I've got a Job for you! - Let's Play Final Fantasy V!

Skimpy? SKIMPY?!

I second this.

Edit:
Why does Lenna have to have the cutest widdle getting-hit animations ever?

Lenna looks good in the harem outfit. Mystic Knight!

Bartz- Red Mage
Lenna- Berserker
Galuf- Time Mage
Faris- Time Mage

Bartz - Thief*
Faris - Summoner
*because someone has to work on !Steal

PART GUTS - GUTS TEACHES YOU TO NOT SUCK



HELLO BARTZ SNIFFERS



TODAY YOU WILL WATCH GUTS IN ALL HIS GLORY AS HE TAKES OVER FOR LADY MANS WHO DO NOT KNOW HOW TO BE GREAT LIKE GUTS



♪♪ GUTS THEME ♪♪

GUTS HAS BROUGHT HIS FRIENDS ALONG AND DRESSED THEM LIKE GUTS BECAUSE GUTS KNOWS HOW TO DRESS FOR SUCCESS



SUCCESS MEANS HITTING THINGS UNTIL THEY STOP MOVING



ALL PROBLEMS ARE ONLY PROBLEMS UNTIL YOU KILL THEM



IF YOU FAIL YOU DIDN'T KILL IT HARD ENOUGH BECAUSE YOU ARE NOT GUTS



YOU WISH YOU COULD BE GUTS BUT YOU CAN NEVER BE GUTS



GUTS NOT LISTEN TO PEOPLE TALKING BECAUSE PEOPLE TALKING ARE NOT FIGHTING



WEAK GIRLY MEN USE MAGIC ROCKS TO GET TO KARNAK BUT GUTS TAME GARULA TO RIDE. GUTS MADE GARULA BETTER AFTER THAT.



GUTS NOT LIKE PEOPLE CALLING HIM WEREWOLF BECASE WEREWOLF CALL GUTS SCARY AND RUN FROM HIM



PRISON BARS BEND LIKE TWIGS AND SO DO SPINES WHEN GUTS SNAPS THEM



We interrupt this LP update with an important announcement!

Guts has been sacked for main LP updating duties due to his inability to meet up to the standards of past updates. Since we're deathly afraid of what he might do to us if we told him as much, we tranquilized him with laced Junior Mints and shipped him back to Eddie. The proper LP update should take place tomorrow.

If you want to take down Guts, just threaten him with Dancer Galuf's Tempting Tango.

And with that, I'd say Guts has officially become a meme. I guess now it's a fight to the death between Percy and Guts to see who will be the meme of memes.

My money's on Guts.

I just hope I'm not alone in wanting to see a Super Talking Time Bros level that features all the wonderful FF characters we've encountered, from GUTS to FUKT.

Obviously Guts would chew Percy up and spit him out, literally.

And as a result Percy would become even more ripped than he would have thought possible.

Somebody who can ROMHack needs to make a Guts boss. Hell, I might put him in my WIP RPG.

GUTS WILL ALWAYS ATTACK

GUTS DOES NOTHING EXCEPT ATTACK

THIS IS THE WAY OF THE GUTS

I approve of the all-GUTS party.

Also, I am pretty sure that, unless something changed in the remake, Red Mages can't equip shields... a big knock against their usefulness.

I've been replaying this. Usually I stick with the base jobs save for RM and Berserker. I get irritated without Dash, though apparently that's not an issue with the GBA version.

So without further ado...

Bartz - GUTS
Lenna - Brawlin' or Healin' Time Mage
Galuf - Red Mage
Faris - Girly-Man GUTS

Even little girls have GUTS!

Part V - Burning at Both Ends

Sorry about that brief intrusion before. Rest assured, we got GUTS safely back to Eddie and nobody got mauled. Anyway, we last left our four valiant heroes after they'd obtained shards of the water crystal and gotten new Jobs at their disposal. And of course, being such fans of abusing power, they've already endeared themselves to said new Jobs.



Bartz took one look at the Mystic Knight job and said "sign me up!", so he's wrapped a turban about his head and started slinging spells at his sword like he knows what he's doing. Galuf managed to convince him to drop the !Black command since that's basically what !Spellblade lets him do, and now he's grudgingly sporting the Cover ability.

Lenna, tired of all this wishy-washy magic, has taken up the Berserker class. At least that's what she says, but there's suspicions that she just likes dressing up in furs. She's also ditched all weapons and gone Barehanded so she can rip her enemies to shreds like a proper Berserker. She was last spotted humming Yor's World to herself and looking for giant bats to hanglide with.

Galuf, ever the old-fashioned sort, was enthralled at the prospect of becoming a Red Mage (and thus being more versatile) and has donned the red garb of this class straightaway. He's also packing the Learning ability, since someone has to keep up on skills while the rest of the party neglects their Blue Magic. Ungrateful whipper-snappers, why back in Galuf's day...

Faris lost an undisclosed bet with the rest of the group and was forced to take on the Time Mage job and wear a dunce cap and clown outfit. She's still kinda bitter about it, but is taking it well enough. She insisted she at least be allowed to equip !Black, since the available Time magic is pretty much buff-only right now.

(Today's update will be in Hot Pink, because... um, Pantzpants?)



So yeah, the party decides to give Shiva another shot. Even though nobody can summon at the moment, it'd come in handy to have an ice goddess on their speed dial once they can.



♪♪ Battle 2 ♪♪

Bartz is really itching for some payback with his newfound !Spellblade ability.



Faris, meanwhile, knows that Berserkers are slower than molasses and gives Lenna a hand.



Bartz tries his flame slash and is quite satisfied with the effect. "This beats !Black any day!" (Not shown: about 280 damage)



Then Galuf ruins everyone's fun and breaks his Fire Rod to beat all the Ice Commanders in an instant. Stupid old fuddy-duddy! Nobody talks to Galuf for a few hours after the fight's over.

♪♪ Victory Fanfare ♪♪



♪♪ Fanfare 1 ♪♪

Well, at least they got Shiva this time.



After a bit of difficulty in getting Lenna to stop killing frogs, the party managed to learn Pond's Chorus as well. Oh, and a few other abilities too.



♪♪ Royal Palace ♪♪

The party also cheeses their way into the basement to get those rare treasures. The others are some money and the Speed spell (which is kinda pointless due to Haste existing, but whatever).



The party grudgingly goes to visit the king afterwards since, you know, they have no idea what to do next.

Lenna: King Walse! Don't push yourself...
King Walse: You must hurry to Karnak. Their fire crystal is being amplified with a machine similar to ours.
*Lenna nods*
King Walse: It seems that a meteorite has fallen outside of Karnak as well... There is no time to lose...
*The party nods to one another and regroups*

Anything your handmaidens want to say before we leave, your majesty?

Rightmost Lady: Please, we would appreciate it if you would do as the king asks.
Leftmost Lady: Princess Lenna... Now that you've found your wind drake, perhaps you should return to Tycoon. Everyone must be worried sick.

Nothing important, in short, since we've already been back to Tycoon. Sorted! So, off to Karnak... which isn't accessible by sea. This could be a slight problem.



The party will just have to ponder it while talking to the NPCs of the castle.

Foyer
Soldier: I can't believe it...the water crystal, shattered...

Entrance
Soldier: We found a wounded soldier from Karnak and brought him back to the palace. He's resting in the guard's barracks. {Finally, a lead!}
Soldier: That Karnakian soldier crawled out of a hole in the meteorite to the north. He keeps ranting about stepping into some kind of warp something-or-other... {And another lead!}

Barracks
Soldier: Now that the crystal's gone, the water has started getting dirtier...
Karnak Soldier: I was investigating the meteorite that fell near Karnak when I was suddenly warped here... Hey-where is "here," anyway? Where'd Karnak Castle go?

Alright, now we know what to do!

♪♪ Four Valiant Hearts ♪♪

After a brief stop-over at the Wind Shrine for free healing, the party finds their way to the aforementioned rock from space.



Sure enough, there's an entrance into the depths of this formerly celestial object!



♪♪ Fate in Haze ♪♪

That looks dangerous, so you know Bartz is gonna be all over it.



See, what'd I tell ya?



And he's summarily disintegrated. Oh well.



Galuf: Did he make it? Did he... warp?
*Lenna pumps her fist in the air*
Lenna: We won't know until we try!

Glad to see you're the voice of reason on this team, Lenna.



And she gets disintegrated too. Can we save the world with just Galuf and Faris?



Or... just Galuf? Wow we're screwed...



Who am I?

An old man who promptly disintegrates himself on the same technicolor paper shredder as his recently deceased friends, I'd wager.



The screen pans to another meteorite elsewhere, presumably where our replacement heroes will be found.



Shock and awe! Our replacement heroes are our original heroes! I was hoping for something different, but it's not different at all! (Is it, Steve?)



♪♪ Four Valiant Hearts ♪♪

The party makes it to Karnak at last after several harrowing encounters that they're ill-equipped to handle. Man, Karnak had better have some awesome new equipment upgrades or we're toast...



They were so bothersome, the queen built a wall to shut them out! Er... Obviously, now you can't get to the library any more.

♪♪ Cursed Earth ♪♪

But first, it's talking time!

Gone Walkabout
Merchant: Thanks to the crystal, it's nothing to make weapons and armor. That's why we don't only have the best-quality goods in Karnak, but the best prices, too!
Scholar: This is Karnak, a town made prosperous by the fire crystal.
Man: A horde of monsters crawled fromt hat meteorite trying to get to the crystal... Now they won't let anyone in the castle!
Man: The monsters haven't tried to attack the town yet... Small favors, huh?
Man: Professor Cid's the guy who made the crystal amplification machines. He's a genius!
Woman: The Library of the Ancients is to the south of here. Professor Cid's supposed to be from that area.

In the Pub
Old Man: A werewolf popped out of the meteorite! I wonder if he really is a bad guy...
Man: I'm an advetnurer from Jachol. But the road south to the Library of the Ancients is blocked, so I can't get home...
Man: Weapons and armor from Jachol are all super-strong!
Man: I saw this weird old guy get caught by the guards.
Bartender: Did you hear? They've got Professor Cid locked up in the dungeon of the castle!
Old Man: These old bones sure do love a roaring fire.

In a House
Man: You ever heard of a monster called crew dust? Once it's alone, it'll Flash ya! Look out! {I tremble in horror at the mere idea.}



♪♪ Piano Lesson 3 ♪♪

Can't neglect those musical talents!



Much of the town is blocked off by fire right now, so let's go see those bargain prices on equipment, shall we?

Damn, those ARE good deals! Let's buy some shit!



D'oh! I didn't do it!



It wasn't me, it was the Warriors! They shot Cyrus!

Bartz: ???
Man: They're with the monsters! We saw you all crawl from the meteorite-don't try to deny it!
*Guards run in and grab Bartz by either side, dragging him off*



This isn't turning out to be a very good day, is it?



♪♪ Deception ♪♪

Nothing we can do. Is THIS game over, then?



Of course not, that would be stupid. That goggled fellow next door blew a hole in the wall!



I love that insult.

Bartz: !?
*The old man shoves Bartz back into his cell and everyone fans out*
Old Man: My great escape, and it's another cell! That's the last of my explosives, too... Nuts!
*The old man walks back into the gap between cells and looks down*
*Everyone laughs at the old man for being a dumbass*

Here's a tip, gramps: next time try bombing the wall WITH THE BARS ON IT!



Yes, actually, it's hilarious.

*The party shakes their heads no*
Old Man: Ehh...doesn't matter. The name's Cid.
Lenna: What? The same Professor Cid who made those terrible machines to amplify the crystals?
*Lenna walks over to Cid, who looks down*
*Cid steps back into the gap and looks down again, and Lenna steps down to face him*
Cid: ...
Lenna: Forgive me, that was rude...
Cid: No, you don't have to apologize. It's the truth, after all. I'm to blame for everything...
*Cid turns to face the party*
Cid: It's been years... One day, I found an ancient tome in the Library of the Ancients. It said that thousands of years ago, the crystals held much more power than they do now. So, I studied the crystals at Tycoon, Walse, and Karnak, and built machines to enhance them... But I was wrong...increasing their power output only caused them to shatter... Oh, it's all my fault!
*Cid gets depressed again and Bartz steps forward to face him*
Bartz: But why are you locked up? {What, the fact that he just admitted he doomed the world wasn't reason enough for you? You're a dick, Bartz.}
Cid: I was too late to save the crystals in Tycoon and Walse... Figured I could at least save the one here in Karnak. But when I tried to switch off the machine, they threw me in here.
*Cid walks back into his cell and looks down*
Bartz: So, you're in the same boat as us...
Cid: You're here to protect the crystal?
*Cid faces the party and Bartz nods*
Bartz: Yup! They asked us to!
*Bartz shows off his crystal shard bling*



Cid wasn't expecting THAT!

Cid: What!? A crystal shard... Who are you people!?
*Awkward silence*
Chancellor: This is terrible! Oh no! Professor Cid!
*The Chancellor rushes into the prison, opening cell doors as he goes, and stops in front of Bartz' and co.'s cell*
*Cid shoves the Chancellor back as he comes out of the cell*
Cid: What's happened?
Chancellor: You were right all along... The crystal's cracked!
Cid: What!?
Chancellor: I turned off the amplifier, but the crystal's power output has only increased...
Cid: The fire-powered ship...
Chancellor: Yes? What about it?
Cid: Most likely the fire-powered ship is what's leeching power from the crystal.
Chancellor: Professor, please. We cannot do this alone. Please help us!
*Cid nods and returns to the cell to get Bartz and friends, and returns with them to talk to the Chancellor again*
Cid: I need these kids' help as well.
Chancellor: What? They were seen coming out of the meteorite. They're in cahoots with that werewolf!
*The Chancellor looks to Cid and the party, unconvinced*
*Cid walks a ways left and everyone looks at him*
Cid: If they can't help, I guess I can't either.
*The Chancellor runs up behind Cid*
Chancellor: ...All right, Professor.
*Cid faces the Chancellor and nods to him, then walks up to the party*
Cid: You're willing to help me, right?
*The party all nod as one*
Cid: I'll go ahead to the fire-powered ship. It's not exactly a safe place to be...you get ready and meet me there. I'll be waiting!
*Cid raises his arm to the Chancellor, and both run off*

Whew! That was a lot of talky-talk-talk for very little actually being said. Hope that's not gonna be a theme in this game. Anyway! We have an entire castle at our disposal, so you know what that means...



♪♪ Royal Palace ♪♪

More talking time! Oh hooray.

B3
Soldier: There's a crack in the crystal...and flames are shooting out of it!
Soldier: The crystal chamber is deep beneath the castle.
Scholar: We figured out how to use the power of the fire crystal to drive our engines.
Scholar: The fire-powered ship can sail even when there's no wind!
Scholar: We tried turning off the machine before the crystal cracked, but...

B1
Soldier: Rumor has it that the crystals in Tycoon and Walse shattered...
Soldier: The crystal's cracked and there's a werewolf on the loose... Geez, what's next!?
Soldier: Captain! Hang in there!
Captain: A black shadow...it...gack...

Foyer
Soldier: The werewolf that came from the meteorite to the east is trying to get the crystal!
Soldier: Karnak has prospered because of the crystal... Is this the end?

Queen's Chamber
Soldier: Were we too reliant on the crystal?
Soldier: The queen is missing!
Chancellor: Professor Cid is waiting at the fire-powered ship... Oh, where could the queen have gone at a time like this?

Clearly there's nothing ominous or foreshadowing going on here. No siree.



Werewolf!? Where wolf!?



There wolf! There castle!



There explosives to scare wolf!



There there, wolf!

Soldier: Worry not. We won't allow any monster to take even one step within the castle walls!

Okay, off to buy new stuff in Karnak. Should be thrifty, given the prices we saw before!



D'oh! Oh well, even if they are more expensive, we can hack it.

Several forevers later, the party has decided to change professions again.

Bartz decided to try being a Thief for a change, because hey, it's about the only job he hasn't moonlighted as. "Well suited to it," Galuf was heard muttering to himself. He did like !Spellblade though, and has carried that over with him.

Lenna refused to let anyone take off her Berserker furs. You shouldn't argue with a woman whose hobby is beating monsters' heads to a pulp, so they let her keep her Job.

Galuf donned his familiar old superhero costume in the vain hope of learning to cast Blue magic out of that class. He made sure to bring his !Red along with him.

Faris decided to be a practical mage and donned the rather silly tiara of the Summoner class. She also kept her !Time command, because damn it, they made her run around in that dorky outfit for HOURS and she's not gonna let what she got out of it go to waste!

After getting some better armor and the like for Bartz (and totally not buying any elemental Rods for future boss fights that get hairy, no siree), the party makes their way to the fire-powered ship.



♪♪ The Fire-Powered Ship ♪♪

Shut up, Cid, we had things to do.

*Everyone fans out of Bartz*
Cid: Just as I suspected-the ship's engine is what's draining the crystal's power.
Bartz: The engine?
Cid: Yes... If the engine isn't stopped-and quickly-the fire crystal will shatter. Will you go?
*The party nods*
*Cid leads them over to a nearby door*
Cid: You can get inside here...but it'll be tough going from here on. The ship's packed with monsters! Good luck, kids... We're counting on you.
*Bartz nods and heads inside*

Dungeon time!



Fire-Powered Ship
Enemies: Crew Dust, Poltergeist, Defeater, Motor Trap

The interior of the ship kind of betrays its wooden exterior. It's all metal down here!



♪♪ Battle 1 ♪♪

A not so friendly Crew Dust teaches Galuf how to Flash his enemies! That's mildly disturbing.



Faris makes good use of her Frost Rod and Shiva to decimate anything foolish enough to fight the party. Hooray for ice goddesses!



Not too far into the ship, the party is forced to climb into some ducts. Fortunately, this ship has 6-foot-tall air passageways, so this shouldn't be a problem.



Strangely, they've even installed ladders in the ductwork. You'd almost think people were MEANT to climb into it!



Solid Snaking through these passages pays off with a jaunty greep cap! (No seriously, that's its description.) Galuf jams it on his head where it clashes horribly with his blue superhero getup.



The party reaches something of a decision point not too far into the ducts. Which way to go? Better try 'em all, just to be safe!



The first passage just leads back to the floor below, and the last to the area where the Green Beret was, but the second passage on the left leads to a new throwing weapon for Bartz, which lets him join Faris in the back row!


The third passage gets Bartz a new toy to play with too! Now he doesn't fail to steal quite as often!



The party visits the ship's save point, and then prepares to go blitz the boss (whatever that might be)!

Except it's not the boss, it's more dungeon! Oh the cliffhanger!



But that was a bit of a decoy, as we're now in the last room anyway! What will happen here?



Exposition, of course!

Bartz: What's going on?
*The screen reddens as a familiar purple haze surrounds the queen*
♪♪ Danger! ♪♪
Queen Karnak: Infidels... You shall pay for interfering with my revival!
*The engine catches fire!*



OSHI BOSS FIGHT!



♪♪ Battle 2 ♪♪

It's Liquid Flame, and Liquid Flame does not like our party at all.



It counters what we throw at it with a very painful Blaze attack, and quickly transforms into a tornado too!



Bartz tries Spellblading it up as the flames turn into a hand. Anything's gotta help, right?



Lenna tries punching the fire, and it responds with a Fira to the face. This battle is not going well.



Faris says "Cheese it!" and uses her Frost Rod! Poor Lenna won't be getting any AP this fight...

♪♪ Victory Fanfare ♪♪



The engine explodes!



Oh good, the spell broke.

Queen Karnak: I...I was being controlled by something...an evil spirit... It desires to envelop everything in darkness...
Bartz: Your Highness...
Queen Karnak: The crystals...it's not just the machines that are destroying them... Something evil is using their power to ressurect itself... Please...save the fire crystal. It's in the room just through that pipe...
*The party nods and regroups*



If you insist.

♪♪ Prelude ♪♪

Definitely the most unique entryway to a crystal yet.



Yes! Too bad your dialogue box is blocking it!



That's better.



What the hell? That wall just crumbled!



EEK WEREWOLF!



Wait, why is the werewolf scared of us?



Oh, it knows Galuf. Maybe NOW we'll find out who this old fart is?



Shut up, Bartz, it's not fighting time.

Wolf: Stand down, I am not your enemy!

See?

Bartz: I'm not so sure about that!
*Galuf pops up a ? bubble*
Wolf: Galuf, say something! What's happened...is something wrong?
Galuf: You know me? Ughhh... Can't remember a thing... Who in blazes am I, anyway...
*Galuf looks down*



What are you DOING, soldier-man!?

♪♪ Danger! ♪♪

Wolf: You there-what have you done!? Sending that much power through the crystal will smash it to smithereens!
*The soldier suddenly sports a green haze around him!*
Soldier: And this makes three... One more and the seal is broken. Mwah-hahaha!
*The soldier warps out or something*



This is just going from bad to worse!



Wolfy, no!



He's trying to hold the ducts back on his own? That's not very smart...

Wolf: Galuf! I'll hold this back-you four must escape! Only one chance remains... Save the earth crystal!
*Fiery holes start appearing in the floor!*
*The duct pushes the wolf closer to the crystal!*
*More fiery holes appear!*
Wolf: Go! Once the crystal shatters, the whole room will go up in flames! Get out of here, and protect the last crystal with your lives!
*The screen pans up to the party*
Bartz: Werewolf!
Lenna: We have to help him!
*The party nods to one another*
*They all try to reach the werewolf, but...!*



Blocked! Another way?



Oh snap!

Wolf: Galuf... You're our only hope...



And the fire crystal shatters too. Damn it!

Wolf Boy eats it as well. Damn superheated chambers!



That was unlikely!



Indeed! I don't like that red tint the place just got, though...

Bartz: The fire crystal must've lost its power...
*The party regroups and runs back up to the fire crystal room*



And the shards are on the wrong side of the pipes, too! This day is just sucking so hardcore.

Galuf: Where's the werewolf?
Bartz: He probably got trapped in the fire...couldn't get out...
*A moment of silence, then Lenna faces the rest*
Lenna: We have to hurry!
*The others face Lenna*
Lenna: The castle was held together by the power of the fire crystal!
Bartz: Hold up-so now that the crystal's gone, the castle's gonna blow!?
*Lenna nods*
Lenna: Exactly! We have no time to lose!
*The party regroups and starts to runrunrunrunrun!*



♪♪ Hurry! Hurry! ♪♪

Karnak Castle
Enemies: Cur Nakk, Sergeant, Sorcerer, Gigas

This should be tense! After stopping to save and heal, the party decides to raid the castle in the 10 minutes remaining to them.



A lot of the chests are trapped, however!



Fortunately some of them have nifty goodies available for theft. These guys have nifty silencing knives, and the Gigas all have Elixirs!



The party has a mid-dungeon crisis and Lenna revocates. She's getting tired of breaking her fists on monsters now that she can berserk it in any class, and has decided to try being a Red Mage for a change. A red mage who breaks her fists on monsters. Eh, I guess you stick with what you know.



Galuf bums Aera off a local Gigas too. Man, this place is really upping the party's odds!



The party is attacked by a sergeant as they leave! Who does he think he is, cornering US?



Lenna: He's no ordinary soldier!
Galuf: Show us your true form!
Sergeant: Hahahahaha! You wish to know my true identity? I am the famed bounty hunter... Iron Claw! MORPH!!!

This could be bad.



Correction: this IS bad.



But not bad enough! A few Blizzaras and Shiva take care of him before he does too much damage.



Galuf getting hit by Iron Claw's signature move gave him the ability to use it, too! And as the timer ticks past 1 minute, the tempo on the music goes all Mario on us and speeds up crazily!

The party escapes just in time! Man I'd hate to see the insurance claims on that one...



It's the shards of the fire crystal!



Two of 'em got away, but at least these three didn't.

Lenna: Will you lend us your power as well?
*The party regroups*
Resting within the shart, a warrior's spirit...
Beastmaster
*The leftmost shard hops into Bartz' hands*
Resting within the shart, a warrior's spirit...
Geomancer
*The topmost shard does the same*
Resting within the shart, a warrior's spirit...
Ninja
*The rightmost shard does too*

♪♪ Fanfare 1 ♪♪



And with the sad site of Karnak Castle blown to smithereens, we shall end today's update here. It looks like we've got a new batch of Jobs to choose from, so let's get to the overview!



Beastmaster - Trainers whose open hearts and strong wills allow them to capture and control enemy monsters.
Pros - Can paralyze enemies with their whip attacks, can capture enemies to use as one-shots, learns the awesomely broken Control command, commands Shiroc, Ruh, Kodo and Podo
Cons - Kinda meh stats-wise, onetwo-trick pony
Equipment: Daggers, Whips, Medium Armor
Native Skills: !Catch
Learns: !Calm (10), !Control (50), Equip Whips (100), !Catch (300)



Geomancer - Harnessing the power of their surroundings, they easily avoid pits and floors with damaging effects.
Pros - Fantastic field abilities, Gaia can be very powerful
Cons - Gaia can also be profoundly useless, mage-like stats
Equipment: Daggers, Bells, Light Armor
Native Skills: !Gaia, Find Pits, Light Step
Learns: !Gaia (25), Find Pits (50), Light Step (100)



Ninja - Stealthy fighters who excel at surprising enemies and can wield 2 weapons at once.
Pros - Dual-wielding, often get first strike, can flip out and kill people by throwing things, freaking NINJAS!
Cons - Damage output is a bit lower than most fighters, Throw is an expensive command to invest in Gil-wise
Equipment: Daggers, Special Weapons, Medium Armor
Native Skills: !Throw, First Strike, Dual-Wield
Learns: !Smoke (10), !Image (30), First Strike (50), !Throw (150), Dual-Wield (450)

We'll be checking at least a few of them out next time, I'm sure.

Current Stats:
Bartz - level 17, Thief L3 (!Guard, !Flee, !Check, !Spellblade L2, !White L2, !Black L2, Cover, Learning, Magic Shell, Find Passages, Sprint)
Lenna - level 17, Red Mage L1 (!Focus, !Flee, !Check, !White L3, !Red L1, Barehanded, Berserk, Find Passages)
Galuf - level 17, Blue Mage L3 (!Focus, !Check, !Red L2, !Blue, Barehanded, Cover, Learning)
Faris - level 17, Summoner L2 (!Flee, !Check, !Black L2, !Time L3, !Summon L2, Cover, Learning, Find Passages)

Next time: The mysterious and fantastic Library of the Ancients!

Faris loses another bet - Geomancer
Lenna does up her hair - Ninja
Bartz wants to be a cooler thief - Ninja
Galuf - Meh. No vote.

Bartz should return to thief for Steal during travel time at least. Lenna has so many unbelievably cute outfits, I believe in showing all of them off.

Did you get all the castle treasure or what? I doubt it since it's pretty hard even without taking screenshots all the time but I want an inventory, dammit!

Of course I nabbed all of it, because that's how I roll. It's not that hard with the team I had, actually. Frost Rod + Shiva will completely dominate any encounter that's not a Gigas, and a Barehanded double-punch will send any Gigas packing at that level. I also nabbed a good half-dozen extra Elixirs and 5 Mage Mashers on the way, which will no doubt come in handy for any and all Ninjas next update.

Bartz should go Ninja.
Faris goes Blue.
Galuf stays Blue.
Lenna... would look cute in the Geomancer suit but I'm gonna say keep her Red.

Okay, good.

Bartz- Geomancer
Lenna- Ninja
Farris- Red Mage
Galuf- Beastmaster

Well played, sir.

Quite frankly, I don't think I could have not put that reference in.

Could you let the rest of us in on it?

Sure. No prob.