Fractyl: Whoops, that always happens to me. 
I’ll correct it ASAP.
OK, as I hope you people have noticed, I posted my first FF Infinity story (not counting the RP Board stuff) not to mention my first complete Fanfic in a long while!! It was only one chapter long, but that was the idea- instead of killing myself by writing long stories, I’ll write shorter ones that are interrelated. I have no plans right now to reuse the characters I used in “Wedge and Biggs”, but if I do I already have some background events about them. See how that works? 
OK, some more details about Gaia Infinity (I needed to give it more “flavor”) :
-This world is highly magical (duh) or as they might put it “High in Mist” due to the existence of crystals- mainly the Crystals of the Four Elements, but there’s plenty of smaller ones too.
- There’s a sort of “magic versus technology” theme, in that some people prefer Magic to Technology (it’s more powerful, but few people can directly use it) while others claim technology can be made and used more easily. Also, most of the tech is in the big cities, anyway (it’s expensive). The airships are there. Note however, this isn’t a major attitude, plenty of people use both.
-Similarly, culturally most of the world is medieval, but people in the the cities (which are basically independent city-states) use more modern fashions, ways of speaking, etc. (This is not unrealistic- there’s plenty of areas on Earth today with backwards, even primitive cultures.)
-The Ancients, a highly advanced race, once ruled the planet, but where wiped out by some (as yet undefined) catastrophe; their ruins are still all over the world (being explored by adventurers, natch.) Most of the modern tech in the cities was salvaged from them.
-Many of the monsters (including The Weapons) roaming the world were created by the Ancients as well.
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The Summons are this world’s gods; while they are not all worshiped (or are that powerful) they’re immortal and grant mortals who pass their tests (usually by combat) a piece of their power, so they pretty much fit the role.
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The FF Jobs are embodied here as Guilds: anyone who wants to learn the powers or abilities of a Job has to join the corresponding Guild and follow all of its restrictions, including wearing their specific uniforms (eg., wide-brimmed hats and robes for the Black Mages). Note however that if you leave a Guild you retain its powers, but cannot gain any more. Of course you can then join another Guild- this allows for multiclassed characters, like the ones in FF9. The Guilds also hold varying degrees of authority. Examples:
-The White Mages are the medics;
-The Summoners are the Priest class;
-The Elementalists are an old priest class now only respected in the wilderness;
-The Paladins, Black Knights and Dragoons are orders of Knights;
-Black Mages are the magical equivalent of soldiers (with ranged attacks);
-The Sages keep the records;
-The Thief Guild controls crime;
-The Bard Guild are the entertainment providers;
-Monks, Samurais and Ninjas exist but on the “Eastern Lands” replacing the Summoners, Knights and Thieves;
And so on.
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Elements usable here include Fire, Earth, Water, Wind, Thunder, Ice, Holy, Dark, “Poison” (actually toxic substances in general) and Force (Non-elemental). Spells come in three levels, and include both offensive and defensive ones. Also, ALL of the Status effects (positive and negative) exist here; also Scan, Float, Warp, Heal, etc.
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All characters can use “trance” in combat (as in FF9); this is the “default” Limit Break, but some rare characters (the PCs, natch) can develop individual ones.
-All the PC races exist here and get along well (for the most part). Some are rarer than others, though; Humes (humans) are the “main” race only because they are the most numerous (we reproduce like rabbits, natch ) Oh and BOTH types of Moogles (Teddy Bear and Rabbit-like) exist here; they’re subspecies. Fat Chocobos are also a sentient race, but is rare; the normal Chocobos used for transportation are better known. Comparing a Fat Chocobo to a normal one is like comparing an human to an ape. (note: need a better name than “Fat Chocobo” though that’s what they look like.)
-Most of the equipment you find in stores is the typical medieval one- swords, armors, shields, etc.- with guns added (actually, gunpowder weapons existed along swords for centuries, but some people don’t realize that.) Guns and other technological weapons are made by the Engineers Guild. Stranger weapons (rackets, for example) have to be made to order. Of course, all of these can have Elemental or Status Effects added. Legendary weapons like Excalibur exist but are unique and have to be found (duh.)
Potions are the typical FF ones (elixir, soft, etc.) They’re made by the Alchemist Guild. Note: Phoenix Down and such only awaken you from unconsciousness, they do NOT revive the dead.
That’s what I have for now, but it’ll help to customize the characters even more when I use them. And no, I haven’t decided which characters I will be using next. More on that later…
