Final Fantasy Tactics: Resolution

[Lydyn]

Alma
"At first, we did what little we could while staying hidden. My brother was content away from prying eyes and living peacefully. Truly, we thought it had all come to it's end, but in reality we would soon discover it to be but a child's dream ... the true war, had yet to finish."

Goals: To provide a sequel to the original storyline, in hopes to provide answers to what happened to characters in the original, explain the stone's origins, Ramza's bloodline, and to create more in-depth character relationships.

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Videos
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Resolution Alpha 1
Promotional Video

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Sprite Previews
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Ramza (Chapter 1)


Alma


Agrias


Miluda


Beatrix


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Job Tree
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Warrior: None!
Chemsit: None!
Knight: Level 2 Warrior
Archer: Level 2 Warrior
Monk: Level 3 Knight
Priest: Level 2 Chemist
Wizard: Level 2 Chemist
Time Mage: Level 3 Wizard
Summoner: Level 4 Time Mage
Thief: Level 3 Archer
Beastmaster: Level 4 Paladin
Paladin: Level 3 Priest
Ranger: Level 4 Theif
Lancer: Level 4 Monk
Samurai: Level 5 Warrior, Level 4 Knight, Level 3 Lancer
Ninja: Level 5 Warrior, Level 4 Archer, Level 3 Ranger
Arch Mage: Level 4 Summoner, Level 4 Beastmaster

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General Changes
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• Classes & Magic rebalanced.

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Class Previews
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Warrior
• Accumulate: Same.
• Heavy Swing: PA*4, Target: 1 - [A powerful swing, but only for beginners.]
• Whirlwind: Weapon Damage, Target: 4 Surrounding Units - [A spinning attack that uses the power of your weapon.]
• Bandage: Heals 30 HP, CT: 3, Cancel: Darkness, Silence, Poison - [Uses basic healing bandages in battle, though takes time to apply.]

Knight
• Inspire: +1 PA, Target: Surrounding Allies - [Inspire those around you with words of bravery.]
• Scare: Adds: Fear/Chicken, Target: 1 Enemy - [Scares an enemy into running away.]
• Fear: Adds: Fear/Chicken, Target: Surrounding Enemies (2 panels) - [Strikes fear into the Knight's enemies.]
• Taunt: Adds: Berserk, Target: 1 Enemy - [Taunts an enemy into a rage.]
• Calm: Cancels: Berserk/Chicken, Target: 1 Ally - [Calms an ally down.]
• Calm Aura: Cancels Berserk/Chicken, Target: Surrounding Allies (2 panels) - [Excludes an aura that calms others down.]
• Defend Other: Adds: Defend, Target: 1 Ally - [Spends your turn to defend another.]
• Knight's Shield: Adds: Defend, Target: Surrounding Allies (2 panels) - [Spends your turn to defend all surrounding allies.]
• Immune: Fear (Chicken)

Archer
• Double Shot: [Still needs ASM Hacking]
• Flame Arrow: PA*10 - [Ignites an arrow on flame towards the enemy.]
• Icey Arrow: PA*10 - [Freeze an arrow and sends it towards the enemy.]
• Thunder Arrow: PA*10 - [Empowers the arrow with lightning.]
• Gravel Arrow: PA*10 - [Wraps the arrow in earth and sends it flying through the air.]
• Triple Arrow: [Still needs ASM Hacking]
• Holy Arrow: PA*15 - [Blesses the arrow with holy might.]
• Dark Arrow: PA*15 - [Damns the arrow with unholy darkness.]
• Soul Arrow: PA*20 - [Put your heart into the shot and let it soar.]

Monk
• Chakra: CT - 6

Priest
• Cure, Cura, Curaga: Reduced to Range 3
• Protect & Protectra: Success Rate Switched, Protectra reduced CT & MP cost
• Shell & Shellra: Success Rate Switched, Shellra reduced CT & MP cost
• Wall: Success rate bumped up

Wizard
• Fire Spells: Effect Area increased
• Thunder Spells: CT reduced
• Blizzard Spells: Range increased
• Immune: Frog

Time Mage
• Hastra & Slowra: CT & MP cost reduced
• Stop: Success rate increased slightly
• Float: Success rate increased
• Gravi & Gravira: Changed to direct dark elemental spells
• Immune: Stop

Summoner
• Golem: Removed.
• Spell Summon Ranks;

• Moogle [Heal]
• Shiva, Ramuh, Ifrit [All Damage]
• Titan [Damage]
• Fairy [Heal]
• Leviathan & Silf [Both Damage]
• Lich [Straight-Forward Damage - Dark]
• Carbunkle & Odin (25% of inflicting Dead) [Both Damage]
• Salamander [Damage]
• Bahamut [Damage]
• Cyclops [Damage]

Thief
• Steal Voice: (SP+50)% - [Silence thy tongue by stealing it.]
• Steal Magic: Absorb MP (PA*WP) - [Siphon an enemies magical energy.]

Beastmaster
• Tamer's Tongue: (MA+X)%, Adds: Invite, Monster Only - [The Beastmaster uses his talents to command the beast to join their cause.]
• Monster Care: Heal 10%, Add: Regen, Monster Only - [Uses the connection between human and monster to tend to the wounds of the beast.]
• Quick Foot: (MA+X)%, Adds: Haste, Monster Only - [Commands the beast to go faster.]
• Beast Shield: (MA+X)%, Adds: Protect + Shell, Monster Only - [Protects the beast using ancient magics.]
• Beast Flame: (Damage_Faith(PA+MA*Y), Monster Only - [Uses ancient magics to burn beasts to ash.]
• Beast Blizzard: (Damage_Faith(PA+MA*Y), Monster Only - [Uses ancient magics to freeze a beast's bones.]
• Beast Light: (Damage_MA*Y) (MA+X)%, Adds: Petrify, Monster Only - [Uses ancient magics to call upon a light that incases beasts in stone.]
• Beast Darkness: (Damage_MA*Y) (MA+X)%, Adds: Dead, Monster Only - [Uses ancient magics to call upon a darkness that slays beasts.]
• Invigorate: Heal 10%, Add: Haste, Monster Only - [Uses the connection between human and monster to tend to the wounds of the beast.]
• Immune: Charm

Paladin
• Aspel
• Blind
• Faith
• Innocent
• Silence
• Despair
• Salve: Heal: Faith(MA*16), Target: Single Unit - [Use healing energies on either allies or the undead.]
• Mend: Heal: Faith(MA*24), Target: Single Unit - [Use healing energies on either allies or the undead.]
• Rejuvenate: Heal: Faith(MA*16), Target: Surrounding Allies (2 panels) - [Summon a healing aura to cure the wounds of allies.]
• Shining Ray: Heal: 20% Max HP, Add: Regen, Target: Single Unit - [Call forth a holy light from above to either heal your allies or smite the undead.]
• Immune: Fear (Chicken) & Undead

Ranger
• Grease: Hit: (SP+50)%, Adds: Slow - [Ties to the land creates grease and slows now the enemy.]
• Healing Waters: Heal: Faith(MA*10) - [Use nature's gift of water to heal another.]
• Vines: Hit: (SP+40)%, Adds: Don't Move - [Nature's vines come from the ground and tie the enemy's feet to the earth.]
• Incase: Hit: (SP+30)%, Adds: Petrify - [Liquid stone incases the enemy in stone.]
• Quake: Damage: ((PA+8 )/2*MA) - [Causes a small quake to hurl stones up at the enemy.]
• Wind Blades: Damage: ((PA+6)/2*MA) - [Vacuums in the air cause cuts all over.]
• Flame: Damage: ((PA+12)/2*MA) - [Calls forth flames and burn the enemy.]
• Quicksand: Damage ((PA+4)/2*MA), Adds: Slow - [Casts water into sand and causes pain trying to break free.]
• Sand Storm: Hit: (SP+90)%, Adds: Darkness - [Sudden sand storms make it harder for the enemy to see their target.]
• Ice Storm: Hit: (SP+35)%, Adds: Stop - [Summon an ice storm to freeze the enemy in place.]
• Aiding Winds: Hit: (SP+50)%, Adds: Haste - [Winds come and aid allies along their journey.]
• Lava Ball: Same
• Immune: Slow & Don't Move
• Innate: Lava-walking

Lancer[/u]
• Immune: Don't Move
• Innate: Ignore Height

Samurai
• One Strike, Two Cuts: Damage: ((PA+Y)*SP/2) #HitRandom(1-2) - [Mastering the act melee combat, the samurai is able to draw energies from an Aura Blade.]
• Waving Slash: Damage: (PA*Y), Linear - Using the energies of Koutetsu, one may creating a wave of energy.]
• Waking Slash: Damage: (PA*Y), 3 Directions - [A wide arc is possible with the energies stored within a Bizen Boat.]
• Senpuu: Damage: (PA*Y), 4 Directions - [Senpuu is an ancient whirlwind attack that uses a Murasame.]
• Zenrei: Damage MP: (PA*Y) - [The energies from Heaven's Cloud sucks away the vigor and magical energies from another.]
• Higure: Heal (PA*Y) - [The energy of the Kiyomori provides benevolent healing.]
• Douten: Damage (PA*Y), Adds: Don't Move & Don't Act - [A powerful stunning attack that calls upon a Muramasa.]
• Hitohana: Damage (PA*Y), 3 Directions - [Known as the flower attack, this ability draws energies from Kikuichimoji.]
• Mugen's Moon: ((PA+Y)*SP/2) #HitRandom(1-15) - [Calling upon the energies of a Masamune, one can draw out the blade with godly speed.]
• Iaijutsu: (PA*Y), Adds: Dead - [The ultimate draw skill. It's able to slay the opponent where he stands.]
• Immune: Fear & Berserk

Ninja
• Shadow Cloak: (SP+X)%, Adds: Transparent, Self - [The ninja is able to cloak himself in shadows.]
• Backstab: WP^2 - [Uses an assassination skill to bypass enemy defenses.
• Quick Draw: SP*WP - [Draws the weapon quickly and uses grace instead of power.]
• Sakasa: Damage: 25% Target's HP, Cancels: Oil - [The second part of this skill, it removes the mark from the enemy using dark energies.]
• Kurojutsu: (SP+X)%, Adds: Oil - [Adds a dark and evil mark to the target.]
• Flesh Step: (MA+X)%, Adds: Quick, Self - [Uses an ancient Jutsu mostly used for travelling and escaping.]
• Dokumori: Absorb HP (Weapon), Adds: Poison, Female Only - [An ancient sword skill that is able to inflict poison and steal life.]
• Raijin: Absorb HP (Weapon), Adds: Slow, Male Only - [An ancient sword skill that is able to steal life and vigor.]


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Credits
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• Zozma: Miluda Sprite & Aid with Agrias Sprite
• TheDamned: Suggestions
• Joeker/Itachi: Story Ideas
• Disco_Peach: Story Ideas
• Zodiac: ASM Hacks
• SentialBlade: Custom ASM Hacks
• Zephyr: Paladin's Shining Light ability
• melonhead: FFT Patcher, FFTacText, & Shishi Sprite Editor
• Lasting_Dawn: Ideas

[The Damned]

There is a general goal to this though, in that it'll explain the stones more, Ramza's Ancestor, and an even deeper plot. I'm highly inclined to do a romance too (probably as a side quest) with one of the characters.

Since I'm a nitpicky bastard and in a bad mood, I would first like to get out of the way that you most likely mean "Ramza's descendant" not "ancestor", as that would mean a prequel*, not sequel.

Secondly, not to knock your writing ability (since I have no idea what it is), but I wouldn't try and offer a deeper plot right from the start, especially since some us can be utter fanboys when it comes to FFT (unsurprisingly) and plots that try to be (too) "deep" (which is an extremely nebulous descriptor anyway) can end up being seen as pretentious (*cough*Evangelion*cough*); similarly, a plot not need to be deep (or at least try conspiciously hard to be so) to be good or better than average (especially since "90% of everything is crap").

Next, I have to say right now that I'm not a big fan of romance in general, a particular dislike that has increased ever since I started working a bookstore and see that pretty much all Romance is either a)vampires (seriously) or b)bodice rippers/basically textual pornography. If you can pull off tactfully, then I probably wouldn't mind, but I'm probably in minority about minding so much about romance anyway.

Lastly, I will be glad to beta test for you since all I have is time (and, well, I now have another motive as you will see below) now for at least 7 months and I need something to prevent me from killing myself out of sheer crushing ennui. Please keep in mind that I'll still be beta testing Shuushin--I'll starting doing that again tomorrow--and that I still have to finish my normal playthrough of FFT 1.3 and its finalized DD.

So another playtester or two would be nice--this would probably do well for Shuushin as well.

P.S. I suppose, since it's relevant, I should get it out of the way here: I'm one of the people who liked/didn't mind FFT's nebulous ending as to whether Ramza (and co., Alma included) died saving the world from Altima.

However, I personally believe that they all did die. Ergo, I'm not sure how I would feel about there being a direct descendant of any Beoulve.



*Okay. So now we're at the end of this post. If you read this far (or skipped down like a lazy bastard out of curiosity when you saw the asterisk), then you're probably wondering what I've yet to say.

Well, since it's suddenly so relevant, I would like to announce that I'm currently in the very prelimnary stages of making a prequel (of sorts) to FFT that explains how a lot of things came to be in Ivalice. (I'll probably have to get around to playing Vargant Story if I can't get an accurate timeline of when it occurs.)

That's the patch that I've mentioned to you a couple times, Lydyn.

[Lydyn]

No, I meant ancestor. Altima mentions this at the very end, about how he is the descendant of the one who beat him before. So, I wish to cover more information about this ... though I respect your view on how it ended, I personally believe they didn't die - or maybe rather I choose to believe they didn't die. To me it somehow seems heroic that he kept living secretly and out of sight for the rest of his days (well, excluding the story of this patch of course).

When I mean romance, I ... mean romance. Not anything to do with vampires or sex. About the emotions and relationship that goes into falling in love. I mostly want to do this as a side quest because I know not everyone is a sucker for such things as I am. I love it, myself though and I do want to include it. For those who don't do the side-quest will likely get hints too it, but probably won't ever see it bloom.

Despite this, I really am glad you're still willing to help beta test this while you have. Testing Shuushin will still be a huge help for this as well, shince I'm using it as a base (though lots of things will still change). Whether you're willing to help with this story or not, I'd be willing to help you with yours when it comes around or you need ideas.

Lastly, but not least, by deeper ... I don't mean in the sense it becomes more complicated. Well, it sort of does, but I usually tell my stories in a way that there are huge twists and shocks, but not often as much complication as the original FFT. It will go deeper, as in the plot thickens, but not more complicated. There's no reason for that.

[The Damned]

No, I meant ancestor. Altima mentions this at the very end, about how he is the descendant of the one who beat him before. So, I wish to cover more information about this ....

Oh, okay. I would have not remembered that even if I had known that you were alluding to something in the game. It's been a while since I've seen Altima's death (probably about a decade).

I'm completely fine with this project, then.

[For the record, I probably won't need that much help with me story outside of finding accurate timelines for things/things from the PSP version. I want to have a rough draft of it by around the time of December. Thanks though.]

[Vanya]

I must interject on the point of Ramza & Alma's survival. The video showing the two of them visiting a grave after the funeral scene tells me they did survive. =)

[Archael]

if you need help with this count me in!!

2 things; however

1) Don't call it Resolution.. horrible title!!

2) We're gonna need to come to a consensus on what happened to Alma and Ramza

[Lydyn]

Whoa, Arch is helping!? Thanks. Uh, for the title ... you have a better idea? I looked up different words for "End" since the Sequel (or mine anyways) will show a true ending.

And yes ... we will. Like I said, I'd rather this be from prying eyes.

[The Damned]

I must interject on the point of Ramza & Alma's survival. The video showing the two of them visiting a grave after the funeral scene tells me they did survive. =)

I must offer a counterpoint: They were only seen by Olan and just happening to be rapidly passing through, instead, you know, stopping to at least say something, anything.

If Balmafula had been there as well, then I would be more inclined to believe that they were alive at the end, but between the aforementioned and the fact that when Altima dies, she dies in a huge fucking explosion, I think they got toasted.

It's unfortunate, but I think that's truer to Ramza's general character as tragic hero than a "happy" ending where he ends having to hide out with Alma for the rest of his life and then dies of either old age or an assassin.

[Vanya]

The contrary scenario would be the point of this patch.
In a general sense though I think I'll just agree to disagree. =)

[Lydyn]

Yeah, well ... the whole idea to this is Ramza still being alive. So, I know Archeal is interested in figuring this out with me. Anyone else?

[The Damned]

Yeah, I'll agree to disagree, Vanya.

I can't say I'll be of help on the Ramza surviving front (outside the obvious question of how Olan would have found about Murond Death City to write it down), but feel free to hit me up on anything else story-wise, if need be, Lydyn.

I'll at least try and help there.

[Lydyn]

(Outside the obvious question of how Olan would have found about Murond Death City to write it down).

Come again? When did he find this out? O.o

Edit: Those of you help (Voldemort at least), we need a way to talk about the story in private - in a chat room of sorts.

[Archael]

FFH chatroom

I got some ideas

I will be traveling Nov 6-12th though so I might not be online much until I get back

but deff count me in

[Archael]

going to add here that this must carry 0% of the original storyline events

meaning whoever edits the actual thing is gonna need to figure out how to change those

completely and utterly must not resemble original FFT.

[Lydyn]

Well, I'm learning some of it, though it's confusing as hell. It may take quite a while without some help ... I'm amazed Lasting_Dawn is able to do what he does! One of the limitations I'm seeing already is the order of maps ... you'll still start out in the Magic City and follow the original path, which does bum me out.

Edit: I'm in the chat room right now. Dunno how we'd include multiple people in private conversations though.

[Vanya]

I'll chime in from time to time and I can help with research. =)

[Lydyn]

I'm having a hell of a time trying to figure out event editing ... and I'm sure I'm at a major disadvantage for not knowing programming. In fact, all I've done it look at the code and figure out what's what. I'm not sure how well I'm doing right now.

[Vanya]

you might want to talk to Lasting Dawn & Zozma.

[Lydyn]

I pray LastingDawn will explain this to some point of understanding ... Zozma & Cheetah have helped quite a bit, but it's still at the point where I'm staring at it and not knowing what exactly I should be doing. I'd hate to put this on hold ... well, at least the editing. I could at least get all the story down, ENTD events, classes, etc. done though. Of course anything after "Story" needs the story in order to be done. xD

[DarthPaul]

ok *dusts and cocks sniper pistol* WHO THE F*** SAID NO WE WILL F ***ING GUT YOU LIKE THE FISH YOU ARE MAGGOT *shoots randomly* oops sorry vanya