Magic (Final Fantasy VIII)

Magic is a junction ability every Guardian Force has already mastered in Final Fantasy VIII. It may be removed using the item Amnesia Greens, and later re-added using the Magic Scroll item bought from Pet Shops in Timber or Esthar City.

Mechanics
To equip the command, the party member must equip a Guardian Force that knows the Magic command and set it in the character menu. The player must acquire some spells by drawing them from enemies and draw points, or by refining from items. The game uses no MP and instead spells are stocked and uses up individually, and each party member has an individual stock of spells which can be divided between the party in the menu. A total of thirty-two different spells can be stock on a given character. The command is sealed if the user is silenced, or in Ultimecia Castle until the party unlocks it by defeating a boss.

Base damage calculation for magic spells is:
 * $$Damage = AttackerMag + Power$$
 * $$Damage = Damage * (265 - TargetSpr) / 4$$
 * $$Damage = Damage * Power / 256$$

Each spell has its own spell power, apart from Demi that works by draining a quarter of the target's current health.

The healing spells use the following formula:
 * $$HealingAmount = (Power + HealerMag) * Power / 2$$

Shell reduces both offensive and curative spells' effectiveness.

Status spells have no spell power, but their effectiveness is calculated by the following formula:


 * If (StatusDefense >= 200) Target doesn't get the status
 * else: Infliction% = AttackerMag/4 - TargetSpr/4
 * Infliction% = Infliction% - StatusDefense + 200
 * StatusDefense starts at 100 (0%) and the cap is 200 (100%).

Some spells can be cast via other means than the Magic command, including Selphie's Slots and Rinoa's Angel Wing Limit Breaks (the spells are not used from the spell inventory), or via Stone-type items. Spells can also be cast via the Draw command by choosing Draw → Cast, but the spell is often weak this way.

List of Spells

 * Click on individual spells for more info.

Final Fantasy Airborne Brigade
Some of the Magic spells appear in Final Fantasy Airborne Brigade.