Which character is better?

[Masamune·1600]

Wouldn't the Mediator skill Preach raise MA as it raises Faith?

No. Preach raises Faith exclusively.

[RedCydranth]

Right, But lets take 2 Black mages of the same Zodiac sign. level and MA on the same battlfield.

Black mage 1 has 70 Faith and Black mage 2 has 40 Faith. BM 1 will do more magic damage because his faith is higher. If you take a mediator and raise BM 2's faith to 80 BM 2's magic will be more potent.

[darkblade117]

and this means that BM 2 will be hurt more than BM 1 when magically attacked

[Masamune·1600]

Right, But lets take 2 Black mages of the same Zodiac sign. level and MA on the same battlfield.

Black mage 1 has 70 Faith and Black mage 2 has 40 Faith. BM 1 will do more magic damage because his faith is higher. If you take a mediator and raise BM 2's faith to 80 BM 2's magic will be more potent.

Yes, but the question was not whether Faith increases magic damage. It was whether Preach raises the MA statistic.

[Koryiaki]

My advice is clone excalibur. change him to squire give him two swords give him good armor and put teleport on him. thats how ramza is oon my game he has 100 brave and level 80 something and hes powerful

move+3 is better then teleport as a squire, cuz your GUARENTEED 7 movement panels that way, better then a risk at 5 or more, and id go with the 2 hit monk, and for second ability, possibly guts for accumulate to increase his damage when he has nothing better to do. As for me, Im doing 3 games, one with ALL generics, one with ALL monsters, and one with NO generics. But yah, dont go with teleport when you can just (only for males) get move+3.

The character's already level 99 so mastering Calculator probably could be effective, if only for the spells that give you bonuses. With the pitiful MA you have the attack spells probably aren't really worth it.

hes level 99, common thread on random encounters would be 96 to 99 lol, so theres a 50% chance they will share it with him

EDIT: Please use the edit button instead of double posting. -Murder