Red Mage (Final Fantasy V)



The Red Mage is a Job in Final Fantasy V obtained after the Water Crystal shatters. They are the second utility class in the game as they have access to a limited number of both White Magic and Black Magic, as well as one of the few mage jobs that can equip swords as well as both rods and staves, giving them more offense in both physical and magic attacks.

The Red Mage holds the distinction of being the job that requires the most ABP to master it, as its final ability, Dualcast, requires 999 ABP and is one of two abilities in the entire game to require that much ABP, the only other ability being Mimic.

Appearance
Red Mages wear red clothes, red capes, and a red hat with a feather, just like in the other Final Fantasy games. Krile's outfit has a slightly pink tint to it. Although Galuf, Krile, and Lenna's hat is right-sided, Bartz and Faris' is at the classic left position.

Abilities
Red Magic allows the character equipped with it to cast either White Magic or Black Magic, up to level 3 max. In the hands of the Red Mage, Dualcast only lets the player cast two level 3 Black Magic and level 3 White Magic at once, but given to a Summoner they will be able to summon two summons at once and given to a Time Mage they have the ability to cast two Time Magic spells at once.
 * Job Command - Red Magic
 * Innate Abilities - None
 * Equipment - Knives, Swords, Rods, Staves, Hats, Light Helmets, Clothes, Robes, Armlets

In addition, giving a Red Mage White Magic 6 or Black Magic 6 will enable them to double cast spells up to level 6 of that particular school of magic. Also, Red Mages are capable of increasing the power of any element due to their ability to equip rods (for Fire, Ice, Lightning, and Poison), staves (Holy), and knives (Wind).

Of note, Red Magic abilities give characters the Red Mage's base Magic based on the following formula:


 * Magic = Red Mage Base Magic - (3 - Red Mage Job Level)

However, the value of the base Magic granted this way is capped at the Red Mage's base.

Thus the base Magic stat for a character with Red Magic equipped would be as follows:


 * Level 1 = 30 base Magic
 * Level 2 = 31 base Magic
 * Level 3 = 32 base Magic
 * Level 4 = 32 base Magic

Also, the Dualcast ability gives characters the Red Mage's base Magic unless otherwise already at a higher value.

Upon mastery, Freelancers and Mimes gain the Red Mage's base Strength, Agility and Magic unless they already have a higher base from another mastered job.

The base stats for Red Mages are:
 * Strength: 32
 * Agility: 29
 * Stamina: 18
 * Magic: 32

Level-Up Abilities
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