Magic (Shining Force)

Types of Magic

Fire Magic

Blaze
Blaze is a fire element spell, which burns a target with bright flames. It’s learnt by default by every starting Mage in a force except for Shining Force II and Shining Force scenario III who have no such mage in the starting rooster but in both cases at least one character that joins later has it. The area of effect and range of the spell has been consistent through the games, but not the MP cost for later levels. It started as a 2-5-8-8 configuration in Shining Force, switching to a 2-6-10-10 for every game since then, and returned to the first configuration in Shining Force III. Blaze has several equipments that work as counterparts but the most important are the Black Ring and the Heat Axe, appearing in every single title of the series.

Other
Shining Force Gaiden II (Shining Force CD: Book 2)

• Katon is a three level fire element spell that is comparable to Blaze latter levels, in MP cost, power, area of effect and range. It’s exclusive to the character Higins.

Shining Force II

• Apollo is a sorcerer spell that deals fire element damage.
• Katon is a three level fire element spell that is comparable to Blaze latter levels, in MP cost, power, area of effect and range. It’s exclusive to the character Slade.

Shining Force III

• Inferno is a fire element spell, which shoots fire beams from above. It’s a learnt by the four heroes and Jane in scenario III but is amongst the data of the others, albeit very different in every category.
• Phoenix is a fire summon, which brings forth the legendary fire bird to deal fire element damage. It’s only obtainable by using the according special equipment, but some enemies have it innately, like Braff and Dessheren.
• Hell Dragon is a fire summon, which brings forth a fire dragon to deal fire element damage. It’s exclusive to two later scenarios and only obtainable by using the according special equipment.
• Penn is a fire summon, which brings forth the character Penn to deal fire damage. It’s a spell exclusive to the character Pendolf.

List of magic by title

• All names are from the english versions. The exceptions are Shining Force Gaiden: Final Conflict and exclusive items from scenario II and III of Shining Force III, where unnoficial translated names are given instead. If given, the game description for each item is in italics.

Shining Force

Type	Sprite	Name	LV	MP	AoE	Range	Character	Description
Healing		Aura	1	7				Restores HP.
			2	11
			3	15
			4	18				Restores all HP for all allies.
		Detox	1	3				Cures Poison.
			2	6				Cures all status ailments.
		Heal	1	3				Restores HP.
			2	5
			3	10
			4	20				Restores all HP.
Offensive		Blaze	1	2				Deals fire magic damage.
			2	5
			3	8
			4	8
		Bolt	1	8				Deals lightening magic damage.
			2	15
			3	20
			4	20
		Freeze	1	2				Deals ice magic damage.
			2	5
			3	7
			4	10
Support		Boost	1	15				Raises ATK (attack).
		Quick	1	5				Increases AGI (agility) and DEF (defence).
			2	16
		Shield	1	5				Raises magic defence.
		Slow	1	5				Lowers enemy DEF (defence) and AGI (agility).
			2	20
Stat change		Desoul	1	8				One hit kill (often fails).
			2	15				One hit kill (often fails) (available by hacking). Hanzou learns LV1 twice probably LV2 was meant.
		Dispel	1	5				Silences target (blocks magic casting).
		Muddle	1	6				Confuses target.
		Sleep	1	6				Drowses target.
Other		Egress	1	8				Returns to last available priest.
		Dummy	1	~				Unknown (available by hacking).

• Each spell has LV1 through LV4, but they do not work. The exceptions are listed in the table above.

Shining Force Gaiden and CD

This table applies to Shining Force Gaiden, Shining Force II: The Sword of Hajya, and Shining Force CD.

Type	Sprite	Name	LV	MP	AoE	Range	Character	Description
Healing		Aura	1	7				Restores HP.
			2	11
			3	15
			4	20				Restores all HP for all allies.
		Detox	1	3				Cures poison.
			2	6				LV1 + Paralysis.
		Heal	1	3				Restores HP.
			2	5
			3	10
			4	20				Restores all HP.
Offensive		Blaze	1	2				Deals fire magic damage.
			2	6
			3	10
			4	10
		Bolt	1	8				Deals fire magic damage.
			2	15
			3	20
			4	20
		Freeze	1	3				Deals ice magic damage.
			2	7
			3	12
			4	12
		Blast Hell Blast	1	2				Deals wind magic damage.
			2	5
			3	8
			4	8
Higins		Katon	1	6				Deals fire magic damage.
			2	10
			3	12
		Raijin	1	15				Deals lightening magic damage.
			2	18
			3	20
Support		Attack	1	7				Boosts attack.
		Boost	1	2				Boosts defence and speed.
			2	5
		Slow	1	3				Lowers enemy defence and agility.
			2	6
Stat change		Desoul	1	8				One hit kill (often fails).
			2	13
		Dispel	1	5				Silences target (blocks magic casting).
		Muddle	1	6				Confuses target.
			1	11
		Sleep	1	4				Drowses target.
Other		Egress	1	8				Returns to last available priest.

Shining Force II

The spells are the same as the ones in Shining Force CD, with the exception of the levels of Detox, along with the introduction of sorcerer spells.

Type	Sprite	Name	LV	MP	AoE	Range	Character	Description
Healing		Aura	1	7				Restores HP.
			2	11
			3	15
			4	20				Restores all HP for all allies.
		Detox	1	3				Cures poison.
			2	6				LV1 + Paralysis.
			3	10				LV2 + Curse.
			4	16
		Heal	1	3				Restores HP.
			2	5
			3	10
			4	20				Restores all HP.
Offensive Wizard		Blast Hell Blast	1	2				Deals wind magic damage.
			2	5
			3	8
			4	8
		Blaze	1	2				Deals fire magic damage.
			2	6
			3	10
			4	10
		Bolt	1	8				Deals fire magic damage.
			2	15
			3	20
			4	20
		Freeze	1	3				Deals ice magic damage.
			2	7
			3	12
			4	12
Offensive Sorcerer		Apollo	1	10				Deals fire magic damage.
			2	17
		Atlas	1	14				Deals earth magic damage.
			2	23
		Dao	1	8				Deals earth magic damage.
			2	15
		Neptune	1	12				Deals ice magic damage.
			2	19
Offensive Slade		Katon	1	6				Deals fire magic damage.
			2	10
			3	12
		Raijin	1	15				Deals lightening magic damage.
			2	18
			3	20
Support		Attack	1	7				Boosts attack.
		Boost	1	2				Boosts defence and speed.
			2	5
		Slow	1	3				Lowers enemy defence and agility.
			2	6
Stat change		Desoul	1	8				One hit kill (often fails).
			2	13
		Dispel	1	5				Silences target (blocks magic casting).
		Muddle	1	6				Confuses target.
			1	11
		Sleep	1	4				Drowses target.
Other		Egress	1	8				Returns to last available priest.

Shining Force Gaiden: Final Conflict

Type	Name	LV	MP	AoE	Range	Character	Description
Healing	Aura	1	7				Restores HP.
		2	11
		3	15
		4	20				Restores all HP for all allies.
	Detox	1	3				Cures poison.
		2	6				LV1 + Paralysis.
	Heal	1	3				Restores HP.
		2	5
		3	10
		4	20				Restores all HP.
Offensive	Blaze	1	2				Deals fire magic damage.
		2	6
		3	10
		4	10
	Bolt	1	8				Deals fire magic damage.
		2	15
		3	20
		4	20
	Freeze	1	3				Deals ice magic damage.
		2	7
		3	12
		4	12
	Hell Hell Blast	1	2				Deals wind magic damage.
		2	5
		3	8
		4	8
Support	Attack	1	7				Boosts attack.
	Boost	1	2				Boosts defence and speed.
		2	5
	Slow	1	3				Lowers enemy defence and agility.
		2	6
Stat change	Desoul	1	8				One hit kill (often fails).
		2	13
	Dispel	1	5				Silences target (blocks magic casting).
	Muddle	1	6				Confuses target.
		1	11
	Sleep	1	4				Drowses target.
Other	Egress	1	8				Returns to last available priest.

• None of the gaidens had an english release and none of them had sprites for items either.

Shining Force III

• Unlike past Shining games, close to every character that learns a spell will also learn all of its levels, with some odd exceptions and therefore there are no distinctions between levels like in the last lists. The exceptions are: Noon (Spark LV1-2), Arthur (Blaze LV1-3, Freeze LV1-3, Spark LV1-3) and Primula (Heal LV1-2).
• Synbios and Medion learn Inferno only when promoted to their third class, therefore only in scenario III. Arthur only upgrades his magic spells to LV3 on his third class as well. All other characters have a chance to learn everything in their second class, therefore in their respective scenarios.
• Inferno can be hacked into scenario I and II (the english description comes from I) though it has different sprite and values. Charm is also availble for hacking in Scenario I and it also has a different sprite. Enemy spells can also be hacked into the third scenario. Refer to the corresponding spell section above for more details.

Type	Sprite	Name	LV	MP	Power	AoE	Range	Character // Item			Description
								S1	S2	S3
Fire		Blaze	1	2	8						Burns with fire (inflicts fire damage).
			2	5	10
			3	8	15
			4	8	40
		Penn	1	7	20						Summons Penn and inflicts fire damage.
			2	14	40
		Phoenix	1	8	25						Summon fire phoenix (inflicts fire damage).
			2	15	45
		Helldragon	1	12	35						Summons Helldragon and inflicts fire damage.
			2	20	65
		Inferno	1	20	30						Blinds with light (inflicts fire damage).
			2	30	40
Ice		Freeze	1	3	10						Freezes with ice (inflicts ice damage).
			2	7	12
			3	10	18
			4	10	50
		Wendigo	1	10	30						Summon ice Wendigo (inflicts ice damage).
			2	17	55
		Proserpina	1	13	40						Summons Proserpina and inflicts ice damage.
			2	22	75
		Blizzard	1	12	20						Inflicts ice damage (enemy only) and freezes target on their place.
Wind		Tornado Hell Blast	1	2	6						Batters with wind (inflicts wind damage).
			2	4	8
			3	7	12
			4	7	30
		Zephyrus	1	8	25						Summons Zephyrus and inflicts wind damage.
			2	15	45
		Wind Storm	1	8	18						Inflicts wind damage (enemy only).
			2	12	33
Lightening		Spark Bolt	1	8	14						Blasts with lightening (inflicts lightening damage).
			2	15	16
			3	20	25
			4	20	60
		Thor	1	16	45						Summons Thor and inflicts lightening damage.
			2	25	85
Earth		Golem	1	7	20						Summons Golem and inflicts earth damage.
			2	14	40
Light		Heal	1	13	40						Recover HP.
			2	22
			3	10	30
			4	20	∞
		Aura	1	7	15						Restores multiple friends HP.
			2	11	15
			3	15	30
			4	18	∞
		Antidote Detox	1	3	---						Cure Poison and Paralysis (LV1, LV2 cures every status ailments but Curse).
			2	6	---
		Shining	1	+8	8						Uses rest of MP to inflict light damage.
			2	+16	10
		Blessing	1	5	20						Recovers HP when cast on allies and inflicts light damage when cast on enemies.
			2	10	40
		Penko	1	5	20						Summons Penko to inflict light damage.
			2	10	40
		Thanatos	1	5	20						Summons light Thanatos (inflicts light damage).
			2	10	40
Dark		Drain	1	2	15						Drains enemy HP and adds to own.
			2	5	15						Drains enemy MP and adds to own.
		Soul Steal Desoul	1	8	10						Drains life with darkness (sucks soul out (often fails, imune to LCK≥9) and inflicts dark damage).
			2	13	12
		Demon King	1	9	30						Summons Demon King to inflict dark damage.
			2	16	55
		Tiamat	1	9	40						Summons dark Tiamat (inflicts dark damage).
			2	16	75
		Chaos Gate	1	9	35						Opens gate to hell and inflicts dark damage.
			2	16	50
Support		Attack	1	7	---						Increase Atk.
			2	12	---
		Resist	1	5	---						Increase Def (magic defence).
			2	9	---
		Slow	1	5	---						Decrease Def and Agility (for enemies).
			2	9	---
		Support	1	5	---						Increase Def and Agility (for allies).
			2	9	---
Stat Change		Charm	1	7	---						Charm the enemy.
			2	12	---
		Confuse	1	6	---						Decrease hit, and confuse.
		Dispel	1	5	---						Steals magic.
		Sleep	1	6	---						Put enemy to sleep.
Other		Return	1	8	---						Retreat to the last church (returns to last available priest).