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| - The Red Mage asterisk is obtained by defeating Fiore DeRosa. Taken almost completely from the constantly appearing Red Mage in Final Fantasy lore, the Red Mage in this incarnation boasts a balance of both White and Black Magic, as well as a better affinity for physical attacks than either of its counterparts. The Red Mage has significantly better stats than the White Mage or Black Mage in most areas, at the cost of a slight reduction in Mind and Intelligence. For this reason, players interested in the White Mage or Black Mage roles may wish to rely instead on a Red Mage with Staff/Rod Lore as a supporting ability. Although the Red Mage only learns magic up to level 4, White Magic or Black Magic can be selected as the job command to gain access to higher level magic. In addition, the Red Mage has support abilities which automatically increase BP when certain conditions are met: these abilities go well with nearly every job and character setup. The Red Mage relies almost entirely on swords to deal physical damage, but still supports rods, staves, katanas, daggers, axes, and spears almost equally. Like the name implies, any character that is a Red Mage wears a primarily red outfit and features the long, flowing robes that are characteristic of a mage. Like its own Performer and the Dancer of Final Fantasy V, the Red Mage sheds its traditional feather motif and adopts a rose-oriented one.
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