sirsystemerror | FFR: Skill/sidequest guide

This is a quick and dirty guide to FFR job sidequests and abilities.

Warrior/Paladin
Sidequest: Forge the Xcalber in the Dwarf Cave using the ADAMANT from F2 of the Floating Castle, then take it to the fountain in Lefein to trade it for the Lunar Shield.

Before promotion
Skill	WARCRY	Priority. Boosts all allies' attack by 50% for the next two rounds.
World	SHOUT	Makes the NPC in front of the Warrior move.
After promotion
Magic	White	Can buy and use certain White magic spells from stores.
Skill	COVER	Priority. Takes all physical damage for the selected ally for 3 rounds.
Limit	INVINCIBLE	Priority. Nullifies all physical damage the user takes for the next 2 rounds.

Thief/Ninja
Sidequest: None formal.

Before promotion
Skill	MUG	Performs a physical attack at 80% power that cannot critical. Steals 50-100% of the target's gold yield
World	SEARCH	Detects and picks up hidden items in the vicinity.
Trait	FAST WALK	Increases movement speed when the displayed character.
After promotion
Magic	Black	Buy certain L1-L4 Black spells in shops.
Skill	THROW	Used to throw various elemental scrolls at all enemies
Trait	SNEAK ATTACK	Prevents ambushes and increases preemptives when the displayed character.
Limit	SMOKE BOMB	Priority. Escape from any battle (even unrunnable ones) and prevent encounters for a set number of steps after.

Monk/Master
Sidequest: Go to Castle Ordeals after promotion and do a battle where only Masters can participate to unlock the CHANNELING trait.

Before promotion
Skill	BOOST	Raises unit's chi to their current maximum.
Skill	COMBO	Expend 1 chi to attack enemies with one more hit than normal. If an enemy is killed
Skill	CHAKRA	Expend 2 chi to heal the party and cure poison. Healing is split across living members and is based on the user's max HP and VIT.
Trait	PUGILIST	When unarmed
Trait	CENTERING	Flavor skill.
After promotion
Skill	CHI BLAST	Expends all chi to deal damage to all enemies, proportional to chi and VIT
Trait	IMPROVED CENTERING	Replaces CENTERING. Character starts with 1 chi point every battle.
Trait	COUNTER	When physically attacked
Trait	CHANNELING	Unlockable. Restores 1 chi point after killing an enemy with a FIGHT attack.
Limit	FOCUS STRIKE	Unit performs a physical attack where all hits are critical.

Red Mage/Red Wizard
Sidequest: Learn L8 spells by pressing the confirm button when facing the back of the magic shops in Lefein.

Before promotion
MAGIC	Red	Buy and use certain white and black spells in shops.
Trait	SABOTEUR	Status spells used by the character gain +80 accuracy.
Trait	MAGUS ADEPT	Flavor skill.
After promotion
Skill	CONVERT	Swaps the charges between any two levels of magic with spells.
Trait	MAGUS MASTERY	Replaces ADEPT
Limit	REFRESH	Restores another character's limit.

White Mage/White Wizard
Sidequest: Examine the destroyed clinic on the east side of Melmond for the REVIVALIST trait.

After promotion
Magic	White	Buy and use certain white magic spells.
Skill	PRAY	Heals 1-5% of all allies' max HP. The max range increases by 5% for each cast, to a max of 30%.
Trait	CLERIC	Increases accuracy on healing spells and increases their floor by 50%.
Trait	DIVINE ADEPT	Flavor skill.
Skill	RERAISE	Places a buff on an ally that will revive them with 20% of their max HP the next time they take lethal damage.
Trait	REVIVALIST	Unlockable. LIFE and LIF2 will work in battle.
Trait	DIVINE MASTERY	Flavor skill.
Limit	BENEDICTION	Fully heals all allies and removes "common" status ailments.

Black Mage/Black Wizard
Sidequest: Talk to Matoya after promotion for the PRIMING trait.

Before promotion
Magic	Black	Buy and use certain black magic spells.
Skill	BLUFF	Doubles all allies' INT for one turn.
Trait	SORCERER	Increases the accuracy of all damaging spells.
Trait	ARCANE ADEPT	Flavor skill.
After promotion
Skill	ELEMENTAL SEAL	The next spell cast will ignore resistances and deal max damage. Does not work with itemcasts.
Trait	ARCANE MASTERY	Flavor skill.
Limit	MANAFONT	Unit will not consume or need spell charges for 3 rounds.

Blue Mage/Blue Wizard
Sidequest: None formal besides learning all spells.

Before promotion
Magic	Blue	Can use any blue magic spell known.
Skill	SKILL LURE	Priority. All single-target enemy skills will target this character. Also, increases the odds of an enemy using a skill.
Trait	AZURE LORE	Unit can learn blue magic if hit by an enemy skill. Spawns NPCs who will offer to fight monsters who use skills.
After promotion
Skill	CONVERGENCE	Tiredness. Character casts a multitarget blue spell as single target, doubling its power.
Limit	AZURE AFFINITY	Increases accuracy on the next blue spell cast. The next enemy skill that targets the user will have a 100% chance of being learned.

Dancer/Rhythmist
Sidequest: Talk to dancers in towns to learn dances. A list is in my skills guide.
Sidequest: Talk to Arylon after learning all dances for the DETERMINATION trait.

Before promotion
Magic	Dance	Can use any dance learned, expending bravery in the process.
Trait	DANCE	Unit can learn dances by talking to NPC dancers in towns.
Trait	BRAVERY BOOST	Hitting an enemy increases bravery, which ties into the success rate of dances. -50% if inflicted by darkness.
After promotion
Skill	FLURRY	Performs a physical with less power but more hit%.
Trait	DUAL-WIELD	Unit can equip two weapons. The second in menu order adds half its power/hit% and its full crit% to their stats.
Trait	DETERMINATION	Unlockable. Unit gains 25% bravery if a dance fails.
Limit	DUENDE	Unit can use any dance, and will not lose bravery for 3 rounds.

Geomancer/Elementalist
Sidequest: Give all six elemental bells to the man in the southwest of Pravoka for the Blessed Bell. A list is in my equipment guide.

Before promotion
Magic	Geomancy	Can use one of a select four spells from the current terrain.
Skill	TERRAIN	Casts a random spell from the current terrain, with a chance for one of two "rare" ones. May restore spell charges.
Trait	GEOMANCY	Flavor skill.
Trait	LIGHT STEP	Ignores the effects of damage tiles while the displayed character.
After promotion
Skill	RESERVES	Can use one of a select four spells from the SAMPLEd terrain. Cannot use in the same terrain.
World	SAMPLE	Empowers RESERVES with spells from the current terrain.
LIMIT	GEOSTORM	Deals heavy omnielemental damage to all enemies, ignoring resistances.

Lancer/Dragoon
Sidequest: Talk to the dragon in Onrac then kill 100 enemies with JUMP or SUPER JUMP for the Leaping Boots

Before promotion
Skill	JUMP	Fatigue. Leave combat for one round and come down with an attack with 32 less hit% where all hits are critical.
After promotion
Skill	SUPER-JUMP	Double fatigue. Leave combat for one round and come down with an attack on all enemies with half hit% where all hits are critical.
Trait	DRAGON KILLER	Unit's attacks are always considered to be effective against dragons.
Limit	FLY HIGH	Priority. Executes a SUPER-JUMP. Removes fatigue and prevents it for 3 rounds.

Trainer/Beastmaster
Sidequest: Talk to the man in the southeast of Gaia, catch a T REX, and return to him to unlock pet food. T REX is in the northeast portion of the map. Just soft reset with them as the visible character until it shows.

Before promotion
Skill	CONTROL	Attempts to control a monster for two rounds, the unit will use their turn to direct them. Bonus EXP equal to the amount they pay out is granted after battle.
Trait	AXE PROFICIENCY	Axes gain a +10 hit% bonus
Trait	LURE	When the displayed characters, there is a 50% chance of skipping over an encounter slot that is not a slot 7 or 8.
After promotion
Skill	CAPTURE	Attempts to capture a monster using the same mechanics as CONTROL.
Skill	CALL BEAST	If there is room on the field, summons a CAPTUREd monster. It then works on the same mechanics as CONTROL.
Limit	FAMILIAR	The next CONTROL attempt has a 100% chance of success.

Evoker/Summoner
Sidequest: Besides the summons (a list is in my magic guide), BAHAMUT's Astral Plane can be entered by talking to him after promotion and beating all four fiends.

Before promotion
Magic	Summon	Can use any summon spell known.
Trait	EVOCATION	Flavor skill.
Trait	ASTRAL HARMONICS	Unit can locate and enter portals to the astral plane when the displayed character.
After promotion
Skill	CALL	Tiredness. Unit casts a random summon skill they know. Charging turns still apply.
Limit	ASTRAL FLOW	Priority. Unit casts the last summon spell used, without a charging turn if it has one.

Time Mage/Time Wizard
Sidequest: Use TELE anywhere in Castle Ordeals to unlock the SET TELEPOINT world ability.

Before promotion
Magic	Black	Buy and use certain black magic spells.
Skill	EGRESS	Resets the current battle, and rerolls formation along with preemptive/ambush.
Trait	RESIST TIME	Unit resists the time-element along with the effects of slow, sleep, and paralysis.
Trait	TEMPUS ADEPT	Flavor skill.
After promotion
Skill	DOUBLECAST	Tiredness. Target ally's magic will execute twice for a single spell charge. Does not work on pseudospells in the magic menu like songs and dances.
Trait	TEMPUS MASTERY	Replaces ADEPT. Flavor skill.
Limit	COMPRESS TIME	Priority. Only the unit can act for the next 3 rounds.

Green Mage/Green Wizard
Sidequest: Talk to Sarda after promotion to unlock the WARDING CIRCLE world ability.

Before promotion
Magic	White	Buy and use certain white magic spells.
Skill	EXUVIATION	Removes status or elemental resistance buffs from an ally and deals non-elemental damage to all enemies proportional to the amount removed.
Trait	RESIST POISON	Unit resists the poison-elemental and is immune to the poison status.
Trait	DRUID ADEPT	Unit's buff spells are given priority.
Trait	DRUIDIC BOUNDARY	Unit's buff spells have a 50% chance of restoring 1-5% of a target's max HP.
After promotion
Skill	BENEFACTION	Restores health based on damage recorded by ACCRETION, split amongst living allies.
Trait	RESIST POISON	Unit resists the stone-elemental and is immune to the petrify status.
Trait	DRUID MASTERY	Replaces ADEPT. Unit's buff spells are given priority.
Trait	ACCRETION	Records damage taken up to the user's max HP.
Limit	BARRIER	Grants immunity to most negative status ailments to all allies.

Bard/Troubadour
Sidequest: Unlock songs by talking to various NPCs. A list is in my skills guide
Sidequest: Talk to Sara and the Elf Prince after promotion, and they'll respectively give the Auto Harp and Dream Harp.

Before promotion
Magic	Songs	Can use any song learned.
Skill	HIDE	Removes unit from combat and restores 1 spell charge. All songs are sustained. Removed if all other allies are dead.
Trait	BARDSONG L1	Unit can learn songs by talking to NPCs.
Trait	HARPIST	Flavor skill.
Trait	RESIST SILENCE	Unit is immune to the silence status.
Trait	SPOONINESS	Flavor skill.
After promotion
Trait	BARDSONG L2	Replaces BARDSONG L2. Unit now has 2 spell charges.
Trait	ENCORE	HIDE will restore 2 spell charges.
Limit	VIRTUOSO	Plays any song (regardless of spell charges). Allows songs to be maintained with any action and stacked by the same character.

Dark Knight/Deathknight
Sidequest: Use CONSUME BAT. HP bats: ToF. STR bats: Earth B3/B5. AGI bats: Earth B4. INT bats: Marsh B3. VIT bats: Earth B2, Waterfall. LUCK bats: Marsh B1/B2, Northwest Castle.
Sidequest: Talk to the man in Onrac's graveyard after promotion, then have the Deathknight take 1000 damage in one battle without dying for the MISERY trait.

Before promotion
Magic	Black	Buy and use certain black magic spells.
Skill	BLOOD WEAPON	Unit will drain HP equal to half the damage inflicted for the next 2 rounds. Unit needs a weapon equipped. Ineffective against undead/mech.
Trait	SHADOW ADEPT	Flavor skill.
Trait	RESIST BLIND	Unit is immune to the blind status.
Trait	SHADOWBLADE	Unit gains 32 hit% against targets inflicted with blind.
After promotion
Skill	SOULEATER	Fatigue. Deals non-elemental damage and attempts to inflict blind on all enemies. Heals undead, but can still blind them. Unit loses 20% of their max HP.
World	CONSUME BAT	When the visible character, unit may eat any bat NPC, gaining stats in the process.
Trait	SHADOW MASTERY	Flavor skill.
Trait	MISERY	Unlockable. Unit's attack increases as their HP decreases.
Limit	DREADSPIKES	Enemies that physically attack this unit will be damaged and the user healed for the roughly the same amount. Wears off after 50% of the user's max HP has been drained in this way.

Spellblade/Rune Knight
Sidequest: Talk to the wandering swordsman for special swords. These are: Pravoka, Marsh Cave B2 north, Titan's Tunnel, Ordeals F2 treasure room, Mirage Tower F1 (with two additional spots in Gurgu B4 and Ice Cave B2 that just go towards an achievement). After getting Xcalber, meet him on the bridge north of Coneria to fight him to unlock the BLITZ skill.

Before promotion
Magic	White	Buy and use special white magic spells.
Skill	IMPART	Grants the effects of the BLADECRAFT trait to all allies for 1 round.
Trait	MYSTIC ADEPT	Flavor skill.
Trait	BLADECRAFT	Unit gains a 50% bonus to damage when using a weapon with elemental properties. Bonus increases to 100% if striking an elemental or racial weakness.
After promotion
Skill	RUNIC	Priority. Unit negates any white, black, or blue spell cast. as long as they have less than 3 charges. Enemy skills and summons are not affected. They can expend charges to alter their FIGHT/MAGIC commands to target all.
Skill	BLITZ	Unlockable. Tiredness. Unit executes any spell followed by a FIGHT attack.
Trait	MYSTIC MASTERY	Replaces ADEPT. Unit can learn tier 2 magic spells in combat.
Limit	INFUSE	User immediately gains 3 RUNIC charges.

Archer/Ranger
Sidequest: Use SCAVENGE on the peninsula east of Gaia for the Yoichi Bow.

Before promotion
Magic	Magic Arrows	Craft special arrows in the MAGIC section of the pause menu and use them in battle.
Skill	AIM	Requires a bow. Increases the damage of the unit's next FIGHT by 120%. Can be stacked up to 3 times.
Trait	HUNTER	Gives special materials when the unit kills an enemy with a FIGHT.
Trait	ARROWCRAFT	Flavor skill.
Trait	BOW PROFIENCY	Gives a bonus to bow attacks based on their hit%.
Trait	DETECT TRAPS	Highlights spiked tiles (fixed encounters) on the overworld when the displayed character.
After promotion
Skill	HUNTER'S MARK	Priority. The next phyiscal attack on the targetted enemy will guarantee all hits are critical.
World	SCAVENGE	Will do nothing, trigger an encounter, or give materials from monsters in the area. If used after stepping on a spiked tile, guarantees materials the first time.
Limit	RAPID-FIRE	Requires a bow. Deals 4 attacks to random targets at maximum power, ignoring defense and evasion.

Ronin/Samurai
Sidequest: Unlock various skills by using PAY TRIBUTE at red flowerbeds. They're in: northeast of the Temple of Fiends, southeast of Marsh Cave B2 south, behind the Titan in his tunnel, the north end of the hall of giants in Earth Cave B1, in the northwest of Gurgu B3, and the small transition room before the holes in the Ice Cave.
Sidequest: After promotion, pay a variable amount of gold at the blue flowerbed in the northern part of the Waterfall to fight YOJIMBO. Defeat him to unlock the YAEGASUMI limit.

Before promotion
Magic	Weapon Skills	Spend accumulated TP to use skills on weapons in inventory.
Skill	RE-EQUIP	Allows unit to change weapons in combat.
Skill	MEDITATE	Unlockable. Gives 25TP. Doubles TP gains and doubles bow damage for the next 2 rounds.
Skill	SEKKANOKI	Unlockable. Reduces TP cost of the next weapon skill used by 100.
Skill	THIRD EYE	Unlockable. Priority. Evades the next physical attack directed at the user. Fatigue is inflicted after this triggers.
World	PAY TRIBUTE	When the visible character, unit may trigger enemy Ronin encounters at flowerbeds.
Trait	BUJUTSU ADEPT	Flavor skill.
Trait	RETAIN TP	Unlockable. Unit will not have TP zeroed after using RE-EQUIP.
Trait	DOUBLEHAND	Unlockable. When a katana is equipped with no shield, their power increases by 50%.
Trait	ZANSHIN	Unlockable. If a FIGHT attack misses for any reason, immediately executes another FIGHT.
After promotion
Trait	BUJUTSU MASTERY	Flavor skill.
Limit	MEIKYO SHISUI	Reduces TP cost of all skills in the next skillchain to 100.
Limit	YAEGASUMI	Unlockable. Priority. Evades all special skills (anything not a FIGHT or basic magic) and grants the user 100TP for each.

Machinist/Engineer
Sidequest: Talk to robot NPCs in the Waterfall, Mirage F1-F3, and Floating Castle for the DRINK command in MAGITEK, FIRE/ICE/BOLT BEAM, and HEAL FORCE respectively.
Sidequest: Defeat a WarMECH on F5 of the Floating Castle to unlock the WarMECH tool.

Before promotion
Magic	Magic tools	Craft special tools in the MAGIC section of the pause menu and use them in battle.
World	DECONSTRUCT	Grants access to a special menu where equipment can be broken down into components.
Trait	TINKERER	Flavor skill.
Trait	SALVAGER	Special ore may be found after combat with certain enemies.
Trait	FRIEND OF THE FORGE	When the visible character, can interact with the anvil in the Dwarf Cave to create special equipment.
Trait	HAMMER PROFICENCY	Hammers gain a 50% bonus to their damage rating.
After promotion
World	REDESIGN	A new section is added to the special menu where tools can be modified into one of four variations.
Limit	MAGITEK	Removes all status and enters a special armor with level×20 HP. User can use special commands, but cannot be healed normally or benefit from positive status while inside.