Final Fantasy Discovery

It was really nice to see Leon's concept artwork featured as RMN's Pic of the Moment (thank you for that)! It was also cool because while that was happening, I was working on his new Paradigm skill changes (almost every character has a Paradigm that changes a character's command ability to something new). I finished his up, and he's a little unique from everyone else.

His skill change doesn't just change a command ability to a different command ability, it changes it to an entirely new ability set! Leon's Guardian command has been renamed to Sentinel (his former upgrade), and by using his "Synergy" Paradigm, Sentinel will change to Spellblade.

Those of you familiar with the Magic Knight/Mystic Knight/Spellblade job class first seen in FFV know what's next!

Leon, when paired in battle with Vicks, Wedge, or Lyra, can utilize the spells they have learned to perform attacks with his sword that have been imbued with a magick spell. The character who Leon is drawing power from to use the new Spellblade abilities must be in the battle party, and must also be alive. Wouldn't make sense to be able to absorb magick power from a dead ally.

When using a Spellblade ability that draws on a spell with a chance to apply a status condition (such as most Red Magick spells), Leon's Spellblade has an increased chance to apply the associated status condition.