Lore (Final Fantasy VI)

Lore (青魔法) is Strago Magus' ability in the game Final Fantasy VI and the game's form of Blue Magic. Strago learns different Lores by seeing an enemy use the ability (or, in some cases, seeing Gau, Relm, or Gogo use it with either the Rage or Sketch abilities) and by surviving the battle. Unlike in other games, he does not have to be hit with the spell to learn it. He just has to "see" it be cast, and as such, he can not learn a Lore when he is inflicted with Blind, Petrify, Zombie, Sleep, Confuse, Stop or Freeze at the time the Lore is used. All Lores are magical. It should also be noted that if Gau has acquired a Rage which includes an attack Strago can learn as a Lore, the attack can be learned through Gau's Rage rather than an enemy's attack. Strago can also learn Lores through Relm's Sketch and Control abilities in the same manner. The hidden character Gogo may also use the Lore command, but is unable to learn new Lores himself.

List of Lores
Lores are listed by MP casting cost, that is strongly related to their usefulness. If you're looking for a particular one, press Ctrl+F.

Note that enemies Strago cannot fight are not listed here, as they may know a Lore skill but Strago cannot encounter them to learn it. As well, enemies listed here don't necessarily use the Lores in their normal attack script. Sometimes the Lores will only show up in their Rage, Sketch, Control, or Confused scripts. Check the individual enemy pages to find out if they appear in these other scripts.

Support lores
Lores that target the allies.

Debuff lores
Lores that target the enemies but deal no damage.

Attack lores
Lores that deal damage to the enemies.