Tellah/Gameplay

Tellah is a playable character in Final Fantasy IV.

Stats

He has some of the worst stats, both physically and magically. His MP does not exceed 90 to ensure the player cannot cast Meteor with him (Meteor costs 99 MP). Unlike other characters, Tellah's physical stats (save for his HP) actually decrease when he levels up, implying his age is catching up with him, preventing him from gaining strength.

2D Stats

Tellah (2D) (data extracted from PSP version)

Level	HP	MP	Strength	Speed	Stamina	Intellect	Spirit
20	340	90	5	8	7	16	16
30	594	90	1	11	1	16	16
40	853	90	1	16	1	16	16
50	1118	90	1	21	1	20	20
60	1371	90	1	24	1	22	22
70* (At random afterward, see table below)	1621	90	1	26	1	24	24
80	1876	90	rdm	rdm	rdm	rdm	rdm
90	2132	90	rdm	rdm	rdm	rdm	rdm
99* (9998917 exp)	2361	90	rdm	rdm	rdm	rdm	rdm

Tellah's level up possibilities.

Level up possibilities -Tellah- (Data extracted from PSP version)

Possibility	Strength	Speed	Stamina	Intellect	Spirit
1	-1	-1	-1	-1	-1
2	0	0	0	0	0
3	+1	+1	0	0	0
4	0	+1	0	+1	0
5	0	+1	0	0	+1
6	0	+1	+1	+1	+1

3D Stats

Tellah (3D)

Level	HP	MP	Strength	Speed	Stamina	Intellect	Spirit
13	219	90	6	7	8	25	23
20	388	90	5	7	7	31	29
30	718	90	4	6	6	40	38
40	1145	90	3	5	5	48	47
50	1667	90	3	5	3	57	56
60	2299	90	2	4	2	66	64
70* (Depends on augments in character's battle menu afterward)	3021	90	1	3	1	74	73

When Tellah joins the party on Mount Ordeals, he joins at the same level he left the party in Damcyan and with the same equipment.

Abilities

Tellah can cast both White and Black Magic. When he first joins, he only knows a handful of spells: the Black Magic spells Fire, Blizzard, Thunder, Stop and Osmose, and the White Magic spells Cura, Life, Blink, Esuna, Confuse, and Teleport. In the 3D versions, Tellah begins with 3 more spells : Sleep, Poison and Silence while he loses Stop.

Once Cecil becomes a Paladin (Event), he remembers all his spells especially Curaja, Arise and the "-ga" elementals. He can use Meteor if a Soma Drop or the MP +50% augment is used on him. However, the player is unlikely to see it on a first playthrough since the two aforementioned items are unavailable during the time Tellah is in the party. This can be worked around by hacking the items, by hacking Tellah in the party when the items are available or, in the 3D remake, by beginning a new game plus with the items already in the inventory. Tellah will never be able to cast Holy, Stop (3D only), Quake, Death and Flare.

Spell Level 2D*(SNES, PS, GBA, PSP) 3D*(DS, iOS, Android) Cura Known Known Confuse Known Known Blink Known Known Esuna Known Known Raise Known Known Teleport Known Known Hold Event Event Silence Event Known Protect Event Event Shell Event Event Slow Event Event Haste Event Event

Spell Level 2D*(SNES, PS, GBA, PSP) 3D*(DS, iOS, Android) Berserk Event Event Reflect Event Event Dispel Event Event Libra Event Event Cure Event Event Curaga Event Event Curaja Event Event Arise Event Event Mini Event Event Sight Event Event Float Event Event

Spell Level 2D*(SNES, PS, GBA, PSP) 3D*(DS, iOS, Android) Fire Known Known Blizzard Known Known Thunder Known Known Stop Known — Osmose Known Known Toad Event Event Pig Event Event Warp Event Event Poison Event Known Fira Event Event Firaga Event Event Blizzara Event Event

Spell Level 2D*(SNES, PS, GBA, PSP) 3D*(DS, iOS, Android) Blizzaga Event Event Thundara Event Event Thundaga Event Event Bio Event Event Tornado Event Event Sleep Event Known Break Event Event Drain Event Event Meteor Event Event

Tellah using Recall.

Tellah has access to the Recall ability, which allows him to cast a random Black Magic spell. Once Cecil becomes a Paladin, Tellah loses Recall in the PS, Advance and PSP versions but keeps the ability to use it in the 3D remakes, which may cast a spell he does not normally have access to. This ability was removed in the North American SNES release.

The spells Tellah can use with Recall are:

2D*(SNES, PS, GBA, PSP) Spell Chance Failure*(Not a spell) 20% Fire 15% Blizzard 15% Thunder 15% Toad 15% Break 5% Bio 5% Tornado 5% Death 5%

3D*(DS, iOS, Android) Spell Chance Toad 31% Fire 10% Blizzard 10% Thunder 10% Fira 6% Blizzara 6% Thundara 6% Firaga 4% Blizzaga 4% Thundaga 4% Bubble 3% Faith 3% Bravery 3%

Equipment

Tellah can equip rods, staves, hats, clothes, robes, armlets and rings. In the 2D versions, he starts with a Staff and a Gaia Gear. In the 3D versions, he has Staff, a Gaia Gear and an Iron Armlet.

Weapons 2D & 3D

Rods	Staves
Rod (2D, 3D) Ice Rod (2D, 3D) Flame Rod (2D, 3D) Thunder Rod (2D, 3D) Polymorph Rod (2D, 3D) Faerie Rod (2D, 3D) Lilith Rod (2D, 3D) Stardust Rod (2D 3D)	Staff (2D, 3D) Healing Staff (2D, 3D) Mythril Staff (2D, 3D) Power Staff (2D, 3D) Aura Staff (2D, 3D) Rune Staff (2D, 3D) Sage's Staff (2D, 3D)

Armor 2D & 3D

Shield	Head	Body	Arms
Hero's Shield (2D*(Advance and The Complete Collection only))	Leather Cap (2D, 3D) Headband (2D, 3D) Feathered Cap (2D, 3D) Green Beret (2D, 3D) Wizard's Hat (2D, 3D) Black Cowl (2D, 3D) Sage's Miter (2D, 3D) Ribbon (2D, 3D) Glass Mask (2D, 3D)	Clothing (2D, 3D) Prison Garb (2D, 3D) Leather Clothing (2D, 3D) Bard's Tunic (2D, 3D) Gaia Gear (2D, 3D) Kenpogi (2D, 3D) Sage's Surplice (2D, 3D) Black Belt Gi (2D, 3D) Power Sash (2D, 3D) Black Robe (2D, 3D) Luminous Robe (2D, 3D) White Robe (2D, 3D) Adamant Armor (2D 3D)	Cursed Ring (2D, 3D) Iron Armlet (2D, 3D) Ruby Ring (2D, 3D) Silver Armlet (2D, 3D) Rune Armlet (2D, 3D) Diamond Armlet (2D, 3D) Protect Ring (2D, 3D) Crystal Ring (2D, 3D)