Doom (ability)

Doom, also known as Death Sentence, Condemned or Count, is a status ailment that appears in most titles. It places a counter over the target's head, and when it reaches zero, the target dies. The speed at which the counter drops to zero depends on the target's speed. It may also refer to the spell or ability that inflicts it.

Final Fantasy IV
Doom is cast by the Plague.

Final Fantasy V
Doom appears as a Blue Magic for the Blue Mage.

Final Fantasy VI
Doom, also known as Condemned, appears as a Lore for Strago.

Final Fantasy VII
Death Sentence appears as an ability for the Enemy Skill Materia.

Final Fantasy VIII
Doom is a Command Ability that could be learned from Shiva.

Final Fantasy IX
Doom appears as a Blue Magic that Quina learns from the Veteran. When Doom is cast, a mirror appears in front of the Doomed character, and the Grim Reaper appears inside, shining its red eyes before the mirror shatters.

Final Fantasy X
Doom is one of Kimahri's Ronso Rage Overdrives. It can be learned from any of the Ghost-type fiends, or from Biran Ronso.

Final Fantasy X-2
Doom is available to the Dark Knight as part of the Arcana skillset.

Final Fantasy XI
Mortal Eye, an ability used by minotaurs in Final Fantasy XI, inflicts a traditional death sentence countdown. As a gaze attack, this can generally be avoided simply by not looking at a minotaur when it uses the ability, which is easier said than done, and once hit by Mortal Eye, Cursna or Holy Water may remove it, though it's not very likely.

Yagudo in Dynamis can use an ability called Doom which inflicts a death sentence countdown. If the Yagudo is defeated before the end of the countdown it will state that the target has "narrowly escaped impending doom."

There are no death sentence abilities available to players.

Final Fantasy XII

 * "The character is doomed and will be KO'd when the count reaches 0. Remove with a Remedy. (Requires the proper license)"

Doom is a status effect. Different attacks can inflict Doom, such as the enemy magick of the same name and the Time Magick Countdown.

Final Fantasy Tactics
Doom, also known as Death Sentence, is a status effect. Many enemies have the ability to inflict this, as well as the Holy Knight job class.

Final Fantasy Tactics Advance
Doom can sometimes be inflicted by the Assassin ability Nightmare and Sniper ability Death Sickle. Also, Doom affects differently on Zombies. Instead of knocking it out after three turns, it completely heals it.