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'' Yuna '' appears as ''White Mage''
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White Wizard, Priest, Shaman, Cleric
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The ''(Japanese: 白魔道士, or しろまどうし in earlier games without kanji support)'' is a character class (or ''job'') in
Square Enix 's ''
Final Fantasy '' series of
Computer Role Playing Game s. It is often also referred to as ''White Wizard'' or ''Priest''. In ''
Final Fantasy III '', a White Mage changes into a more powerful form - the ''Shaman''.
The White Mage is a portrayed as a skilled cleric who casts curative magic. Typically a poor physical combatant, with a limited repertoire of attack spells and an inability to utilize heavy weaponry or armor, their primary use is support for other members of a battle party. There are traditionally a limited number of attack-based white magic spells (such as "Holy") which add some offensive capabilities to the class, but these spells are typically not available until the mage is much stronger. Because of the limited use of the class in combat, the White Mage has occasionally been integrated with the
Summoner class.
The White Mage has appeared in the following games in the ''Final Fantasy'' series:
In addition, the characters
MingWu (''Final Fantasy II'') and
Rosa Farrell (''Final Fantasy IV'') can be roughly categorized as White Mage-like characters, as can
Aerith Gainsborough (''Final Fantasy VII'').
Garnet Til Alexandros XVII and
Eiko Carol (''Final Fantasy IX''), and
Yuna (''Final Fantasy X'') incorporate a number of characteristics of both the White Mage class and the Summoner class.
Like most Final Fantasy job classes, White Mages have a standard outfit/costume. The White Mage is usually depicted as wearing a long, white cloak/robe. The robe has long sleeves and a hood that covers the Mage's hair. Normally, female White Mages wear the hood over their hair, while Male White Mages normally do not wear the hood at all. This has lead most gamers to believe that the only practitioners of White Magic are female, seeing as most White Mage models have the hood over the head. The White Mage character sprite from the original Final Fantasy is usually assumed to be female, an assumption perpetuated by the fact that most White Mages and other White Mage-style characters in subesquent Final Fantasies(and indeed, healing characters from many console RPGs in general) have been female. Another feature of the robe is the red, triangular patterns on the cuffs of the sleeves and bottoms of the robes.
The white mage is one of the character choices posed to the player upon starting Final Fantasy 1. The white mage is a poor attacker though has moderate defense and more HP than a thief/ninja or black mage/wizard.
The White Mage is one of the first few jobs the protagonist could acquire. They could use all White magic up to level seven. While their upgraded job, the Shaman could use level eight as well.
Rosa Farrell is the White mage-like character in Final Fantasy IV. She is able to use staves as well as Bow and arrows. Her HP is moderately low however when using the correct arrows can be an effective fighter.
The White Mage class is one of the first Jobs available to the party. They can use all White Magic spells, while mastering the class allowed players to use White Magic with other classes, as well as giving a +10% Bonus to MP (Magic Points). As in previous titles White Mages didn't have much in the way of offensive magic and were very weak physically.
In Final Fantasy X-2, White Mages are a very useful class in the game. In this game there is no character who really is a white mage, but with the garment grid battle system, the three playable characters (Yuna, Rikku, and Paine) could change into white mages almost any time they want to, with the mage outfit and all. The White Mage dress sphere is found after beating the Flame Dragon at Besaid_Island in Chapter 1.
In the
MMORPG incarnation of the series, the white mage specializes in healing and restorative magic, as well as enhancing and some enfeebling magic. White mages use clubs and staves almost exclusively and may also equip shields. White Mage abilities include Divine Seal, which doubles the power of the next curative spell; traits include Auto-Regen, which gives constant HP regeneration, and Divine Veil, which transforms a status-removing spell (i.e. Erase, Poisona, etc.) from a single target to Area of Effect (AOE) when combined with Divine Seal. The White Mage's 2-hour ability, Benediction, instantly restores massive HP to the whole party within the area. The downside of using Benediction during battle is an extreme increase in enmity toward the White Mage due to sheer amount of HP healed, though in later levels, this can be easily counteracted by the party's tank.
The white mage in Final Fantasy Tactics is known as "Priest" although it has the same main abilities. The Priest Job is part of the "Chemist" branch of available jobs.
In FFTA the White Mage class is available to the Human, Viera, and Nu Mou species. A slight change occurs in the Bangaa class with the use of the Bishop and White Monk classes. Most traditional spells can be learned, and the White Mage is almost a must for all battles. Make sure you carry around a NoClrMagic antilaw card!
''White Mage'' is a regular character in the webcomic ''
8-Bit Theater ''. With an appearance based on the Final Fantasy job class, White Mage is known for her kindness, her frustration with stupidity (Black Belt's in particular), and for walloping Black Mage with her large mallet whenever he offers her one of his often comically inept
Pickup Lines .
The White Mage is a reference to
Witchcraft and such
Folklore . A white witch was a title occasionally given to
Cunning Folk - a witch who would be paid for removing the supposed effects of witchcraft. While there is no evidence for the existence of witches, white witches were a matter of record.
Modern white witches use white magic for purification, cleansing and defense.
