Morpher

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Morpher
(めたもる, Metamoru?)
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Availability
Location obtained	Learn five Beastmaster A-Abilities
Required jobs	Beastmaster
Character users	Nu mou
Abilities
Stats	Move Rate: 4 Jump Rate: 3 Evade Rate: 30 Stat growth: Attack-oriented balanced between Attack and Magic, high Speed
Weapons	Souls
Armor	Hats, clothing and robes Can't equip shields
Command abilities	Morph Morph Combo (combo)
Support abilities	Damage > MP (reaction)

Nu mou who can take a captured monster's form.

Description

Morpher is a job from Final Fantasy Tactics Advance. Only for the nu mou, Morphers take the forms of captured monsters in the Monster Bank. When morphed they can use the monster's abilities in battle. Their effectiveness depends on the stats of the monsters in the bank.

Growth

Morpher is an Attack-oriented job, although a bit more balanced between Attack and Magic Power. Morphers lose a lot of the stat growth they had as Beastmasters, but make up for it by having the highest Speed of all nu mou jobs. This high Speed allows Morphers to activate their morphs as quickly as possible, and once that happens the rest of their stats are irrelevant for rest of the battle as they use their monster's stats instead.

HP	MP	Atk	Def	Mag Pwr	Mag Res	Spd
6.8 C+	2.8 D+	7.1 C-	8.2 B-	7.6 C	8.1 B-	1.6 B

Mechanics

For a Morpher to learn anything, they need to procure souls dropped by captured monsters. Hunters can capture monsters, so it is crucial to have one to raise a Morpher. A captured monster's soul is added to the inventory and can be equipped to the Morpher.

The Monster Bank in Cyril.

Once a monster is in the Monster Bank, the player can start raising it by feeding it items. Soon enough they will only accept Curealls and that's when they start gaining stats. Except for Dragons, Lamias, and Malboros, each monster gains one point in every stat for every two Curealls fed to it. Dragons and Lamias gain one point for every Cureall fed, and Malboros do not accept Curealls. Malboros need to be fed Ethers and Elixirs.

During battle, after the Morpher has taken the form of a monster, he can use the skills it has. For Dragons, for example, if the player has a Thundrake and a Firewyrm, they can use both of those monsters' skills after morphing into a "Dragon". The attacks' strength when morphed are based on the monsters' stats, so a Lv. 5 Goblin in the beginning of the game will not deal as much damage at the end.

It is crucial to capture a Goblin as soon as possible because they go "extinct" fairly early. Capture-able Thundrakes also go "extinct" eventually.

Abilities

Morph

Morpher command. Assume captured monster's form.

Description

Skill	Equipment	Effect	AP
Goblin	Goblin Soul	Morph into goblins and red caps.	200
Flan	Flan Soul	Morph into ice flans, jellies, and creams.	200
Bomb	Bomb Soul	Morph into bombs and grenades.	200
Dragon	Dragon Soul	Morph into thundrakes, firewyrms, and icedrakes.	200
Lamia	Lamia Soul	Morph into lamias and liliths.	200
Bug	Bug Soul	Morph into antlions and jawbreakers.	200
Panther	Panther Soul	Morph into red panthers and coeurls.	200
Malboro	Malboro Soul	Morph into malboros and big malboros.	200
Floateye	Eye Soul	Morph into floateyes and ahrimans.	200

Reaction

Skill	Equipment	Effect	AP
Damage > MP	Judo Uniform	Converts HP damage to MP. (Doesn't work if MP is 0).	300

Combo

Skill	Equipment	Effect	AP
Morph Combo	Mythril Soul	Ranged combo ability for morphers.	100

Trivia

• Morphers are the only job class from Final Fantasy Tactics Advance to not reappear in the sequel.