Guest

Guests are a recurring system of temporary computer-controlled party members in the Final Fantasy. They typically join the party during set points in the game's plot, and then leave shortly afterwards in another point in the plot. Guest characters do not usually take up space in the player's party, though they might appear in the menus. So if the game only allows for three party members in battle, a Guest can be a fourth fighter outside of the player's control. Their abilities and equipment usually cannot be customized either.

Final Fantasy III
Guests will join the party but are not treated as regular characters. In battle, they only appear randomly firing off a random attack from their set list of moves. The rest of the time, they will not appear and not do not have HP or other stats that enemies can attack. If the party is defeated, it is still GAME OVER with or without the Guests. Outside of battle they can be talked to with, the only method the player has to interact with them.

Guest characters in Final Fantasy III include:


 * Sara
 * Cid
 * Desch
 * Aria
 * Alus
 * Doga
 * Unei

Final Fantasy XII
In Final Fantasy XII, Guests act exactly as normal playable characters, only that they are controlled by the computer. Their equipment, Licenses, and Gambits are outside the player's control. Guests will level up like normal characters, and Ally oriented Gambits will apply to them. They do not have Quickenings and are completely ignored during Quickening Chains. In the original Final Fantasy XII, Items used by Guests are infinite and do not affect the player's own inventory, this was changed in the International Zodiac Job System version where those items now do come from the player's inventory. Guests typically have weapons that are completely unique to them and can never be found by the player for their own use.

Guest characters in Final Fantasy XII include:


 * Amalia (later joins as a full Party Member)
 * Basch (later joins as a full Party Member)
 * Lamont
 * Vossler
 * Larsa
 * Reddas

There are other characters in the game that will fight on the player's side, but these do not appear in the Party Menu and act completely independently of the player's forces.

Final Fantasy Tactics
Guests act in menus exactly the same as any other Non-Generic character. The player can customize them as much as normal characters, like with Job Class, and equipment. However, the player cannot decide when to use Guests or not. It is mandatory to use them in certain battles. Guests will only fight in the Story Battles, they will not appear in random ones. They also run completely on computer control. Most Non-Generic characters fight in battles first as a Guest, then as a full Party Member.

Guest characters in Final Fantasy Tactics include:


 * Agrias (later joins as a full Party Member)
 * Gaffgarion
 * Ladd (later joins as a Generic Party Member)
 * Alicia (later joins as a Generic Party Member)
 * Lavian (later joins as a Generic Party Member)
 * Delita
 * Argath
 * Boco (later joins as a Monster Party Member)
 * Ovelia
 * Mustadio (later joins as a full Party Member)
 * Orran
 * Alma
 * Luso (later joins as a full Party Member)
 * Rapha (later joins as a full Party Member)
 * Meliadoul (later joins as a full Party Member)
 * Zalbaag
 * Balthier (later joins as a full Party Member)
 * Beowulf (later joins as a full Party Member)
 * Reis (later joins as a full Party Member)
 * Cloud (later joins as a full Party Member)
 * Byblos (later joins as a Monster Party Member)