Isn't Richard in your party after you get Ultima? This means you could have him learn that spell, so when you defeat the Ultimate Weapon in Souls of Rebirth, you'll have two characters who can cast Ultima. Too bad the spell is still quite useless.

Quote Originally Posted by chronic_Maniac View Post
Well I didn't give her ultima I'm just saying though one of a kind items could be lost. How would you beat the final boss without the blood sword. i don't use walkthroughs so the only way I know is that special weapon. Maybe drain but you won't know unless you try it. Is there a special version of the game where you can keep all the characters? I mean besides the ones that died. I'm guessing there isn't but that would be sweet.
Unless you try it out yourself or read a walkthrough, there's really no way to know some of the bosses in Jade and Pandemonium are weak to the Blood Sword. However, the final boss is definitely possible to beat without any Blood Swords. He has only 10,000 HP, which is possible to drain even without Blood Swords. In DoS version, it didn't even take me that long to beat him without them.