if you get a red mage treat them like paladins or dark knights because he can fight well and can cast magic. i never found red mages that useful. i only found them good in FF5 because they can learn a lot on that. but still. on FF4 cecil could fight well and do basic white magic when hes a paladin so call your red mage cecil and treat him like a paladin. but still seems as red mages arent brilliant at anything on FF1 its best to stay away.