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psychophant) wrote2020-02-17 04:50 pm
psychophant) wrote2020-02-17 04:50 pm
VESPERIA END NOTES
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SKILLS;
Battle tactics, dark magic, illusion magic, investigating, information gathering, yelling for seven hours straight, matchmaking.
LIKES;
Power, magic, tactics, victory, manipulating others, sarcasm, teasing, technology, learning new things, Saphir, Cumore.
DISLIKES;
Failure, betrayal, plans going awry, being talked down to, being underestimated, insults about his mask, nightmares, separation, death, Rideaux, the Lady, demons.
GREATEST DESIRE;
Power and security, a future with Saphir at his side.
Battle tactics, dark magic, illusion magic, investigating, information gathering, yelling for seven hours straight, matchmaking.
LIKES;
Power, magic, tactics, victory, manipulating others, sarcasm, teasing, technology, learning new things, Saphir, Cumore.
DISLIKES;
Failure, betrayal, plans going awry, being talked down to, being underestimated, insults about his mask, nightmares, separation, death, Rideaux, the Lady, demons.
GREATEST DESIRE;
Power and security, a future with Saphir at his side.
In Fire Emblem: Fates, Iago is a Sorcerer, a very powerful dark mage who relies heavily on very powerful magic attacks. Iago is easily among the strongest in the class, and he's minmaxed his stats to absurd levels. His physical attack is quite literally 0 and his defense stat is very low. He can take quite a few magical hits and deal a lot of magical damage, but he's physically very frail. This carries over into Terca Lumireis; instead of choosing to try to work on that miserable strength stat and actually learn how to use a weapon, Iago's choosing to double down on what he's already good at.
Iago retains his magical abilities from Nohr, but due to the way magic works in Nohr, he can't access all of those skills anymore. He needs either a tome or a staff to channel his magic through. He can't recreate staves, so he's limited to one: Freeze. Once that breaks, he can't use that spell anymore. Tomes are a little more flexible; he's memorized his so it's simply a matter of taking the time to rewrite them all. Obviously, that's going to take forever, but once he's managed it he can use Excalibur, Fimbulvetr, and Ginnungagap. These spells are adapted to fit into Terca Lumireis; while they come with a much shorter casting time, their accuracy is pitifully low and Ginnungagap comes with the drawback of limiting his own magical power for some time after using it.
Because he's once again minmaxed too damn hard, Iago is entirely incapable of using Strike Artes. He uses tomes as weapons and is entirely incapable of defending himself physically because they're used as conduits for his magic. His minmaxing does have a benefit, though; he's able to learn a very wide variety of spells with enough time and practice and we already know Iago's a huge nerd who will do nothing but that once he's found tomes to study. The list below is a complete list of what he can learn, though it's going to take him quite some time to be able to adapt his magic to this world and pick up new spells. His area of expertise is with dark elemental magic, but wind and water are fairly good fits for him as well. Earth and light-aligned magic are easily his weakest.
Iago is also capable of healing magic! He was back in Nohr as well, he just didn't use it very often. Staves are used for healing, but he primarily used ones he could use to debuff the enemy because he's an asshole. Anyway, he can heal here as well, though his healing capabilities are nowhere near as strong as a dedicated healer's would be. He has several healing spells he can use, and he's capable of even reviving the dead, but dying in combat isn't the same as dying in real life so it doesn't really count. It's probably a good idea to bring gels anyway, just in case.
There are some miscellaneous spells that Iago has access to from Nohr that simply don't translate well to combat. Once again, he has to transcribe all of these tomes by hand, so it will take forever to even attempt them and results are varied. He cannot summon any Faceless or Stoneborn in Terca Lumireis since they don't exist, and he can't use his power to control monsters either since none of them are created by his dark magic. His ability to teleport around as he wishes is also severely nerfed given he doesn't actually know much of Terca Lumireis' layout. Even with a perfectly accurate map, he'd still need to visit a place before being able to visualize it enough for the spell to work. So basically he's the Pokémon HM Fly user. He can still bring others with him through teleporting, but that's something he'll have to practice to get used to in this world. He's still capable of using his illusion powers to communicate over long distances and the spell that allows him to control minds could possibly work, but considering how finicky and difficult it is to get working in Nohr, he isn't going to try it.
Finally, with enough training and effort, he can surpass the limitations of Illusio he hit in Krakow and use that particular brand of illusion power to turn himself invisible, among other things. Eventually he'll be able to expand this to his allies as well, but that's only after a considerable amount of work. He can definitely create illusions of anything he wants fairly easily and without any casting time, so there's that too.
Iago's basically the healer/caster of the party, though he can serve as a pretty good magic sponge if necessary. He has absolutely no way to defend himself if enemies get up in his face while he's casting, so maybe keep your mage safe. Or bring lots of Life Bottles.
Iago retains his magical abilities from Nohr, but due to the way magic works in Nohr, he can't access all of those skills anymore. He needs either a tome or a staff to channel his magic through. He can't recreate staves, so he's limited to one: Freeze. Once that breaks, he can't use that spell anymore. Tomes are a little more flexible; he's memorized his so it's simply a matter of taking the time to rewrite them all. Obviously, that's going to take forever, but once he's managed it he can use Excalibur, Fimbulvetr, and Ginnungagap. These spells are adapted to fit into Terca Lumireis; while they come with a much shorter casting time, their accuracy is pitifully low and Ginnungagap comes with the drawback of limiting his own magical power for some time after using it.
Because he's once again minmaxed too damn hard, Iago is entirely incapable of using Strike Artes. He uses tomes as weapons and is entirely incapable of defending himself physically because they're used as conduits for his magic. His minmaxing does have a benefit, though; he's able to learn a very wide variety of spells with enough time and practice and we already know Iago's a huge nerd who will do nothing but that once he's found tomes to study. The list below is a complete list of what he can learn, though it's going to take him quite some time to be able to adapt his magic to this world and pick up new spells. His area of expertise is with dark elemental magic, but wind and water are fairly good fits for him as well. Earth and light-aligned magic are easily his weakest.
Iago is also capable of healing magic! He was back in Nohr as well, he just didn't use it very often. Staves are used for healing, but he primarily used ones he could use to debuff the enemy because he's an asshole. Anyway, he can heal here as well, though his healing capabilities are nowhere near as strong as a dedicated healer's would be. He has several healing spells he can use, and he's capable of even reviving the dead, but dying in combat isn't the same as dying in real life so it doesn't really count. It's probably a good idea to bring gels anyway, just in case.
There are some miscellaneous spells that Iago has access to from Nohr that simply don't translate well to combat. Once again, he has to transcribe all of these tomes by hand, so it will take forever to even attempt them and results are varied. He cannot summon any Faceless or Stoneborn in Terca Lumireis since they don't exist, and he can't use his power to control monsters either since none of them are created by his dark magic. His ability to teleport around as he wishes is also severely nerfed given he doesn't actually know much of Terca Lumireis' layout. Even with a perfectly accurate map, he'd still need to visit a place before being able to visualize it enough for the spell to work. So basically he's the Pokémon HM Fly user. He can still bring others with him through teleporting, but that's something he'll have to practice to get used to in this world. He's still capable of using his illusion powers to communicate over long distances and the spell that allows him to control minds could possibly work, but considering how finicky and difficult it is to get working in Nohr, he isn't going to try it.
Finally, with enough training and effort, he can surpass the limitations of Illusio he hit in Krakow and use that particular brand of illusion power to turn himself invisible, among other things. Eventually he'll be able to expand this to his allies as well, but that's only after a considerable amount of work. He can definitely create illusions of anything he wants fairly easily and without any casting time, so there's that too.
Iago's basically the healer/caster of the party, though he can serve as a pretty good magic sponge if necessary. He has absolutely no way to defend himself if enemies get up in his face while he's casting, so maybe keep your mage safe. Or bring lots of Life Bottles.
FIRST AID: Novice Spell: Restore a small amount of HP to one ally. RECOVER: Novice Spell: Cure one ally of all Physical Ailments. FIRE BALL: 
Novice Spell: Send a fire ball toward the enemy. Continued use will increase the number of fire balls. STONE BLAST: 
Novice Spell: Call forth small rocks from beneath an enemy. CHAMPAGNE: 
Novice Spell: Cause a stream of water to bubble up from beneath an enemy. WIND BLADE: 
Novice Spell: Slash and tear enemies with a wind blade. PHOTON: 
Novice Spell: Attack enemy with an explosion of light. SPREAD ZERO: 
Novice Spell: Collect the darkness surrounding the enemies and send this force back to destroy them. FREEZE: Novice Spell: Temporarily freezes an enemy in place. (Unique.) ILLUSIO: Novice Spell: Temporarily summons an illusion of whatever the caster desires. Non-damaging. (Unique.)
HEALING CIRCLE: Intermediate Spell: Restore a medium amount of HP to allies within range during battle. RESURRECTION: Intermediate Spell: Resurrect one KO'd ally. DISPEL: Intermediate Spell: Cure all allies within range of any Physical or Magical Ailments. SPIRAL FLARE: Intermediate Spell: Focus pure fire and thrust it at the enemy. SPLASH: Intermediate Spell: Cause a stream of water to fall upon an enemy. ARRIVEDERCI: Intermediate Spell: Cause a small whirlwind to send enemies flying. NEGATIVE GATE: Intermediate Spell: Bring forth an evil dimension that blocks enemy movement. TRACTOR BEAM: Intermediate Spell: Lift enemies in the area into the air and send them crashing down to the earth.
REVITALIZE: Advanced Spell: Restore a large amount of HP to allies within range during battle. FORCE FIELD: Advanced Spell: Set up a barrier to protect allies within range from enemy attacks. TIDAL WAVE: Advanced Spell: Draw forth a massive wave to wipe out enemies in a wide range. HAVOC GALE: Advanced Spell: Cause a violent tornado that blocks enemy movement, then crushes them with inner air pressure. VIOLENT PAIN: Advanced Spell: Summon the force of darkness to rend your enemies with countless stabs. BLADE ROLL: Advanced Spell: Slice all enemies that get caught by the sweeping mystic blade. METEOR STORM: Advanced Spell: Summon large meteors to rain down from the heavens and cause great destruction to the area.
AIR THRUST: Altered Arte: Bind the wind into quickly spinning blades to rip the enemy apart. DEMON'S LANCE: Altered Arte: Unleash a lance of evil at full speed at the enemy. BLOODY HOWLING: Altered Arte: Summon the force of darkness, destroying those that get caught in the force field. THUNDER BLADE: Altered Arte: Calls a blade of thunder down on the enemy and cause an explosion of lightning. TEMPEST: Altered Arte: Call forth a huge hurricane and strike enemies with lightning. FREEZE LANCER: Altered Arte: Gather the water in the air, turn it into icicles, and launch them at the enemy. INVERNO: Altered Arte: Bring forth a sharp glacier from beneath the enemy.
EXCALIBUR: Burst Arte: Summon blades of wind to rip the enemy apart. Quick casting time, low accuracy. (Unique.) FIMBULVETR: Burst Arte: Summons massive ice shards to pierce the enemy. Quick casting time, low accuracy. (Unique.) GINNUNGAGAP: Mystic Arte: A massive explosion of dark magic. Quick casting time, very low accuracy, temporarily lowers user's M. ATK. (Unique.) ILLUSORY VEIL: Mystic Arte: Disorients the foe. Temporarily turns the caster and nearby allies invisible. (Unique.)