(thing) by Aratir Sun Oct 21 2001 at 1:12:16
Playable Characters and Commands

Zidane Tribal (Thief)

  • Steal: Takes items from foes

  • Skill:

    • -Flee: Party instantly escapes, may drop gil
    -Detect: See what items a foe is carrying
    -What's That!?: Cause foe to turn around (double damage is dealt if you hit it in the back)
    -Soul Blade: Inflicts the status effect of his current weapon
    -Annoy: Inflicts the Trouble status effect
    -Sacrifice: Sacrifices self to restore party HP & MP
    -Lucky Seven: Deals damage based on luck
    -Thievery: Deals damage based on the amount of items you have stolen
  • Trance: Skill changes to Dyne

    • -Free Energy: Deals damage to single foe
    -Tidal Flame: Deals damage to all foes
    -Scoop Art: Deals damage to single foe
    -Shift Break: Deals damage to all foes
    -Stellar Circle 5: Deals damage to single foe
    -Meo Twister: Deals damage to all foes
    -Solution 9: Deals damage to single foe
    -Grand Lethal: Deals damage to all foes

    Princess Garnet Til Alexandros 17th/'Dagger' (Summoner/White Mage)

  • Summon:

    • -Shiva: Deals Ice damage to all enemies based on the number of Opals in your inventory
    -Ifrit: Deals Fire damage to all enemies based on the number of Topaz's in your inventory
    -Ramuh: Deals Thunder damage to all enemies based on the number of Peridots in your inventory
    -Atomos: Reduces all enemies HP by a percentage based on the number of Amethysts in your inventory
    -Odin: Attempts to KO all enemies (If you have the Odin's Sword ability equipped, he will do wind damage to all foes in the event that he misses with his KO attack)
    -Leviathan: Deals Water damage to all enemies based on the number of Aquamarines in your inventory
    -Bahamut: Deals non-elemental damage to all enemies
    -Ark: Deals Shadow damage to all enemies
  • Wht Mag (White Magic):

    • -Cure/Cura/Curaga: Restores HP
    -Life: Recovers character from KO with some HP
    -Scan: Reveals HP, MP, and weakness of target
    -Panacea: Cures Poison and Venom status
    -Stona: Cures Petrify and Gradual Petrify status
    -Shell: Reduces damage from magical attacks
    -Protect: Reduces damage from physical attacks
    -Silence: Inflicts Silence status, rendering target unable to cast magic
    -Mini: Inflicts Mini status, reducing attack and defense
    -Reflect: Reflects magic based attacks back at attacker
    -Confuse: Inflicts Confusion on the target(s)
    -Berserk: Causes target to attack uncontrollably
    -Blind: Causes Darkness status, lowering the target's accuracy
    -Float: Causes leviation, protecting target from Earth based attacks
  • Trance: Summon becomes Eidolon, and using it will cause the Summon animation to always play in it's full form, which deals more damage than the shortened form.

  • Note: Equipping the ability 'Boost' causes Summon animations to always play the full version.

    • Captain Adelbert Steiner (Knight)

  • Swd Art (Sword Art):

    • -Darkside: Reduces HP to cause Shadow damage to target
    -Minus Strike: Deals damage equal to his Max HP minus his Current HP
    -Iai Strike: Attempts to KO the target
    -Power Strike: Reduces the target's Attack Power
    -Armor Break: Reduces the target's Defense
    -Mental Break: Reduces the target's Magic Defense
    -Magic Break: Reduces the target's Magic Power
    -Charge!: All 'Near Death' party members attack
    -Thunder Slash: Causes Thunder damage to the enemy
    -Stock Break: Damages all enemies
    -Climhazzard: Damages all enemies
    -Shock: Damages one enemy
  • Swd Mag (Sword Magic):

    • -Fire/Fira/Firaga: Strikes foe with a fire-enchanted sword
    -Blizzard/Blizzara/Blizzaga: Strikes foe with a ice-enchanted sword
    -Thunder/Thundara/Thundaga: Strikes foe with a thunder-enchanted sword
    -Bio: Strikes foe with a poison-enchanted sword
    -Water: Strikes foe with a water-enchanted sword
    -Flare: Strikes foe with a flare-enchanted sword
    -Doomsday: Strikes foe with a shadow-enchanted sword
  • Trance: Gains no new commands, just gets a bigger stat boost than other characters

  • Notes: Can only use Swd Mag when Vivi is in the party

    • Vivi Orunitia (Black Mage)

  • Focus: Increases the power of spells

  • Blk Mag (Black Magic):

    • -Fire/Fira/Firaga: Deals Fire damage to the enemy
    -Sleep: Attempts to put target to Sleep
    -Blizzard/Blizzara/Blizzaga: Deals Ice damage to the enemy
    -Slow: Decreases the speed of the targets ATB Guage
    -Thunder/Thundara/Thundaga: Deals Thunder damage to the enemy
    -Stop: Freezes target's ATB Guage
    -Poison: Attempts to inflict Poison status
    -Bio: Causes non-elemental damage and inflicts Poison status
    -Osmose: Absorb MP from the target
    -Drain: Absorb HP from the target
    -Demi: Attempts to reduce target's HP by a percentage
    -Comet: Deals non-elemental damage
    -Death: Attempts to KO the target
    -Break: Attempts to Petrify the target
    -Water: Causes Water damage to the target(s)
    -Meteor: Causes non-elemental damage to all enemies
    -Flare: Causes non-elemental damage
    -Doomsday: Causes Shadow damage to everyone, including party members
  • Trance: Blk Mag changes to Dbl Blk (Double Black Magic) and allows you to use two spells in a single turn

    • Freya Crescent (Dragon Knight)

  • Jump: Leaps high into the air, missing a round of fighting, before delivering the attack

  • Dragon:

    • -Lancer: Steals HP and MP from target
    -Reis's Wind: Cast Regen on all party members
    -Dragon Breath: Deals damage based on number of dragons your party has killed
    -White Draw: Steals MP from target and gives to all party members
    -Luna: Casts Berserk on all targets
    -Six Dragons: Draws HP & MP from two party members to restore other two
    -Cherry Blossom: Deals non-elemental damage to all enemies
    -Dragon Crest: Deals damage based on the target's Max HP minus the target's current HP
  • Trance: Gains no new commands, but if you select Jump, Freya will leap into the air, and throw down her spear to damage enemies every turn, but will not come down until her Trance Meter runs out

    • Quina Quen (Gourmand)

  • Eat: Consumes a weakened (1/8 HP) target to learn Blue Magic

  • Blu Mag (Blue Magic):

    • -Goblin Punch: Deals non-elemental damage
    -Lv5 Death: KOs target's whose level is a multiple of 5
    -Lv4 Holy: Deals Holy damage to target's whose level is a multiple of 4
    -Lv3 Def-less: Reduces defense of target's whose level is a multiple of 3
    -Doom: Target will KO after a 10 count
    -Roulette: Randomly KOs anything on the screen
    -Aqua Breath: Deals Water damage to all enemies
    -Mighty Guard: Casts Shell and Protect on all party members
    -Matra Magic: Reduces target's HP to 1
    -Bad Breath: Causes Confuse, Darkness, Poison, Slow, and Mini
    -Limit Glove: Causes a lot of damage when Quina's HP is 1
    -1,000 Needles: Deals 1000 damage
    -Pumpkin Head: Deals damage based on Quina's Max HP minus Quina's current HP
    -Night: Casts Sleep on everybody on the screen
    -Twister: Deals wind damage to all enemies
    -Earth Shake: Causes Earth damage to all enemies
    -Angel Snack: Uses Remedies from your inventory on all party members
    -Frog Drop: Deals damage based on Quina's level times the number of frogs he's caught
    -White Wind: Restores HP to all party members
    -Vanish: Causes target to become Invisible
    -Frost: Inflicts Freeze status
    -Mustard Bomb: Inflicts Heat status
    -Magic Hammer: Damages target's MP
    -Auto-Life: Automatically casts Life on self when KO'd
  • Trance: Eat becomes Cook and makes it possible for Quina to consume target's when they are at 1/4 their max HP, instead of 1/8

    • Eiko Carol (White Mage/Summoner)

  • Wht Mag (White Magic):

    • -Cure/Cura/Curaga: Restores HP
    -Regen: Gradually restores HP
    -Life: Recovers target from KO with some HP
    -Full-Life: Recovers target from KO with all HP
    -Panacea: Cures Poison and Venom status
    -Stona: Cures Petrify and Gradual Petrify status
    -Esuna: Cures target of all status effects
    -Shell: Reduces damage from magical attacks
    -Protect: Reduces damage from physical attacks
    -Haste: Speeds up target's ATB Guage
    -Silence: Inflicts Silence status, rendering target unable to cast magic
    -Mini: Inflicts Mini status, reducing attack and defense
    -Reflect: Reflects magic based attacks back at attacker
    -Float: Causes leviation, protecting target from Earth based attacks
    -Dispel: Removes abnormal status effects
    -Might: Raises attack power
    -Jewel: Turns target into a jewel
    -Holy: Deals Holy damage
  • Summon:

    • -Carbuncle: Casts various status effects on party based on what jewel is equipped (none=Reflect, Emerald=Haste, Moonstone=Protect, Diamond=Vanish)
    -Fenrir: Deals Earth damage to all enemies, unless Maiden Prayer is equipped, in which case he'll do Wind damage
    -Pheonix: Deals fire damage to all enemies, and recovers party members from KO
    -Madeen: Deals Holy damage to all enemies
  • Trance: Wht Mag because Dbl Wht (Double White Magic) and allows two spells to be cast in a single turn
  • Notes: After Pheonix has been summoned, there is a chance (based on the number of Pheonix Pinions in your inventory) that it will revive your entire party if they all die and Eiko is in the party

    • Amarant Coral (Brawler)

  • Throw: Toss an item from your inventory for high damage

  • Flair:

    • -Chakra: Restore HP and MP of a party member
    -Spare Change: Hurl gil at target
    -No Mercy: Deal non-elemental damage
    -Aura: Cast Auto-Life and Regen on a single party member
    -Curse: Makes target weak against random element
    -Revive: Recover from KO with some HP
    -Demishock: Reduces target's HP by a percentage
    -Countdown: Casts Doom on the target
  • Trance: Flair becomes Elan, and all the commands will effect all foes or all party members

    • Marcus, Blank, and Cinna (Thieves)

  • Steal-Attempts to steal items from foes

  • Notes:-Marcus, Blank, and Cinna are all temporary party members, and have no Trance Meters

    • General Beatrix (Mage Knight)

  • Wht Mag (White Magic):

    • -Cura: Restores HP
    -Full-Life: Recovers from KO with full HP
    -Esuna: Cures all status effects
    -Holy: Deals Holy damage
  • Seiken:

    • -Thunder Slash: Causes Thunder damage to the enemy
    -Stock Break: Damages all enemies
    -Climhazzard: Damages all enemies
    -Shock: Damages one enemy
  • Notes: Beatrix is a temporary character and has no Trance Meter

    • Shannon (Red Mage)

  • Red Mag (Red Magic):

    • -???
  • Notes: Shannon is a girl you meet in Cleyra. According to rumors, she can be placed in your party via GameShark and can cast Black and White magic spells. I have no Gameshark so do not know anything else about her.


    • Note: Anyone with the 'Steal' command (Zidane, Marcus, Blank, Cinna) gains the 'SFX' ability in place of it whenever they are on the Tantalus stage. SFX includes two commands, 'Pyro' and 'Meteo,' both of which do zero damage and are just for show.

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