Geomancer (Final Fantasy III)



The Geomancer is a Job class in Final Fantasy III. It is gained from the Water Crystal in the NES version, while it is gained from the Fire Crystal in the DS and iOS versions. Geomancers are able to attack by tuning in to their natural surroundings and drawing out the latent powers around them. Essentially, a Geomancer is like a Mage who can unleash powerful "magic" attacks with no MP cost. The attack power increases with the Job level.

Statistics
The Terrain ability has various effects depending on the current environment and costs no MP. However, if all targets are missed during hit calculation the Backfire effect is triggered damaging the caster. Note that Terrain spells that target a single enemy do so by selecting at random from the available enemies.
 * Special Ability - Terrain (NES version)

The Geomancer will summon a semi-random effect for no MP; the environment determines which effects may appear. Terrains can be classified in five groups, according to one element (four, plus non-elemental). On each terrain type there are two main effects (about 40% chance each), plus one or two secondary effects mutuated a different terrain (20% and 2% chance, respectively). Unlike in the NES version, Terrain never backfires, and DS version uses the following formula to calculate damage:
 * Special Ability - Terrain (DS & iOS versions)
 * $$Damage = \frac{(Power + JobLv \times 2) \times (INT + MND)}{Adjustment \times Random No.}$$

The detailed list of the terrain type of each dungeon and location is below the following table.

Equipment
In the table below, Common equipment can be used by most jobs in the game, Specific equipment only by the Geomancer and, in some instances, by other magic-type jobs.

Trivia

 * Final Fantasy III marks the first appearance of the Geomancer class within the series, as well as their Terrain ability and the use of bells as a weapon type.
 * Geomancers are the only magical job in the Famicom version that have the Defend command.

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