect of the !Provoke action.
Howl: Requires Fire level 10. You gain the Ranged Quick magical action !Howl. Roaring to intimidate
your opponents, you make them more vulnerable to magical effects. Perform a Water vs Water attack,
difficulty 70, against all enemies. This action causes the Weaken (Mental) status on to enemies hit
until the end of the next round.
Sovereign Mind: Requires Earth level 9 and Fire level 7. When performing a Counter Attack or
!Hamedo, instead of the !Attack action, you may use any of your actions with zero charge time that
that can target the opponent.
Fury: Core Ability acquired at level 35. While your current HP is 25% of your max HP or less, choose and gain the
Strengthen (Physical) or Strengthen (Magical) status. You lose this status if your current HP is more than 25% of
your max HP for any reason. In addition, you gain the Dispel Spell at level 40.
Specialties:
Bloodlust: Requires Water level 12. While your current HP is 25% of your max HP or less, Fury grants
its effects to all your allies. Your allies lose the status if your current HP is more than 25% of your
max HP for any reason.
Critical Comeback: Requires Air level 14 and Water level 12. Whenever you suffer a critical hit, gain
an extra initiative die with the value 10.
Unwavering Fury: Core Ability acquired at level 50. Once per round, when you suffer a physical attack, you can
increase or decrease by one the d100 result. Also, once per round, you may use your Counter Attack as a free action.
Specialties:
Furious Madness: Requires Earth level 18. You may, as an action, inflict the Berserk status on your-
self until the end of the round. Also, whenever you are under the Berserk status, you also gain the
Strengthen (Physical) status for the same duration. Finally, while you are under the Berserk sta-
tus, you may Counter Attack and use the !Attack, !Hamedo, !Howl and !Provoke actions, if you have
them, instead of only the !Attack action.
Rage Magic: Requires Fire level 18. You can use your Counter Attack when hit by Spells and magical
attacks. Also, whenever you use a Spell that deals damage, you may spend 25% extra MP after rolling
the spell attack. If you do, the Spell may have critical hits, dealing twice damage.
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Defender
With cover and protective maneuvers, a Defender seeks to protect its allies
against attacks, often placing himself in danger. Its main Stat is Earth. Be a
Defender if you want to protect your allies, shielding them from damage or
negative status effects.
Representatives: Cecil Harvey (FFIV), Paladin Job (FFXI, FFTA)
Abilities
Cover: Core Ability acquired at level 1. You gain the reaction !Cover. Use it when an ally is hit by a physical attack.
You are hit by the attack, rather than the ally. As a free action, you can use another reaction against the attack, if able.
Specialties:
Sentinel: Requires Earth level 5. As a free action, when an ally with current HP equal to or less than
25% or his max HP suffers a physical attack, you may suffer the attack instead of the original target.
Arcane Defense: Requires Water level 4. You may use !Cover to react when an ally suffers a magical
attack or Spell. Your !Shared Pain reaction can also be used when you suffer a Melee magical attack.
Armor Training: Requires Earth and Air level 3. Use the greater between Earth and Air Values to
calculate your HP. Also, increase your HP bonus multiplier by one at all levels, if its level 1 value is
4x or lower, and gain one armor type as a equipment choice.
Share the Pain: Core Ability acquired at level 19. You may add your Air level to your ARM and your Fire level to your
MARM. You gain the reaction !Shared Pain. Use when hit by a Melee physical attack. Do an Earth vs Earth attack,
difficulty 40. If successful, split the HP lost evenly between you and the opponent who attacked you. If you roll a critical
hit, the enemy loses HP instead of you.
Specialties:
Healing Wind: Requires Fire and Water level 5. Increase your MP bonus multiplier by one. In ad-
dition, you gain the Healing Spell group. Your Healing-group Spells cost double MP and target you
and all your allies rather than a single target (using single-target healing value for you and each ally).
Defensive Mastery: Requires Earth, Air and Fire level 8. Reduce by 20 the difficulty of any reaction
you perform.
Noble Sacrifice: Requires Earth level 9. As a free action, when an ally suffers an attack that inflicts a
negative status effect you don’t have, you may suffer its effects instead. When using Noble Sacrifice,
ignore your immunities.
Astra: Core Ability acquired at level 35. You gain the Astra Spell.
Specialties:
Astraga: Requires Earth and Fire level 13. You gain the Astraga Spell.
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Perseus’s Mirror: Requires Air and Water level 13. Whenever a status effect caused by an opponent
is blocked by the Astra Spell, you may immediately repeat the blocked attack as an interrupt using
that opponent as target. When you sucessfully hit with the !Shared Pain reaction, you also inflict all
status effects caused to you by the enemy’s attack. If you critical hit with !Shared Pain, you do not
suffer the status effect and still inflict it on the enemy.
Immortal Body: Core Ability acquired at level 50. At the start of each combat, you gain the Reraise status.
Specialties:
Immortal Soul: Requires Water level 18. You gain the Great Gospel Spell.
Immortal Technique: Requires Air level 18. Choose a reaction from any Job. You gain that reaction.
Dervish
Offensive Job focused on fighting with two weapons to strike fast and often.
Its main Stat is Air. Be a Dervish if you want to increase the amount and speed
of your actions and be a great physical damage dealer.
Representatives: Edward Geraldine “Edge” Eblan (FFIV), Clyde “Shadow”
Arrowny (FFVI), Ninja Job (FFI, FFIII, FFV, FFXI, FFT, FFTA)
Abilities
Ambidexterity: Core Ability acquired at level 1. You may equip Twin Blades.
Specialties:
Quick Draw: Requires level Air 3. Once per round as a free action, you can draw and switch weapons.
Killer’s Garments: Requires level 1. You may equip medium armor, Bows, and Throwing Weapons.
Deadly Dance: Requires Air level 5 and Fire level 4. Whenever you hit the !Attack action, you may
lower the value of one of your initiative dice by 1, to a minimum of the current phase.
Critical Speed: Core Ability acquired at level 19. You may add your Air level to your ARM and your Fire level to your
MARM. While your current HP is 25% of your max HP or less, you gain the Haste status. You lose this status if your
current HP is more than 25% of your max HP for any reason.
Specialties:
Zen Focus: Requires Earth and Water level 7. At the beginning of each round, you may roll one fewer
initiative dice to gain one extra die in a phase you have no initiative dice (you choose which phase
after all enemies have rolled initiative).
Danger Zone: Requires Air and Fire level 6. At the beginning of each round, you may spend HP equal
to 25% of your max HP to receive the Haste status during this round.
Two-Weapon Defense: Requires Fire level 9 and Water level 5. You gain the reaction !Double Parry.
Use when hit by a Melee physical attack. Do an (the greater of Air or Earth) vs Earth attack, difficulty
40. If successful, you ignore the attack’s effects.
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Deadly Accuracy: Core Ability acquired at level 35. Once per action, after rolling an attack, you may reduce or increase
the d100 result by 1.
Specialties:
Deep Cut: Requires Air level 15. When you attain a critical hit with an action that deals damage,
ignore the target’s ARM and MARM.
Lethal Precision: Requires Water level 16. If you discard an initiative dice after rolling an attack that
may not have critical hits, you deal double damage in case of a critical hit. This ability may not be
used with Spells.
Fierce Assault: Core Ability acquired at level 50. After you deal physical damage to a target, your subsequent physical
attacks against that target in this phase ignore Armor. After you deal magical damage to a target, your subsequent
magical attacks against that target in this phase ignore Magic Armor.
Specialties:
Rain of Blows: Requires level 18 in Earth. Once per round, after being successful with the !Attack
action, you may repeat the action as a free action.
Precise Hits: Requires Fire level 18. Once per round, you may re-roll an attack when using a physical
or magical action.
Fencer
Defensive job that believes that the best way of not dying is being out of the
way of attacks. Its main Stat is Air. Be a Fencer if you want to dodge the
attacks of your opponents, especially their missiles, and manipulate the flow
of actions in battle, thus increasing your and your allies’ survival.
Representatives: Fencer Job (FFTA)
Abilities
Block Projectiles: Core Ability acquired at level 1. You may equip medium armor and gain the reaction !Arrow Guard.
When you are hit by a Ranged attack, make an Air vs Air attack, difficulty 30. If successful, you don’t suffer the attack’s
effects. This does not affect Spells.
Specialties:
Lightning Strike: Requires Fire level 3. Opponents cannot use interrupt actions to react to your at-
tacks. In addition, choose one: Bows or Light Sword / Knives. You may equip the chosen.
Slim Target: Requires Air level 4. Once per round, you can use any action or reaction as an interrupt.
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Surprise Assault: Requires Earth level 3. Whenever you declare a Slow action, you may reduce its
charge time to zero by increasing another of your initiative dice’s value by action’s charge time. This
ability fails if it would increase a die to a value of 11 or greater.
Preemptive Attack: Core Ability acquired at level 19. After rolling initiative, you may change one of your dice’s value
to 1. You may add your Air level to your Armor and your Water level to your Magic Armor.
Specialties:
Magical Reflexes: Requires Fire level 8. You may use !Arrow Guard to avoid Spells.
Just a Scratch: Requires Earth and Fire level 10. The first time in each round you suffer a critical hit,
ignore the effects of critical hit (if any). The attack does its normal effects. You may still count as if it
had been a critical hit for the purposes of other Abilities.
Feign Weakness: Requires Earth level 7. Whenever an opponent misses an attack against you or you
avoid its effects by reacting, you may force the opponent to discard one initiative die and immediately
repeat the attack against only you (even if the attack targets a Group, it will only target you when you
use Feign Weakness).
Total Defense: Core Ability acquired at level 35. You may delay any number of actions, instead of only one.
Specialties:
Impromptu Cover: Requires Air and Water level 13. Increase by 30 the difficulty of all Group attacks
that include you as its targets.
Blade Barrier: Requires Earth and Fire level 13. Add your Earth level to your Armor and your Fire
level to your Magic Armor.
Air Dancer: Core Ability acquired at level 50. Whenever an opponent misses an attack against you or you avoid its
effects by reacting, you may perform the !Bobbing Ranged physical action as an interrupt. Roll Air vs Water, difficulty
40. If sucessful, the enemy loses its highest Initiative die and you gain it (with the same value). Treat this as a Weaken-
type status effect.
Specialties:
Water Dancer: Requires Water level 18. Melee actions cannot target you unless you acted in the last
3 phases.
Fire Dancer: Requires Fire level 18. Reduce the difficulty of all actions and reactions you perform
on the second or third phase by 5; on the fourth or fifth phase by 10; on the sixth or seventh phase
by 15; on the eighth or ninth phase by 20 and on the tenth phase by 25. (Using the scaling down
optional rule, page 23, reduce the difficulty of actions and reactions on fourth, fifth and sixth phase by
1, on seventh, eighth or ninth by 2 and on tenth by 3)
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Phalanx
Abilities
Impenetrable: Core Ability acquired at level 1. You may equip heavy armor and gain the reaction !Third Eye. When
you are hit by a Melee attack, perform an Earth vs Air attack, difficulty 40. If you are successful, the attack fails. This
does not affect Spells.
Specialties:
Martial Training: Requires Earth level 2. Choose two types of weapons other than Twin Blades or
Instruments. You may equip the selected weapons.
Huge Target: Requires Air level 4. During any round in which you succeed with !Third Eye, all en-
emies add 20 to the difficulty of all attacks and spells that does not target you. This ability have no
effects while there are two or more characters with this ability in the same party and does not stack
with itself.
Willpower: Requires Fire level 5. Increase your HP bonus multiplier at all levels by 1 if its level 1
value is 4x or lower. Use the greater between Earth and Fire Values to calculate your HP.
Tireless: Core Ability acquired at level 19. You may add your Air level to your ARM and your Fire level to your MARM.
While your current HP is 25% of your max HP or less, you gain the Protect status. You lose this status if your current
HP is more than 25% of your max HP for any reason.
Specialties:
Inspiring Courage: Requires Earth level 8. While your current HP is 25% of your max HP or less, your
allies gain the Protect status. Your allies lose this status if your current HP is more than 25% of your
max HP for any reason.
Preventive Defense: Requires Water level 9. Your Tireless ability activate when your current HP is
50% of maximum, instead of 25%.
Testudo Formation: Requires Fire and Air level 7. You gain the free reaction !Testudo. Use it when-
ever an enemy performs an attack against one of your allies that does not target you. Roll Earth vs
highest Stat, diff 40, to negate the action. You may only use this reaction once per enemy attack and
only if no enemy used a Melee attack on you this round.
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Shield Wall: Requires Earth level 9. You gain the reaction !Shield Wall. When you and at least one
ally is targetted by an action that deals physical damage, perform an Earth vs Fire roll, difficulty 0,
to redirect all attacks to you. You may, as a free action, use another reaction once per attack that hits
you.
Unshakable: Core Ability acquired at level 35. Choose one of the following options:
Each time you’re hit with a physical attack, the enemy that performed the action takes physical
Puncture-elemental damage equal to your HP bonus multiplier times your Earth level.
Increase your HP bonus multiplier at all levels by 1 if its level 1 value is 5x or lower.
Specialties:
Runic Shield: Requires Fire and Water level 12. You may use !Third Eye against Spells. You may use
!Shield Wall against magical damage attacks if you have it.
Armor Specialist: Requires Earth and Air level 13. While you wear heavy armor, you gain Auto-
Strengthen: Armor and your !Third Eye’s difficulty is 0 against physical attacks. While you wear
light armor, you gain Auto-Strengthen: Mental and your !Third Eye’s difficulty is 0 against magical
attacks. While you wear medium armor, you may once per phase use any reaction as an interrupt.
Indestructible: Core Ability acquired at level 50. Whenever any effect gives you Barrier-type positive status, increase
by a round its duration.
Scream: Requires Earth level 18. You gain the reaction !Scream. Use it when you suffer an attack
that inflicts a negative status effect. Perform a Water vs (the greater between Air or Fire) attack,
difficulty 40. If successful, the attack doesn’t inflict any negative status and, if the attack did damage,
you recover HP equal to twice the HP lost.
Uncontrollable: Requires Water level 18. You gain the Slow (4) physical action !Meatbone Slash.
Putting all your weight behind the strike, you perform a weapon attack. If successful, the target
takes damage equal to your current HP, or 999, whichever is less. This attack ignores the Armor of
any targets that did not attacked you this round.
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Rune Knight
This Job is focused on neutralizing mages, able to prevent the casting of spells
and avoiding its effects. Its main Stat is Fire. Be a Rune Knight if you want to
protect yourself from harmful magic effects and have the tools to overcome
enemies whose power comes from magical abilities.
Representatives: Celes Chere (FFVI) Dycedarg Beoulve (FFT), Zalbaag
Beoulve (FFT)
Abilities
Defensive Runes: Ability acquired at level 1. You may equip light armor and gain the reaction !Runic. Use it when hit
by a Spell or a magical attack. Perform a Fire vs Fire attack against the attacker’s fire stat, difficulty 40 to negate all
effects of the attack or Spell.
Specialties:
Magic Drain: Requires Earth level 3. When using !Runic, you may swap the Offensive Stat to Air
or Water to reduce the reaction’s difficulty by 10. In addition, whenever you succeed with !Runic,
recover the same amount of MP spent by the opponent.
Runic Area: Requires Fire level 5. Your !Runic may also be used when a Spell or magical attack hits
an ally.
Offensive Runes: Requires Air level 4. Your !Runic may also be used when a Spell or magical attack
hits an opponent.
Spell Protection: Core Ability acquired at level 19. You may add your Air level to your ARM and your Fire level to your
MARM. While your current HP is 25% of your max HP or less, you gain the Shell status. You lose this status if your
current HP is more than 25% of your max HP for any reason.
Specialties:
Protection Circle: Requires Earth level 12. While your current HP is 25% of your max HP or less, your
allies gain the Shell status. Your allies lose this status if your current HP is more than 25% of your
max HP for any reason.
Enhanced Protection: Requires Water level 12. Your Spell Protection ability activates when your
current HP is 50% of maximum, instead of 25%.
Desperate Blow: Requires Fire level 12. You gain the Ranged Quick physical action !Magic Ruin. You
may only use it if your current HP is 25% of your max HP or less and if you have the Shell status. To
use it, you lose the Shell status and launch a wave of energy. If you succeed in a weapon attack, the
target loses MP equal to (your Max HP - your current HP), ignoring the target’s ARM. Regardless of
success, your Spell Protection will not activate during the rest of the round.
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Dispel Magic: Core Ability acquired at level 35. You gain the Slow (1) magical action !Dispel Strike. Perform a weapon
attack. If successful, in addition to damage, you use your runes to absorb the target’s magic, ending all the target’s
positive status effects. If the status is permanent, these effects are disabled until the end of the round.
Specialties:
Selective Dispel: Requires Air level 16. Your !Dispel Strike ends all the target’s statuses, positive and
negative, but you can choose which status effects you want to end, and which will continue.
Anti-Magic Zone: Requires Fire level 14 and Water level 12. When you use your !Dispel Strike action,
you may target all other combatants, allies or enemies, but if you do, the action does not deal damage.
Return Magic: Core Ability acquired at level 50. When you successfully use !Runic to block a Spell, you may, as an
interrupt, cast the Spell you just blocked. You spend MP as usual, but you don’t need to have the Spell.
Specialties:
Triple Magic: Requires Water level 18. You gain the reaction !Triple Magic. Use when suffering the
effects of a Spell cast by an enemy. If, after suffering its effects, you may still cast Spells, spend MP
equal to three times the Spell’s cost. If you do, you cast the Spell three times, each time against a
random enemy target. Each target may be hit more than once. Even if the Spell originally targeted a
group, when used with this reaction, it will affect a single target in each cast.
Spell Ruin: Requires Earth level 18. You gain the Quick physical action !Spell Ruin. Spend 10% of
your max MP and perform a weapon attack. If successful, deal 150% weapon damage, and then the
target loses a MP amount equal to the HP lost.
Squire
While many believe that a squire is just a knight in training, some Squires
never leave this status. Forgoing formal training, they never progress beyond
the basic training of another Job, relying on their innate talents and intuition
to progress. Be a Squire if you want to control the battlefield using offensive
actions instead of reacting.
Representatives: Squire Job (FFT)
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Abilities
Basic Skill: Core Ability acquired at level 1. Choose another Secondary Job. You earn that job’s first level Core Ability.
Regardless of the chosen Job, the Specialties for Basic Skill are:
Specialties:
Throw Stone: Requires Earth and Air level 2. You gain the Ranged Quick physical action !Throw
Stone. You gather a rock and throw at your opponent, making an Air vs Air, difficulty 40 attack. If
you hit, you deal Crush elemental damage equal to highest base damage among throwing weapons
of your level or lower.
Equip Axe: Requires level 1. You may equip Heavy Weapons and Weapons & Shields.
Artful Dodger: Requires Earth and Air level 5. Reduce your !Dodge action’s difficulty to 40.
Draw Out: Requires Water level 4. After using a Spell Weave (Spell), you may choose to not lose the
weapon. If you do, you cannot use its Spell Weave (Spell) again this combat.
Accumulate: Core ability acquired at level 19. You may add your Air level to your Armor and your Fire level to your
Magic Armor. You gain the Slow (4) Physical action !Focus. Using it, you accumulate strength for your next blows. You
gain the Strengthen (Physical) status until the end of the next round.
Specialties:
Mana Well: Requires Water level 10. Your !Focus action grants the Strengthen (Magic) status effect
in addition to Strengthen (Physical).
Counter Tackle: Requires Air level 8. Whenever an enemy tries to use the !Flee action against you,
increase his difficulty by 20.
Spell Evasion: Requires Fire level 10. You may use !Dodge, !Block and !Parry to avoid Spells (but
not magical attacks). If you do, increase the difficulty by 20. Spells that target your party still inflict
normal effects on your allies and you can only use !Block or !Parry when equipped with the correct
weapons.
Weaponcaster: Requires Fire level 6. Whenever you cast a Spell due to a weapon ability, you may use
the weapon’s Offensive Stat, rather than the Fire Stat, to hit (but not deal damage).
Overwhelm Defenses: Core Ability acquired at level 35. Once per phase, when you miss a non-spell attack roll or
reaction, you may increase the difficulty by 20, to a maximum of 99, to re-roll it.
Specialties:
Awareness: Requires Fire level 16. You gain the Ranged magical action !Awareness. Do a Fire vs Air,
diff 0, attack against all enemies. Your acute senses detect traces of enemy presence. All enemies hit
lose the Vanish status effect.
Faith and Bravery: Requires Earth and Water level 13. Whenever you are under the effects a Weaken
status effect, gain a Strengthen status effect. Weaken (Armor) gives you Strengthen (Physical).
Weaken (Mental) gives you Strengthen (Magical). Weaken (Physical) gives you Strengthen (Ar-
mor). Weaken (Magical) gives you Strengthen (Mental).
Mighty Dodge: Requires Air and Earth level 13. You may use the !Attack action as a free action after
you succeed with !Dodge, !Block or !Parry.
Tailwind: Core Ability acquired at level 50. You gain the Ranged Quick action !Yell. Use it on an ally. The target gains
one extra initiative dice with value equal to the current phase.
Specialties:
Ordered Retreat: Requires Air and Water level 16. When you succeed with the !Flee action, all allies
successfully run from combat.
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Graduation: Requires Earth, Air, Fire and Water level 12. Choose an action of any other Secondary
Job. You gain that action. This ability cannot grant reactions.
Imbue: Requires Fire level 18. Gain the quick magical action !Imbue. With it, you consume a battle
item to give a weapon the Imbue (spell) Equipment Effect. This effect allows the charater with the
equipped weapon to cast the consumed battle item’s spell as an action, without spending MP. All
abilities that effect Spell Weave affect Imbue as well. The Imbue property lasts until it is used to cast
the spell or !Imbue is used again on the same weapon.
Wizard
This arcane Job gives Spells to characters that usually do not possess magical
abilities or strengthens the magicians granting them more options. Fire is
the most important Stat. Be a Wizard if you want more versatility to choose
various Spell effects.
Representatives: Garnet ‘Dagger’ Alexandros XVII (FFIX), Eiko Carol (FFIX),
FuSoYa (FFIV), Sage Job (FFIII), Tellah (FFIV), Red Mage Job (FFI, FFIII, FFV,
FFXI, FFTA)
Abilities
Arcane Adept: Core Ability acquired at level 1. Gain one of the following a Spell groups: Lightning, Ice, Fire, Death,
Transform, Poison, Light, Air, Purify, Healing, Cosmic, Teleport, Gravity, Slow, Weaken, Strengthen or Flight. In
addition, if your MP bonus multiplier is lower than 1x at level 1, 2x at level 15 and 3x at level 30, increase it to these
values.
Specialties:
Armored Mage: Requires Earth level 3. You may equip Heavy Armor and Polearms.
Residual Energies: Requires Water level 6. Whenever you use a spell, residual energies permeate the
environment for a round. You may consume them when casting a Spell to reduce its cost by 25%.
Spells that consumed residual energies do not release residual energies.
Vital Sacrifice: Requires Air level 6 and Water level 4. Once per round, when casting a Spell, you can
spend HP equal to its MP cost to cast it. If you do that, and the Spell’s effect heals a target, it deals
Puncture-elemental damage instead of healing. This ability can’t be used with the Renew Spell. If
the Spell’s cost is greater than your current MP, you can use this ability again in the same round.
Late Bloomer: Requires Fire level 3. Choose any spell group granted by Arcane Adept. You gain it,
but earn the spells 9 levels later than usual.
Counter Magic: Core Ability acquired at level 19. You may add your Air level to your Armor and your Fire level to your
Magic Armor. Choose either Red Mage or Sage.
Red Mage: After suffering the effects of a Spell or magical attack done by an enemy, you may perform
the !Attack action as an interrupt against the enemy who hit you, with difficulty 0.
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Sage: When a enemy casts a Spell, you may, as a reaction, cast the same Spell to have both spells do
no effects. The difficulty of your Spell is 40, regardless of the original difficulty.
Specialties:
Arcane Warrior: Requires Earth level 10. Once per round, after casting a Spell, you may perform the
!Attack action against one of the Spell’s targets as a free action. You can’t use this ability if you cast
the Spell as a free action. May only be picked by a Red Mage.
Dispel Barriers: Requires Water level 11. You gain the Ranged Slow (2) magical action !Shieldbreak.
Firing pure magical energy waves, you destroy the defenses of allies and enemies. Make a Fire vs
Water attack, difficulty 50. All affected combatants, allies and enemies, lose the Shell and Reflect
statuses
Persistent Curses: Requires Air level 10. When a negative status effect you inflicted with a Spell ends
at the end of a round, you may repeat the Spell’s attack roll. If you hit, extend its duration by one
round. This ability may not extend Spell effects already extended by this ability.
Encyclopedic Knowledge: Requires Fire level 12. Choose and gain one Spell Group. Casting Spells
from this Group is a Slow (2) action, unless when used as a reaction. May only be picked by a Sage.
Silent Spell: Core Ability acquired at level 35. Gain one benefit according to your level 19 choice:
Red Mage: At the start of the first phase of the first combat round, you may cast a Spell as a free
action. This Spell’s level may not be greater than half of your character level.
Sage: Once per round, you may cast Spells normally while Mute.
Specialties:
Shape Elements: Requires Earth and Air level 14. When casting a Spell that deals damage, you may
pay 25% extra MP to change its element to any other of your choice. Also, Sages may trigger Counter
Magic by casting any spell from the same school (Black, Time or White) whose MP cost is equal or
greater than the enemy’s Spell (instead of the same Spell), and Red Mages may Counter Magic as a
free action once per round.
Force of Thought: Requires Fire and Water level 14. Choose and gain a Spell group.
Arcane Master: Core Ability acquired at level 50. Choose one of the following options:
Arcane Versatility: Choose and gain one Spell Group.
Spellblade Specialist: Choose one or two of your Main Job Slow actions that does not cast a Spell.
Once per round, after you perform it, you may cast a Spell as a free action on the same target(s). You
may not cast a Group-target Spell after using a single-target Slow Action, or vice versa. May only be
picked by a Red Mage.
Mage Specialist: Choose one Specialty from Black Mage, Time Mage, Druid or White Mage. You gain
that Specialty, provided you meet its requirements. May only be picked by a Sage.
Specialties:
Twincast: Requires Air level 18. You gain the Slow (2) action !W-Magic. Using it, you cast two Spells
with one action. !W-Magic may not be used to cast spells whose base MP costs, added, exceed 150.
Forbidden Arcana: Requires Water level 18 and character level 64. Choose an Arcane Mysteries Spe-
cialty of any Mage Job. You gain this Ability, even if you do not meet the requirements.
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Black Magic
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Stone, acquired at level 55, costs 106 MP. Roll Fire vs Quake, acquired at level 28, costs 43 MP. Roll Fire vs
Water, difficulty 70. If successful, inflict the Stone status Water, difficulty 0. If successful, deal 14 x Fire level Earth-
on the target. elemental magical damage to all combatants who do not
have the Float or Flight statuses. This Spell ignores Re-
Poison Group: Transmutation Spells whose primary flect.
purpose is to deal Bio damage. The more HP your enemy Break, acquired at level 46, costs 84 MP. Roll Fire vs
have, the more effective these Spells are. There are four Water, difficulty 0. If successful, deal 21 x Fire level Earth-
Poison Spells: elemental magical damage level to a target. Also, if your
Poison, acquired at level 1, costs 10 MP. Roll Fire vs roll overcomes difficulty 70, inflict the Stone status on the
Water, difficulty 40. If successful, deal 5 x Fire level Bio- target until the end of the next round.
elemental magical damage to a target, and inflict the Poi-
son status on the target until the end of the next round. Shadow Group: Worldly Spells whose main purpose
Bio, acquired at level 19, costs 25 MP. Roll Fire vs Wa- is to deal Shadow-elemental damage. There are three
ter, difficulty 40. If successful, deal 11 x Fire level Bio- Shadow spells:
elemental magical damage to a target, and inflict the Poi- Dark, acquired at level 10, costs 15 MP. Roll Fire
son status on the target until the end of the next round. vs Water, difficulty 0. If successful, deal 8 x Fire level
Venom, acquired at level 37, costs 62 MP. Roll Fire vs Shadow-elemental magical damage to a target.
Water, difficulty 40. If successful, deal 17 x Fire level Bio- Scourge, acquired at level 28, costs 39 MP. Roll Fire vs
elemental magical damage to a target, and inflict the Poi- Water, difficulty 0. If successful, deal 14 x Fire level magi-
son status on the target until the end of the next round. cal damage level to a target, or 8 x Fire level magical dam-
Virus, acquired at level 55, costs 100 MP. Roll Fire vs age level to a group. This damage is Shadow-elemental.
Water, difficulty 70. If successful, inflict the Poison and Scathe, acquired at level 46, costs 85 MP. Roll Fire vs
Virus statuses on the target. Water, difficulty 0. If successful, deal 20 x Fire level magi-
cal damage level to a target, or 12 x Fire level magical dam-
age level to a group. This damage is Shadow-elemental.
Worldly Spells
Also, if your roll overcomes difficulty 70, inflict the Blind
Water Group: Worldly Spells whose main purpose is status on the targets during this and the next two rounds.
to deal Water-elemental damage. There are three Water
spells:
Expert Spells
Water, acquired at level 10, costs 15 MP. Roll Fire vs
Water, difficulty 0. If successful, deal 8 x Fire level Water- Mage Bane Group: Expert Spells whose main pur-
elemental magical damage to a target. pose is to manipulate MP, weakening enemy magicians,
Waterga, acquired at level 28, costs 40 MP. Roll Fire vs and to restore the user’s MP. There are two Mage Bane
Water, difficulty 0. If successful, deal 14 x Fire level magi- Spells:
cal damage level to a target, or 8 x Fire level magical dam- Rasp, acquired at level 30, costs 42 MP. Roll Fire vs
age level to a group. This damage is Water-elemental. Water, difficulty 0. If successful, deal 14 x Fire level non-
Storm, acquired at level 46, costs 80 MP. Roll Fire vs elemental magical damage to a target. This Spell damages
Water, difficulty 0. If successful, deal 20 x Fire level mag- MP instead of HP.
ical damage level to a target, or 12 x Fire level magical Osmosis, acquired at level 50, costs 45 MP. Roll Fire vs
damage level to a group. This damage is Water-elemental. Water, difficulty 50. If successful, deal 16 x Fire level non-
Also, if your roll overcomes difficulty 70, inflict the Curse elemental magical damage to a target. This Spell damages
status on the targets during this and the next two rounds. MP instead of HP. The caster drains MP equal to the MP
lost.
Earth Group: Worldly Spells whose main purpose is
to deal Earth-elemental damage. There are three Earth Drain Group: Expert Spells whose main purpose is to
spells: recover the user’s HP, through the ability to steal the tar-
Magnitude, acquired at level 10, costs 14 MP. Roll Fire get’s life. There are two Drain Spells:
vs Water, difficulty 0. If successful, deal 8 x Fire level Drain, acquired at level 30, costs 42 MP. Roll Fire
Earth-elemental magical damage to all combatants who vs Water, difficulty 0. If successful, deal 14 x Fire level
do not have the Float or Flight statuses. This Spell ignores Puncture-elemental magical damage to a target. Drain HP
Reflect. equal to half of damage dealt.
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Syphon, acquired at level 50, costs 90 MP. Roll Fire Black Mysteries
vs Water, difficulty 0. If successful, deal 20 x Fire level
Puncture-elemental magical damage to a target. Drain HP Black Mysteries: Black magic arcane mysteries are
equal to half of damage dealt. the most destructive. All of them deal damage, being the
most damaging spells available to any mage. Mysteries are
Hex Group: Expert Spells whose main purpose is to not a Spell group and cannot be chosen as such.
weaken the target, causing several negative statuses at the Doomsday, acquired at level 64, cost 160 MP. Roll Fire
same time. There are two Hex Spells: vs Water, difficulty 0. If successful, deal 28 x Fire level
Pain, acquired at level 30, costs 40 MP. Roll Fire vs Shadow-elemental magical damage to a group. Also, if
Water, difficulty 70. If successful, inflict the Blind, Poi- your roll overcomes difficulty 70, inflict the Death status.
son and Slow statuses on the target until the end of next This spell ignores Reflect.
round. Flare, acquired at level 64, costs 150 MP. Roll Fire vs
Hex, acquired at level 50, costs 96 MP. Roll Fire vs Wa- Water, difficulty 0. If successful, deal 35 x Fire level non-
ter, difficulty 70. If successful, inflict the Mute, Immobi- elemental magical damage to a target. This spell ignores
lize and Disable statuses on the target until the end of Reflect, Shell and the target’s Magic Armor.
next round. Ultima, acquired the 64 level, cost 170 MP. Roll Fire vs
Water, difficulty 0. If successful, deal 30 x Fire level non-
elemental magical damage to a group. This spell ignores
Reflect and Shell.
White Magic
Healing Group: These spells restore lost HP. They are Basuna, acquired at level 19, costs 20 MP. Roll Fire vs
the hallmark of White Mages. These Spells have no effect Water, difficulty 0. If successful, the target loses the Stone,
on targets with exactly zero HP. There are four Healing Blind, Mute, Disable and Immobilize statuses.
Spells: Esuna, acquired at level 37, costs 65 MP. Roll Fire vs
Cure, acquired at level 1, costs 9 MP. Roll Fire vs Wa- Water, difficulty 0. If successful, the target loses all nega-
ter, difficulty 0. On success, restore 5 x Fire level HP on a tive statuses.
target. Vaccine, acquired at level 55, costs 130 MP. Roll Fire vs
Cura, acquired at level 19, costs 28 MP. Roll Fire vs Water, difficulty 0. If successful, the group loses all nega-
Water, difficulty 0. On success, restore 11 x Fire level HP tive statuses.
on a target or 7x Fire level HP on a group.
Curaga, acquired at level 37, costs 65 MP. Roll Fire vs Air Group: Heavenly Spells whose main purpose is to
Water, difficulty 0. On success, restore 17 x Fire level HP deal Air-elemental damage. There are four Air spells:
on a target or 10x Fire level HP on a group. Aero, acquired at level 1, costs 8 MP. Roll Fire vs Water,
Renew, acquired at level 55, costs 115 MP. Roll Fire difficulty 0. If successful, deal 5 x Fire level Air-elemental
vs Water, difficulty 0. If successful, the target is healed an magical damage to a target.
amount of HP equal to its maximum HP. If the target is Aera, acquired at level 19, costs 24 MP. Roll Fire vs Wa-
under the Zombie status effect, the difficulty is increased ter, difficulty 0. If successful, deal 11 x Fire level magical
to 50 and this spell reduce the target’s current HP to 1. damage level to a target, or 7 x Fire level magical damage
level to a group. This damage is Air-elemental.
Aeraga, acquired at level 37, costs 58 MP. Roll Fire vs
Heavenly Spells
Water, difficulty 0. If successful, deal 17 x Fire level magi-
Purify Group: Heavenly Spells that remove negative cal damage level to a target, or 10 x Fire level magical dam-
statuses. They are an important aid to keep the group’s age level to a group. This damage is Air-elemental.
fighting condition. There are four Purify Spells: Whirlwind, acquired at level 55, costs 120 MP. Roll
Poisona, acquired at level 1, costs 6 MP. Roll Fire vs Fire vs Water, difficulty 0. If successful, deal 20 x Fire level
Water, difficulty 0. If successful, the target loses the Poi- Air-elemental magical damage to a group.
son and Virus statuses.
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Light Group: Heavenly Spells whose main purpose healed to 100% of its maximum HP. If used on a target
is to deal Light-elemental damage. There are four Light with the Zombie status, the difficulty is 60 instead of 0,
spells: and, if successful, the target is reduced to zero HP instead
Banish, acquired at level 1, costs 8 MP. Roll Fire vs of healed.
Water, difficulty 0. If successful, deal 5 x Fire level Light-
elemental magical damage to a target. Armor Group: Protective Spells whose main purpose
Banishra, acquired at level 19, costs 24 MP. Roll Fire vs is to defend the mage and his allies from physical damage.
Water, difficulty 0. If successful, deal 11 x Fire level magi- There are three Armor Spells:
cal damage level to a target, or 7 x Fire level magical dam- Protect, acquired at level 10, costs 14 MP. Roll Fire vs
age level to a group. This damage is Light-elemental. Water, difficulty 0. If successful, grant the Protect status
Banishga, acquired at level 37, costs 58 MP. Roll Fire to a target until the end of next round.
vs Water, difficulty 0. If successful, deal 17 x Fire level Protectga, acquired at level 28, costs 40 MP. Roll Fire
magical damage level to a target, or 10 x Fire level magical vs Water, difficulty 0. If successful, grant the Protect sta-
damage level to a group. This damage is Light-elemental. tus to a group until the end of next round.
Fade, acquired at level 55, costs 110 MP. If successful, Wall, acquired at level 46, costs 92 MP. Roll Fire vs
deal 23 x Fire level Light-elemental magical damage level Water, difficulty 0. If successful, grant the Wall status to a
to a target. Also, if your roll overcomes difficulty 70, in- target until the end of next round.
flict the Mute status on the target until the end of the next
round. Shield Group: Protective Spells whose main purpose
is to defend the mage and his allies from magical damage.
There are three Shield Spells:
Protective Spells
Shell, acquired at level 10, costs 14 MP. Roll Fire vs
Elemental Group: Protective Spells whose main pur- Water, difficulty 0. If successful, grant the Shell status to
pose is to protect the mage and his allies from elemental a target until the end of next round.
damage. Whenever you cast these Spells, choose an ele- Shellga, acquired at level 28, costs 40 MP. Roll Fire vs
ment: Fire, Ice, Lightning, Water, Earth, Shadow, Bio, Air Water, difficulty 0. If successful, grant the Shell status to
or Light. There are four Elemental spells: a group until the end of next round.
Resist, acquired at level 10, costs 14 MP. Roll Fire vs Reflect, acquired at level 46, costs 92 MP. Roll Fire vs
Water, difficulty 0. On success, grant the Resist (chosen Water, difficulty 0. If successful, grant the Reflect status
element) status to a target until the end of the next round. on a target until the end of next round.
Immune, acquired at level 28, costs 35 MP. Roll Fire vs
Water, difficulty 0. On success, grant the Immune (chosen Images Group: Protective Spells whose main purpose
element) status to a target until the end of the next round. is to defend the mage and his allies, making them harder to
Absorb, acquired at level 46, costs 75 MP. Roll Fire vs hit. It is more effective in stopping high difficulty attacks.
Water, difficulty 0. On success, grant the Absorb (chosen There are three Images Spells:
element) status to a target until the end of the next round. Blink, acquired at level 10, costs 14 MP. Roll Fire vs
Water, difficulty 0. If successful, grant the Blink status to
Life Group: Protective Spells whose main purpose is a target until the end of next round.
to keep the mage and his allies alive, rendering them able Ruse, acquired at level 28, costs 40 MP. Roll Fire vs
to fight after falling to 0 HP. There are three Life Spells: Water, difficulty 0. If successful, grant the Blink status to
Raise, acquired at level 10, costs 19 MP. Roll Fire vs a group until the end of next round.
Water, difficulty 0. If successful, the zero HP target is Vanish, acquired at level 46, costs 82 MP. Roll Fire vs
healed to 10% of its maximum HP. If used on a target with Water, difficulty 0. If successful, grant the Vanish status
the Zombie status, the difficulty is 90 instead of 0, and, to a target until the end of next round.
if successful, the target is reduced to zero HP instead of
healed.
Reraise, acquired at level 28, costs 50 MP. Roll Fire vs
Psychic Spells
Water, difficulty 0. If successful, grant the Reraise status Enchantment Group: Psychic Spells whose main pur-
to target during this and the next two rounds. pose is to prevent your opponents from using spells or
Arise, acquired at level 46, costs 100 MP. Roll Fire special actions. It is an effective tool to facilitate the fight-
vs Water, difficulty 0. If successful, the zero HP target is ing by removing enemies’ options. There are two En-
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Time Magic
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vs Water, difficulty 70. If successful, the target is tele- to decrease the damage dealt or endured by the target.
ported to an unknown location away from the combat. Thus, it is a versatile group, possessing a blend of offen-
This counts as if it had fled the battle. Treat this effect a sive and defensive spells. There are four Weaken Spells:
Time-type negative status effect. Mental Down, acquired at level 1, costs MP equal to half
X-Zone, acquired at level 55, costs 103 MP. Roll Fire of caster’s level. Roll Fire vs Water, difficulty 70. If suc-
vs Water, difficulty 70. If successful, the enemy group is cessful, inflict the Weaken (Mental) status on the target
teleported to an unknown location away from the combat. until the end of next round.
This counts as if they had fled the battle. Treat this effect Armor Down, acquired at level 19, costs MP equal to
a Time-type negative status effect. half of caster’s level. Roll Fire vs Water, difficulty 70. If
successful, inflict the Weaken (Armor) status on the tar-
Gravity Group: Astral Spells whose main purpose is get until the end of next round.
to deal damage. Damage is based on the target’s current Power Down, acquired at level 37, costs MP equal to
HP, being more efficient the less damage the target has caster’s level. Roll Fire vs Water, difficulty 70. If success-
suffered. As it counts as status effects rather than as dam- ful, inflict the Weaken (Physical) status on the target un-
age, it can be easily canceled by immunities or resistances. til the end of next round.
There are four Gravity Spells: Magic Down, acquired at level 55, costs MP equal to
Gravity, acquired at level 1, costs 9 MP. Roll Fire vs caster’s level. Roll Fire vs Water, difficulty 70. If success-
Water, difficulty 25. If successful, the target loses 25% of ful, inflict the Weaken (Magic) status on the target until
its current HP. This is a Gravity status effect. the end of next round.
Demi, acquired at level 19, costs 27 MP. Roll Fire vs
Water, difficulty 50. If successful, the target loses 50% of Strengthen Group: Subtle Spells whose main pur-
its current HP. This is a Gravity status effect. pose is to increase the damage dealt or endured by the
Quarter, acquired at level 37, costs 63 MP. Roll Fire vs target. Thus, it is a versatile group, possessing a blend of
Water, difficulty 75. If successful, the target loses 75% of offensive and defensive spells. There are four Strengthen
its current HP. This is a Gravity status effect. Spells:
Black Hole, acquired at level 55, costs 123 MP. Roll Fire Mental Up, acquired at level 1, costs MP equal to half of
vs Water, difficulty 99. If successful, the target is reduced caster’s level. Roll Fire vs Water, difficulty 0. If successful,
to exactly 1 HP. This is a Gravity status effect. grant the Strengthen (Mental) status to the target until
the end of next round.
Armor Up, acquired at level 19, costs MP equal to half
Subtle Spells
of caster’s level. Roll Fire vs Water, difficulty 0. If success-
Slow Group: Subtle Spells whose main purpose is to ful, grant the Strengthen (Armor) status to the target un-
prevent the target’ actions. Unable to act, the target be- til the end of next round.
comes easy prey. There are four Slow Spells: Power Up, acquired at level 37, costs MP equal to
Yawn, acquired at level 1, costs 6 MP. Roll Fire vs Wa- caster’s level. Roll Fire vs Water, difficulty 0. If success-
ter, difficulty 70. If successful, inflict the Weaken (Speed) ful, grant the Strengthen (Physical) status to the target
status on the target over the next two rounds. When cast- until the end of next round.
ing, you may reduce the spell’s duration by 1 round to in- Magic Up, acquired at level 55, costs MP equal to
crease all target’s current initiative dice’s values by 1, to a caster’s level. Roll Fire vs Water, difficulty 0. If success-
maximum of 10. ful, grant the Strengthen (Magic) status to the target un-
Slow, acquired at level 19, costs 22 MP. Roll Fire vs til the end of next round.
Water, difficulty 70. If successful, inflict the Slow status
on the target over the next two rounds. Flight Group: Subtle Spells whose main purpose is to
Slowga, acquired at level 37, costs 54 MP. Roll Fire vs deal with winged opponents. With these spells, you can
Water, difficulty 70. If successful, inflict the Slow status stick a flying opponent to the ground or have an ally fly
on the group over the next two rounds. out of reach of its opponents. There are four Flight Spells:
Stop, acquired at level 55, costs 101 MP. Roll Fire vs Speed Up, acquired at level 1, costs 6 MP. Roll Fire
Water, difficulty 70. If successful, inflict the Stop status vs Water, difficulty 0. If successful, grant the Strengthen
on the target until the end of next round. (Speed) status to the target over the next two rounds.
When casting, you may reduce the spell’s duration by 1
Weaken Group: Subtle Spells whose main purpose is
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round to reduce all target’s current initiative dice’s values Inspiration Spells
by 1, to a minimum of the current phase.
Float, acquired at level 19, costs 23 MP. Roll Fire vs Regeneration Group: Inspiration Spells whose main
Water, difficulty 0. If successful, grant the Float status to purpose is to heal and protect. It is a balanced group who
the group until the end of next round. may be used both offensively and defensively. There are
Tractor, acquired at level 37, costs 50 MP. Roll Fire two Regeneration Spells:
vs Water, difficulty 40. If successful, the target loses the Regen, acquired at level 30, costs 30 MP. Roll Fire vs
Float and Flight statuses and may not gain them until the Water, difficulty 0. If successful, grant the Regen status to
end of the next round. the target on this and the next two rounds.
Flight, acquired at level 55, costs 95 MP. Roll Fire vs Temporal Shift, acquired at level 50, costs 80 MP. Roll
Water, difficulty 0. If successful, grant the Flight status to Fire vs Water, difficulty 0. On success, all combatants,
the target until the end of next round. enemies and allies, lose their Time-type status effects,
whether positive or negative.
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Water, difficulty 70. If successful, the target takes the Time Stop, acquired the 64 level, cost 160 MP. Roll Fire
statuses Weaken (Speed), Weaken (Armor), Weaken vs Water, difficulty 70. If successful, inflict the Stop status
(Mental), Weaken (Magic) and Weaken (Physical) dur- on the group until the end of next round.
ing this and the next two rounds.
Blue Magic
Blue Magic is classified in four main types, from the the end of the next round.
weakest to the strongest: Initiate, Acolyte, Master and An- Red Feast costs 10 MP. Make a weapon attack, dif-
cient. Unlike other Spells, they do not have minimum lev- ficulty 0. If successful, deal 5x Fire level Puncture-
els and may be cast as soon as the character learn the Spell, elemental damage. You recover HP equal to half damage
provided they have the required Core Ability. They also dealt, before accounting for enemy Armor. This Spell can’t
may not be cast by Arcane Focus, Spell Weave or Critical hit targets under the Flight status unless you have it and
Spell. ignores the Reflect status.
Self-Destruct costs 1 MP. Roll Fire vs Water, difficulty
0. If successful, deal non-elemental magic damage equal
Initiate Spells
to your current HP to the target. After using this Spell, you
When creating a Druid character that casts Blue Magic, lose the Reraise status and are reduced to 0 HP. No im-
your starting spells must come from this category. They munities can prevent you from being reduced to 0 HP in
are appropriate for 1st to 15th levels. this way. Do not add the singles digit to the damage dealt.
Choco Ball costs 7 MP. Roll Fire vs Water, difficulty 0. Transfusion costs 1 MP. Roll Fire vs Water, difficulty
If successful, deal 5 x Fire level Crush-elemental magical 0. If successful, restore a HP amount equal to your cur-
damage to a target. rent HP to the target. After using this Spell, you lose the
Death Force costs 12 MP. Roll Fire vs Water, difficulty Reraise status and are reduced to 0 HP. No immunities
0. If successful, the target becomes resistant to all Fatal- can prevent you from being reduced to 0 HP in this way.
type status effects until the end of next round. Do not add the singles digit to the HP healed.
Flash costs 14 MP. Roll Fire vs Water, difficulty 0.
If successful, deal 5 x Fire level Light-elemental magical
damage to a target. Also, if your roll overcomes difficulty
Acolyte Spells
70, inflict the Blind status on the target until the end of These more powerful spells begin to reveal the true
the round. power of Blue Mage. They are appropriate for 16th to 30th
Goblin Punch costs 1 MP. Perform a weapon attack, dif- levels.
ficulty 50. If successful, deal weapon damage to a target. If 1000 Needles costs 35 MP. Roll Fire vs Water, difficulty
you have the same character level as the target, deal extra 0. If successful, the target suffers 100 damage. This Spell
damage equal to three times weapon damage. This Spell ignores the target’s magic armor, Shell and Reflect.
does physical damage, can’t hit targets under the Flight Acid costs 63 MP. Roll Fire vs Water, difficulty 0. If suc-
status unless you have it and ignores the Reflect status. cessful, deal 18 x Fire level Bio-elemental magical damage
Hastebreak costs 8 MP. Roll Fire vs Water, difficulty on a target. Also, if your roll overcomes difficulty 70, in-
40. If the target has the Strengthen (Speed) status, it flict the Weaken (Mental) and Weaken (Armor) on the
loses it and receives the Weaken (Speed) status over the target until the end of the next round.
next two rounds. If the target has the Haste status, he Degenerator costs 32 MP. Roll Fire vs Water, difficulty
loses it and receives the Slow status over the next two 70. If successful, until the end of the next round, every
rounds. This spell has no effect on targets that doesn’t time the target performs a physical attack it loses HP equal
have the two above mentioned status effects. to 10% of his current HP and each time the target per-
Nightsong costs 20 MP. Roll Fire vs Water, difficulty forms a magical attack or Spell it loses MP equal to 10% of
70. If successful, inflict the Sleep status on a group until his current MP. Ignore armor, magic armor and any of the
the end of the next round. target’s status when it suffers this damage. This counts as
Poison Gas costs 16 MP. Roll Fire vs Water, difficulty a Toxic-type status.
70. If successful, inflict the Poison status on a group until Dragon Force costs 45 MP. Roll Fire vs Water, difficulty
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0. If successful, grant the Resist (Fire, Ice and Lightning) 70, twice, against a group. Heal from or inflict the Toad
status to a group until the end of next round. status until the end of the next round on each target hit by
Flame Thrower costs 24 MP. Roll Fire vs Water, diffi- the first roll. Inflict the Sleep status until the end of the
culty 0. If successful, deal 12 x Fire level Fire-elemental next round on each target hit by the second roll.
damage to a target. Level 3 Confuse costs 65 MP. Roll Fire vs Water, dif-
Force Field costs 35 MP. Roll Fire vs Water, difficulty ficulty 30. Inflict the Confuse status until the end of the
0, against a group. Roll 1d10: 1: Fire; 2: Ice; 3: Lightning;next round on all enemies hit whose level is a multiple of
4: Earth; 5: Air; 6: Water; 7: Bio; 8: Light; 9: Shadow; 0: three. This Spell ignores the Reflect status.
None. Grant the (Element) Immune status for each char- Rippler costs 74 MP. Roll Fire vs Water, difficulty 40. If
acter hit based on the d10 roll, until the end of the next successful, you and the target exchange any status effects,
round. keeping their respective durations. For example, a Blind
Magic Hammer costs 30 MP. Roll Fire vs Water, diffi- Druid use this spell on a Haste and Immobilize target be-
culty 50. If successful, deal non-elemental magical dam- comes Haste and Immobilize, while the target becomes
age to the target equal to half of its current MP. The targetBlind. This spell does not affect permanent status effects.
loses MP instead of HP when suffering this Spell. This spell Roulette costs 70 MP. Pick a random combatant (ally,
ignores the target’s Magic Armor. enemy or the caster). Roll Fire vs Water, difficulty 40. If
Matra Magic cost 55 MP. Roll Fire vs Water, difficulty successful, inflict the Death status. This Spell ignores the
0. If successful, deal 17 x Fire level damage to a target, Reflect status.
or 10x Fire level damage to a group. This Spell does Fire- Wall Change costs 72 MP. Roll Fire vs Water, difficulty
elemental magical damage. 70. If successful, grant the target the (Element) Resist to
Seed Cannon costs 22 MP. Roll Fire vs Water, difficulty all elements, except one random element. To find the ran-
0. If successful, deal 11 x Fire level damage to a target, ordom element, roll 1d10: 1: Fire; 2: Ice; 3: Lightning; 4:
7x Fire level damage to a group. This Spell does Puncture- Earth; 5: Air; 6: Water; 7: Bio; 8: Light; 9: Shadow; 0: Cut,
elemental physical damage and ignores the Reflect status. Crush and Puncture. It also receives the (Element) Vul-
Stare costs 60 MP. Roll Fire vs Water, difficulty 70. If nerable to all elements it does not have resistance, im-
successful, inflict the Confuse status to a group until the munity or absorption. The element to which the target is
end of the next round. vulnerable randomly changes every five phases. This ef-
fect lasts this and the next two rounds.
White Wind costs 99 MP. Roll Fire vs Water, difficulty
Master Spells
0. On success, all allies recover a HP amount equal to your
At this level there are some of the most powerful Blue current HP. You do not recover HP with this Spell.
Magic Spells, showcasing all the power of nature. They are
appropriate for 31st to 50th levels.
Aqua Rake costs 85 MP. Roll Fire vs Water, difficulty 0.
Ancient Spells
If successful, deal 13 x Fire level Water-elemental magi- These spells are usually found only at very high levels,
cal damage level to a group. This Spell ignores the Reflect representing the maximum power of Blue Magic. They are
status. appropriate from 51st level onward.
Death Claw costs 110 MP. Roll Fire vs Water, difficulty Bad Breath costs 130 MP. Roll Fire vs Water, difficulty
80. If successful, the target’s HP is reduced to the d100’s 70 against the enemy group. For each enemy hit, roll 1d10.
singles digit, considering 0 as 10. Treat this as a Gravity Inflict all status listed below to each enemy until the end
status effect. of next round according to its d10 roll.
Earth Shake costs 67 MP. Roll Fire vs Water, difficulty 1–2: Immobilize, Mute, Poison, Meltdown.
0. If successful, deal 13 x Fire level Earth-elemental mag- 3–4: Blind, Disable, Curse, Slow.
ical damage level to a group. This Spell ignores the Re- 5–6: Curse, Slow, Virus, Toad.
flect status and automatically fails against targets under 7–8: Confuse, Condemn, Slow, Poison.
the Float or Flight status effects. 9–0: Berserk, Blind, Poison, Zombie.
Electrocute costs 85 MP. Roll Fire vs Water, difficulty Grand Train costs 160 MP. Roll Fire vs Water, difficulty
0. If successful, deal 13 x Fire level Lightning-elemental 0. If successful, deal 30 x Fire level non-elemental magical
magical damage level to a group. This Spell ignores the damage to a group. This Spell ignores the Reflect status.
Reflect status. Level 2 Old cost 155 MP. Roll Fire vs Water, difficulty
Frog Song costs 100 MP. Roll Fire vs Water, difficulty 70. If successful, inflict the Weaken (Armor), Weaken
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(Mental), Weaken (Magic) and Weaken (Physical) sta- the third roll. This Spell ignores the target’s Magic Armor.
tus effects on all even level enemies until the end of the Mighty Guard costs 140 MP. You and all your allies
next round. This Spell ignores the Reflect status. gain the Haste, Protect, and Shell status effects during
Level 4 Flare costs 145 MP. Roll Fire vs Water, diffi- this and the next two rounds.
culty 0. If successful, deal 33 x Fire level non-elemental Shadow Flare costs 161 MP. Roll Fire vs Water, dif-
magical damage to all enemies whose level is a multiple ficulty 0. If successful, deal 35 x Fire level Shadow-
of four. This Spell ignores the Shell and Reflect status ef- elemental magical damage to a target.
fects. Stone Breath costs 115 MP. Roll Fire vs Water, diffi-
Level 5 Death costs 130 MP. Roll Fire vs Water, diffi- culty 70, against a group. Inflict the Stone status until the
culty 30. Inflict the Death status to all enemies hit whose end of the next round on each target hit.
level is a multiple of five. This Spell ignores the Reflect Supernova costs 175 MP. Roll (Fire or Water) vs Wa-
status. ter, difficulty 70, against the enemy group. Should you hit
Magic Breath costs 120 MP. Roll Fire vs Water, diffi- all targets, regain the MP spent, up to 100 MP, and you
culty 0, three times, against a group. Deal 8 x Fire level may act again. Should you miss at least one target, instead,
Fire-elemental magical damage on each target hit by the deal 9 x character level non-elemental magical damage to
first roll. Deal 8 x Fire level Ice-elemental magical damage all targets you missed. You should roll this even if the tar-
on each target hit by the second roll. Deal 8 x Fire level gets want to be hit. This Spell ignores the Reflect, Blind,
Lightning-elemental magical damage on each target hit by Premonition, Curse, Shell and Blink statuses.
Other Spells
These spells give some specific Jobs some capabilities Dispel, acquired at level 40, costs 60 MP. Roll Fire vs
that complement their skills. The Druid may learn one, Water, difficulty 40. If successful, the target loses all the
The Berserker learns one of these Spells at advanced level, positive status effects. If it is permanent, these effects are
and the Defender may eventually learn one, two or even disabled until the end of the round. This spell ignores Re-
three of these Spells. These Spells are not a Spell group of flect.
and may not be chosen as such. Astraga, acquired at level 50, costs 85 MP. Roll Fire
Curse, acquired at level 1, costs 7 MP. Roll Fire vs Wa- vs Water, difficulty 0. If successful, the group becomes
ter, difficulty 70. If successful, inflict the Curse on the tar- immune to all negative status effects until the end of the
get until the end of the round. round.
Astra, acquired at level 30, costs 35 MP. Roll Fire vs Great Gospel, acquired at level 64, costs 99 MP. You
Water, difficulty 0. If successful, the target becomes im- gain the Absorb status to all elements, except Cut, Punc-
mune to all negative status effects until the end of the ture and Crush, until the end of the round.
round.
Summoned Creatures
Calls are Spells and follow the same rules as other Greater) and gain additional effects based on the creature.
Spells, with two exceptions: First, all Calls ignore the Re- A Summoner may only have the support of the Sum-
flect status. Second, Calls can never be cast by Arcane Fo- moned Monster if the creature itself accepted this agree-
cus, Spell Weave or Critical Spell. When casting a Call, the ment. The GM must, according to the setting, decide which
Druid gets help from a Summoned Monster, who arises, Summoned Monsters exist, what the Summoner must do
performs the Call’s effects and disappear from of the bat- to bond himself with a creature, what are its effects and
tlefield. Nevertheless, the Druid uses his own Stats, not what are the deeds the creature will require to lend its
the beast’s, to cause effects, including damage and rolls power to a Summoner. In the following pages there will
to hit. When using the !Summon action, the Druid gains be a brief description of some of the recurring Summoned
the Wall status, casts the creature’s Call effect (Basic or Monsters in the series.
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Fire vs Water, difficulty 70. If successful, inflict the Con- Basic Call: Minimum Level: 24th MP Cost: 25. Roll Fire
fuse status on each character in a group until the end of vs Water, difficulty 70. If successful, inflict the Stone sta-
the next round. tus on a target at the end of the next round.
Summon: Until the end of the round, you are immune Greater Call: Minimum level: 54th MP Cost: 105. Roll
to all Mental-type negative status. Fire vs Water, difficulty 70. If successful, inflict the Stone
status on each character in a group at the end of the next
Valefor is a huge bird with rainbow-colored feathers. round.
Basic Call: Minimum Level: 14th MP Cost: 20. Roll Fire Summon: Until the end of the round, you are immune
vs Water, difficulty 0. If successful, deal 7 x Fire level Air- to all Transform-type negative status.
elemental magical damage to a group.
Greater Call: Minimum Level: 34th MP Cost: 60. You Golem is a huge construct, made of polished stones,
and up to three allies gain the Flight status. At each af- who protects the group.
fected character’s next action, the character descends on a Basic Call: Minimum Level: 24th MP Cost: 40. You and
target, discards the initiative die and unleashes a weapon your allies gain the Protect status until the end of next
attack dealing increased weapon damage as if they had round.
used !Jump. After this attack, the character loses the Greater Call: Minimum Level: 54th MP Cost: 121. You
Flight status. and your allies gain the Wall status until the end of next
Summon: Gain the conditions Flight and Earth Vul- round.
nerable until the end of the round. Summon: Gain the Resist (Cut, Crush and Puncture)
status until the end of the round.
Atomos is a huge creature that looks like a giant
mouth made of pink, pulsating flesh. Inside the mouth, a Kirin has the body of a horse, the tail of a bull, the
terrifying darkness seems to suck all the light around, as horns of a moose and the head of a dragon. His body is
an insane vacuum or a portal to horrors beyond imagina- white, but it has a green emerald mane in his neck, shoul-
tion. ders and legs.
Basic Call: Minimum level: 24th MP Cost: 33. Roll Fire Basic Call: Minimum level: 24th MP Cost: 25. Grant the
vs Water, difficulty 40. If successful, each character in a Regen status to a target until the end of the next round.
group loses 25% of its current HP. This counts as a Grav- Greater Call: Minimum Level: 54th MP Cost: 80 You
ity status. and your allies gain the Regen status during this and the
th
Greater Call: Minimum level: 54 MP Cost: 100. Roll next two next rounds.
Fire vs Water, difficulty 70. If successful, each character Summon: Until the end of the round, you are immune
in a group loses 75% of its current HP. This counts as a to all Seal-type negative status.
Gravity status.
Summon: Until the end of the round, you are immune Madeen is a great lion humanoid with dragon wings,
to all Fatal-type negative status. who shoots light rays.
Basic Call: Minimum Level: 24th MP Cost: 35. Roll
Carbuncle is a small and shiny mouse-like creature, Fire vs Water, difficulty 0. If successful, deal 8 x Fire level
with a skin green and blue, long ears and a large polished Light-elemental magical damage to a group.
ruby nestled on his forehead. Greater Call: Minimum Level: 54th MP Cost: 110. Roll
Basic Call: Minimum Level: 24th MP Cost: 40. You Fire vs Water, difficulty 0. If successful, deal 17 x Fire level
and your allies gain the Shell status until the end of next Light-elemental magical damage to a group.
round. Summon: Gain the Light Immune, Fire Resist and
th
Greater Call: Minimum Level: 54 MP Cost: 112. You Shadow Vulnerable status effects until the end of the
and your allies gain the Reflect status until the end of next round.
round.
Summon: It has no extra effect with !Summon. Sylph is a small group of six fairies with dragonfly
wings who attack together.
Catoblepas is a strange one-eyed creature with the Basic Call: Minimum Level: 24th MP Cost: 40. Roll Fire
body of a bull, three pairs of legs, a snake-like long neck, vs Water, difficulty 0. If successful, deal 12 x Fire level
and a pig’s head. Puncture-elemental magical damage to a target. You and
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your allies drain HP equal to the HP lost, split evenly to all vs Water, difficulty 0. If successful, deal 20 x Fire level
hurt characters in your group. non-elemental magical damage to a target.
Greater Call: Minimum level: 54th MP Cost: 120. Roll Greater Call: Minimum level: 64th MP Cost: 170. Roll
Fire vs Water, difficulty 0. If successful, deal 22 x Fire level Fire vs Water, difficulty 0. If successful, deal 28 x Fire level
Puncture-elemental magical damage to a target. You and non-elemental magical damage to a group.
your allies drain HP equal to the HP lost, split evenly to all Summon: Gain the Flight status until the end of the
hurt characters in your group. round.
Summon: Gain the Float status until the end of the
round. Cerberus is a three-headed dog, big and majestic,
loyal and attentive.
Titan is a giant, very muscular, dressed in Greek tu- Basic Call: Minimum Level: 44th MP Cost: 90. You gain
nics, who controls the Earth element. two extra initiative die, with value equal to the current
Basic Call: Minimum Level: 24th MP Cost: 35 Roll Fire phase.
vs Water, difficulty 0. If successful, deal 8 x Fire level Greater Call: Minimum level: 64th MP Cost: 130. You
Earth-elemental magical damage to a group. and up to three allies each gain one extra initiative dice
Greater Call: Minimum Level: 54th MP Cost: 110. Roll with a value equal to the current phase.
Fire vs Water, difficulty 0. If successful, deal 17 x Fire level Summon: Gain the Strengthen (Magic) status until
Earth-elemental magical damage to a group. the end of the round.
Summon: Gain the Earth Immune, Lightning Resist
and Air Vulnerable status effects until the end of the Diabolos is a demon black as the night, with bat wings,
round. using a boiling cauldron with evil vapors.
Basic Call: Minimum Level: 44th MP Cost: 90. Roll Fire
Unicorn is a majestic creature with the body of a horse vs Water, difficulty 70, against one target. If successful,
and a large horn on its head. roll 1d10 and inflict the status listed below until the end
th
Basic Call: Minimum level: 24 MP Cost: 60. Roll Fire of next round according to the d10 roll.
vs Water, difficulty 0. If successful, remove all negative
status effects from a target. Roll Status Effects
th
Greater Call: Minimum level: 54 MP Cost: 133. Roll 1 or 2: Immobilize, Mute, Poison, Meltdown.
Fire vs Water, difficulty 0. If successful, remove all nega- 3 or 4: Blind, Disable, Curse, Slow.
tive status effects from each character in a group. 5 or 6: Curse, Slow, Virus, Toad.
Summon: Until the end of the round, you are immune 7 or 8: Confuse, Condemn, Slow, Poison.
to all Toxic-type negative status. 9 or 0: Berserk, Blind, Poison, Zombie.
Alexander is a gigantic mechanical creature, vaguely Greater Call: Minimum level: 64th MP Cost: 120. Roll Fire
humanoid, although it does not have legs. His arms are vs Water, difficulty 70 against all enemies. On success, for
towers that touch the ground, but don’t have hands. In each enemy hit, treat as if he had suffered the effects of
place of his head, a palace sits on his broad shoulders with Diabolos’ Basic Call. Roll the d10 for each enemy hit.
large lights in its highest towers. Summon: Gain the Shadow Absorb and Light Vulner-
Basic Call: Minimum Level: 44th MP Cost: 85. Roll Fire able status effects until the end of the round.
vs Water, difficulty 0. If successful, deal 14 x Fire level
Light-elemental magical damage to a group. Kujata is a colossal boar. Under his fur, he hides
Greater Call: Minimum Level: 64th MP Cost: 140. Roll countless eyes, countless noses, countless mouths and
countless tongues. It has mastery over every element.
Fire vs Water, difficulty 0. If successful, deal 26 x Fire level
Light-elemental magical damage to a group. Basic Call: Minimum level: 44th MP Cost: 90. Roll Fire
Summon: Gain the Light Absorb and Shadow Vulner- vs Water, difficulty 20, three times, against a group. Deal 4
able status effects until the end of the round. x Fire level Fire-elemental magical damage on each target
hit by the first roll. Deal 4 x Fire level Ice-elemental mag-
Bahamut is the king of dragons, a huge platinum ical damage on each target hit by the second roll. Deal 4
dragon. x Fire level Lightning-elemental magical damage on each
Basic Call: Minimum level: 44th MP Cost: 80. Roll Fire target hit by the third roll. This Spell ignores the target’s
Magic Armor.
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Greater Call: Minimum level: 64th MP Cost: 133. Roll Fire vs Water, difficulty 0. If successful, deal 20 x Fire level
Fire vs Water, difficulty 20, three times, against a group. Fire-elemental magical damage to a group. Additionally,
Deal 8 x Fire level Fire-elemental magical damage on each you may choose an ally with 0 HP. This ally is healed to
target hit by the first roll. Deal 8 x Fire level Ice-elemental 100% of his maximum HP.
magical damage on each target hit by the second roll. Deal Summon: Gain the Reraise and Fire Immune status
8 x Fire level Lightning-elemental magical damage on each effects until the end of the round.
target hit by the third roll. This Spell ignores the target’s
Magic Armor. Seraph is a humanoid with six feathered wings,
Summon: Gain the Immune (Fire, Ice and Lightning) dressed in heavenly robes.
status until the end of the round. Basic Call: Minimum Level: 44th MP Cost: 89. Roll Fire
vs Water, difficulty 0. On success, heal 14 x Fire level HP
Leviathan is a gigantic sea serpent, who rules the to a group.
seas. His appearance brings the smell of the sea, although Greater Call: Minimum level: 64th MP Cost: 165. Roll
he can walk on dry land if desired. Fire vs Water, difficulty 0. On success, heal 26 x Fire level
Basic Call: Minimum Level: 44th MP Cost: 85. Roll Fire HP to a group.
vs Water, difficulty 0. If successful, deal 14 x Fire level Summon: Gain the Regen status until the end of the
Water-elemental magical damage to a group. round.
Greater Call: Minimum Level: 64th MP Cost: 140. Roll
Fire vs Water, difficulty 0. If successful, deal 26 x Fire level Zodiac is a huge serpent with four pairs of wings,
Water-elemental magical damage to a group. ranging from feathered, draconian and bat wings.
Summon: Gain the Water Absorb and Lightning Vul- Basic Call: Minimum Level: 44th MP Cost: 85. Roll Fire
nerable status effects until the end of the round. vs Water, difficulty 0. If successful, deal 14 x Fire level
Shadow-elemental magical damage to a group.
Odin is a legendary brave warrior mounted on a six- Greater Call: Minimum Level: 64th MP Cost: 180. Roll
legged horse and armed with a spear and a sword tem- Fire vs Water, trouble 0. If successful, deal 31 x Fire level
pered by the gods. Shadow-elemental magical damage to a group.
th
Basic Call: Minimum Level: 44 MP Cost: 80. Roll Fire Summon: Until the end of the round, you are immune
vs Water, difficulty 0. If successful, deal 20 x Fire level to all negative status effects.
Puncture-elemental physical damage to a target.
Greater Call: Minimum Level: 64th MP Cost: 125. Roll
Fire vs Water, difficulty 0, against a group. If successful,
reduce the HP of each character hit to 0. Treat this effect
as a Fatal-type status. Summoned Monsters are major plot points in most Final Fantasy
Summon: Gain the Strengthen (Physical) status until games. Even in games where no character could actually sum
the end of the round.
mon them, like the original Final Fantasy, Summoned Monsters
Phoenix is a bird made of flame that has power over
appeared to guide and help the party.
life and death. As a GM, use these Summoned Monster list as a guideline. Use
Basic Call: Minimum Level: 44th MP Cost: 95. Choose the ones that do fit into your campaign setting. And do not be shy
an ally with 0 HP. This ally is healed to 100% of his maxi- about creating your own Summoned Monsters! You don't even
mum HP. need to create its Call effects if there is no Summoner in the party.
Greater Call: Minimum Level: 64th MP Cost: 150. Roll And if there is one, use these ones as inspiration to create yours!
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Geomancy
To use Geomancy, roll 1d100 and add your level. A result smaller than 60 casts a Minor Effect; a result between
60 and 119 cast a Minor Effect or a Major Effect; and a result higher than 119 casts any effect. You must choose which
effect you’ll cast after rolling the dice. In addition to the Geomancy’s normal effects, a Druid of 10th level or higher
may choose to spend MP to activate one of the action’s extra effects, if they have the effect’s required level or greater.
Geomancies are magical actions, and not Spells, but this MP expenditure is affected by equipment and abilities that
reduce Spells’ MP cost.
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Snow damage to 22 x Fire level. 65th level: You may spend 140
MP to increase the damage to 28 x Fire level.
Extreme cold areas, usually below zero degrees Cel-
sius. Tundra, icebergs, glaciers and areas with lots of
snow usually mark this terrain. Swamp
Minor Effect: Icicle. Perform a Fire vs Air attack, dif- Flooded areas with relatively little firm ground, such
ficulty 20. If successful, deal 4x Fire level Ice-elemental as mangroves, wetlands, and other muddy terrain. Usu-
damage on a target. 15th level: You may spend 10 MP to ally have a rich vegetation. Jungles with high humidity and
increase the damage to 8x Fire level. 30th level: You may lowlands near water bodies can be classified as Swamp.
spend 35 MP to increase the damage to 15x Fire level. 45th Minor Effect: Bottomless Pit. Perform a Fire vs Air
level: You may spend 70 MP to increase the damage to 21x attack, difficulty 70, against a target. If successful, inflict
Fire level. the Condemn status on the target during this and the next
Major Effect: Avalanche. Perform a Fire vs Water at- three rounds. This effect automatically fails against tar-
tack, difficulty 40. If successful, deal 5x Fire level Ice- gets under the effect of the Float or Flight status effects.
elemental damage to all enemies. 30th level: You may 20th level: You may spend 20 MP to reduce the status du-
spend 35 MP to increase the damage to 10x Fire level. 45th ration to this and the next two rounds. 35th level: You may
level: You may spend 90 MP to increase the damage to 15x spend 55 MP to reduce the status duration to until the end
Fire level. 65th level: You may spend 150 MP to increase of the next round.
the damage to 29x Fire level. Major Effect: Poison Mists. Perform a Fire vs Earth
Superior Effect: Ice Armor. Choose yourself or an ally. attack, difficulty 40. If successful, deal 4x Fire level Bio
The target receives the Wall status until the end of the damage to all enemies. Inflict the Poison status until the
round. 45th level: You may spend 73 MP to increase the end of the next round to all enemies hit. 30th level: You
status’ duration to until end of the next round. may spend 35 MP to increase the damage to 9x Fire level.
45th level: You may spend 68 MP to increase the damage
Sea to 13x Fire level and inflict Poison and Virus until the end
of the next round.
Despite its name, this terrain is defined by large vol- Superior Effect: Ghost. Unlike other geomancy effects,
umes of water, either fresh or salt, such as lakes, great this attack is Melee. Perform two Fire vs Water attacks,
rivers or the ocean. Typically used by characters on boats difficulty 70, against all enemies. Inflict the Zombie sta-
or in the coast, or even fighting in the water. Small streams tus until the end of the next round to enemies hit by the
or ponds usually do not count as this land, unless they are first attack. Inflict the Confuse status until the end of the
prominent in the battle. next round to enemies hit by the second attack. 35th level:
Minor Effect: Waterfall. Perform a Fire vs Water at- You may spend 50 MP to decrease the difficulty to 60. 50th
tack, difficulty 20. If successful, deal 4x Fire level Water- level: You may spend 102 MP to decrease the difficulty to
elemental damage on a target. 15th level: You may spend 50. 65th level: You may spend 145 MP to decrease the dif-
10 MP to increase the damage to 8x Fire level. 30th level: ficulty to 40.
You may spend 35 MP to increase the damage to 15x Fire
level. 45th level: You may spend 70 MP to increase the
damage to 21x Fire level. Urban
Major Effect: El Niño. Perform a Fire vs Water attack, All types of buildings and housing built by intelligent
difficulty 0. On success, deal 3x Fire level Water-elemental life, from elder temples to metropolitan areas. A building
damage to all enemies. Also, if your roll overcomes diffi- does not need to be active and inhabited to be classified
culty 70, inflict the Toad status until the end of the next as Urban or even be part of an urban area, but should still
round. 30th level: You may spend 40 MP to increase the be in reasonable condition, or it may degenerate into an
damage to 8x Fire level. 45th level: You may spend 75 MP Underground.
to increase the damage to 13x Fire level. Minor Effect: Crowd Cheer. Roll 1d10. If the result
Superior Effect: Plasma. Perform a Fire vs Water at- is 1 or 2, grant the Strengthen (Armor) status to a tar-
tack, difficulty 0, against all enemies. You deal 8x Fire level get until the end of the round. If the result is 3 or 4, grant
Lightning-elemental damage to enemies hit. 35th level: the Strengthen (Mental) status to a target until the end
You may spend 45 MP to increase the damage to 14x Fire of the round. If the result is 5 or 6, grant the Strengthen
level. 50th level: You may spend 85 MP to increase the (Physical) status to a target until the end of the round. If
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the result is 7 or 8, grant the Strengthen (Magic) status to naces can qualify as this terrain.
a target until the end of the round. If the result is 9 or 10, Minor Effect: Flame Blast. Perform a Fire vs Water
grant the Strengthen (Speed) status to a target until the attack, difficulty 20. If successful, deal 4x Fire level Fire-
end of the next round. 20th level: You may spend 25 MP to elemental damage to a target. 15th level: You may spend
increase the status duration by one round. 35th level: You 10 MP to increase the damage to 8x Fire level. 30th level:
may spend 60 MP to target you and all your allies. You may spend 35 MP to increase the damage to 15x Fire
Major Effect: Corrupt Water. Perform a Fire vs Air at- level. 45th level: You may spend 70 MP to increase the
tack, difficulty 40. If successful, deal 4x Fire level Water- damage to 21x Fire level.
elemental damage to all enemies. Inflict the Poison sta- Major Effect: Shining Air. Choose a target. Grant the
tus until the end of the next round to all enemies hit. 30th Blink status to target until the end of the round. 20th level:
level: You may spend 35 MP to increase the damage to 9x You may spend 10 MP to increase the status duration to
Fire level. 45th level: You may spend 68 MP to increase until the end of next round.30th level: You may spend 35
the damage to 13x Fire level and inflict Poison and Zom- MP to target you and all allies and increase the status du-
bie until the end of the next round. ration to until the end of next round.
Superior Effect: Back Alley. Perform a Fire vs Water Superior Effect: Magma. Perform a Fire vs Water at-
attack, difficulty 70, against a target. If successful, inflict tack, difficulty 0, against all enemies. Deal 9x Fire level
the Meltdown status on the target until the end of the Fire-elemental damage to enemies hit. 35th level: You may
round. 35th level: You may spend 45 MP to decrease the spend 50 MP to increase the damage to 15x Fire. 50th
difficulty to 60. 50th level: You may spend 95 MP to de- level: You may spend 80 MP to increase the damage to 24
crease the difficulty to 50. 65th level: You may spend 130 x Fire level. 65th level: You may spend 145 MP to increase
MP to decrease difficulty to 40. the damage to 32 x Fire level.
Underground Desert
Underground areas may be both natural and artificial, Areas with low humidity and relatively little vegeta-
including, among others, caves, tunnels, dungeons, ruins tion. They can be hot, cold or both. Sand and dust are very
and mines. These environments tend to have very little common in this type of terrain, although some are rocky
sunshine and are usually cool and moist. deserts.
Minor Effect: Phantom. Perform a Fire vs Water at- Minor Effect: Sandstorm. Perform a Fire vs Earth at-
tack, difficulty 40. If successful, deal 4x Fire level Shadow- tack, difficulty 80, against all enemies. Inflict the Blind
elemental damage to a target. Also, if your roll overcomes status until the end of the next round on the enemies
the difficulty 70, inflict the Curse status until the end of hit.25th level: You may spend 30 MP to decrease the dif-
the next round. 15th level: You may spend 10 MP to in- ficulty to 70. 40th level: You may spend 60 MP to decrease
crease the damage to 8x Fire level. 30th level: You may the difficulty to 60. 55th level: You may spend 90 MP to
spend 35 MP to increase the damage to 15x Fire level. 45th decrease the difficulty to 40.
level: You may spend 70 MP to increase the damage to 20x Major Effect: Antlion. Perform a Fire vs Water at-
Fire level. tack, difficulty 90 against a target. If successful, inflict the
Major Effect: Cave In. Perform a Fire vs Air attack, dif- Death status. 35th level: You may spend 50 MP to de-
ficulty 40. If successful, deal 5x Fire level Crush-elemental crease the difficulty to 80. 55th level: You may spend 100
damage to all enemies. 30th level: You may spend 35 MP to MP to decrease the difficulty to 70.
increase the damage to 10x Fire level. 45th level: You may Superior Effect: Desert Storm. Perform a Fire vs Wa-
spend 70 MP to increase the damage to 15x Fire level. ter attack, difficulty 0, against a target. If successful, deal
Superior Effect: Earth Shield. Choose a target. Reduce 10x Fire level Air-elemental damage. 35th level: You may
the next damage dealt until the end of the round to the tar- spend 48 MP to increase the damage to 17x Fire level. 50th
get to zero. 45th level: You may spend 130 MP to target level: You may spend 95 MP to increase the damage to 24
you and all your allies. x Fire level. 65th level: You may spend 150 MP to increase
the damage to 32 x Fire level.
Lava
Areas of extreme heat. Although typically applied to
volcanic terrain, burned forests, industrial or magical fur-
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Cosmic damage to 21x Fire level. 65th level: You may spend 200
MP to increase the damage to 40x Fire level.
This terrain should be used when the battle site can’t Major Effect: Cosmic Embrace. Choose yourself or an
be categorized into any of the above terrains. For exam- ally. Grant the Regen status to the target until the end of
ple, aboard a spaceship, in another dimension, or on the the next round. 40th level: You may spend 55 MP to target
moon. you and an ally. 55th level: You may spend 90 MP to target
Minor Effect: Cosmic Flare. Perform a Fire vs Water you and all allies.
attack, difficulty 20. If successful, deal 4x Fire level Light- Superior Effect: Great Convergence. Choose yourself
elemental damage on a target. 15th level: You may spend or an ally. If the next target’s attack is successful, it is a
10 MP to increase the damage to 8x Fire level. 30th level: critical hit, regardless of the dice roll. 40th level: You may
You may spend 35 MP to increase the damage to 15x Fire spend 54 MP to target you and an ally. 55th level: You may
level. 45th level: You may spend 70 MP to increase the spend 99 MP to target you and all allies.
Geotrance
High level Geomancers can use their powers to con- and can’t be used with !Geotrance. If the Geomancer is
jure effects even when not in the correct terrain. To do in a Cosmic terrain, they may use !Geotrance to any other
this, use the terrain wheel: Plains <> Forest <> Mountain terrain as a Slow (4) action.
<> Snow <> Sea <> Swamp <> Urban <> Underground <>
Lava <> Desert <> Plains. When using !Geotrance, you
choose which terrain you will conjure and, for each “step”
away in the terrain wheel, apply a cumulative 1 phase
channeling the effect, in addition to the normal Slow (2)
of the regular Geomancy. For example, a character in a
Swamp wants to use a Lava effect. His !Geotrance is Slow
(5) (Swamp (2) > Urban (3) > Underground: (4) > Lava:
(5)). Similarly, if the character is in a Forest and wants
a Desert effect, !Geotrance will be Slow (4) (Forest (2) >
Plain (3) > Desert (4)). Cosmic is out of the terrain wheel
Performances
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Earth attack, difficulty 70. If successful, inflict the Stone Strengthen (Physical) status to that ally until the end of
status on a target until the end of next round. the round.
Virulent Flourish is a level 4 dance. Perform a Water vs Etude is a level 2 song. Choose an ally. Grant the
Earth attack, difficulty 70. If successful, inflict the Virus Strengthen (Magic) status to that ally until the end of the
status on a target until the end of next round. round.
Deadly Duet is a level 4 dance. Perform a Water vs Wa- Requiem is a level 3 song. Perform a Water vs Air at-
ter attack, difficulty 70. If successful, you deal weapon tack, difficulty 50. If successful, inflict magical damage to
physical damage on a target. You drain HP and MP equal all combatants, allies or enemies, who possess the Zom-
to half of damage dealt. bie status, equal to twice your weapon damage.
Dance of the Dead is a level 4 dance. Perform a Wa- Element Carol is a level 3 song. Choose an ally and an
ter vs Air attack, difficulty 70. If successful, the target is element: Fire, Ice, Lightning, Bio, Light, Shadow, Air, Wa-
reduced to 0 HP. Treat this as a Fatal type status. ter or Earth. Grant the Resist (chosen element) status to
Fatal Flamenco is a level 5 dance. Perform four Water that ally until the end of the round. Moreover, while it is
vs Earth attacks, difficulty 50, against random enemies. under this effect, its weapon gains the Elemental Damage
For each success, you deal weapon physical damage. This property, dealing damage of the chosen element.
action may target the same enemy more than once. Seraph Song is a level 3 song. Perform a Water vs Earth
Dirty Dancing is a level 5 dance. Perform a Water vs attack, difficulty 20, targeting your group. You should roll
Fire attack, difficulty 70. If successful, inflict the Melt- this even if the targets want to be hit. You and all your
down status on a target until the end of next round. allies who are affected by this performance lose their Poi-
Forbidden Dance is a level 5 dance. Perform a Water vs son and Virus status effects. In addition, affected targets
Water attack, difficulty 70. If successful, roll 1d10 for each become Resistant to Toxic–type status effects until the
enemy in the opposing group. Inflict a status to each en- end of the round.
emy hit until the end of the next round, according to the Earth Blues is a level 4 song. Perform a Water vs Earth
die roll: 1 — Blind; 2 — Condemn; 3 — Confuse; 4 — attack, difficulty 50, targeting your enemies. If successful,
Disable; 5 — Poison; 6 — Berserk; 7 — Immobilize; 8 deal Earth-elemental weapon magical damage to all your
— Stop; 9 — Toad; 10 — Zombie. enemies.
Last Song is a level 4 song. Choose an ally. Grant the
Haste status to that ally over the next two rounds.
Song
Toad Song is a level 4 song. Take a water attack vs Fire,
Songs are always Ranged Quick magical actions. They difficulty 70. If successful, inflict the Toad status on a tar-
are focused on your allies, increasing their fighting skills get until the end of next round.
and turning you into a powerful support to your team- Round Warding is a level 5 song. Choose an ally. Grant
mates. the Shell and Protect status effects to that ally until the
Lullaby is a level 1 song. Perform a Water vs Fire at- end of the round.
tack, difficulty 70. If successful, inflict the Sleep status on Hero’s Rhyme is a level 5 song. Until the end of the
a target until the end of next round. round, when you use a song to grant or inflict status ef-
Mambo is a level 1 song. Choose an ally. Grant the fects, it will last one extra round. This song has no effect
Strengthen (Speed) status to that ally over the next two on Nameless Song.
rounds. You may reduce the effect’s duration by 1 round Nameless Song is a level 5 song. Perform a Water
to reduce all target’s current initiative dice’s values by 1, vs Earth attack, difficulty 20, targeting your group. You
to a minimum of the current phase. should roll this even if the targets want to be hit. Roll 1d10
Elegy is a level 1 song. Perform a Water vs Water for you and each ally affected by this performance. Grant
attack, difficulty 70. If successful, inflict the Weaken a status effect for each target hit, for the next two rounds,
(Speed) status on a target over the next two rounds. You according to the die result: 1 — Haste; 2 — Shell; 3 —
may reduce the effect’s duration by 1 round to increase all Protect 4 — Blink; 5 — Reraise; 6 — Vanish; 7 — Float;
target’s current initiative dice’s values by 1, to a maximum 8 — Premonition; 9 — Regen; 10 — Flight.
of 10.
Water Rondo is a level 2 song. Perform a Water vs Fire
attack, difficulty 70. If successful, inflict the Mute status
Mimicry
on a target until the end of next round. Unlike the other performances, a mimicry can be
Battle Cry is a level 2 song. Choose an ally. Grant the Quick or Slow, Ranged or Melee, physical or magical.
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When using a mimicry to repeat an action of another char- you may swap the action’s element for another element of
acter, the performance repeats all the action’s character- this list.
istics. In addition, you should spend all the necessary re- Sketch is a level 3 mimicry. You repeat an enemy’s ac-
sources to use the action, be it an item, charge time, mul- tion, with the same target. You may target the enemy who
tiple actions, HP or MP. Furthermore, depending on the performed the action, instead of the original target. This
performance, it may even be a reaction or even not an ac- may repeat any actions that were taken in this combat.
tion at all, simply modifying the effects of other actions. If Target Mimic is a level 4 mimicry. When you use any
the mimicked action was a weapon attack, you attack with level 3 or lower mimicry, you can freely choose the ac-
your own weapon. When mimicking an enemy, unless the tion’s targets.
enemy’s action explicitly indicates a weapon attack or is Final Mimic is a level 4 mimicry. When you are re-
a Job action, you perform the action using the same Stat duced to 0 HP for any reason, you may, before falling un-
and damage multipliers the enemy used. A Mimic should conscious, repeat the action that befell you as an inter-
use Delayed and Interrupt actions to use its mimicry to the rupt, targeting the ally or enemy that performed the ac-
fullest extent. tion. Unlike other mimicry, you don’t need to spend HP,
Mimic is a level 1 mimicry. This action may only be MP, charge time or any other extra resources to use Final
used if the action performed this round immediately be- Mimic.
fore using Mimic was carried out by an ally. You repeat Command Mimic is a level 5 mimicry. Once per com-
the ally’s action, with the same target. bat, before the start of first round, as a free action, you may
Mirror Mimic is a level 1 mimicry. This action may only choose an Ability of any ally. You gain the chosen Ability
be used if the action performed this round immediately until the combat’s end. The chosen Ability does not have
before using Mirror Mimic was conducted by an enemy. any effect on your maximum HP and MP, neither on the
You repeat the enemy’s action, with the same target. You weapons and armor you may equip. Whenever the cho-
may target the enemy who performed the action, instead sen Ability gives you a choice to make when gaining it, you
of the original target. may choose any option, regardless of the choice originally
Memory Mimic is a level 2 mimicry. You repeat an ally’s made by the ally.
action, with the same target. You may only repeat actions Take Over is a level 5 mimicry. Perform a Water vs Wa-
that were carried out in this round. ter attack, difficulty 70. If successful, inflict the Stop status
Reflex Mimic is a level 2 mimicry. This reaction can on a target until the end of next round. While it remains
only be used when you and at least one ally are targeted under the Stop status, you may use your actions to force
by the same attack and your ally reacts, be it successful or it to use one of its actions, targeting characters of your
not. You perform the same reaction. choice. If you perform any action, other than command-
Color Splash is a level 3 mimicry. When you use any ing the target to act, before the end of the next round, the
mimicry to create an effect that deals Fire, Ice, Lightning, target loses the Stop status.
Bio, Light, Shadow, Air, Water or Earth-elemental damage,
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Inventory
Chapter 5
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Wealth
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translates into better and stronger items more quickly nity to gain double spoils. Compared to Gilionaire, Trea-
than compared with a rogueless group. However, the sure Hunter is active in fewer moments because it only
three skills work differently and require a different prepa- allows the Rogue to improve the spoils received and does
ration from the Game Master. not affect other Gil gains, but can provide more significant
Gilionaire is the simplest of them. Whenever the bonuses when it works, by handing items that may be cru-
group receives a Gil reward, for any reason, increase by cial when the group simply does not have the time to find
25% the Rogue’s share. For example, a group of four play- a merchant in a safe place.
ers defeat a monster and the Game Master says the mon- !Steal is the last way the Rogue has to increase the
ster’s horns are valuable and can be sold for a total of group’s wealth. This action also demands a special prepa-
4,000 Gil. If there is a Rogue with this Ability in the group, ration by the Game Master. When creating a combat en-
their share (1,000 Gil) is increased by 25% — to 1,250 Gil. counter, the GM must decide which are the Common item
Thus, when selling the horns, the group collects 4,250 Gil, and the Rare item that every enemy will have. This is only
not 4,000. Similarly, people are willing to pay more for required if there is a Rogue with !Steal in the group. It is
the same service, and the chests are inexplicably bigger. not mandatory that each enemy must have both items; it
Gilionaire is always active, and it is the least risky way to may have only the Common item, only the Rare item, or
increase Gil received. even neither. Regardless, each enemy can only be stolen
once. If the character tries to steal again an enemy who al-
ready suffered the effects of !Steal, it automatically fails.
The definition of which item(s) the enemy will have
does not depend on the enemy’s ability to use, equip or
even physically carry the item; often, characters in Final
Fantasy steal swords or even full armor suits from unsus-
pecting enemies like dragons or chocobos. Compared to
Gilionaire or Treasure Hunter, !Steal is the most expen-
sive and riskiest action – it costs actions in combat and is
more likely to fail — but it must be the most rewarding,
especially if the Rogue obtain the Rare item. In addition,
the stolen items go to the inventory and are available for
immediate use, even within the combat.
Regardless of how the Rogue earn this extra Gil, the
group shall not be punished for having a Rogue. Rogues
with Gilionaire should earn on average 10 Gil per experi-
Treasure Hunter is the second way the Rogue can in- ence point, and Rogues with the other Abilities could earn
crease the group’s wealth. At the end of combat, when the even more, depending on their rolls. The Game Master
group tries to gain spoils, the Rogue can roll the die again, must resist the temptation to give smaller rewards to its
increasing the chance or even giving them the opportu- players because “The Rogue will steal a difference.”
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Equipment
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Light Armor
This armor is commonly used by Mages and Rune Knights. Its main purpose is to protect against magical damage,
leaving it relatively ineffective against physical damage.
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Medium Armor
This armor type is common between many different Jobs. It is balanced between physical and magic defenses,
leaving no easily exploitable weakness.
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Heavy Armor
Favoring defense against physical damage, this type of armor is popular among Warriors and Adepts. However, it
does leave the wearer more vulnerable to magical damage.
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Weapons
Weapons are the main offensive equipment. Unlike ar- does not state the action’s range (Ranged or Melee)
mor, which are very similar, each type of weapon is quite and/or the action’s elements uses the base weapon’s
different from others. Each type of weapon has an Offen- range and element. Actions that do state their range
sive Stat and a Defensive Stat. When you use the !Attack and/or element override the base weapon’s characteris-
or any other action that specifies a “weapon attack”, you tics.
attack using the equipped weapon’s Offensive and Defen- Many weapons also have special effects. All effects
sive Stats unless the action says otherwise. For example, that modify the weapon’s attack or damage only work
Flamberge’s (a Light Sword / Knife) damage is equal to with the !Attack action, unless the action says otherwise.
10x. As its Offensive Stat is Air, the damage will be equal The exceptions to this rule are all effects that increase
to ten times your Air level before any other modifiers. damage by some Stat level like the Colichemarde and the
In addition, the attack and damage type (physical or Soul Eater weapon ability. Actions that key off weapon
magical), the element (usually Cut, Puncture, or Crush), damage use the damage increased by the special effect
and if the attack is Ranged or Melee, all depends on the and the Soul Eater applies to all actions made with that
equipped weapon. weapon that require a weapon attack.
Every action that needs a weapon attack to hit and
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The suggested names exist for ease of reference. If, for example, you want to buy a mace that deals Crush-elemental damage equal to 13 x Earth
level and is Piercing, nothing prevents you from renaming the Soul Saber as Soul Mace.
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Heavy Weapons
Two-handed swords, axes, sledgehammers, pickaxes, scythes and flails that deal physical damage. Swords, axes
and scythes deal Cut-elemental damage, hammers and flails deal Crush-elemental damage, while pickaxes deal Puncture-
elemental damage. These weapons are the Earth-based choice with the highest damage potential. Its Offensive and
Defensive Stats are Earth. This weapon type is widely used by characters who favor offense over defense.
The suggested names exist for ease of reference. If, for example, you want to buy a pickaxe that deals Puncture-elemental damage equal to 10
x Earth level, with Slow Touch, nothing prevents you from renaming the Old Axe as Old Pick.
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Polearms
Spears, glaives and other two-handed weapons that deal Puncture-elemental physical damage. You may either use
its Offensive Stat as Earth and its Defensive Stat as Air or its Offensive Stat as Air and its Defensive Stat as Earth. Due
to its versatility, you must choose whether to attack Earth vs Air or Air vs Earth for each attack with this weapon type.
They are a good option for characters that want to be accurate without needing to swap weapons and need high levels
in both Air and Earth, as the Warrior.
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Claws / Gloves
Claws and gloves are Monks’ signature weapon, but almost any character can fight well with them. They deal
physical damage, with Gloves dealing Crush-elemental and Claws dealing Cut-elemental damage. Its Offensive Stat is
Earth, and its Defensive Stat is Air. Its low cost and ease of use make this weapon a good option for characters that
don’t want to worry too much about weapons, and its broad spectrum of effects mean that any character can benefit
if you choose the right Claw or Glove.
The suggested names exist for ease of reference. If, for example, you want to buy claws that deal Cut-elemental damage equal to 5 x Earth level,
with Sleep Touch, nothing prevents you from renaming the Magic Glove as Magic Claw.
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Katanas
Katanas are a special kind of swords. Unlike normal swords, they are wielded with more finesse, like light swords,
and the spirits they contain within can be released for magical effects. Its Offensive stat is Air and its Defensive stat is
Earth. Their damage is physical and Cut-elemental.
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Bows
Archery is one of the main Ranged combat styles. They deal Puncture-elemental physical damage. Its Offensive
and Defensive Stats are Air. Since its attacks are Ranged, it can be used to hit flying enemies. It is one of the weapons
most commonly used by Archers due to its good damage and variety of effects.
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Throwing Weapons
Darts, bombs, chakrams, shuriken and javelins that deal Puncture-elemental physical damage. Its Offensive Stat is
Earth and its Defensive Stat is Air. Since its attacks are Ranged, it can be used to hit flying enemies. A throwing weapon’s
Status Touch, Status Strike and Critical Spell abilities apply to all actions made with that weapon that requires a weapon
attack, and Status Touch and Status Strike effects have their duration increased by one round.
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Rifles / Crossbows
This weapon type can represent rifles, muskets, crossbows or a combination of them, depending on the world’s
technology. They deal Puncture-elemental physical damage. Its Offensive Stat is Fire and its Defensive Stat is Air. Since
its attacks are Ranged, it can be used to hit flying enemies. Archers, Rogues and Alchemists use this weapon type a lot
due to its good damage and use of the Fire Stat to attack.
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Wands
Wands are quite popular among black mages as they make ranged attacks using your magical energy. They deal
Crush-elemental magical damage by rolling Fire vs Fire. Most also allow you to increase your spellcasting options.
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Staves
Two-handed weapons that attack using your magical energy. They deal Crush-elemental magical damage. Its
Offensive Stat is Fire and its Defensive Stat is Water. They deal good damage and are popular among various characters
who can’t use Spells offensively, like White Mages. Most staves can cast Spells, granting the wielder versatility and
power.
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Instruments
Artists’ exclusive weapon type. They deal Cut-elemental magical damage. Its Offensive and Defensive Stats are
Water. Being the only weapon able to attack using Water as Offensive Stat, they are highly valued by Artists, despite
its low damage output. They are Ranged weapons, and therefore can hit flying enemies.
Instruments can take many forms, by artist’s choice, like violins, flutes, drums, guitars, trumpets, among others. Replace [x] with the name of
your instrument when buying this weapon. For example, you may have a Blood Flute; a Gold Harp; Dream Drums or even a Holy Violin.
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Twin Blades
Dervish’s exclusive weapon type, the ability to fight with two one-handed blades at the same time involves much
more than just training. When attacking with them, you deal Cut-elemental physical damage. These weapons are the
Air-based choice with the highest damage potential. Its Offensive and Defensive Stats are Air. It is very difficult to
defend against such weapons, and once per round, the attacker may roll a weapon attack twice and take the better
result.
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Accessories
Each character can equip up to two accessories at the Morever, if two distinct pieces of equipment impart
same time. However, the equipment’s magic interferes opposite effects only the negative effect will be gained.
with each other. Thus, if two accessories or an accessory For example, if a character is equipped with an accessory
and another piece of equipment including a weapon or ar- granting Mute immunity and an armor with SOS-Mute,
mor would have the same effect, they do not stack. Only that character will be immune to the Mute status until
the most powerful item of this type will affect you. Simi- their HP is below 25%, but once their HP drops below
larly if a character equips three or more accessories, their 25% will suffer the Mute and lose their immunity.
effects cancel each other and the character will not receive Although it may seem simple, equipping an accessory
the benefits of any of them. For example, if a character requires the character to spend at least a few minutes fo-
equips the Wyglar armor (+ 20% Max HP) and the Or- cusing on its magic. Thus, it is impossible to equip or
rachea Armlet (+ 10% Max HP), the HP increase is only change accessories in the middle of a combat.
20%.
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Inventory
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Battle Items
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Equipment Effects
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Game Master's Guide
Chapter 6
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Creating Adventures
Most adventures are designed around a structure that venture. (3) Therefore, I need to prepare for each choice
looks like this: You start a scene, linearly follow it for over players can do. The result is an exponential expansion ad-
a set number of scenes that occur in a predetermined se- venture path. The choice of “A” leads to two paths, A1
quence, and it comes to an end. Occasionally you might and A2, which have the choice “B” which takes four paths,
see someone want to vary playing a pseudo-option, where A1B1, A1B2, A2B1, A2B2, which have the “C” choice that
characters can go through 2 or 3 alternative scenes before takes eight paths, and so on. The problem with this project
returning to the main script. You’re still looking at an es- should be evident: You are preparing several times more
sentially linear path, though. Although the exact form of material to provide the same amount of playing time. And
this linear path may vary depending on the adventure in most of the material you are preparing will never be seen
question, ultimately, this form of design is the linear ap- by the players.
proach: A happens, then B does, and then C happens. In a way, of course, this is an extreme example. You can
The main advantage of the linear approach is its sim- simplify your task by collapsing of some of these options,
plicity. It is easy to understand and easy to control. When like having A2B1 and A1B2 choices lead to the same place.
you are preparing the adventure, it feels like assembling a But, yet, you are designing several scenes in order to pro-
task list or telling the plot of a short story. While you are vide only three real game scenes. You’re still specifically
running the adventure, you always know exactly where designing a material you know that will never be used.
you are and exactly where you should be going. But this And, if you think about it, in fact this example is not as ex-
approach has two major drawbacks: treme as well: The initial example assumes that there are
Firstly, lack flexibility. Each arrow in the designed flow only two possible choices at a given moment. In fact, it is
chart is a bottleneck: If the players do not follow that quite possible that there are three or four or even more
arrow (because they do not want to or because they do choices. And each additional option adds a whole new se-
not realize what they should do), then the adventure will ries of contingencies you need to account for.
grind to a halt. The risk of this painful derailment (or Ultimately, this kind of adventure “Choose your own
the need to railroad your players) can be mitigated, but path” is a dead alley: No matter how much you try to pre-
if the players realize you are guiding the actions of their dict ahead of time, your players will still find options you
characters, they can feel like you’re playing in their place. never considered — forcing you back to the position of ar-
(This, ironically, can cause them to rebel against your best tificially limiting the choices to keep intact your prepara-
plans.) Second, because it lacks flexibility, linear approach tion or leaving you with just the same problem you were
is the enemy of players’ agency. In order to finish the ad- trying to solve in the first place: to avoid excessive impro-
venture, the characters must follow the arrows. Choices visation. And even though this is not true, you’re still bur-
that do not follow the arrows will break the game. For a dening yourself with a preparation process filled with un-
game that values player empowerment starting with char- necessary work.
acter creation, to create linear adventures goes against the The solution to this problem is node-based design.
rest of the system. And the root of this solution lies in reversing the Three
Of course, it is easier said than done, as one of the rea- Clues Rule. This rule states: “For any conclusion you
sons that people prefer the linear approach is that it pro- want players to have, include at least three clues.” The
vides a significant structure of prepared situations: It says theory underlying this rule is: if you present three dif-
exactly where to go and how to do to get there. Without ferent options, it provides enough redundancy to create
this kind of structure, it is very easy for a game session to a robust scenario. Even though the characters lose the
derail. Certainly, it is not impossible to simply let the play- first clue and misinterpret the second, the third clue pro-
ers loose, improvising everything and end up somewhere vides an ultimate safety net to keep the scenario work-
interesting. Similarly, it is quite possible to get in a car, ing. This logic, however, also leads to the reversal of the
driving aimlessly for a few hours, and have a nice exciting Three Clues Rule: “If the characters have access to three
trip to tell. But is often helpful to have a territory map. clues, they will get at least to a conclusion.”
This line of thought, however, often leads a dilemma. In other words, if you need it players reach three con-
The logic is like this: (1) I want my players to have mean- clusions (A, B, and C) and the characters have access to
ingful choices. (2) I need to have a framework for my ad- three clues (each of which theoretically allow them to
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achieve these conclusions), then it is very likely that they clues to nodes A and B. They now have access to a to-
will in fact achieve at least one of these conclusions. Un- tal of seven clues. Four of these clues now point to nodes
derstanding this reversal of the Three Clues Rule allows that have been visited, but the three last clues point to the
us to embrace all the flexibility of node-based design. Node B. The Three Clues Rule shows that they now have
Imagine an adventure that begins in a node (or scene), access to enough information to complete the adventure.
containing three clues- one pointing to the node A, one Although there was no change between linear adven-
for node B, and one for the node C. Using the inverse of ture and the node-based adventure apart from the event
the Three Clues Rule, you know that players will be able order, the simple fact that the players are sitting in the
to conclude that they need to go to at least one of these driver’s seat is important. Even if the choice has no lasting
nodes. Suppose they go to the node A. There, there con- impact on the final conclusion of “good guys win, bad guys
tains two additional clues — one pointing to the node lose” the fact that the players were the ones who decided
B and another that points to the node C. At this point, how the good guys did win is important.
the characters have access to five different tracks. One And this becomes even more relevant when Traits
of them led them successfully to the node A and can now come into play. Traits should be placed as key points when
be discarded. But that leaves them with four clues (two creating nodes, as they are exactly the characters’ main
pointing to node B and two pointing to node C), and, be- objectives, and, most importantly, point the stories that
cause the inverse of the Three Clues Rule, once again we your players chose to play! Thus, the clues that lead from
see that they have more than enough information to pro- one node to another should talk to the characters through
ceed further. their goals.
Let’s assume now go to the node C. Here they find
The game speed depends on the will of the group rocious monster can, for example, involve the Traits Rep-
about the campaign’s duration. FFRPG characters start utation, People’s Hero and Monster Hunter. Let’s say that
the game with 200 experience and can reach a maximum the GM has stipulated a total of 160 XP for that node; it
of 25,120 experience points, starting the game between may give 80 XP if the characters save the child, reducing
levels 4th and 8th and reaching the 100th level with around to only 40 if it is wounded in the process; give a bonus
25,000 XP. However, it is recommended that the game 0–20 XP based on characters’ actions and their ability to
ends around level 68, or about 12,000 XP for each char- become famous with the situation in the eyes of the other
acter. At this level, the characters are already powerful villagers; and give also 20 XP if the characters manage to
and experienced enough to overcome most of the possi- kill the beast, rising to 60 XP if they deduct, based on the
ble challenges without too many problems. given clues, the reason for the attack and decide to only
With these numbers in mind, the GM can plan the cam- scare away the beast in order to follow her into the vil-
paign’s progress according to the time available to play it. lain’s lair.
A campaign that lasts one year, playing once per week, for Thus, characters can earn between 0 and 160 XP for
example, in “normal speed” may give, on average, about this node, based on their actions and their Traits. When
230 XP per session (assuming two things: first, 230 XP deciding their Traits, players pass a clear message about
times 52 weeks equals 11,960 XP at the end of one year, what kind of situations they want to face. Use this to your
and second, the sessions of the campaign’s start will give advantage to create exciting adventures for your group.
less than 230 XP and the campaign’s final sessions will Between sessions, players can spend experience
give more than 230 XP). This speed can and should be ad- points to increase their Stats, gaining levels and Skills. Al-
justed for the campaign’s estimated time, the size of the ternatively, the GM can decide the experience points may
story being told and frequency of play. only be spent between adventures or in “training periods”
At each node on your adventure, identify which Traits defined by the GM.
are covered by that node. A node that involves a mother’s
desperate pleas to save her son from the clutches of a fe-
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Summoned Creatures
A Summoner should end its career with around eight
to twelve Summoned Creatures under its belt. These sum-
mons should be split amongst the different tiers of beasts
Optional Rule: Group Experience
(level 14/34 creatures as the weakest, level 24/54 crea-
Some groups may find it too taxing on the GM to assign indi‑ tures as middle ground, and level 44/64 creatures as the
vidual experience. Maybe they feel it is hard to do, or maybe strongest). When there’s a Summoner in the group, the
they feel that it is unjust that the characters may earn different GM and the player should discuss about which summons
experience values. fit the character’s personality and desires. A good rule of
If you prefer, instead of granting experience based on each thumb is to allow at least a beast from each tier to be cho-
character's Traits, you may give them based on the group's sen by the player, to be introduced when appropriate. If
Traits. This way, all characters will earn the same experience they wish it, you could work with your player to include
values at each session, based on the group's actions. Individ‑ an appropriate level 14/34 Summon in their character’s
ual Traits should be recorded for Destiny purposes, but they backstory; this is especially useful if the intended story
won't give different experience totals for each character. arc has no interaction with Summoned Creatures early on.
Also, there’s no problem in introducing beasts before the
character meets the level requirements to cast them - the
Traits and Quirks character will have the pact made, but will only be able
During the course of a campaign, the characters will to cast it when the necessary level is achieved. Should
evolve in a different way aside from the mere accumula- you want to reduce the impact of the Summoned Crea-
tion of experience. Fundamental changes in a character’s tures in the plot, you may also opt to minimize their story
goals, personality and characteristics may need changes role by making them available through different methods,
to its Traits and Quirks. For example, a character may see rather than a roleplay-intensive pact: They might be ac-
the problems caused by his Arrogant personality and de- quired through items (FF VI’s magicite and FF VII’s mate-
cide to become Empathic, or maybe the death of a Protégé ria come to mind), given as session rewards alongside XP,
when an NPC sticks his sword in her back can turn the or even naturally acquired with level ups (something like
story into a tale of revenge against this new Nemesis. one beast for every 5, 6 or 7 levels after level 7). The ac-
Anyway, whenever a character has a significant reason tual method by which the Druid will acquire its Summons
to change their life, independent if that reason is internal should be decided by the best way for your group, be it
or external, it can, between sessions, change his Quirks. voting, consensus, or just up to GM’s decision.
To do so, the player declares this to the Game Master and
changes it. In the case of the Traits, whenever one of the
three Traits chosen by the Group change by players con-
sensus or the imposition of narrative (the heroes may beat
a Nemesis, redirecting their goals to Relics of the Past),
all players, regardless of their own character’s Traits, may
change them, to reflect the change of group goals.
Druid Advancement
Several times, the Druid (and some Freelancers)
presents an additional challenge to GMs when providing
rewards. Both Blue Mages and Sumoners depend on GM’s
discretion to acquire their Spells and Summoned Crea-
tures, and balancing this is important to avoid cases where
the Druid feels out of place amongst its peers. As such,
there are a few guidelines that should be followed.
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Blue Magic the character should have, and the player assign it to its
Stats as normal. Also, instead of having 200 Gil for starting
Similar to how the Summoner operates, the Blue Mage
equipment, the character may acquire equipment suited
also needs GM input to acquire its spells. You should, as
for its level. Lastly, Summoners should get a Summoned
a GM, give plenty of opportunities for Blue Mages to in-
Creature at level 14 and one extra for each 7 extra levels,
crease their spell repertoire, as they’ll need that to keep up
and Blue Mages should get one extra Blue Magic spell at
with other characters. Similar to other mages, a Blue Mage
each level multiple of 5 (starting at level 10), respecting
should end its career with between thirteen to twenty
the reccomended tiers for the level the Spell or Creature
Spells under its belt, distributed amongst the Blue Magic
was acquired.
tiers. Since unlike Summoned Beasts, the actual acquisi-
tion of Spells by a Blue Mage depends on the battle tac-
tics and actions taken by the players and antagonists, a
good rule of thumb is to reward riskier moves and play-
ers that actively try to endanger themselves to learn the
spells with more spells. Another rule that a Blue Mage In some groups, you'll find a common kind of player: the pow
should keep in mind, is, as seen in Attacks and Rolls in ergamer. These players focus on creating the most optimized char
Combat, that the character may choose to not resist the acter, ready to tackle any obstacle the GM can provide. Many play
action to be hit with it regardless of dice rolls, unless the ers frown from them, as they'll search for every loophole and rules
action says otherwise. Lastly, remember to not punish the exception to try to create the “unbeatable” character. Most also use
player for their choices in specialties and secondary jobs, minmaxing techniques: they overspecialize to exploit highlevel
as any Spells granted by other abilities, such as Druid’s content while “dumping” or ignoring other areas of the character.
Primal Arcana, a Wizard’s Arcane Adept, or others, should
not count against the number of Blue Spells the Blue Mage Most RPGs do have countermeasures to stop minmaxing and pow
should get. ergaming. This game… well, it has none. No explicit rule, at least.
The game engine is designed to punish minmaxers. Got a char
acter that overspecializes in Earth? Throw him an opponent with
Creating Experienced Characters !Parry and high Air value and he'll be a sitting duck. Enormous
If, for any reason, you wish to create experienced char- HP and defenses? Throw some Gravity effects and he's toast.
acters, simply follow the normal character creation model
and assign more than 200 XP. This is useful when a char-
However, the biggest deterrent to overspecialization is the Stats'
acter enters the game after its start, or when the group
XP cost. You don't need to throw curveballs: just let the min
decides to start the game with a greater power level than maxer do his magic… and soon he'll be in a lower level than his
starting characters. The GM must decide how much XP balanced friends, and will be weaker than his allies, except in sit
uations suited for his specialty.
Antagonists
An important part of creating interesting challenges that you can always fine-tune the details. To create antag-
for players is to create interesting antagonists. Just as onists, use the following script:
there are no shadows without light, is the quality of antag-
onists that will magnify the story created for any work of 1. Choose the Types
fiction, be it a book, a movie, a video game or an RPG cam- 2. Pick a Class
paign. Thus, this chapter is intended to help Game Mas-
ters to craft balanced and challenging antagonists for their 3. Decide Stat Levels
players. As any crafting, this process has equal parts art
and science. As any crafting, the creation process should 4. Set HP, MP, ARM, and MARM
take into consideration the target audience: a monster 5. Include actions and finishing touches
that is challenging to a group can be simply deadly to an-
other, or even a walk in the park for a third group. As any
crafting, even when following established recipes, know
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Abilities and Actions if they had up to 9 levels higher than their actual level.
These abilities are considered special attacks and should
All antagonists should have at least a basic attack, be used very sparingly. Thus, a 40th level Boss could have
which can be physical or magical. Choose an Offensive an attack dealing 17x Stat level damage.
Stat and Defensive Stat for the attack. The table below In addition to the actions and reactions that are appro-
shows the adequate damage multiplier for each antago- priate to the antagonist, feel free to grant the conditions
nist’s level. that make sense for the creature, like Flight, Float, Zom-
bie, Elemental Vulnerable or Status Vulnerable, Ele-
Level Damage Level Damage
mental Resist or Status Resist, Elemental Immunity or
1-9 2-4 46-54 13-17 Status Immunity, Elemental Absorb, among others.
10-18 3-7 55-63 14-20 If you’re new to the FFRPG 4th Edition, feel free to ex-
19-27 5-9 64-74 16-24 periment with your antagonists and test the power level
28-36 8-12 75-84 18-26 of your group. Different strategies and stat combinations
37-45 10-14 85-100 20-35 can be either deadly or a push-over, based on the group’s
capabilities. When in doubt, put your enemies in the
The antagonists should have at least a basic attack, weaker side and increase their power slowly, until you’re
which can be physical or magical. Choose an Offensive Stat comfortable enough with the system.
and a Defensive Stat for the attack and its damage. For
example, an attack of an antagonist between level 10 and
level 18 should cause between 3x and 7x Stat level dam-
Final Details
age. With the antagonist’s mechanics done, be sure to flesh
Earth: Attacks with Earth as Offensive Stat depend out the details that give life to roleplay. These details can
on user’s strength and muscular power. They are usually be as specific or as general as necessary; an unimpor-
linked to brute force and physicality. Attacks that can be tant Minion may simply have a general description, but
prevented by the defender’s physical strength, health and an Elite who will star an entire adventure should be de-
muscle power of should use Earth as Defensive Stat. tailed enough for your players love to hate their enemy.
Air: Attacks with Air as Offensive Stat depend on the What’s its name? What’s its physical description?
user’s skill and speed. They are usually linked to the pre- What’s its personality? Does it have habits, peculiarities,
cision and finesse. Attacks that can be avoided by the de- catchphrases? What are its goals, fears, anxieties? What’s
fender’s agility and the reflexes of should use Air as De- its natural habitat? How it relates to the adventure and the
fensive Stat. other antagonists? These are only some of the questions
Fire: Attacks with Fire as Offensive Stat depend on the that you, as a GM, may ask to give depth to the antagonist.
user’s intelligence and magical ability. They are usually
linked to cunning and the supernatural. Attacks that can
be avoided by the defender’s insight should use Fire as De-
Encounter Design
fensive Stat. It is a Stat rarely used defensively. Designing the antagonists is only part of the GM’s job.
Water: Attacks with Water as Offensive Stat depend To properly challenge the players, the combat encounters
on the user’s charisma and willpower. They are usually should contain a suitable number of antagonists. Choos-
linked to luck and force of personality. Attacks that can be ing which antagonists will take part of the battle and their
prevented by the defender’s mental strength and magical number is a key part in having the game feel fair. There
defense of should use Water as Defensive Stat. It is a Stat are two general approaches to this:
rarely used offensively. Attition-based adventures try to present lots of
Antagonists can use Spells and both Main and Sec- smaller encounters between rests. Each encounter
ondary Jobs’ Abilities, causing effects at players’ similar should, individually, be easier, so the general challenge of
levels, although they still must follow the damage table. the adventure is to manage the HP, MP and consumables
For example, the Fire Spell is suitable for antagonists of of the party. Use enemies with higher HP, lower damage
10th to 27th level, as it deals 5x Fire level damage. In the ratings, few critical hit-able attacks and avoid using many
case of actions that depend on the equipped weapon, like enemies in the same battle before the players have acess
!Charge or !Black Sky, simply decide the damage based to Group damage. In-between encounters, Challenges
on level limits. should present opportunities to further give or drain re-
Finally, Elite or Boss antagonists may have actions as sources, reinforcing the theme of resource management.
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During the course of the battles, you can use tools like re- and Weaken: Speed statuses this battle. This has no ef-
inforcements (enemies joining the battle after it started), fect on combatants that have Flight or are Aquan.
fleeing enemies, environmental effects (healing, damage Thunderstorm (X): At the end of every round, one
and status effects caused by factors other than the antag- random combatant is struck for X physical Lighnting-
onists), Steal items and enemy targeting to regulate the elemental damage.
challenge, either by increasing or decreasing it as needed. Healing Circle: All healing effects are doubled. Each
Tactics-based adventures try to present fewer, or time a healing effect is used, the user receives the Zombie
even one encounter between rests. Each encounter effect until the end of next round.
should, individually, be hard, so the general challenge of Rooftops: Some combatants are sitting on rooftops.
the adventure is to use the correct tactics in each battle. Combatants on rooftops cannot target or be targeted by
Use enemies with lower HP, higher damage ratings, and combatants on the lower floor with melee attacks. It takes
many actions per round. In-between encounters, rests two actions to move between the rooftops and the lower
should be easy and/or supplemented with easy acess to floor. Whenever a combatant is struck while climbing (af-
healing items, healing springs, or even machines that fully ter it spends the first action to climb up or down but before
heal (but leave you still hungry). Player defeats should it spends the second action), it takes double damage. Fly-
be always a possibility, and having enemies with lots of ing characters may move freely between the lower ground
different attacks (and the opportunity to adjust their tac- and the rooftop.
tics on the middle of the battle) will be important to keep Quicksand (X): At the start of each round, each combat-
the battle exciting and fair. Lastly, building encounters ant receives the Condemn status effect for the next (X)
around specific gimmicks and having challenge encoun- rounds. This effect automatically fails on targets under
ters (encounters that can be solved by means other than the Float, Flight or Condemn status effects. When a char-
reducing the enemies to 0 HP) interspersed with regular acter receives the Float or Flight status effects, it loses the
combats can bring shake things up and bring diversity to Condemn status granted by the quicksand. Any combat-
the table. ant may use the !Flee action to lose the Condemn status.
Mirror Room: All single-targets attack or spells target
Environment Effects a random enemy or ally. All group-target attacks or spells
target all combatants, allies and enemies. This does not
Some effects can passively change the battle rules. change self-target actions.
Use these effects to change how the battlefield works and Arrow Rain(X): All combatants must use an action
present new challenges and opportunities to your players. to take cover each round or will be dealt (X) physical
Here are some examples: Puncture-elemental damage at the end of the round. This
Heat Wave: All combatants receive Fire Vulnerable effect deals double damage on characters under the Flight
and Ice Resist statuses this battle. This has no effect status effect. A character may use any reaction that pro-
on combatants that already have Vulnerable, Resist, Im- tects against physical Ranged attacks, rolling against the
mune or Absorb Fire (for the Fire Vulnerable) or Ice (for enemy with the highest Defensive Stat, to protect an ally.
the Ice Resist). Wild Magic Source: Every time a combatant rolls a
Strong Winds (X): Increase the difficulty of all Ranged d100 to hit with an action that spends MP, if the die roll
attacks by 30 this battle. Combatants with Flight take X is even, double the MP cost, and if the die roll is odd, halve
Air-elemental physical damage each time they take an ac- the MP cost. Apply this effect after all other MP reduc-
tion or reaction. Any combatant may use an action to land tion/increase effects are applied.
and lose the Flight. Cosmic Imbalance: All physical attacks and spells are
Deep Water: All combatants lose the Float, magical. All magical attacks and spells are physical.
Strenghten: Speed and Haste statuses and receive Slow
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Experience Table
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