Black Mage: Elvaan Black Mage Guide by Theferret

I'm creating this page as a place to hold tips for those people who are especially challeged: the Elvaan Black Mages.

Some people may think that Galka White Mage is the stereotypical "tough challege": however, Elvaan Black Mages have it worse. Galkas pretty much only have to worry about getting extra MP. Elvaans have to worry about MP, *and* INT.

Elvaans have the lowest int in the game. Even Galkas are ahead of them.

Comparison of stats, stolen from the Intelligence page:

Humes, Mithra, and Galka all start with the same INT: 8 Elvaans start with 7.

By the time they hit level 75, Humes and Mithra have 63. Galkas have 60. Elvaans have *57*

That's sort of comparable to a DD job at level 75, vs 73, vs 71. There's a LOT of catching up to do, for an Elvaan BLM.