BATTLE SYSTEM
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Besides incorporating Square's trademark Active Time Battle (ATB) System, which gives enemies the freedom to act on their own rather than follow a turn based format, FINAL FANTASY VI also incorporates a few innovations of its own.

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ESPERS
Espers are magical beings from another world who can lend their powers to characters, granting them the ability to cast magic. With almost thirty different espers in the game, each with their own unique powers and abilities, the player is given an almost unlimited number of options with which to customize characters. When a character equips an esper, they earn magic points while fighting battles. When a character earns enough magic points, they gain spells from the equipped esper that can be used at any time. Listed below are a few of the espers available and their spells. The number to the right of the spell description represents the learning rate for that spell. The higher the number, the quicker the spell is learned.

Ramuh

	Spell Name	Spell Description	Learning Rate
	Bolt	Lightning strikes attacking enemies	X10
	Bolt 2	Three times as powerful as the first Bolt spell	X2
	Poison	Damage is gradually dealt to affected enemies	X5

Shiva

	Spell Name	Spell Description	Learning Rate
	Ice	Freezing spell is especially effective against reptiles	X10
	Ice 2	Three times as powerful as the first Ice spell	X5
	Rasp	Take Magic Points away from an enemy and give them to the caster	X4
	Osmoses	Drain Magic Points from an enemy and give them to the caster	X4
	Cure	Simple recovery spell can heal up to 270 Hit Points of damage	X3

Ifrit

	Spell Name	Spell Description	Learning Rate
	Fire	Attack enemies with a blast of heat and flames	X10
	Fire 2	Three times as powerful as the first Fire spell	X5
	Drain	Drain Hit Points from an enemy and give them to the caster	X1

Kirin

	Spell Name	Spell Description	Learning Rate
	Cure	Simple recovery spell can heal up to 270 Hit Points of damage	X5
	Cure 2	Three times as powerful as the first Cure spell	X1
	Regen	Restores target's Hit Pints at regular intervals	X3
	AntDot	Cure characters who have been affected by poison	X4
	Sca	Examine enemy powers and weaknesses	X5

Fenrir

	Spell Name	Spell Description	Learning Rate
	Warp	Allows the party to escape from battles and dungeons	X10
	X-Zone	Sends enemies into the X-Zone, banishing them forever	X5
	Stop	Temporarily freeze enemies in time	X3

Carbunkle

	Spell Name	Spell Description	Learning Rate
	Rflect	The Rflect spell reflects spells targeting the affected character	X5
	Haste	Gives targeted character the ability to ready attacks quicker	X3
	Spell	Creates a defensive barrier against enemy spells	X2
	Safe	Raises the defensive powers of targeted character	X2
	Warp	Allows the pary to escape from fights and caves	X2

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Character Skills

Besides their distinct personalities, each character in FINAL FANTASY VI is also distinguished by a special ability unique to him or her. A few of these are listed below

Slot (Setzer) Setzer's Slot attack is a bit of a gamble. When he uses it, the wheels of a slot machine appear and start spinning. The results of the spin determine the nature of the attack.

Leap / Rage (Gau) When Gau is fighting with the party in the Veldt, he can Leap onto one of the attacking creatures and ride away with it. Gau will reappear in another Veldt encounter with knowledge of the monster's fighting techniques.

Tools (Edgar) Edgar's mastery of machinery turns out to be a very useful skill. He can use all eight Tools that are found throughout the adventure. Many of them can defeat an entire party of attacking enemies at once.

Blitz (Sabin) The Blitz techniques that Sabin learns over the course of the adventure each call for a different button-pressing combination. The techniques range from powerful attacks that can damage entire enemy parties to recovery techniques which can heal the player's party.

SwdTech (Cyan) The master of the sword can lash out at enemies with a series of brilliant strikes. There are eight different techniques in all. The advanced techniques require moe preparation time than the others.

Runic (Celes) Celes has the power of Runic, which when activated, absorbs all spells cast during its duration, preventing enemy magic attacks from hurting party members. All the spells that she absorbs will be converted to Magic Points which will be used to refill her Magic Point reserve.

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