Final Fantasy VI Randomizer

All right. The Mansion in Thamasa was a breeze with Locke throwing Water Edges. Strago has steal, which is nice to finally have. Sadly his equipment options aren't great. I set him up to use the Atma Weapon with Mug, which is good enough to be useful. Pretty much steamrolled through the cave to the espers' gathering place as well. The hardest part there was actually getting Abolishers to show up so I can encounter them on the Veldt later if I want. Ultros is still vulnerable to stop, even though you could easily get it from Golem in the normal game by now... Chest containing a Tabby Suit still contained a Tabby Suit. Not sure if randomly the same or not randomized.


Chupon is also vulnerable to stop, but for whatever reason Ultros isn't this time. Easy either way. The Air Force battle was slightly challenging, mainly because I kept flubbing my Blitzes. Ended up throwing some Bolt Edges which took care of him nicely. Party for the Floating continent is Celes (SwdTech), Sabin (Mimic, Tools, Throw, Magic), and Edgar (Blitz) along with Shadow (Lore). At least Shadow has Aqua Rake now, but I'm mostly using him as a Genji Glove user with two Hawk Eyes in the back row. The Floating Continent was a bit more challenging, but NoiseBlaster really does a number on a lot of those enemies. Atma rolled over. During the escape sequence, the one chest there had another Gigantos in it, which ate up a good 45 seconds of my timer. Still had plenty to go at the end, though.

So we're on to the WoR now. I always let Cid die. Nothing against the guy, but it just seems like Celes' story is more powerful that way. Not much new in the Albrook shops, but at least one of them sells potions even though those are starting the slide into obsolescence. I did pick up an extra Mystery Veil there as well, as this was my first chance to buy them and they are equippable by most of the party. I'm also swimming in gold pieces now so there's little reason to conserve. So now, Tzen... the shops are pretty good. I can buy Pearl Rods, though they are quite expensive. Zephyr Cape also makes its first appearance in the shops.

So, about that collapsing house. That was a fun challenge, mainly because I refused to settle for anything less than (1) collecting every treasure and (2) not running from any battles. There were a few significant obstacles. First, Celes could not equip anything that gave her protection against petrification. Second, there was yet another Gigantos monster-in-a-box in there. Third, Scorpion battles were taking way too long. I solved the last problem by giving her two Hero Rings and optimizing her equipment for magic power, which just baaaarely put her over the top for being able to consistently kill a pack of Scorpions with one spell. This also had the fortuitous effect of allowing me to one-shot Gigantos with Bio. As for the Hermit Crabs, I relied on invisibility obtained through the Phantom summon (I don't have the spell Vanish) in order to avoid their petrifying counterattack (this also made sure Gigantos couldn't hurt me, though it wasn't necessary there). I did have to recast Phantom once thanks to a Drain spell from a pm stalker, and I had to use an Ether to replenish my MP near the end, but after perfecting my strategy, I did successfully complete the house without skipping any chests and without running from any battles with about 45 seconds to spare.

Btw, I also had one run from before I perfected the strategy where I left the house at exactly 0:00. Although it showed Celes outside in Tzen for a fraction of a second, it still switched to the scene of Sabin not being able to hold the house up anymore and was game over. Add that to the list of bugs in this game imo.