Break vs. Death

[Siegfried]

When casted on monsters, is there really a difference???

[Jowy]

Some monsters are immune to instant death spells, such as the undead. Using Break on them would have an effect, whereas Death would regenerate all of their HP.

[Roogle]

Break and Death cause different status effects. Monsters may be immune to one and not the other.

[Darius]

However, casting death on your own character kills it (obviously). Casting break turns them to stone but keeps them targetable by a monster. If your trying to level up, get a full party and "break" 3 members. The monster will hit the characters for 0 damage and the one character that isnt 'stoned' will still recieve the same amount of xp as if there were only 1 character in the party.