Shuko
01-01-2005, 04:28 AM
I just finished the Cyclone level, and while I was leveling up in the dungeon, I beat up a lot of "Wizard"s (They're the freaky hag-looking things with the PURPLE cloaks). Every so often one would drop an "osmose" tome. They also carry warp, drain, and flare tomes, in addition to diamond cuirass. Anyway, osmose is freakin' awesome! It lets you absorb your opponent's MP point for point! Not only can you keep opponents from casting spells, but you can refill your mp for free! And free mp means free cures... nyeheheheh. I'll never have to visit an inn or buy ethers again! :P
Drain is okay too, if you level it up enough. You can drain your opponents' hp, but so far I haven't used it all that much. I see no point when I can refill my mp and cast cure on myself, giving me more mp than drain would.
But there's one small problem with both of these spells. They work great for most foes, but don't ever use them on dead-looking critters or vampires. It'll do the opposite - you'll give THEM your hp or mp. On the other hand, that's also played to my advantage in a few cases. I had a character with low mp, and did that to him by mistake. At the end of the battle, he'd given all his mp to the opponent, but when it was all said and done, he got an mp boost. I did it the same way a few more times, and it happened again pretty reliably. So that might be a good way to raise max mp. That's another good thing to think about. Hm...
Lemme know what you guys think. As far as I know, I've only seen Wizards in the Cyclone fortress, but they might be elsewhere too. Sorcerers and Magicians drop good items, but not osmose tomes. If you've not played the Cyclone fortress yet, or are still there, I'd consider getting four or five of the things, just in case. I'd check a walkthrough to see if they show up later on in the game, but I'm too lazy. :tongue:
Drain is okay too, if you level it up enough. You can drain your opponents' hp, but so far I haven't used it all that much. I see no point when I can refill my mp and cast cure on myself, giving me more mp than drain would.
But there's one small problem with both of these spells. They work great for most foes, but don't ever use them on dead-looking critters or vampires. It'll do the opposite - you'll give THEM your hp or mp. On the other hand, that's also played to my advantage in a few cases. I had a character with low mp, and did that to him by mistake. At the end of the battle, he'd given all his mp to the opponent, but when it was all said and done, he got an mp boost. I did it the same way a few more times, and it happened again pretty reliably. So that might be a good way to raise max mp. That's another good thing to think about. Hm...
Lemme know what you guys think. As far as I know, I've only seen Wizards in the Cyclone fortress, but they might be elsewhere too. Sorcerers and Magicians drop good items, but not osmose tomes. If you've not played the Cyclone fortress yet, or are still there, I'd consider getting four or five of the things, just in case. I'd check a walkthrough to see if they show up later on in the game, but I'm too lazy. :tongue: