Hello, im new here and at this game, and i have few questions about rules and settings.

First one is about the settings of this game. Everywhere on the internet is wrote, that this game is inspired by Final Fantasy. But when i look on FF, i see there much more mecha, robots, machine towns, motor airships and much more. Look for example on Final Fantasy X-2 first opening video. Yes, there is a concert, Yuna has microphone and there is so many scifi elements. I think that scene is not possible in the Gaia world, or am i wrong? (I havent read yet this book)

And second one is about characteristic checks. In rule book on page 6 is example of situation, when Celia has STR 5 and her opponent Serenade, has STR 11. It means, that difference here is greater than 4 (by 2 points). Next is there wrote, that Serenade will doubles those two additional points, when making the check, like that 2 (difference) x 2 (doubles) is 4. And 4 + her STR 11 is 15. But in example is wrote, that she has STR 13. Is this typing error, or there is something i dont get?

As for the setting, it isn't Final Fantasy. Don't expect that. The game system was inspired by JRPGs. That's where the similarities end. The setting is awesome, but it isn't sci-fi. As for the translation, it's probably murky. If someone has a Spanish copy, then maybe they can help.

There is a rumour that this was supposed to be the Final Fantasy RPG, but the licensing got removed. So it is not the Final Fantasy RPG any more, rather it was going to be or not.

Lia Valenth said:

Wow, although it's a rumor, that would not only explain alot, but also give Anima a special kind nobility from my point of view. *FF-Fan*

Ryoto said:

Well, I think it is hard to say what is the standard setting for Final Fantasy, so you could compare it with that of Anima. Final Fantasy served all kinds of settings over the time - often multiple in one game (as Anima does by the way with the high technological forces in the shadows, and the split up worlds).

I think the core flavour of Final Fantasy doesn't come with the setting - or better: the time. Because no matter what time you play in, you could allways easily figure out if your game is Final Fantasy or not - partly because the art style and overall atmosphere lives seperatly to just the technological timeframe. But on the other hand also because the system of powers, magic, beasts, and the kind of storytelling stay the same.

And these are things that are definitly highly comparable in both versions. They gave you all the possibilities to have those seen powers in alot of detail. (they even seperated beast summoning through magic from KI Invocation for fighters == purely FF inspired, because they came up with summoner fighters, although it got copied a bit over time in some other JRPGs).

This is why I also present Anima as RPG Final Fantasy (/ + generell Anime) to others. It is not a question of a special setting (which by the way will also allways be adapted a bit depending on the groups taste you play in), but of the underlying system and the art flavour that presents it.

Ryoto said:

You only double the points above those limit of '4 more' and add them to those limit. In this case you therefore only double the points that come after strength 9 (5+4). You have 2 points more than that to eleven, so you double those 2 points up to 4 and add them to the 9, which is 13.

The error you made is that you assigned a bonus with the value of double the difference additionally to the allready present difference of 2. But the rules only say that you double those difference, so you only add it once more (+2 in this case).

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I think i now understand.
When one character has STR 8 and second character has STR 15 it will be like this:

15 - 8 = 7
Its more than 4 about 3.

This is Strength line: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 2 2 2
0 = one point of strength of our first character
1 = difference points counted as 1 point
2 = difference points counted as 2 points
all together = strength of our second character

Now, we summarize difference points: 4 + 6 = 10
Now we know, that difference must be 10, we will rise STR of our stronger character to this difference to the 18, and we are done.

Now im reading that Gaia book, chapter about The Lost Logias, and it looks interesting…
Thanks for replies, especially to Rii Nagaja.
I must now find the fastest way to create character, because i think it took long, and my players does not understand english very well… It will be hard.

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