There are three main classes in
Final Fantasy Legend. They are
as follows:
Humans
Humans are the most well-rounded
characters in the game. Their levels
(HP Levels) are high in comparison
to the other races. Humans can use
most equipment and armor. They can
carry up to eight items of your
choice. Humans do not rise in
strength and level like other races.
They must buy their increases
in the form of the HP200 or the
HP400. Strength and Agility can be
raised by purchasing STRONG and
AGILITY. Humans are the most common
of the races found on the Continent.
Their numbers have been increasing
due to their strength of arms. With
this ability, they have been able to
wrestle most of the land back from
invading monsters, but as of yet,
have still been unable to discern
the secrets of The Tower.
Humans possess very little magical
power (or "mana") so don't bother
purchasing spells for them. Save
your cash for raising their HP!
Mutants
The Mutants are an interesting off-shoot of the Human race consisting of
a cross between Humans and some of
the older races of the world of the
Continent. As players, they tend to
be physically weaker, possessing
fewer HP's than their pure blooded
Human counterparts.
Mutants do not raise their abilities like the Humans. Mutant powers
"mature" only through the rigor of
questing. At a point the Mutant
evolves into a more powerful form.
This evolution triggers latent
powers locked deep inside the
Mutant's genetic code. Suddenly
gifted with new powers, and more
HP's, the Mutant character becomes a
more dominant force in the party.
Mutants can carry up to four items,
and once their powers are activated,
they can no longer use their
store-bought weapons. For all these
reasons and more, the Mutant offers
many opportunities for achieving
success in the game.
As explained in the instruction manual, Mutants acquire spell-like magic
abilities which change as the
characters advance in level. What
the manual doesn't say is that you
have very little control over how
these abilities evolve. There are,
though, some principles to bear in
mind. The more you use the
abilities, the more likely they are
to change. This is kind of a
"catch-22" in that if you don't use
the abilities, they will not improve
or strengthen; however, it seems
that as soon as your Mutant gets a
set of abilities you like to use,
they change. The manual says that
once Mutants reach a certain level,
they can no longer use store-bought
items. This is simply not true.
Mutants always have the option to
use armor, weapons, and other items;
however, the more you use
store-bought weapons, the
less-likely your Mutant abilities
are to develop and change. In fact,
if you use weapons too often, some
of your mutant abilities will
spontaneously "fizzle out"--they
will still be on your Abilities
menu, but the number of uses will
drop to 0 until you visit an Inn.
Mutants are the only characters who can get the most use out of the
P-Knife, P-Sword, and Vampic ("vampiric")
Sword. The P-Knife and P-Sword do
damage as a function of the
wielder's Mana; Humans don't have
any, so they should not use these
weapons. The Vampic Sword does
damage by absorbing HP from the
enemy struck by the sword; these HP
are added to the wielder's HP, but
only if the wielder's HP are not at
the wielder's current maximum. If
the wielder's HP are at maximum, the
sword will absorb HP from the enemy
but will not pass the HP to the
wielder. The absorption power of the
Vampic Sword may be linked to Mana,
since it seems to always absorb 0 HP
when wielded by a Human.
Monsters
Monsters come in many shapes and sizes. Some are creatures from the
Continent's past, and some are
newcomers from The Tower who have
proven to be friendly. All have
mastered the ability to communicate
with the man-like races and have
even begun to co-exist with them. As
players, the monster character also
has an individual method of growing
stronger. The monster character
gains strength by eating the
specially seasoned meats carried by
most creatures. When a monster
character eats meat, he may
transform into a beast of another
form. He will have all the HP's and
powers of the beast. This means he
can transform into a beast weaker
than himself should he eat the meat
of a weaker enemy. And of course, if
he eats the meat of a more powerful
monster, he thus becomes more
powerful.
Monsters start with low HP's, but some have strong attacks. Monsters
cannot use items. As the manual
explains, Monsters advance in
level/abilities by eating the Meat
of other Monsters; most of the time,
this will cause the Monster to
transform into another type of
monster, but sometimes all that will
happen is a recharge of HP and
abilities. Bear in mind that the
transformations are not always
upgrades! It's very depressing to
have a nice hefty Oni eat the wrong
meat and end up a Fly. Bummer.
