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Author: shoruke

Feb 8th 2013 at 10:16:01 AM

{{ADOM}} plays this straight, since you only improve your existing skills by levelling up; you learn new ones from NPCs and wishes. Averted ''only'' by mindcrafters and elementalists, who learn new Mindcrafting powers and new spells, respectively, upon level up.

FinalFantasyVII averts this at the start, granting characters new Limit Breaks through repeated combat, but to teach a given character their level 4 Limit Break, you'll need a special item. There's also the Enemy Skill materia; see Blue Mages.

The Limit Breaks in FinalFantasyVIII are like this. Squall's Limit Break availability is based on his equipped weapon. Zell reads magazines to learn finishing moves. Quistis uses certain items to learn skills. Rinoa takes her dog for a walk, and learns a new skill during the plot. Irvine can use different bullets based on what's in inventory. Selphie (technically) has all of her best Limit Break Magic available from the word go, but once you use the special ones once the show up more frequently in future.

The Overdrives in FinalFantasyX have this feel, due to the [[CastOfSnowflakes diverse nature of the party]]. Tidus and Lulu avert this trope, gaining new Overdrives by using previous ones repeatedly and levelling up, respectively. Yuna only has one skill that she starts with, but gets new Aeons to summon with it during the plot. Rikku's overdrives are based on the party's inventory. Auron levels up by collecting movie spheres, Kimahri learns Overdrives from enemies, and Wakka plays Blitzball.

Ramza's skillset gets larger over the course of FinalFantasyTactics. There's also the Ultima spell (learnable only by Ramza and Alma, and only during two storyline fights) and the Zodiac summon (learnable only by summoners, during one optional fight), which are taught by being hit with (and surviving) the skill in combat, as opposed to most skill which are purchased with JP.

In FinalFantasyXIII, most skills (including basic Attack) are represented by nodes on the Crystarium. The exception is the characters' [[SummonMagic Eidolons]], which are obtained during the storyline and stored in the inventory.