List of Spells and Abilities from SaGa 2

Spells and abilities are special powers that Espers can learn through the experience of battle. They come in a wide range of classes such as healing, offense and support. Depending on which abilities they learn, an Esper can either be a force to be reckoned with or a liability, so it is important to know what their abilities are and have them retain the right abilities. Monsters are also capable of using many of the abiltiies listed, but they cannot learn new abilities unless they change their class. All Robots come with the Null Poison/Paralysis ability and it is unique to their class.

Esper Learning

Espers can learn up to four abilities. Once they have four abilities, the one that is placed the lowest on their skill list can randomly be replaced with a new skill. Switching around skills is the best way to learn all of the skills needed. Espers have a chance to learn an ability once per battle in lieu of gaining a stat increase. What ability they learn is determined by which enemies they fight. All monsters have a hidden level that ranges from 1 to 10. Abilities are also ranked in this fashion. So the only skills available for an Esper to learn will be based on the level of the monster being checked against the ability list with the corresponding number.

Example:

Jugaur is defeated by an Esper, the game will check to see if the Esper will gain a stat. If the algorithm fails, it will then check to see if they will gain an ability instead. The game checks to see that the enemy has a hidden level of 1, it then cross checks this with a table of abilities available. The Esper learns Cure since it it also a Level 1 ability.

Later, the Esper defeats the boss Ashura. His level is 7. If the Esper were to learn an ability, it would be cross checked against the ability table, but in this case, the ability can be anything from Level 1 abilities like Cure up to Level 7 abilities like Resist Physical. This means that while higher level monsters can teach much more powerful abilities, it may become much more difficult to gain the one wanted

Espers can also learn weaknesses like Weak to Fire as a support skill. They can still be removed by placing them at the bottom of their skill list and having the Esper learn a new ability. Espers can also learn multples of the same ability, so they can have three different sets of Cure spells if the player chooses.

List of Spells and Abilities

Healing

Name	FFL name	Uses	Damage formula	Level	Description
Cure		15x	(Caster's Magic + Ally's Magic] x10HP	1	Heals one ally
Recovery	Heal	30x	None	6	Restores Status for one Ally

Offensive

Name	FFL Name	Uses	Damage Formula	Level	Target	Description
Fire	Fire	15x	Magic x 10	1	Group	Hits a Group with Fire Magic Can be boosted with Magi
Ice	Ice	15x	Magic x 10	1	Group	Hits a Group with Ice Magic Can be boosted with Magi
Flame	Flame	15x	Magic x 10	None	All	Hits all enemies with Fire Magic Can be boosted with Magi Starting ability for Female Esper Cannot be re-learned
Cold Air	Blizzard	15x	Magic x 10	None	All	Hits all enemies with Ice Magic Can be boosted with Magi Starting ability for Male Esper Cannot be re-learned
Thunder	Thunder	15x	Magic x 10	2	Group	Hits a Group with Thunder Magic Can be boosted with Magi
Drain Touch	Touch	15x		8	One	Damages one enemy and restores a % of damage as health Some enemies will not give HP even after taking damage. Undead class enemies will reverse damage.
Psycho Blast	P-Blast	15x	Magic x 10	9	All	Hits all enemies with non-elemental damage
Flare	Flare	5x	Magic x 13	10	All	Hits all enemies with non-elemental damage
Self-Destruct	Explode	1x	Instant Death	6	All	Kills Caster and destroys all non-boss enemies.

Status Effect

Name	FFL Name	Uses	Level	Target	Description
Electric Shock	Blitz	15x	3	Group	Lowers enemy groups Agility
Curse Eye	Gaze	15x	4	Group	Paralyze a group enemies
Stone Gaze	StoneGaze	15x	5	Group	Petrify a group of enemies
Temptation	Charm	15x	7	Group	Confuse a group of enemies
Hypnosis	Hypnos	15x	7	Group	Confuse a group of enemies

Special

Name	FFL Name	Uses	Level	Target	Description
Steal	Steal	10x	3	All	Steals Money from all enemies
Touch & Stone	StoneSkin	15x	4	Single	Counter an attack with Petrify
Teleport	Teleport	30x	8	Non-Battle	Warps party to any previously visited location
Kagebunshin (Shadow Double)	Mirror	15x	9	Single	Reflects back single target spells back to enemy.
Vigilance	Warning	Passive	1	Party	Lowers chance of enemy surprise attacks on party
Surprise Attack	Surprise	Passive	5	Party	Raises chance of surprise attack on enemies.

Passive Defense

Name	FFL Name	Level	Description
Null-Poison	O-Poison	1	Immunity to Poison
Null-Paralysis	O-Para	2	Immunity to Paralysis
Null-Posion/Paralysis	O-PA/PO	Innate	Immunity to Poison and Paralysis Robot Class only
Null-Quake	O-Quake	2	Immunity to Quake magic
Weak-Fire	X-Fire	3	Weak to Fire based attacks
Weak-Ice	X-Ice	4	Weak to Ice based attacks
Weak-Thunder	X-Thunder	4	Weak to Thunder based attacks
Null-Petrify	O-Stone	5	Immunity to Petrification
Resist Physical	O-Weapon	7	Take less damage from Physical Based attacks
Null-Element	O-Damage	8	Immune to Elemental Magic (Fire, Ice, Thunder, Poison, and Quake)
Null-Status	O-Change	9	Immune to all Status Effects (Poison, Paralysis, Sleep, Petrification, Confusion, and Charm)
Null-All	O-All	10	Immune to both Elemental Magic and Status Effects.