The Final Fantasy XII Defined Character Class List
Hey all. I'm new here, but have spent the last day or two working on a project that I thought I would share with the masses. Although the 'Enforced Class Challenge' has been around for a while, I decided to take a different approach concerning FF XII and the 'job class system', by looking at each character and assigning them a specific defined class (as per the characters from Final Fantasys IV, VI, and IX), and here's what I came up with:
Vaan
Based on his storyline and initial equipment, the class that best suits Vaan is the Thief class, which gives him access to the Steal technick, and lets him equip Smallswords, Daggers, all Accessories, and Light and Mystic Armor.
Penelo
Penelo was actually the hardest character to assign a specific job class to, but I was helped immensely by looking at Revenant Wings, which puts her into the Dancer class. Classifying Penelo as a Dancer gives her access to the Charm technick and level 1 White Magick, and lets her equip Daggers, Staves, Rods, Poles, all Accessories, and Light and Mystic Armor.
Balthier
Balthier would've been just a simple Gunner if it weren't for the existence of the Sky Pirate class from Final Fantasy Tactics A2 and his appearance in Final Fantasy Tactics: The War of the Lions. The Sky Pirate job class fits Balthier to a T, since that's what he describes himself as, and gives him access to the Steal, Libra, and Poach technicks, and lets him equip Guns, Smallswords, Swords, Daggers, Spears, Crossbows, and Bows, all Accessories, Light and Heavy Armor, and Shields.
Fran
As with Balthier, I could've chosen to make Fran a simple Archer, but instead decided that, because of her initial equipment, she fit much better into the Hunter job class, which gives her access to more than the Archer class. As a Hunter, Fran has access to the [FONT=Calibri]1000 Needles, Achilles, Addle, Break Magic Def., Break Magic, Charm, First Aid, Gil Toss, Libra, MP-HP, Poach, Random Magick, Revive, Steal, and Traveller technicks and level 1 and 2 White and Time Magick, and allows her to equip Bows, all Accessories, and Light Armor
Basch
I was initially going to make Basch a simple Knight until I found out that he's a Paladin in Revanent Wings, which I think suits him better and makes him a more all-around character. As a Paladin, Basch has access to the [FONT=Calibri]Achilles, Charge, Souleater, Libra, Numerology, Stamp, First Aid, Infuse, Revive, and Sight Unseeing technicks and all White Magick, and lets him equip Swords, Greatswords, and Heavy and Mystic Armor.
Ashe
With Ashe, I once again took a cue from Revanent Wings and made her a Time Mage, which also makes her a more versatile character than the class I was originally going to assign her, which was the Fighter class. As a Time Mage, she's got access to the [FONT=Calibri]Charge, Horology, Numerology, Poach, and Stamp technicks and all White, Black, Green, and Time Magicks, and can equip the Bowgun, Swords, Greatswords, and Heavy and Mystic Armor.
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What do you guys think? Do these classes fit the characters? Is there anything that a particular character should be able to do/equip that I'm missing or didn't think of?
