Technicks/Original

The Technicks part of the License Board.

Technicks are skills that let you do things no Magicks can. Stealing treasures from your foes, staunching wounds... You should give 'em a try.

Rabanastran

The Technicks (技, Waza?, lit. Skills) skillset in Final Fantasy XII differs slightly in the original version compared to Zodiac releases. All characters can learn the same skills, due to its lack of unique classes. A Technicks skill must be bought from a shop before becoming available to the party, but for a character to be able to use the Technicks skill, they must first buy the appropriate license using License Points. Unlike magicks skills, Technicks skills require no MP.

Using Technicks for over 100 times unlocks Vayne's sprite to the Sky Pirate's Den and earns the player the title of Premier Prestidigitator. Buying every Technicks skill adds Vossler's sprite and the title Jack-of-all-Trades.

Mechanics

While some offensive Technicks skills always hit, most techs have a base hit chance, which is:

$SuccessChance=BaseChance+(User'sLv-Target'sLv)(\%)$

If user's Lv is greater than target's Lv, the chance becomes:

$SuccessChance=3x(User'sLv-Target'sLv)(\%)$ $+BaseChance$

All damage dealt via Technicks skills is physical in nature, except for Shades of Black, which is magickal. Technicks are unaffected by Reverse.

Ability list

Name	Target				Flying	CT	Type	Faith Modifier	Accuracy		MP Recovery	Null Sleep	Required License
	Initial	Switch*(With or )	Range	Area					Base	Safety (Nulled by Safety augment)
Steal	Enemy	No	3	Yes	Partial	30	Physical	None	Always	No	No	No	Steal (15 LP)
	Steal from one foe. Effect: Steal item(s) from an enemy. Improved by Thief's Cuffs. Cost: 1,600 gil Location: Rabanastre, Vaan initially
Libra	Self	No	―	Single	No	10	Magick	None	Always	No	No	No	Libra (20 LP)
	Reveal more detailed target information. Effect: Makes user able to view detailed information of a targeted enemy, as well as hidden traps. Cost: 500 gil Location: Rabanastre
Poach	Enemy	No	Weapon	Single	Partial	50	Physical	None	80%	Yes	No	No	Poach (30 LP)
	Capture HP Critical foes to obtain loot. Effect: Captures a HP Critical foe to obtain loot, forfeiting EXP, LP, CP, Gil, and drops. Cost: 7,000 gil Location: Nalbina, Rabanastre (After Barheim Passage.), Bhujerba
First Aid	Ally	No	3	Single	No	15	Physical	None	Always	No	No	No	First Aid (20 LP)
	Restore HP to one HP Critical ally. Effect: Heals an ally with critical health. Always misses if ally's HP is not critical. Cost: 700 gil Location: Nalbina, Rabanastre (After obtaining Sunstone and Penelo leaves.), Balthier initially
Telekinesis	Enemy	No	10	Single	Yes	50	Physical	None	75%	No	Inquisitor	Yes	Telekinesis (80 LP)
	Deal ranged damage with melee weapons. Effect: Deals ranged attacks with melee weapons. Always misses if used with a ranged weapon. Cost: 7,100 gil Location: Necrohol of Nabudis (After obtaining Treaty-Blade.) Default: Vossler, Larsa, Reddas
Numerology	Enemy	No	10	Circle 6	Yes	25	Physical	None	―	Yes	Inquisitor	No	Numerology (40 LP)
	Deal damage that increases with successive hits. Effect: Damage doubles and accuracy decreases with each successive hit. Both reset upon missing. Cost: 2,048 gil Location: Rabanastre (After the Leviathan.), Nalbina (After defeating Judge Bergan.)
Souleater	Enemy	No	Weapon	Single	Partial	35	Physical	None	Always	No	Inquisitor	No	Souleater (35 LP)
	Consume HP to deal damage to one foe. Effect: Consume 20% of your maximum HP to damage one ground-based enemy (1.4 times more powerful than a regular physical attack). Restores HP to undead targets. Cost: 6,400 gil Location: Bhujerba (After Ba'Gamnan in Lhusu Mines.), Rabanastre (After the Leviathan.), Nalbina (After defeating Judge Bergan.)
Sight Unseeing	Enemy	No	Weapon	Single	Partial	25	Physical	None	10%	Yes	No	Yes	Sight Unseeing (40 LP)
	Unleash an attack only available when blind. Effect: Causes the enemy's HP to drop to a random number between 0 and 8; only usable while Blinded. Cost: 6,800 gil Location: Jahara (After visiting Eruyt Village.), Rabanastre (After defeating Judge Bergan.), Nalbina (After defeating Judge Bergan.)
Charm	Enemy	No	3	Single	Yes	35	Physical	None	50%	Yes	No	No	Charm (30 LP)
	Cause one foe to confuse friend with foe. Effect: Inflicts Confuse on one enemy. Cost: 5,000 gil Location: Jahara, Rabanastre (After defeating Judge Bergan.), Nalbina (After defeating Judge Bergan.)
Achilles	Enemy	No	10	Single	Yes	55	Physical	None	40%	Yes	No	No	Achilles (40 LP)
	Render one foe vulnerable to an additional element. Effect: Adds one additional elemental weakness to one enemy. Cost: 8,800 gil Location: Rabanastre (After defeating Belias.), Jahara, Nalbina (After defeating Judge Bergan.)
Charge	Self	No	―	Single	No	40	Physical	None	―	No	No	No	Charge (30 LP)
	Restore user's MP. If the technick fails, MP is reduced to 0. Effect: Restores amount of user's MP. If the skill fails, MP is reduced to 0. The amount restored ranges from the value of the user's level to 1.33 times that. The probability of missing is the percentage of the user's remaining MP plus 1%. Cost: 1,700 gil Location: Rabanastre (After Barheim Passage.), Bhujerba, Nalbina (After defeating Judge Bergan.)
Infuse	Ally	No	10	Single	Yes	40	Physical	None	Always	Yes	No	No	Infuse (35 LP)
	Fully consume user's MP, changing one ally's HP to 10 times that amount. Effect: Fully consumes users MP to set ally's HP to 10 times the amount of sacrificed MP. Cost: 2,000 gil Location: Jahara (After visiting Eruyt Village.), Rabanastre (After defeating Judge Bergan.), Nalbina (After defeating Judge Bergan.), Archades
Gil Toss	Enemy	No	10	Circle 6	Yes	45	Physical	None	Always	No	Inquisitor	Yes	Gil Toss (35 LP)
	Throw gil, damaging all foes in range. Effect: Throw Gil equivalent to the total remaining HP all members to deal a maximum of 9,999 damage split between all enemies in range. Always misses if the player does not possess enough gil and no gil is expended. Cost: 2,000 gil Location: Jahara, Rabanastre (After defeating Judge Bergan.), Nalbina (After defeating Judge Bergan.)
1000 Needles	Enemy	No	10	Single	Yes	30	Physical	None	70%	No	Inquisitor	Yes	1000 Needles (35 LP)
	Deal 1,000 damage to one foe. Effect: Deal 1,000 damage to one enemy, ignoring Safety. Cost: 7,000 gil Location: Mosphoran Highwaste (After defeating Judge Bergan.)
Revive	Ally	No	3	Single	No	25	Physical	None	Always	No	No	No	Revive (40 LP)
	Fully consume user's HP, reviving and fully restoring HP of one KO'd ally. Effect: Sacrifice self to restore an KO'd ally to life and full HP. Cost: 10,000 gil Location: Balfonheim
Stamp	Enemy	Partial	10	Single	Yes	55	Physical	None	60%	No	No	No	Stamp (40 LP)
	Inflict one foe with any status effects on the user. Effect: Copies an active status effect aside from HP Critical from the user to another target. Cost: 4,500 gil Location: Archades
Shades of Black	Enemy	No	10	Single	Yes	45	Magick	Potency	―	No	Warmage	No	Shades of Black (40 LP)
	Cast a random black magick on one foe. Effect: Casts a random Black Magick spell on one enemy, including ones the user has not yet learned. Cost: 5,000 gil Location: Archades
Traveler	Enemy	No	10	Circle 6	Yes	40	Physical	None	Always	No	Inquisitor	No	Traveler (65 LP)
	Deal damage based on total steps taken to all foes in range. Effect: Deals damage to all enemies in range based on total steps taken. Cost: 6,700 gil Location: Rabanastre (After the Leviathan.), Nalbina (After defeating Judge Bergan.)
Horology	Enemy	No	10	Circle 6	Yes	40	Physical	None	70%	No	Warmage	No	Horology (55 LP)
	Deal damage based on a factor of time to all foes in range. Effect: Damages all enemies in range based on game time. Cost: 2,000 gil Location: Bhujerba, Rabanastre (After the Leviathan.), Nalbina (After defeating Judge Bergan.)
Bonecrusher	Enemy	No	Weapon	Single	Partial	45	Physical	None	45%	Yes	No	Yes	Bonecrusher (30 LP)
	Consume HP to reduce the HP of one foe to 0 Effect: Consumes between 0 and all but 1 of the user's HP to reduce the HP of one enemy to 0. The user's HP is reduced to 0 if the attack misses, aside from when the attack has been nullified. Cost: 700 gil Location: Rabanastre (After defeating Judge Bergan.), Archades
Wither	Enemy	No	Weapon	Single	Partial	45	Physical	No	66%	Yes	No	Yes	Wither (35 LP)
	Lower one foe's strength. Effect: Reduces an enemy's strength by 50%. Cost: 3,500 gil Location: Balfonheim (After obtaining Treaty-Blade.)
Addle	Enemy	No	Weapon	Single	Partial	45	Physical	No	66%	Yes	No	Yes	Addle (35 LP)
	Lower one foe's magick power. Effect: Reduces one enemy's magick power by 50%. Cost: 3,500 gil Location: Rabanastre (After defeating Judge Bergan.), Archades
Expose	Enemy	No	Weapon	Single	Partial	45	Physical	No	33%	No	No	Yes	Expose (35 LP)
	Lower one foe's defense. Effect: Reduces one enemy's defense by 10%. Cost: 3,800 gil Location: Balfonheim
Shear	Enemy	No	Weapon	Single	Partial	45	Physical	No	33%	No	No	Yes	Shear (35 LP)
	Lower one foe's magick resist. Effect: Reduces one enemy's magick resistance by 10%. Cost: 3,600 gil Location: Rabanastre (After defeating Belias.), Jahara, Nalbina (After defeating Judge Bergan.)

Gallery

1000 Needles.

Achilles.

Addle.

Bonecrusher.

Charge.

Charm.

Expose.

First Aid.

Gil Toss.

Horology.

Infuse.

Libra.

Numerogology.

Poach.

Revive.

Shades of Black.

Shear.

Sight Unseeing.

Souleater.

Stamp.

Steal.

Telekinesis.

Traveler.

Wither.

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Trivia

• Steal is up for sale in Rabanastre, but the player cannot buy it because they start the game with it. Including it in the shop may be developer oversight, and it was removed from the shop in the Zodiac versions.