Espers

King of Mustaches

An Esper is a magical being whose physical body is comprised of Mana, regardless of the source of that mana. They are infused with Mana and would die without it; their very nature depends on its existence. Fortunately, Mana nearly completely permeates the Cleft of Dimensions so, while uncommon, they can live just about anywhere.

Sometimes when they die, Espers of great power transform into Magicite, which has various interesting properties that I won't go into here but notably contains some of the memories and personality of the Esper it used to be.

History

Since the entrance of Mana into the Cleft, Espers have occasionally sprung forth from Mana itself or other Espers in an abstract sort of way.

Some Espers, known as Guardian Forces, have been bound into magical contracts or otherwise imprisoned and must be summoned somehow in order to appear in the world again.

Esper blood has thinned down through the ages such that most appear humanoid these days, rather than the fantastic beasts of yore, although some of those are still around. Espers who aren't humanoid (such as the notorious Bahamut) are known as Eidolons.

Stats

                STR INT WIS DEX CON
Starting Stats: 11  15  13  13  13
Maximum Stats:  16  21  19  18  17

Espers resist energy-type attacks, and come with the Detect Magic and Float flags. They also regenerate mana 33% faster than normal.

Bonus Skills

Espers start with the Ferre Potest spell, which adds the Featherweight flag to a weapon for 75 + (level x 1.5) minutes. It has a mana cost of 12 and a lag time of 18.

The Featherweight flag halves a weapon's weight when determining if it can be wielded, but not when determining the chance of 2x/3x-cut activiating.