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Well, Anarki, you're right on the money.

1.) There is no set way of casting spells. Any way you've seen it done in an FF game, or any other way your imagination can come up with, is fine, unless stated otherwise later on. Nikolas' style is to just summon the energy into his hands, and then launch it straight from his hand to his target, as you've seen. The only thing he really uses a staff for, is to trip people or whack'em with it like a baseball bat or something to that effect. Your idea about Ice spells forming the ice above the target's head and then dropping down on them, it great. That's the way it works in Final Fantasy Tactics, for example. So go ahead and do that. You could also have a lightning bolt from a Thunder spell, strike down straight from the sky to hit the opponent.
In the immortal words of Journey, AAANY WAY YOU WAANT IT, THAT'S THE WAY YOU NEEED IT, AAAAANY WAY YA WAAAANT IT!

2.) Yes, you absolutely CAN split a spell multiple ways if you want. However, when you do this, you weaken the power of the attacks. In other words, if you cast it at three different targets at once, the initial power of a Fire spell will be split into 1/3 for each of the three smaller attacks. They'll still have power to them, but not as much.
For instance:



That's the way Nikki did it. You don't have to do it the same way. You could go classic FF style and launch three 1/3 spells all at once. Whatever you like.

3.) I'm going to get to work specifying that in the abilities thread shortly, so don't worry. As for Mog Flute, it's not a multi-target ability. It can only heal one person at a time.

Mog Dance, however, IS. It heals the entire party. It can't just target one person.

Yeah, I know. I wasn't kiddin' when I told you that the other day.


And Lightwater, don't worry, it'll be fine. Just try not to make a habit out of God-Moding, and everything'll be cool.

Nope. I got it all messed up when I first put it up. Lots of stuff on my mind, ya know, I can never know when I'm gonna screw up. XP
But I fixed it last night. Or well...I think I fixed it. hmmmmm

*goes to check the abilities thread to make sure*


EDIT: Yup, I fixed it.





However, Mog Dance doesn't restore HP, it cures bad status effects like Poison, Petrify, etc..

Wow.....You keep on keepin' me on my toes, Anarki. How bout I force you into a job of "Idea Think-er Of-er", eh? WORK, SLAVE, WORK! XP

Nah but srsly. Here's the deal:

I did not think that Lot had killed the goblin that had choked on his rod (haha....any joke worth putting here is too easy and has already been done a million times, so I'm just gonna laugh and move on), only kinda..ya know...choked it almost to death. I reckoned it was still alive. So I counted it.

Also, the goblin you cast the Fire spell to IS NOT the same one that hit Tal in the face, and therefore, is dead from Tal's dagger now.

Let me put it this way:

Goblin 1: First goblin killed by Tal in my previous post. Dead.

Goblin 2: The one Lot was fighting, that he choked. I did not assume he had choked it completely to death, therefore it being the one Tal was referring to in the last post when he said "One more..."

Goblin 3: The one you cast a Fire spell towards. I reckoned it was dead from the attack (goblins are really weak...weak enough to be killed with just a slash of a dagger, or one spell. Anacondas are a little tougher.), so I counted two dead, and two alive in the beginning of my post.

Goblin 4: The one Tal killed at the end of my last post. Meaning, by what I had previously understood, Tal had killed two, Goblin 1 and this goblin, and Remetheus had killed one, namely Goblin 3.


Did that clear it up? I hope so. I can't think of another way to put it right now.

So. You didn't have to edit your post.

Also, yes, there are environmental interactions. In fact, quite a few more advanced abilities (which I will not name, and y'all will just have to see what they are when they're unlocked) actually USE environmental factors to work.

So yes, if you cast a Fire spell in a forest, and it missed, it would hit a tree or bush or something. Although I doubt a small fire like that would cause a forest fire, unless it managed to spread fast. And contrary to what people think, living wood does NOT burn fast, except under severe circumstances, i.e., some stupid jackoff pours gasoline all over the forest cause he's an idiot. So it would probably burn out. Even if it didn't, just dousing it with sand would prevent any real harm.

Likewise, if you cast a Blizzard spell and it hit a specific part of a river, that small patch of the river would freeze over for a minute or two. Kinda useful knowledge, eh? XD

Now there ARE places that have special enchantments which prevent anything like that, but you'll KNOW when we reach any such place, trust me.

I don't know about Exodus, but Unicorn and Crusader are fairly advanced. I'll go with the ice goddess Shiva.

Aw, I don't get a character. Oh well, I'll live.

Yay, spoilers.

So William, eh?