Final Fantasy Dynamics

FFDynamics is a small community based RPG based off of Final Fantasy on the GameFAQs message boards created by fsablazingsoul.Thus far,it has spanned 12 topics and has 22 characters spread out amongst the six regular classes present in the original Final Fantasy,and has gotten a following amongst the denizens of that message board,leading to several people creating accounts simply to play in the game.

Story
The story,exactly like the game,began in Coneria,and has moved down to Pravoka and Elfland.However,several events have been added into FFDynamics that were not in Final Fantasy(such as a legion of Imps harassing Coneria,civil strife in PRavoka between a guild of thieves,led by a man with a mohawk,and Bikke's pirates,Astos trying to take over the kindgom of Elfland,an arena for gladitorial combat in the Dwarven Caves,etc.).Most characters also have their own personal backstories which,at any given time,puts them in battles with other rivals,or gets them on their own sidequests,which are in most cases not related to the plot of FFDynmaics.Of course,there are countless exceptions.One deviance form the story is that no Light Warriors have been picked yet,and no ORBs are present yet.

Troubles in Coneria
The game began in Coneria on February 14,2007 with three original signees,who used the names Atma,HIM,and Muteki.Atma and Muteki were rather unknown at the start,but it was revealed early on that HIM had a special backstory.

HIM,as it turned out,was a military commander from a northern kingdom.He was commanding an airship called the Final Approach,but the airship pilot directed the machine right into the path of two Red Dragons having a battle.The ship could not stand up to the BLAZE attacks and it exploded.HIM somehow survived and,using a piece of the wreckage as a parachute,made it to Coneria,where he was revived and funded with 100 G,given to his healers by a man with leather armor.

The game started with a Rude Guard directing them to spend a night outside the city walls,since they were new to town.The three went out and slaughtered the first few groups of Imps.Meanwhile,a fourth man,named Dave Mlinko,was also found and ordered out to spend the night outside.After killing two imps personally,he joined the group of three beseiged by the forest creatures,and helped them all fight.It all led eventually to a climatic battle in which the newcomer Dave killed the Grey Imp captain of the scavengers,ending the fight.

The group then returned to town and tackled the other odd jobs around town that needed doing.The four discovered Pirates raiding a local mountain for ore,leading to them subseqently getting Rapiers and Chainmail from a weapons dealer made form the ore they obtained,followed by herb picking in a local swamp to obtain heal potions,where it was discovered that Muteki had a fear of spiders.However,the group eradicated the spiders and went back into town,now capable of buying Heal Potions.

Around this time,Dave,who had lost his memory while traveling to Coneria,discovered the dead body of his love interest,Erin,and subsequently got it part of it back.His rage at her death motivated the majority of his actions in the game form there on out.

The Imp Invasion and the Tournament
After handing the potionmaker the herbs,the group was called upon by the kingdom to lead an assault on the Imps,who had to die once and for all.However,when the group was trying to kill them,they were ambushed by a group of them in the hundreds,where they were tied up and presented to the Ogre kings.However,after a long,fierce,and drawn-out battle,the four killed the two drunk Ogres,and the Imps scattered.

At this time,two Fighters by the name of Max and Bob joined the fray,killing Imps fleeing from the scene.Guy the White Mage also joined,undergoing a test at the local White Mage school consisting of a riddle and a fight with three undead,which he passed with flying colors.

After the Imp Invasion,a tournament was held amongst the current seven as well as an eighth man,a Thief named Slade.Atma downed him in the first round.Bob defeated HIM in round one,Max downed Muteki despite several Sleep spell attempts,and Dave beat the RUSE-powered defense of Guy.

Around this time,John the White Mage joined,and woke up in a mysterious Temple of unknown origin,having seen things beyond his comprehension.He fought his way out of the temple and got to Coneria,where he recruited several of the losers in the tournament to investigate the temple with him.

In the second round,Atma,relying on the FOG spell to buff his defenses,beat Max.Bob beat Dave after a controversial kidney punch/rapier stab combo by Bob.Bob attempted to avenge his friend Max,but failed to do so as Atma's FOG spell got him the win.The princess personally presented the award to him of several hundred Gold Pieces.

The Kidnapping of the Princess and the rise of a Martial Artist
A daring plan by Garland enabled him to kidnap the princess right after she presented the award to Atma.A group of forest imps then dragged the princess away,slew her guards,and took her to the Temple of Fiends,where Garland set up an ambush for the forces he knew would eventually get her back.

The current eight signees then went down the the Temple to get her back,upon orders from the King.They were joined by Alphie,a friend of the princess.Garland then directed a classic pincer movement strategy against the nine,using undead skeletons and Zombies to come at their flanks,but Atma countered his maneuvers in a fashion similar to that of a young Zhuge Liang.Dave and HIM then proceeded to work on Garland's werewolf guards,but then Garland pulled a chain that sent a Creep into the unprotected group of white mages in the middle,although it was quickly roasted by a FIRE spell from Atma.

At this point,it became readily apparent form HIM's speech that he bore a long-standing grudge of some sort against the knight,but no one knew what the grudge was all about.

Dave and HIM kept fighting,but got the shock of their lives when the Princess revived and began attacking HIM and Dave with fire attacks.However,the werewolves were finally dead,and then they moved on to fight Garland.After getting help from Muteki bravely taking a swordstroke from Garland,buying the group enough time to heal the battered and burnt Dave and HIM,the two,aided by Atma,peeled the armor off of Garland.Dave then finally ended the battle by shattering Garland's skull with an overhand nunchuck swing,making him fall dead to the ground.The undead legions that were being held back by Bob and Max were dispelled,and the princess revived.

Journey to Pravoka
After a tough battle,the victorious group returned to Coneria,and were immediately hailed as heroes.A bridge was made in Dave's name so that the group could continue to explore,although,as a subtle reference to blazingsoul's solo Thief run,the group found out it was a rope bridge.After taking care of a few errands,the first group crossed the bridge,consisting of Bob,Max,Atma,and Muteki,and they made steady progress through the new lands.

At this time,Dave remembered fully the events that happened.As it turned out,he was working on a trade port called Cinder Island,when all of the sudden the island got word that a pirate crew led by Bikke was going to attack the island.Dave fought well with other volunteers to defend the island,but he was outnumbered.In the fracas,He saw Erin fighting,and then he saw her get stabbed by a pirate,making Dave snap.After knocking out a large number of pirates,he made a raft and sailed away,passing out from smoke inhalationin mid-trip,and he lost his memory of those incidents.However,after seeing Erin dead and being eaten by wolves,part of his memory came back,and then all of it came back as several bounty hunters discussed the price on Bikke's head.However,Dave was dumbfounded to find out that Audrey,a fellow Black Belt Dave knew since they were kids,was conspiring with Bikke.Shocked and willing to set Audrey's mind straight for the better good,Dave made an oath to gain revenge on the people who ordered the attack on Cinder Island.After unnecessarily killing the bounty hunters,he recruited two White Mages for his purposes and got them Iron Hammers for their efforts.However,they quickly regretted helping Dave after he maimed a highly respected city guard(brother of the Rude Guard who disrespected the adventurers earlier.)with an overly powerful jump kick,forcing Guy and John to flee,dragging a completely plastered Dave with them.

Meanwhile,HIM wanted to obtain and wear Garland's armor,but it was too heavy for him,and the weaponsmith's attempts at making it lighter failed.HIM left in a huff,bumping into the Rude Guard on the way.The guard challenged him to a duel,but nothing came of it,and HIM went to the bridge,waiting on Dave,Guy,and John,who became the second group to cross the bridge.

The groups made steady progress through the land,heaidng towards Pravoka,not knowing that the only thing awaiting them was civil strife.

Strife between the Thieves Guild and the pirates
While the groups were traveling towards Pravoka,a war was going on in the harbor town there,where Bikke's pirates,having used this place as a base,were warring with a local thieves guild,led by a mysterious man with a mohawk.Two new Thieves,named ToST and Stephen,were given a chance to be in the guild if they stole some keys from the pirate headquarters,a task which was completed rather effortlessly.However,they caught the attention of a few pirates and bailed out towards the harbor.

Meanwhile,a rich local merchant sent two people,Eric,a black belt with a fear of black mages,and Obsidian,a lightning-casting black mage,on a little trading expedition.After killing a few wolves and sahags,the two returned to Pravoka.Meanwhile,ToST and Stephen were fleeing away from the scene of their crime,being pursued by pirates who tracked them on the way out from the building.just as Obsidian and Eric stepped onto the harbor,theywalked smack dab into the path of Stephen and ToST,knocking all four of them out.They were captured and jailed by the pirates,but they escaped out of town,and ran into the group of HIM,John,Guy,and Dave.Eventually,they all returned to Pravoka,where ToST and Stephen returned the keys to their boss.Stephen then visited his family and went into a tavern,where he met Dave,who he had not recognized fighting previously.

Dave and Stephen,as it turned out,were old friends,from way back during the days were Dave was a mercenary-for-hire on Cinder Island.After swapping stories about their respective escapes from the island,Dave got intoxicated and laid the beatdown on several of Bikke's pirates.This alerted Bikke of Dave's presence,which he shared with his boss,Audrey.Audrey suddenly realized that she had the perfect chance to kill Dave,if she moved covertly and took her chances.

Stephen and ToST went on another mission for Mohawk Man,which consisted of stealing something of value from the merchant who employed Obsidian and Eric.After delaing with a couple Oddeyes in a water tank,the gorup stole the object and completed the mission.Meanwhile,a Crazy Alchemist made a potion which he claimed gave Invincibility to the drinker,although,as it turned out,the potion only made them easier to hit,and more likely to suffer criticals.The potion maker nearly got the hell beat out of him,but he bailed himself out at the last moment by offering heal potions,which actually worked this time.

The two groups then reunited and met a man named Meriweather.A new person named Undine joined the game as the first female in FFDynamics,and divided everyone into three groups.One group encountered Matoya,meeting her after John acted as the temporary recipient of enough power to cast FADE.MAtoya explained that her crystal was stolen,and Dave vowed to retrieve it after finding out Audrey was behind its swiping.

Meanwhile,Audrey had become disillusioned with Bikke,and brought a revenge seeking Battle Mage with unpenetrable armor named Dominic into the fray.Based on the fact that Matoya got her crystal stolen by Elves,it is also assumed Audrey had the backing of the elves,presumably Astos's ones.

The second group discovered a wizard's hideout,and some special wizard Imps with the ability to cast Fire and Lit spells.A WzImp casted a Fire spell that melted the house,nearly burying Max had he not been saved by Eric,Stephen,and Obsidian.

The final group discovered the Peninsula of Power and got into one of the most epic battles in the history of FFDynamics,finally killing two Giants with the aid of great tactics form Undine and Atma backed by two metric tonnes of luck.

HIM left the game right after the quest was completed.His kingdom had been looking for him for a while now,and fianlly managed to located him.A woman(presumably Celes from FF6)led the airship to Pravoka,collected HIM,and returned him to his kingdom.

The other 12 relaxed and breathed easily,although the peace did not last for long.

The Battle Royale for a ship and the plot to steal the Main party's Gold
Four Giants,angered at the death of their comrades,went to Pravoka and attacked the city.the inn and item shop were in clear danger,but the party split themselves up and went at them.They somehow downed the four and saved the town.

As it turned out,the attack was planned by Audrey.The six Giants were imported form a mysterious monster dealer and sent to kill Dave and her friends.To get their attention,she sent them at Pravoka,knowing for sure that they vere valiant enough to protect the town and get slaughtered.However,she underestimated their power,and began more intensive plotting wiht the elves.

Meanwhile,the head merchant that employed Obsidian heard about the Golden 12 invited them to the local arena for a battle royale to get his galleon.The 12 were split into 6 groups of 2 based on class and were left to their own devices.However,a MUTE casting completely screwed all the mages in the fight,leading everyone to create the Pravoka Accord,which banned certain spells form being cast in a fight involving all PCs. Bob and Max and Guy were the last three standing, and Max and Guy ceded the ship the ship to Bob in the end, mainly to prevent a 600 round battle between a fully Rused Guy and the fighter team.

Gradually,as the groups filed out,they noticed all their gold was missing.The newest three signees,XScorpion the Thief,who lost his tongue to Kary in a solo adventure,X the Black Mage,who appeared to be a complete klutz,and Keeo the Fighter,a hard-luck Fighter who was discovered in Pravoka after selling his Rapier for a sleeping bag,had something to do with it,namely,they were employed by the Mohawk Man to steal the gold and run.As people were eliminated from the tournament,most went to get the gold back,while Stephen and ToST went to find an ex-pirate willing to tell all about Bikke's next plan.The pirate revealed that Bikke had a shipment leaving for Elfland that was critical to Audrey.Stephen and ToST collected Eric and found Dave,who was starting to get more and more ruthless knowing the could have a crack at Bikke and Audrey.

Muteki took a different route,however,attempting to make money on a fishing boat with two Kyzoku companions,who were eaten by sharks while Muteki survived due to his skill with magic.

Meanwhile,the Mohawk Man found a Red Mage named Dano and converted him to his cause,giving him four Wizard Imps.The new three signees along with Dano ended up having a skirmish outside the city walls with Bikkes pirates.Mohawk Man himself then came out with dual scimitars and dueled Bikke to a standstill while the pirates were mauled by Mohawk Man's subordinates.Eventually,seven of the FFD veterans met up with the four,learned it was all a misunderstanding,and then got their gold back and returned to town.

Atma
Class: Red Mage

Muteki
Class: Black Mage

Dave Mlinko
Class: Black Belt

Bob
Class: Fighter

Max
Class: Fighter

Guy
Class: White Mage

John
Class: White Mage

Stephen
Class: Thief

ToST
Class: Thief

Obsidian
Class: Black Mage

Eric
Class: Black Belt

Undine
Class: Red Mage

X
Class: Black Mage

XScorpion
Class: Thief

Keeo
Class: Fighter

Dano
Class: Red Mage

Arithon
Class: Black Mage

Rocco
Class: Fighter

Lacuna
Class: White Mage

Pie
Class: Black Belt

Renquist
Class: Red Mage

HIM
Class: Red Mage

BORK
Class: Chef

Uber
Class: Iguana

Garland
Class: Fighter

Princess Sara
Class: Black Mage

Rude Guard
Class: Fighter

Matoya
Class: Black Mage

Bikke
Class: Pirate

Mohawk Man
Class: Thief

Astos
Class: Black Mage

Zaknafein
Class: Black Mage

Rick
Class: Thief

Audrey
Class: Black Belt

Dominic
Class: Mageknight

Tanaka
Class: Great Mage

Doran
Class: LEKnight

Krauss
Class: LEArcher

Generic WzOgre who travels with Dave
Class: Wizard Ogre

Ward
Class: Pirate

Turncoat Dark Elves
Class: DEKnight,Archer,Wizard,and Priest

Keyser
Class: Black Mage

Jim
Class: ???

Colin
Class: ???

Kary
Class: Formerly Red Mage

Arylon
Class: Dancer

DeTH
Class: Salesman/Thief