Strago Magus, from Final Fantasy VI, is a Blue Mage.
Blue Mage (青魔道師, Aomadōshi?, lit. Blue Magic Adherent) is a job in the Final Fantasy series, first introduced in Final Fantasy V.
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Blue Mages, as their name implies, focus on Blue Magic, a special subset of Magic that allows them to use attacks otherwise exclusive to enemies. While an odd choice, Blue Mages often have a wide range of usefulness due to the varied spells they gain. Blue Mages usually learn Blue Magic by having enemies (or occasionally, another Blue Mage ally) use it on them, but some games have other methods to learn their magic. Blue Mages benefit greatly from the ability to Control monsters, reducing the chance involved in waiting for a monster to use their skill on the Blue Mage.
Beyond this, Blue Mages vary in equipment and physical prowess. They are not as weak as other Mage classes in terms of attack or defense, and are usually capable fighters. Of course, their true strength is their magic. As with most of the other mage classes, Blue Mages usually wear clothes and cloaks which match their magic color (blue, in this case), sometimes with a mask.
Appearances
Final Fantasy V
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The Blue Mage job class is obtained after the Wind Crystal shatters. Blue Magic is learned by everyone after any Blue Mage in the party is struck by a qualifying enemy ability; the Blue Mage does not need to survive the attack to consider it learned.
Final Fantasy VI
Template:Sideicon Strago Magus's job was removed from the North American Super Nintendo version. Within the Final Fantasy III Nintendo Player's Guide, his job is given as Lore Master. The English Game Boy Advance version retained the job titles and Strago is a Blue Mage. He learns Lores by seeing enemies use an attack he can learn.
Final Fantasy VIII
Template:Sideicon Quistis Trepe can use Blue Magic as her Limit Break. Her spells are learned from various items obtained from enemies.
Final Fantasy IX
Template:Sideicon Quina Quen learns Blue Magic by eating certain weakened enemies.
Final Fantasy X
Template:Sideicon Kimahri Ronso, being a Ronso, will learn enemy abilities after using Lancet on enemies possessing said skills. The acquired Blue Magic spells can be used only during Kimahri's Overdrive, Ronso Rage.
Final Fantasy XI
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Blue Mage is an advanced job class. Within the story, using Blue Magic means they use powers not meant for mortals, endangering their souls.
Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII
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It allows the wearer to wield the peculiar magics of nature itself, and hastens the recovery of ATB.
Description
While not a job, Blue Mage appears as a garb for Lightning. Lightning is unable to learn any monster skills when wearing this garb.
Final Fantasy Tactics Advance
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Blue Mage is a job exclusive to humes. Blue Mages wield sabers, and, in addition to the standard ability to learn monster abilities, can gain the ability to be immune to certain status ailments. They learn their abilities by being struck by the ability they are trying to learn.
Final Fantasy Tactics A2: Grimoire of the Rift
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Blue Mage is a job for the hume race which combines magickal abilities learned from monsters and the use of sabers to damage the enemy. To learn an ability, a Blue Mage must be successfully attacked by a monster with that ability while equipped with the support ability Learn (learned through the Light Saber).
Final Fantasy Tactics S
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Class Twelfth Moogle from the Cranberry Knights represents the Blue Mage class.
Dissidia Final Fantasy
Template:Sideicon In the Duel Colosseum, when selected, the Blue Mage job card increases the appearance rate of job cards.
Dissidia 012 Final Fantasy
Template:Sideicon The Blue Mage job card appears in the new Labyrinth mode, and increases the appearance rate of job cards while in effect.
Pictlogica Final Fantasy
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Casting Bad Breath causes prolonged nausea, but such is the blue mage's dedication.
Description
The Blue Mage is a character available to the party, he uses the Missile ability during battle. It unlocks at level 14.
Final Fantasy Record Keeper
Template:Sideicon Currently the Blue Mage is not a playable character. However, the job's sprites can be found in the game's data.
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Blue Mage is a the job unlocked after defeating 750 monsters. The Blue Mage is a well-rounded tank, booster, debuffer and damager.
Final Fantasy Trading Card Game
Template:Sideicon The Blue Mage job appears with five Water-elemental cards.
Non-Final Fantasy guest appearances
Knights of the Crystals
The Blue Mage appears on a gold card.
Related jobs
Enemy Skill Materia
The E.Skill (てきのわざ, Teki no Waza?) command gained from equipping the Enemy Skill Materia functions as Blue Magic in all but name alone. The party member must be hit by the proper ability with Enemy Skill equipped to learn it and each materia learns skills independently. Unlike other materia in Final Fantasy VII, an Enemy Skill Materia does not produce a new materia when mastered. As such, there will only ever be a maximum of 4 of them in a Save File.
Gun Mage
The Gun Mage (魔銃士, Majūshi?, lit. Magic Gunner) is a dressphere and is the Final Fantasy X-2 equivalent of a Blue Mage. Their Blue Bullet command lets them use enemies' skills once they have been used upon the Gun Mage character in battle.
Vampire
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The Vampire (ヴァンパイア, Vanpaia?) is an optional asterisk in Bravely Default, that serves as the Blue Mage equivalent. It is obtained after defeating Lester DeRosso in the Vampire Castle. Like the Blue Mage, Vampire's can use a set of abilities known as "genome abilities", that allow them to use enemy skills after getting hit by them.
Catmancer
The Catmancer is an asterisk in Bravely Second: End Layer, that serves as a Blue Mage equivalent replacing the Vampire from the previous game. It is obtained after defeating Minette Napkatti in the Harena Sea Caves. Similar to Blue Mages, Catmancer's can learn two separate ability sets known as "Catmancy" and "Cat Mastery", after being hit by the enemy attack. Only one character needs to be hit to learn the attack.
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Trivia
- In Final Fantasy IV: The After Years there is some evidence in the source code of the game that suggests Harley was originally intended to be a Blue Mage.