Zidane Tribal

Mage Masher: Mage Mashers live up to their namesake and have the chance to inflict the Silence status on casters, disabling their ability to cast magic for a one post duration. This is a passive ability and has a 10% (above 90 on a d100 roll) chance of inflicting silence when the blades strike an enemy.

The Ogre: The Ogre uses the combined magical force of the twin Mage Mashers to provide the chance to inflict the Blind status on opponents, diminishing their ability to attack, by over half, for a one post duration. This is a passive ability and has a 10% (above 90 on a d100 roll) chance of inflicting blind when the sword strikes an enemy.

Jump Boost: Raises Zidane's normal, vertical jump from 4m (15ft) to 6m (20ft) when not in trance. [Passive]

Steal - 1 Cooldown Using his sneaky and speedy nature he attempts to steal his enemy's weapon. This action induces the Disable effect, making enemies unable to use their weapon's skills or abilities for a turn until the weapon is retrieved.

Flee - 1 Cooldown Flees from battle at the cost of some gil to distract the enemy. A handful of gil (about 10% of his current amount) is tossed to cause a glitter of light, even noise, that may distract an enemy to allow him a chance to run.

Detect - 2 Cooldown Using his intuition he reads the enemy's nature to detect their alignment, combat style and racial category.

Mug - 2 Cooldown Using that same sneaky, speedy nature he attempts steal his enemy's weapon while striking them for light to moderate damage. This ability induces the Disable effect, making enemy unable to use their weapon's skills or abilities for a turn until the weapon is retrieved.

Thievery - 3 Cooldown Inflicts light damage, as well as additional damage which is dependent on the number of times Steal or Mug has successfully worked on the enemy during the battle thread. 2-4 thefts equals moderate damage, 5-7 thefts equals heavy damage, 8-10 thefts becomes critical damage. The damage multiplier caps at 10.

Rumble Rush - 1 Cooldown A melee strike that is so fast it knocks back the opponent and cannot be dodged. This attack does light damage.

Booster 8 - 3 Cooldown After charging forward the thief attacks multiple times (3) before launching the enemy into the air to draw the attack into other combos. This is a single attack, that can be used to open into a combo attack or a stand alone strike. This attack can be used with either blade archetype (Mage Mashers or The Ogre) and can only be started from the ground.

Tempest - 3 Cooldown This attack can only be used midair. Daggers are thrown out to strike an opponent before he dives down to attack opponent multiple times (3) with retrieved blades before they are knocked back.

Vortex - 3 Cooldown This attack can only be used midair. An upward spiraling attack that slashes at opponent(s) for light damage, than strikes multiple (3) times to knock them back. This attack can be chained to Booster 8 as a combo finisher. It can be used with either blade archetype (Mage Mashers or The Ogre). This attack strikes all surrounding foes, doing area effecting damage


Storm Impulse - 3 Cooldown This attack can only be used midair. A rushing spin toward the opponent(s) strikes for heavy damage before knocking the opponent back. This attack can be used with either archetype of blade (Mage Mashers or The Ogre) and can be chain with Booster 8 as a combo attack. The attack strikes all surrounding foes, doing area effecting damage.

What's That!? - 2 Cooldown A feint that tricks an enemy into turning around, allowing the thief to perform a devastating back attack on the enemy. A back attack raises the damage done by the strike due to lowered guard, causing moderate damage to be dealt, essentially doubling damage. The more the ability is used, the less chance it has of succeeding on an intelligent opponent. The Dice command will determine the success rate: 1-4 Fail: 5-10 Succeed. For every try the roll required to succeed will be higher (6-10, 7-10, etc).


Soul Blade - 2 Cooldown; 2 Post Duration Drawing from the Blade's Spirit the thief forces a status ailment onto his enemy, that lasts for a duration of two posts. With the Ogre the effect of Blind, which reduces an enemy's ability to physically strike their opponent by half. With the Mage Mashers the effect of Silence, which prevents an opponent from casting verbal spells.

Annoy - 4 Cooldown; 2 Post Duration A tactic which inflicts Trouble on an opponent for a 2 Post Duration. Trouble ensures that all, within the same allegiance (team or alignment) to the targeted individual, will feel he affects of their ally's pain and all party members will be forced to take a minor percent of the damage afflicted to their ally during time of their infliction.

Sacrifice - N/A Cooldown Zidane sacrifices himself to restore the health of his allies and reset the highest cooldowns of their abilities. The amount of cooldown restored is measured by adding the highest cooldowns and dividing by the number of allies present. (i.e., There are four members in the group, adding up the current, highest, cooldowns (2, 2, 4, 5= 13) will restore 3 points will be rewarded to the highest cooldowns (0, 0, 0, 1). This only affects the highest cooldown, and if there are two cooldowns of similar count, only one is subtracted. Sacrifice forces Zidane to become unconscious, thus no longer able to participate in battle unless revived from his unconscious state.

Distract - 2 Cooldown; 2 Post Duration When used Zidane becomes a more trying target by distracting an enemy with his words or taunting actions, lowering one's ability to attack him, by over half, for a 2 Post duration due to distracting antics. The cooldown does not begin until after the ability's duration has ended. Distract works like blind, reducing the chance a physical attack will land on the Thief. Distract can be used in conjunction with Counter to crate an effect similar to Evade and Counter

Protect Girls - 3 Cooldown; 2 Post Duration This ability allows the thief to intercept any attack directed toward a female ally, fully guarding the female from any and all damage with his body, thus Zidane taking the damage in their stead, neither deflecting it nor blocking it. This ability lasts for a two post duration, acting like a Paladin's Cover ability, but only for female allies.

Air Dash - 1 Cooldown When facing an enemy the thief can push from the ground to the air in a high-speed Dash toward the target. This ability only works if the thief is on the ground. This ability can only target an enemy up to 3m (10ft) away. This ability does no damage and only draws the thief closer to their enemy, bringing him to a close quarter position.

Reverse Air Dash - 3 Cooldown When in close quarters combat with an opponent, his quick, reflexive form provides him the speed to kick back away from an attack for up to 3m (10ft) away from an opponent.

Counter - 2 Post Duration; 4 Post Cooldown With his speed and accuracy he has the ability to counter any physical move directed at him, immediately attempting to strike the attacking opponent back with a physical attack. This ability can be used with either archetype of his weapons (Mage Mashers or The Ogre). Counter lasts for a duration of a 2 post turn. Counter can only be used twice per thread. Counter can be used in conjunction with Distract to create an effect similar to Evade and Counter which boosts the damage of this attack as it acts like a surprise attack.

[Ability Purchased]

Scoop Art - 2 Post Cooldown Zidane expels a portion of the energy built up in his body out towards an enemy. This ability can be used from the ground or air and does not need a weapon to be cast. This ability is considered a magical attack so is not affected by Protect-like abilities. This ability has a short range, reaching up to 4ft (1.2m).

[Ability Purchased]

Swift Attack - 2 Post Cooldown A slashing attack that is so fast it knockbacks an opponent. It has low damage, but cannot be countered.

[Ability Purchased]

Hide - 2 Post Duration; 3 Post Cooldown By manipulating the shadow and light the thief can become invisible to enemies and allies alike and allow them to sneak about the field, avoiding detection. This ability cannot be used if an enemy is actively targeting him with aggression. This ability can be used with Sneak Attack and Trick Attack to create a combo move.

[Ability Purchased]

Sneak Attack - 3 Post Cooldown This attack doubles the damage done by a normal attack with a weapon of either archetype: The Ogre or the Mage Mashers, by sneaking up behind the enemy to strike their vulnerable backs. If used in conjunction with Hide this attack triples in damage creating heavy damage. This ability can be used in conjunction with Hide and Trick Attack to create a combo move.

[Ability Purchased]

Trick Attack - 2 Post Duration; 3 Post Cooldown This attack works like Provoke, but it can also be used to draw an enemy's attention away from the thief, or another ally to another target, enemy or ally. The thief sneaks behind the individual, known the shield, and attacks the enemy across from them: making seem as if the shield attacked the target. This attack tricks the target into believing the shield attacked them, forcing the target's attention on that shield, for a two post duration. This attack can be used with Hide and Sneak Attack to create a combo move. If used in conjunction with Hide and Sneak Attack, Trick Attack cannot be dodged.

[Ability Purchased]

Bag of Tricks -3 Post Cooldown : A bag that appears to be empty, but when reaching inside the thief knows where to quickly locate hidden objects. Inside the bag are various decoys to deter an enemy. Rolling a six sided die will determine the item used. This attack has a 50% chance of succeeding and target must roll a d100 to defend against it. If 50 or below they are afflicted.


1: A smoke bomb. The smoke bomb acts like a Blind spell and reduces the opponent's ability to land a physical blow by half for a two post duration.

2: A glue bomb. The glue bomb acts like the Bind spell and locks an opponent's mobility, binding them in place for a single post duration.

3: A stun bomb. The stun bomb acts like the Stun ability and disallows an opponent to act for a single turn duration.

4: A sound bomb. This sound bomb acts like a Silence spell and prevents an opponent from using spells for a single turn duration.

5: A sleep bomb. This sleep bomb acts like a Sleep spell and puts an opponent to sleep for a single turn duration.

6: A powder bomb. This powder bomb does moderate damage to opponents within a 1m/5ft radius.

Once a bomb is used it is gone for that thread and cannot be rolled again so if the dice lands on the number of the empty slot the roll goes to the next, full, slot after.

[Ability Purchased]

Slingshot - 3 Post Cooldown Using his tail the thief can cling to any viable surface, such as a pole or corner, to ricochet himself off and charge an enemy. This ability may also be used to toss an ally into closer range of combat. After the individual, or the thief himself, are thrown forward, they can attack to create a one-two strike that cannot be blocked due to the speed in which they were slung toward the enemy. This attack may also use any available debris as ammunition for the shot. After a running charge the thief can slingshot the debris into the enemy or group of enemies. The object cannot exceed twice the thief's own size.

[Ability Purchased]

Aura Steal - 4 Post Cooldown : This ability allows the thief to steal one, active support spell from an enemy and place it on himself or a predetermined ally. This ability acts like Dispel, by removing the supporting effect of such abilities as Protect, Shell and Wall. This ability does not work on Elemental support spells such as Enfire or Nullice. The stolen ability's duration is equal to the duration that would have remained on the opponent.

[Ability Purchased]

Trance - Once Per Thread; 5 Post Duration A surge of powerful emotions that changes his psychical form: his clothing is shed and his clothing and magenta fur comes to cover his entire body. This form allows him access to his EX and Dyne abilities.

[Upgrade Purchased]

Latent EX Abilities while in Trance

•Regen - N/A Cooldown HP slowly regenerates over time
•Air Jump - N/A Cooldown Able to jump higher than usual, over twenty feet
•Dodge Jump - 2 Cooldown Can dodge mid-jump from one enemy's offensive attacks, similar to Aerial Dodge.

Dyne (Underhanded Tricks)

Shift Break - 3 Cooldown A swirling vortex forms beneath all enemies and causes heavy damage. Flying enemies are unaffected.

Tidal Flame - 3 Cooldown A surge of fire energy washes over all present enemies.

Meo Twister - 3 Cooldown Surrounding enemies are struck from above from a barrage of energy blasts.

Grand Lethal - 3 Cooldown Pure energy lances from Zidane and strikes all enemies within range.

Stellar Circle 5 - 3 Cooldown A tornado of energy forms around the thief and draws in an opponent with an inescapable, vacuum force. This attack can be followed through by another attack or ability, completing the combo.

Free Energy - 3 Cooldown The thief draws runes into the air, launching them at the enemy where they explode in multiple, rapid bursts. The attack is fast, and cannot be dodged, but has a short range and can only be used at mid-rage (5ft/1m).

Solution 9 - 3 Cooldown This attack can be used as a feint. A greater range than Free Energy (10ft/3m), this attack releases a barrage of energy runes at an opponent. It has low accuracy, but is used as a distraction for rushing attacks.

Reverse Gaia - 4 Cooldown This ability can only be used during Trance. This attack, when fully charged, allows him to rush at the enemy from multiple angles with successive, rapid dashes. He uses the power of both Gaia and the spirit of Terra to tap into his deep-seeded power. For every successfully landed Dyne skill while in Trance, Reverse Gaia will charge. 1 Dyne ability used will incur light damage to an opponent. 3 Dyne abilities used will incur moderate damage to an opponent. 6 or more Dyne abilities used will incur heavy damage to an opponent. After this move is used, Trance is exhausted.

Invincible - 4 Post Cooldown

Invincible is a massive airship that can be summoned by Zidane, or his siblings, to aide them in combat or traveling. Invincible is a Terran warship capable of catastrophic destruction or enslaving Eidolon. Invincible is capable of traveling between worlds and is a host to a number of souls that were trapped within it. When summoned it uses one ability before leaving the battlefield.

Searing Beam: This attack fires a deadly beam of energy onto the field of battle. It is limited by the user's will and does not reach its maximum, destructive potential under Zidane's orders, so only strikes a 2m (6ft) radius, across a linear portion of the field before returning to the clouds. [This ability can only be used once per thread]

Subdue: This attack fires a hypnotic beam of energy onto the field of battle, targeting one Summoned Beast. This attack subdues them for a single turn duration, rendering them incapable of attacking, defending, or retreating. Once under Invincible's subjugation it retreats into the clouds. [This ability can only be used once per thread]

Teleport: A circular field is placed when the ship lands and allows its passengers to disembark. When it departs, this field allows the ship to call up its riders from the field to its entry hall. It remains in the air until landed or until its pilot takes off. [This ability can only be used once per thread]