White mages can change the tide of battle with their expert usage of recovery and support magic.
Description
The White Mage is an Advanced Job in Stranger of Paradise Final Fantasy Origin, and is available after unlocking the corresponding node in the Mage Job Tree. Leveling this job is required to unlock the Paladin and Sage expert jobs.
White Mage is the extension of the Mage job that specializes in healing and buffing your allies. Due to the nature of White Mage, this job leaves little in the way of offensive play, save for the Dia spell and increased Holy damage. In terms of support, the White Mage remains the best in the game with it's party-wide buffs, great magical defenses, reviving KO'd party members, and many passive abilities dedicated to lengthening said duration and buffs.
[Stat Bonus: Spirit] Attack with a chosen white magic spell. Unlocks the spell, Raise. Spells consist of Dia, Cure, Regen, Protect, Shell, Haste, and Raise.
[Any Link] Can be set to any link ability slot.
With the White Magic job action, it grants the player a full wheel of white magic spells to cast from. Upon holding down , each spell can be charged by two tiers, doubling and/or tripling attack potency, and also determining whether the buffs cast from White Magic are casted upon the player or the entire party. The spells consist of Dia, Cure, Regen, Raise, Protect, Shell, and Haste.
Greatly increases the duration of the next ability used. *Only usable with abilities that temporarily buff you.
The White Mage obtains the Divine Sigil support ability, which greatly extends the duration of any subsequent buff ability used by the caster. This support ability is useful for buffs with short durations such as Invisible and Regen in order to spend less time and MP triggering them during encounters. The ability even affects abilities that extends to party members such as Protect or Bravery as long as it is triggered by the caster of Divine Sigil.
The White Mage makes use of maces, shields, and staves for melee combat. These weapons are good for doling out magic damage at close and mid-ranges, with their combo ability effects focusing on MP restoration and break gauge restoration.
Unlocks the Ultima Class for White Mage, Alabaster Lord. Only available in the Trials of the Dragon King DLC.
Class Trees[]
Introduced in the Trials of the Dragon King DLC, These classes are unlocked after visiting Bahamut's Cave and completing the "A Token of Courage and Strength" conversation with Bahamut and the abilities thereof can be bought by using Rat Tails which are accumulated by completing missions on the Bahamut difficulty onward and purchasing them from the Bahamut Exchange Shop via Dragon Treasures:
Revives a fallen ally and restores them to full HP. Moreover, the next time the party member is knocked out, they will automatically revive. Requires a full charge of the casting gauge to cast.
Ability
Type
Rat Tails
Required Ability to Unlock
Description
Prismatic White Magic
Job Action
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All White Mage tree abilities
White Magic + [Class Change Effect: Evocation] Unlocks the spell Reincarnate, which revives a fallen ally and restores them to full HP. Moreover, the next time the party member is knocked out, they will automatically revive.
White Magic + [Class Change Effect: Ultima] Regenga, Protectga, Shellga, and Hastega can only be triggered when the casting gauge is full, but will not consume MP.
Most weapons and items of clothing have a certain percentage of Job Affinity for a certain job. By combining them together and raising this percentage, the character may not only gain extra EXP to that Job, but also unlock abilities and bonuses to their stats. The bonuses for the White Mage Job Affinity are:
Name
Job Ability Percentages
Description
White Mage's Wisdom I
20%
Increases the corresponding stat(s). Spirit+1
White Mage's Wisdom II
30%
Increases the corresponding stat(s). Spirit+2
Buff Duration Bonus I
50%
Increases duration of buffs on self by 7.5%
White Mage's Wisdom III
80%
Increases the corresponding stat(s). Strength+1 Stamina+1 Spirit+3
Buff Duration Bonus II
120%
Increases duration of buffs on self by 12.5%
White Mage's Wisdom IV
160%
Increases the corresponding stat(s). Strength+2 Stamina+2 Spirit+4
Prayer for Life
250%
Applies an additional spirit bonus to all abilities that grant stat bonuses.
A successful soul shield increases your spirit. This effect can stack up to twenty times. Also enhances the effects of White Mage's Wisdom.
White Mage's Essence
800%
Enhances the effects of White Mage's Wisdom, and also boosts stats based on your affinity.
Gameplay[]
Due to the nature of White Mages, they are the preeminent users of curative and protective magic. As a job with abilities primarily aligned with the Holy element, they also have the capacity of dealing significant damage to creatures weak to this element, particularly Undead. In terms of support, the White Mage remains the best healer in the game at any level with its party-wide buffs, great magical defenses, reviving KO'd party members, and many passive abilities dedicated to lengthening said duration and buffs.
Strengths[]
Excellent healing. The White Mage remains one of the best support job to any party level for its straightforward healing, revives, and party-wide damage mitigation. This is made even greater with the Alabaster Lord class for extra MP management.
Holy damage. This aspect is especially apparent when battling Undead enemies such as Skeletons and Wraiths.
Weaknesses[]
No "Esuna". Despite being a healer, the White Mage job itself has no means of healing status effects.
Lack of elements. The White Mage is limited to Holy as a means of stable damage, leading to a lack of elemental weaknesses to apply to enemies.
Poorer health. As a mage, the White Mage doesn't have the best HP pool, leading to a sooner demise.
Part specialization. This job only really shines when used in a party setting for its healing spells.
Stats[]
The White Mage gives a stat bonus to Spirit, giving the player better magic defense, increasing status ailment accumulation/resistance, and increases MP recovered from soul shielding. In addition, it gains more Stamina and HP than most other mages for better vitality.
Mage, especially the Scholar General class, is an good support job for the White Mage job for its supportive healing and buffs. Esuna is able to supplement the White Mage's lack of status ailment healing. This can also aid in MP management with the Osmose spell from the Accursed Champion.
Tyrant is a good support job for any magic job, especially those that deal in Intellect and Spirit. The Tyrant's Enchantments help to add elemental attributes to your attacks to compliment the White Mage's focus on the Spirit stat by covering the job's lack of elemental vulnerability exploits and gain more MP, encouraging a playstyle more akin to a "battlemage".
Monk probably remains the most popular support job at any level. The Monk's stats compliment Lancers well and provide a moderate boost in total HP and means of quick attacks in melee combat. In addition, the Monk's Focus ability is useful for total damage output and damage mitigation.
Evoker is a great support job for the White Mage as another passive healer. The Evoker's stats compliment Mages well with its extra Strength and Stamina and provides a method of crowd control through the spirit's Shackle and Interrupt commands.
[[Element: None] [Stat Bonus: Intellect/Spirit] Slam an enemy with a ferocious blast of non-elemental energy that inflicts a debuff, causing your foe to take more damage to subsequent attacks.
[Attack Type: Strike][Element: None] [Stat Bonus: Intellect/Spirit] Release a non-elemental magic in front of you, assailing enemies in a wide area and dealing heavy break damage. Hold to trigger additional attacks.
[Attack Type: Strike][Element: Wind] [Stat Bonus: Strength/Intellect]] Brandish your staff, hitting nearby enemies and releasing a tornado in front of you. Hold to trigger additional attacks.
[Attack Type: Slash/Strike] [Stat Bonus: Strength/Spirit] Assail foes with successive slashes to deal heavy damage. Hold to trigger additional attacks.
[Attack Type: Slash/Strike] [Stat Bonus: Strength/Spirit] Unleash a powerful forward slash that damages enemies in a wide area. Hold to trigger additional attacks.
[view·edit·purge]White magic has traditionally referred to the use of supernatural powers or magic for good and selfless purposes. With respect to the philosophy of left-hand path and right-hand path, white magic is the benevolent counterpart of malicious black magic. Because of its ties to traditional pagan nature worship, white magic is often also referred to as "natural magic".
Spirit]
Raise.
Dia, 
Cure, 
Regen, 
Protect, 
Shell, 
Haste, and 
, each spell can be charged by two tiers, doubling and/or tripling attack potency, and also determining whether the buffs cast from White Magic are casted upon the player or the entire party. The spells consist of Dia, Cure, Regen, Raise, Protect, Shell, and Haste.
White Magic Spells[]
Strike][Element: 
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Intellect]
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Strength/
Slash/
