Final Fantasy Hacktics

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Mamma Chocobo

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Difficulty:
Easy-Medium

Location:
Mandalia Plains

Enemies:
1x Mamma Chocobo
Sprite: Chocobo (Double sized if possible)
Skills: Heavily based on reviving and healing

4x Chocobos
Sprite: Chocobo
Skills: Normal

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Goblin Chieftain

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Difficulty:
Easy

Location:
Thieve's Fort

Enemies:
1x Goblin Chieftain
Sprite: Goblin, unique palette
Skills: Martial Arts and stealing

3x Goblins
Sprite: Goblin
Skills: Normal

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Shinryu

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Difficulty:
Hard

Location:
Doguola Pass

Enemies:
1x Shinryu
Sprite: Dragon, white palette?
Skills: All kinds of breaths, strong physical attacks

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Cthulhu

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Difficulty:
Hard-Very Hard

Location:
Bariaus Valley

Enemies:
1x Cthulhu
Sprite: Mindflayer, dark green palette
Skills: Based on madness and insanity, and maybe devouring

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King Behemoth

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Difficulty:
Medium-Hard

Location:
Bariaus Hill

Enemies:
1x Behemoth King
Sprite: Uses Converted Devil sprite from Makai Kingdom, Mav made a port,
           but the walking frames need fixing still.
Skills: Meant to be a tank, with more powerful versions of Behemoth skills.

4x Behemoth's
Sprite: Behemoth
Skills: Normal

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Thextera

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Difficulty:
Easy

Location:
Zeklaus Desert

Enemies:
1x Thextera, 7x Red Panthers
Sprite: Uses a Coeurl or Vampire sprite.
Skills: Utilizes speed and buffs its allies. Haste, Protect, Shell, Regen, etc.

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Carrot

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Difficulty:
Hard

Location:
Yuguo Woods

Enemies:
1x Carrot, 5x Malboro
Sprite: Uses Great Malboro sprite.
Skills: Standard Malboro skills, Bio skills, and Seed Dispersal (fully revives/heals all Malboros)

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The Summonce

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Idea with this one is that the summoner calls powerful
spirits in an attempt to build an army. Ramza has to stop him.

Difficulty:
Hard-Very Hard

Location:
Bervernia Volcano

Enemies:
1x Summoner
Sprite: Summoner
Skillset: Normal
Notes: ??? stats

5x Robed Skeletons
Sprite Skeleton
Skillset: Normal

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The Pack

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Difficulty:
Easy-Medium

Location:
Yuguo Woods

Enemies:
1x Wolf Knight (the pack leader)
Sprite: Wolf Knight
Skills: Heavily based on offense and stat debuffs

2x Werewolf
Sprite: Werewolf (the black and red one)
Skills: Normal

3x Wolf
Sprite: the white wolf sprite :D
Skills: Normal

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The Haunting

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Difficulty:
Medium

Location:
Poeskas Lake

Enemies:
1x Behemoth King
Sprite: Young Boy, Skeleton
Skills: Young boy isn't present in battle. Skeleton should be quite strong.

1x Skeleton
Sprite: the Bald skeleton sprite.
Skills: Normal

Story:
Rumor is about someone seeing a skeleton scaring people off at the above location.

Player arrives at location to find a child scaring people with a "fake" skeleton
that he built from parts/bones he found in the area.

The skeleton comes to life stating that the child will pay for desecrating his corpse.

Player has a choice.

Choice 1. Rescue the child.
Player throws a rock at the back of the skeletons head, as he turns around, the child runs off the screen.
Battle ensues. After defeating the skeleton he fades out. Player, confused, looks around.

The child walks back onto the screen, floats into the air and turns a whiter shade.
He thanks the player for freeing his spirit, explaining that he has been cursed for many years.
The boy vanishes. The End
(yea i know, I'm not a writer.)

Reward: Ramza permanently gains 5 brave. (?)

Choice 2. Leave the child.
(You're an asshole if you picked this)
Player decides that saving the child is not worth his time to saving. As you character turns around
the skeleton approaches and kills the child, a few moments later both fade away.

Reward: Ramza permanently loses 10 brave. (?)

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Extinction of Cougars?

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Difficulty:
Medium

Location:
Araguay Woods

Enemies:
2x Male Berserker - Yellow Palette
3x Female Berserker - Yellow Palette

Neutral:
1x Cougar

Story:
Cougar sightings have been declining at a rapid rate due to animal poachers.

Player arrives at location and finds a cougar running away from poachers.

Player has a choice.

Choice 1. Save the Cougar.

Ramza yells at poachers.
Berserkers notice Player and turn to face him while yelling some mumbo jumbo.

After victory, Ramza walks up to the cougar but it flees.

Reward: Ramza permanently gains 5 brave.

Choice 2. Kill the poachers and skin the Cougar.

Critical cougar on the floor, Ramza goes up to it hits it and the cougar turns to bones.

Reward: Ramza permanently loses 5 brave but receives armour pieces. I.e. 'Cougar skin vest'. (Change reward if not possible)

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Thirsty Tortoises

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Story:
Based from the FFF:CT story, "The Adamantoise and the Cactuar: Episode 1".

Thirsty Adamantoises quietly and systematically line up to drink some water in Finath River. A certain drinking spot in the river contains a pure kind of water which makes the tortoises' body and shell sturdier. A moment later, a thirsty Cactuar appears at the end of the line. The Cactuar is very thirsty, and rants about the Adamantoises' slowness in drinking water. The Adamantoise in front of the Cactuar got pissed with the Cactuar's rants, and in turn, knocks the Cactuar back! The Cactuar fights back. The rumble begins.

Difficulty:
Medium, expect a long battle.

Location:
Finath River

Enemies:
3x Tortoise - Green palette; lined-up x,y:(4-5,3-6)
2x Tortoise - Green palette; scattered around map near water

Neutral:
1x Cactuar

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Procure Shield from Foreigners

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Story:
Bervenian forces travelling over Ivalice are rumoured to be holding a mighty fine shield. When you encounter the odd characters there would be a reminder about the shield triggered by some dialogue.. one of the two leaders of the group would have it equipped, and to get it; it must be stolen by a rogue.

Difficulty:
Difficult :p

Location:
Fovoham Windflats

Enemies:
Main 1: Male Paladin (brother, commander), Main 2: Female Paladin (sister, lieutenant), Guard: Lazuli (Officer[possibly recolored]), and more guards: two Corsa's (soldiers[possibly recolored]).

Reward:
A really well made shield.

If you fail to get the shield and simply murder the foreigners some kind of penalty must be suffered. (may not be possible?)

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Gigamesh

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Difficulty:
Hard

Location:
Zirekile Falls

Song:
Battle on the Bridge

Enemies:
1x Gigamesh (??? stats, possibly with maintenance)
Sprite: Lijj's male samurai, or an original sprite
Skills: Swordsmanship, self-buff skills in reference to FFV

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Immortal Monsters

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Story:
(Remember when ******** made those monsters immortal to fight *** ****** and ******? Well they're out to kick some other people's asses now.)
New, strange, and powerful monsters have been cropping up recently.
Something is causing the monsters native to our land to grow stronger, and we have to wipe them out before we can't hold them back any longer. Zigolis Swamp is said to hold the most dangerous bunch right now...

Difficulty:
Hard

Location:
Zigolis Swamp

Enemies:
x1 Malboro
x2 Skeletons
(I think... Whatever monsters ********* made immortal in that scene)
Innate Regen so that they're blue, like they were in the event and so that they're harder to take down. Should be some significant level higher than the party.

Reward: Malborobow (bow, adds some random de-buffs maybe), and Money! (bow may not be an option as most weapons are decided)

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Finding Carrot(mk. 2)

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Story:
Reference to Ivalice's Carrot (FFT\FFTA\FFXII)

Carrot, the pet Morbol, has ran away again! She has gone wild after eating the cake her owner baked on her second birthday! Find and take Carrot home before she hurts someone!

Difficulty:
Easy <- Full status protection \ ranged attacks
Hard <- No status protection \ melee attacks

Enemy setup:


Location:
Bill: Lionel Castle
Battle: Bariaus Hill

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Elemental Chaos

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Story:
Barkeep: Startling rumors have begun to spread of frightening occurrences around Zeltennia. The wind has stopped, the sea is wild, and the ground has begun to rot! What's more, it seems to be have already spread as far as Bervenia. Denizens of the coast have also stated that the night sky is interrupted by a strange glow from Nelveska Temple across the bay. Could this be the source?

(I originally suggested this idea on the non-staff board. It would be a battle against the four elemental fiends from final fantasy 1. It would appear in the later chapters. I haven't read to much into the story just yet, but maybe this could become available after the 4 crystals are united? That would make sense. It's all up in the air for now though.

the biggest difficulty point of this fight is the fact that the 4 fiends each have their own elemental attacks, weaknesses, and defenses. it would take a well rounded party to defeat them without a lot of trouble

one problem is that Tiamat shares a name with a vanilla FFTactics unit. Could we call them "Fiend Tiamat," "Fiend Lich," or something similar to pull it off?)

Difficulty:
Hard-Very Hard

Location:
???

Enemies:


Reward
Based on the difficulty, possibly one very exceptional item (abilites and monsters subject to change)

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Intangir

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Story:
Barkeep: Sky-watchers around Ivalice are thrilled to find the night sky alive with the glow of untimely meteor showers as of late. The spectacle has caused such a sensation that less savory reports of multiple disappearances among rural communities in (Location) have garnered little interest among authorities and adventurers alike. Some who care to speculate have voiced stern doubts that the matching time-frame of these two events is mere coincidence. Never-the-less, a reward is being offered for anyone who can solve this mystery and put the townsfolk at ease.

Description from Final Fantasy 6:


Difficulty:
Medium-Hard

Location:
Any smaller outdoor zone similar to Yuguo Woods would be fine.

Enemies:

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*References "Eastern" mythology* (Has a link.)
Three Beasts from the East

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Story:
"Around the Dougola Pass there have been reports of the sudden appearance of three most unusual beasts that seem to have come the East. The most typical among them resembles the still-new-to-Ivalice Fell Turtle, though its size is even greater than the largest recorded of that beast. The second is a large white cat, almost like a panther and yet striped, stronger & even faster. The third among them is the most awe-inspiring, being a giant bird of brilliant vermilion coloration. They all seem to be acting in tandem, as if searching for something...."

Difficulty:
Medium

Location:
Dougola Pass (well before Shinryuu shows up if possible; otherwise I have another, slightly different Mark in mind).

Enemies:
1x Black Tortoise (uses Fell Turtle sprite).



1x White Tiger (uses Panther sprite, White if possible)



1x Vermilion Bird (uses Juravis sprite, Red [with gold/yellow breast feathers] if possible)

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*References the Marvel Comics Universe*
The Cult of Quaggoth

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Story:
"There have been increasing reports of a talking monster that resembles a Morbol with even more eyes and tentacles. Initially, the first reports months ago were largely dismissed as the ramblings of madmen or drunkards, especially one that spoke of it trying to build a cult to its magnificence. Nowadays, though, there seems to be an increasing number of disappearances and an eerie organization to the Morbols in the area. It is probably best if this is investigated soon."

Difficulty:
Hard/Difficult-Very Hard/Difficult

Location:
Whatever location naturally has Morbols/Malboros, though I'd prefer a (heavily) wooded area over say a swamp or plain or whatever. (Also not sure if you're calling them Morbols or Malboro given both that I haven't encountered any in Jot5 yet and that you switch back and forth in the original post.)

Enemies:
1x Morbol/Malboro sprite named Quaggoth.




1x Male Priest with Black Magic, Double Magic & Arcane Boost.

1x Female Priest with Summon Magic, Double Magic & Arcane Defense.

1x Female Priest with Survival Skills, a Book & Bandit's Eye (or Equip Projectiles) and the lowest Faith of the Priests.

1x Male Priest with Defense Arts, Equip Heavy Arms and the second lowest Faith of the Priests.

1x Male Priest with Defense Arts, Equip Light Arms and the third lowest Faith of the Priests.

1x Female Priest with Dragon Spirit and Beastmaster. (I'd suggest Blue Magic Secondary here too, but I'm not sure if there are...problems with that when it comes to the AI given my lack of testing for Embargo still. So maybe, I don't know, Time Magic Secondary? Yin-Yang Magic? Even Jump or Item?)

3x Class C Morbols

1x Class A Morbol

(No Ochus please, assuming that's what Class B Morbols are still called.)


(Yellow Peril EDIT: In thinking about it more, when it comes to the monsters, perhaps it would be better if there were only two Class C Morbols and instead the other two monsters were Yellow Chocobos. This would serve several purposes: to show that Delita maybe actually sent investigators (i.e. the former Knights) himself since he does care about Ivalice, to further show that that Quaggoth is "assimilating" people & things beyond the "like-bodied" Morbols and to make it easier to differentiate Quaggoth from among the enemies.

It also helps that I know what Chocobo's Beastmaster skill is--Chicken Run--and does, but not Morbol's. I can't imagine that it's still the absurd Morbol Germ, though; it's not like Beastmaster is all that necessary anyway.

Regardless, I think there need to be at least two Morbols.)

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*References nothing*
Doom with a View (or Assisting Suicide)

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Story:
"There have been increasing reports of suicides off the cliff near Lenalia Plateau Fovoham Plains. This would normally not be all that unusual, even if it somewhat mars the new king's reign. The interest, however, is more that some reports say these suicides are 'assisted', if not outright murder. There have also been increased reports of Undead activity in the area. These are doubtless related."



Difficulty:
Variable:

1. Medium-Hard/Difficult (if choosing not to "save" the Guest Knight, in which case you gain temporary 10 Brave like with Algus's 1st fight)

2. Hard/Difficult-Very Hard/Difficult (if choosing to "save" the Guest Knight, in which case you gain nothing save an extra reward at the end, like some type of Knight Sword or something)


Location:
Fovoham Plains (Locus EDIT: Ugh, I don't know why I typed in "Lenalia Plateau", much less got it confused with Fovoham Plains, which is what I meant from the beginning. Such an idiot.)


Enemies:
1x Hume/Human Necromancer with some type of book

1x Undead Lilith



At least 3x Ghosts or Skeletons of some type.

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1x "Enemy" Guest human Knight who has some type of Knight's Sword, Charge Secondary and starts out with Initial: Charm (and maybe Doom) given the Kiss during pre-battle scene.

(Note: If nothing cures Doom, since Reraise & Item sure as hell don't and I'm still not sure about [Choco] Esuna, then it would have to be Initial: Charm only I suppose given otherwise the Guest scenario becomes literally nigh impossible unless you can nuke all other enemy units in the two turns the Knight has left to live. That or you can change the "Save parameters" to not count Dead as an instant loss, though that would have other, potentially far-reaching consequences if you can't individualize such a change.)

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*References Roman Mythology & Greek Mythology* (Has two links)
Killer Cupid/Eros (or Love Hurts)

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Story:
"Recently, it would seem a mad(wo)man has decided to claim Zirekile Falls as his/her home. This person seems far gone, shouting madness about how one must endure pain to discover love and how that makes one stronger while attacking others from the top of the falls. Despite his/her insanity, this person is still a skilled bow(wo)man and quite capable of hitting fleeing targets. As of yet, people have only been wounded, not killed, but with the increasing frequency of these attacks, fatalities seem inevitable."



Difficulty:
Easy (if Cupid/Eros is male)-Medium (if Cupid/Eros is female). [Actually, now that I think about it, you could potentially give Cupid/Eros a male sprite, but make its sex actually female so as to surprise people using the Five with seemingly same-sex Charm.]

Location:
Zirekile Falls (from the South)

Enemies:
1x human Ranger named "Cupid"/"Eros" with a longbow, Steal Secondary, Projectile Guard, Bandit's Eye and Levitate.

1x Ahriman named "Ourania"

1x Plague named "Pandemos"

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Overall Notes: The sex of the human enemies here is intentionally ambiguous and open, though I figured that they would end up being the opposite of each other given that both Marks have to do with "love" in a way. That said, I pictured the Necromancer as being male originally and the Cupid as actually being female; similarly, I pictured the Guest Knight as being male originally.

That said, it could be somewhat "cool" to have some implied Sapphic aspect between the Undead Lamia & a female Necromancer, especially since you could get "away" with it unlike most official games even with the double standard of "girl-on-girl is hot" and all that. Of course, one simultaneously has to be rather careful with linking potentially the only instance of homo-eroticism and/or homosexuality with both (implied) bestiality and necrophilia. So perhaps it's not worth it.

Just food for thought either way.

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Keeper of the Dark

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Location: Not really sure! I'm open to suggestions, but think that something like Murond/ Limberry Undercroft would work

Difficulty: Medium/Hard/Very Hard/1.3 Elidibs+ SNES Insanity

Description: Talk has been circulating about strange goings on in [Location.] Rumours suggest that it could be followers of a militant group naming themselves Mullenkamp.  Upon hearing of the usurpation of [Location,] King Delita dispatched a group of warriors and mages to try and quell these rabble rousers. Only one lowly Animist returned, his life sustained by the chocobo that carried him back. With his steed giving its last breaths, the soldier passed on his final message: 'D'tok... Blood Sin...'

Enemies:

Dragon x1 [D'tok]
Sydney Losstarot x1

Both have ??? stats, with D'tok having innate beastmaster/ monster skill if possible [dunno what tier, need to double check it]

Sydney skills:
Blood Sin [primary skillset]
'Uses ones pact with the Dark to accomplish  inhuman feats.'
Prostasia: Uses magickal arts to increase ones powers to supernatural levels [PA+2 MA+2 Brave/Faith + 10, Reraise. Either all of those 100% add or random add, depends how hax you want to be/ whats possible]
Rood Inverse: A magickal attack that utilises the power of the Dark to call forth utter destruction. [Grand cross basically but renamed and make it possible to inflict decentish damage over a wide area, with random debuff]

Short Charge/ Non charge [if it still exists]
Master Teleport

Reward: Czarine/ Fandango [sword] or Holy Win [Great/Knight Sword] or Dread Shield *realise this'll probably never happen due to equips being decided*

Yeah, description is way too long I think - got carried away there, apologies! Still thinking up a possible moveset and rewards, etc. Mostly want to make an awesome reward for an incredibly challenging fight.

I also realise that this will probably never happen, but just had to get the idea down!

Also, cameo wise, Sora/ Anyone from Kingdom Hearts - the king of Square crossover games?

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*References the Super Mario Bros. franchise*
Stop their Hammer Time!

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Story:
"A trio of hammer-loving brothers have been appearing on the road between [insert city here] and [insert city here] in the past couple of months. A couple of days every week, they block it off from most regular traffic. Unlike regular bandits, these ruffians claim to only want to practice their art in a wide-open space and want nothing of money. As of yet, they have indeed not robbed anyone, but have cost quite a bit of Gil in delayed or lost trade. See if you can speak with or otherwise deal with them."