For the first time, I actually was serious about catching and breeding monsters, and then poaching them for good equip. I don't have a guide handy (I'm sure there are a million on the net, but I like to figure stuff out, if I can...), so I caught a few different classes of monsters, waited to breed all three of their types, and then went into battle with Secret Hunt and sadistically slaughtered them, Orlandu style.

And I'm not sure who gave it to me, but I got a "Holy Lance" from someone. Up until today, I had figured that the best spear was the Oberisk. I've heard about a "Javelin II" or something, that you get from Nelveska Temple, but I've never gotten it, so I'm not 100% sure about that whole story.

So anyway, I figured I'd catch a few really tough monsters, and poach them. So I headed to Germinas Peak, where I nabbed me a Blue Dragon! And I'm fairly certain that one of the three Dragons I poached provided a wonderful Dragon Whisker.

So I wanna ask, what other creatures are good for the poaching? I tried to get a Mindflare, but wouldn't you know it, everytime I got close enough to invite him, I ended up Berserk or Confused. So I just Orlandu'd him. I'd bet that the three-headed dragons give you sweet stuff, but I've never seen them outside of the final set of fights, most notably, the one with Balk. And Behemoths. They're probably okay too. I don't know. I know that Chocobos aren't... At least, they never gave me anything great, I don't think.

I did get a weird item, though. I got a stick-type weapon that's weaker than the Octagon Rod, but isn't sold in stores. It doesn't have any cool effects like +3 MA or anything. It's called "Ivory" something or other. I thought it was strange to get a bad item that you can't buy in stores!

Oh, and I kicked out Rafa and Malak to make room for my monsters. Agrias and Mustadio stayed because Mustadio leads to Beowulf/Cloud, and Agrias is hot. And Meliadoul fits in there somewhere, although her skill is WORTHLESS against non-human opponents. And I stole a Defender from her in Bervenia. It was sweet. That sword brings new definition to the Knight's "Weapon Guard".

Yeah.