Some questions on FFTA

[Skyblade]

No, you don't need to kick out your Thundrake to capture an Icedrake. You can have one of each type of monster (ie: one Thundrake, one Icedrake, etc...). You will get a second dragon soul, but there will be no problem with capturing the Icedrake, unless you already captured and Icedrake and haven't released it.

Monsters can be killed with the No Dmg to Animals rule by confusing enemies, and using counter moves, as stated above. Charm works well too, and isn't as hit or miss as confusion. But both charm and confusion will get you a yellow card, so counter moves are your best bet (other than not going in to battle with the No Dmg to Animals law in play).

Oh, and while Goblins do go extinct, a Blue Mage can learn the Goblin Punch at any time in the game. How? Simple, Goblins are one of the enemies that appear on the multiplayer maps. Find a friend, play a multiplayer game, take your Blue Mage into combat. Get him to learn Goblin Punch, and he should keep it once the battle is done. (I don't remember if this works on Thundrakes too, but Goblins go extinct much earlier, so hope this helps)

[Iceglow]

i found that when capturing putting a creature to sleep always gave more than 24% capture rate I guess I might be wrong but since I have a clan with no mou's in it I dont capture creatures.

[Skyblade]

If I recall correctly, neither sleep nor stop affect your chances of capturing a monster.

Oh, and you do know that if you don't use Morphers, you are missing out on what is potentially the most powerful class in the game, don't you?

[DJZen]

You forgot status effects. You can use status magic on an enemy and not get penalized for it because it doesn't do damage. Not directly anyway. You can also get a beastmaster to control a monster and get it to attack the other animals. There's lots of fun ways to get around laws in this game.

[Skyblade]

This is incorrect. Status attacks are still considered "offensive actions", and will earn you a card if Damage to Animals (or any of the races, if you use the law cards) is outlawed.

[Mittopotahis]

What about control? Is that offensive?

[Skyblade]

Nope. Feel free to Control away. In fact, if you control monster "A", and use it to attack monster "B", monster "A" will receive a yellow card (not that this means much...). And if you then use monster "A" to kill monster "B", monster "A" will receive another yellow card, which means it will get a red card and be taken out of battle! Two monsters with one attack!

[Mittopotahis]

Nope. Feel free to Control away. In fact, if you control monster "A", and use it to attack monster "B", monster "A" will receive a yellow card (not that this means much...). And if you then use monster "A" to kill monster "B", monster "A" will receive another yellow card, which means it will get a red card and be taken out of battle! Two monsters with one attack!

Yeah, thats what I was thinking...

[Skyblade]

One very successful strategy I've found when controlling monsters (in general more than with No Damage to Animals, but it will work then too, it just won't be as useful) is to control a monster, then cast Haste on it (oh, and this isn't an offensive action, so no card), while casting Slow on the Nu Mou controlling it. This lets you use the monster several turns without needing to recontrol it. Smile and Quicken can also help. Get the most out of your monster. If Damage to Animals is forbidden, you will rarely get more than two turns anyway, so this won't help much, but otherwise, it can give you a lot more time with the monster you're manipulating. Sleep and Stop break the control, but Slow doesn't. Just more useful tips for all my adoring fans out there.

[Xalioniaf]

I find that if you have a Paladin with a Hunter, just use Subdue(I think that's what it's called) so he doesn't do alot of damage, then capture the monster.

[Skyblade]

Subdue works, but it will take a long time to lower any monster's health low enough to get a decent catch rate on it, especially if you are aiming to capture higher level monsters (all the monsters in my Monster Bank, save the Goblin and the Thundrake, are level 50). Demi works much faster. Any move that does a specific amount of damage (Downsize for one) is useful too, since you can ensure that it won't kill the monster (which Subdue can do easily, since it usually does more than the 5 damage it says it will do).