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                               VERSION 1.0
                             Skill/Magic FAQ
                              By: PeTeRL90
                E-mail: thebestskylight[at]gmail[dot]com
                             Copyright: 2007
                     Date Started: January 24, 2007
                     Date Finished: January 24, 2007
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Version History
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Version 1.0 - January 24, 2007 - Started the guide.  Finished up all the lists
that needed to be done.




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Table of Contents
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1.) Introduction
2.) Legal Stuff
3.) Skill Books
4.) Skill List
5.) Mana Eggs
6.) Magic List
7.) Credits/Thanks




===================
1.) Introduction
===================

Howdy and welcome to my Skill FAQ for Grandia III.  I found that this game is
pretty enjoyable, and I thought I'd contribute more to it, so I decided to come
up with a skill and magic list.  This guide will list all the Skill books and
Mana Eggs, as well as the skills and magic of the game.




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2.) Legal Stuff
===================

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3.) Skill Books
===================

This section will list the Skill Books in the game, which skill sets they
boost, and what skills you can extract from them.


Name: Bishop Book
Level: 7
Mind: +3
Tech: +1
Body: +2
Extractable Skills: Prayer, Mighty Guard


Name: Divine Book
Level: 8
Mind: +3
Tech: +3
Body: +0
Extractable Skills: Decoy, Berserker


Name: Expert Book
Level: 10
Mind: +3
Tech: +3
Body: +3
Extractable Skills: Wide Attack


Name: Fighter Book
Level: 2
Mind: +1
Tech: +0
Body: +2
Extractable Skills: Life Up


Name: General Book
Level: 8
Mind: +3
Tech: +0
Body: +3
Extractable Skills: Decoy, Auto-Cancel


Name: Guardian Book
Level: 6
Mind: +2
Tech: +0
Body: +3
Extractable Skills: Sharp Eyes, Super Reflexes


Name: Hunter Book
Level: 2
Mind: +0
Tech: +2
Body: +1
Extractable Skills: Jolt Counter


Name: Lucky Book
Level: 5
Mind: +2
Tech: +2
Body: +2
Extractable Skills: Luck, Legendary Thief, Hero's Talent


Name: Master Book
Level: 10
Mind: +3
Tech: +3
Body: +3
Extractable Skills: Force Attack


Name: Ninja Book
Level: 7
Mind: +2
Tech: +3
Body: +1
Extractable Skills: Fire Mastery, Way of Speed


Name: Paladin Book
Level: 7
Mind: +1
Tech: +2
Body: +3
Extractable Skills: Earth Mastery, Unshakeable Will


Name: Priest Book
Level: 1
Mind: +1
Tech: +0
Body: +0
Extractable Skills: Water Mastery


Name: Ranger Book
Level: 1
Mind: +0
Tech: +1
Body: +0
Extractable Skills: Quick Draw


Name: Scout Book
Level: 4
Mind: +0
Tech: +3
Body: +0
Extractable Skills: Berserker


Name: Shaman Book
Level: 6
Mind: +3
Tech: +2
Body: +0
Extractable Skills: Meditation, Item Mastery


Name: Slayer Book
Level: 8
Mind: +0
Tech: +3
Body: +3
Extractable Skills: Berserker, Auto-Cancel


Name: Soldier Book
Level: 1
Mind: +0
Tech: +0
Body: +1
Extractable Skills: Brute Strength


Name: Sorcerer Book
Level: 2
Mind: +2
Tech: +1
Body: +0
Extractable Skills: Magic Up


Name: Veteran Book
Level: 6
Mind: +0
Tech: +3
Body: +2
Extractable Skills: Verse Hunter, Attack Speed


Name: Warrior Book
Level: 4
Mind: +0
Tech: +0
Body: +3
Extractable Skills: Revenge


Name: Wizard Book
Level: 4
Mind: +3
Tech: +0
Body: +0
Extractable Skills: Wind Mastery




===================
4.) Skill List
===================

This section will list all the skills in the game, what level they are, where
you can get them from, and what they do.


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Mind
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Name: Absorb Magic
Level: 1
Found: Shops
Does: Recover MP when hit by an offensive spell


Name: Decoy
Level: 4
Found: Extractable
Does: Makes enemies attack the character more often


Name: Earth Mastery
Level: 2
Found: Shops/Extractable
Does: Decreases MP cost of Earth based skills


Name: Endurance
Level: 2
Found: Shops
Does: Negates damage from minor attacks


Name: Fire Mastery
Level: 2
Found: Shops/Extractable
Does: Decreases MP cost of Fire based skills


Name: Guru's Way
Level: 1
Found: Shops
Does: Increases MAG and RES


Name: Luck
Level: 3
Found: Extractable
Does: Gain more money from battles


Name: Magic Up
Level: 1
Found: Shops/Extractable
Does: Increases users Maximum MP


Name: Magica Esoterica
Level: 5
Found: N/A [Hect comes with it]
Does: Enables offensive spells to cancel out attacks


Name: Meditation
Level: 3
Found: Shops/Extractable
Does: Recover MP when guarding


Name: Prayer
Level: 3
Found: Shops/Extractable
Does: Recover HP when guarding


Name: Sharp Eyes
Level: 1
Found: Extractable
Does: Increase chance of attacking faster


Name: Water Mastery
Level: 2
Found: Shops/Extractable
Does: Decreases MP cost of Water based spells


Name: Wind Mastery
Level: 2
Found: Shops/Extractable
Does: Decreases MP cost of Wind based spells


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Technique
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Name: Beast Hunter
Level: 2
Found: Shops
Does: Increases damage on Beast type enemies


Name: Berserker
Level: 4
Found: Extractable
Does: Increases combo hits


Name: Counter
Level: 1
Found: Shops
Does: Counter attacks


Name: Demon Hunter
Level: 2
Found: Shops
Does: Increases damage on Demon type enemies


Name: Hero's Talent
Level: 3
Found: Extractable
Does: Increases experienced gained [only works with the character that equips
it]


Name: Item Mastery
Level: 3
Found: Extractable
Does: Increases effectiveness of items in battle


Name: Jolt Counter
Level: 1
Found: Shops/Extractable
Does: Increases damage from a counter attack


Name: Legendary Thief
Level: 3
Found: Extractable
Does: Increases item drop rate


Name: Lizard Hunter
Level: 2
Found: Shops
Does: Increases damage on Reptile/Amphibian type enemies


Name: Perception
Level: 1
Found: Shops
Does: Increases Evasion rate


Name: Quick Draw
Level: 1
Found: Extractable
Does: Decreases time to use an item


Name: Verse Hunter
Level: 2
Found: Extractable
Does: Increases damage on enemies in the Verse Realm


Name: Way of Speed
Level: 2
Found: Extractable
Does: Increases INI and MOV


Name: Wide Attack
Level: 5
Found: Extractable
Does: Widens hit area of Critical attacks


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Body
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Name: Attack Speed
Level: 2
Found: Extractable
Does: Quicker combos and criticals


Name: Auto-Cancel
Level: 4
Found: Extractable
Does: Cancels special moves and magic


Name: Brute Strength
Level: 2
Found: Extractable
Does: Increases combo IP damage


Name: Fighting Spirit
Level: 2
Found: Shops
Does: Increases SP recovery


Name: Force Attack
Level: 5
Found: Extractable
Does: Increase critical hits


Name: Life Up
Level: 1
Found: Shops/Extractable
Does: Increases users Maximum HP


Name: Mighty Blow
Level: 1
Found: Shops
Does: Increases effectiveness of Cancel attacks


Name: Mighty Guard
Level: 3
Found: Extractable
Does: Decreases even more damage when guarding


Name: Passive Defense
Level: 1
Found: Shops
Does: Decreases IP damage


Name: Reflect
Level: 2
Found: Shops
Does: Reflects 10% of damage back at the enemy


Name: Revenge
Level: 2
Found: Extractable
Does: Counter with a special move


Name: Super Reflexes
Level: 3
Found: Extractable
Does: Guard enemy attacks


Name: Unshakeable Will
Level: 3
Found: Extractable
Does: Gets rid of delay on the IP Gauge when hit


Name: Warrior's Way
Level: 1
Found: Shops
Does: Increases ATK and DEF




===================
5.) Mana Eggs
===================

This section will list the Mana Eggs in the game, what elemental boosts they
give, and what spells you can extract from them.


Name: Aqua Egg
Level: 1
Fire: +0
Earth: +0
Water: +1
Wind: +0
Extractable Spells: Heal


Name: Blast Egg
Level: 5
Fire: +2
Earth: +2
Water: +0
Wind: +0
Extractable Spells: BOOMOR!, Poizn


Name: Blaze Egg
Level: 4
Fire: +2
Earth: +0
Water: +0
Wind: +0
Extractable Spells: Burnstrike


Name: Blizzard Egg
Level: 8
Fire: +0
Earth: +0
Water: +3
Wind: +2
Extractable Spells: Crackle Fang, Erebos


Name: Bomb Egg
Level: 2
Fire: +1
Earth: +1
Water: +0
Wind: +0
Extractable Spells: BOOM!


Name: Booster Egg
Level: 7
Fire: +2
Earth: +2
Water: +2
Wind: +2
Extractable Spells: WOW!, Diggin', Runner


Name: Burst Egg
Level: 5
Fire: +1
Earth: +1
Water: +1
Wind: +1
Extractable Spells: BOOMOR!, Diamond Dust, Zap All


Name: Calamity Egg
Level: 8
Fire: +3
Earth: +2
Water: +0
Wind: +0
Extractable Spells: BA-BOOM!, Meteor Strike


Name: Chaos Egg
Level: 9
Fire: +3
Earth: +0
Water: +0
Wind: +3
Extractable Spells: Hellburner, Astraea Zap


Name: Cluster Egg
Level: 9
Fire: +3
Earth: +3
Water: +0
Wind: +0
Extractable Spells: Galactic Bang, Quake


Name: Cyclone Egg
Level: 4
Fire: +0
Earth: +0
Water: +0
Wind: +1
Extractable Spells: Howlslash


Name: Dust Egg
Level: 1
Fire: +0
Earth: +0
Water: +0
Wind: +0
Extractable Spells: Gravity, Craze, Fiora


Name: Ether Egg
Level: 10
Fire: +3
Earth: +3
Water: +3
Wind: +3
Extractable Spells: Galactic Bang, Absolute Zero, Astraea Zap


Name: Fenrir Egg
Level: 9
Fire: +0
Earth: +0
Water: +3
Wind: +3
Extractable Spells: Absolute Zero, Howlnado


Name: Flare Egg
Level: 1
Fire: +1
Earth: +0
Water: +0
Wind: +0
Extractable Spells: Burn!


Name: Forest Egg
Level: 8
Fire: +0
Earth: +3
Water: +2
Wind: +0
Extractable Spells: Meteor Strike, Alhealer


Name: Frost Egg
Level: 2
Fire: +0
Earth: +0
Water: +1
Wind: +1
Extractable Spells: Crackle


Name: Gravity Egg
Level: 6
Fire: +0
Earth: +3
Water: +0
Wind: +0
Extractable Spells: Tremor, Quake


Name: Heal Egg
Level: 7
Fire: +2
Earth: +2
Water: +2
Wind: +2
Extractable Spells: Cure, Halvah, Resurrect


Name: Holy Egg
Level: 9
Fire: +0
Earth: +3
Water: +3
Wind: +0
Extractable Spells: Crystal Wall, Healer+


Name: Icicle Egg
Level: 5
Fire: +0
Earth: +0
Water: +2
Wind: +2
Extractable Spells: Diamond Dust, Zap!


Name: Lake Egg
Level: 6
Fire: +0
Earth: +0
Water: +3
Wind: +0
Extractable Spells: Healer+, Snooze


Name: Leaf Egg
Level: 2
Fire: +0
Earth: +1
Water: +1
Wind: +0
Extractable Spells: Cure


Name: Life Egg
Level: 5
Fire: +1
Earth: +1
Water: +1
Wind: +1
Extractable Spells: Absorber, Healer, Alheal


Name: Lightning Egg
Level: 5
Fire: +2
Earth: +0
Water: +0
Wind: +2
Extractable Spells: BOOM!, Zap All


Name: Photon Egg
Level: 8
Fire: +2
Earth: +0
Water: +0
Wind: +3
Extractable Spells: Burnblaze, Gad Zap


Name: Quake Egg
Level: 4
Fire: +0
Earth: +2
Water: +0
Wind: +0
Extractable Spells: Tremor


Name: Rain Egg
Level: 4
Fire: +0
Earth: +0
Water: +2
Wind: +0
Extractable Spells: Healer


Name: Stone Egg
Level: 1
Fire: +0
Earth: +1
Water: +0
Wind: +0
Extractable Spells: Diggin'


Name: Tempest Egg
Level: 6
Fire: +0
Earth: +0
Water: +0
Wind: +3
Extractable Spells: Howlslash, Howlnado


Name: Thunder Egg
Level: 2
Fire: +1
Earth: +0
Water: +0
Wind: +1
Extractable Spells: Zap!


Name: Tree Egg
Level: 5
Fire: +0
Earth: +2
Water: +2
Wind: +0
Extractable Spells: Resurrect, Crackle


Name: Volcano Egg
Level: 6
Fire: +3
Earth: +0
Water: +0
Wind: +0
Extractable Spells: Burnstrike, Hellburner


Name: Wind Egg
Level: 1
Fire: +0
Earth: +0
Water: +0
Wind: +1
Extractable Spells: Howl




===================
6.) Magic List
===================

This section will list the magic in the game, how powerful it is, and how you
can find it.  Take note that the power of the spell is based off the stars it
has.  The more stars, the more powerful it is.


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Fire
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Name: BA-BOOM!
MP Cost: 78
Targets: All enemies
Power: 5
Found: Extractable


Name: BOOM!
MP Cost: 14
Targets: Linear area
Power: 2
Found: Shops/Extractable


Name: BOOMOR!
MP Cost: 28
Targets: Circular area
Power: 4
Found: Extractable


Name: Burn!
MP Cost: 4
Targets: Single enemy
Power: 2
Found: Shops/Extractable


Name: Burnblaze
MP Cost: 64
Targets: Angled
Power: 5
Found: Extractable


Name: Burnstrike
MP Cost: 9
Targets: Single enemy
Power: 3
Found: Shops/Extractable


Name: Galactic Bang
MP Cost: 84
Targets: Single enemy
Power: 8
Found: Extractable


Name: Heaven's Gate
MP Cost: 99
Targets: Single enemy
Power: 9
Found: N/A [Hect comes equipped with it]


Name: Hellburner
MP Cost: 21
Targets: Single enemy
Power: 5
Found: Shops/Extractable


Name: WOW!
MP Cost: 12
Targets: Ally
Power: 0
Found: Shops/Extractable
NOTE: This increases an ally's attack power


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Earth
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Name: Absorber
MP Cost: 40
Targets: Circular area
Power: 3
Found: Extractable


Name: Cure
MP Cost: 8
Targets: Ally
Power: 0
Found: Shops/Extractable
NOTE: This cures poison and paralysis


Name: Crystal Wall
MP Cost: 99
Targets: Self
Power: 0
Found: Extractable


Name: Diggin'
MP Cost: 8
Targets: Party
Power: 0
Found: Shops/Extractable
NOTE: Raises your parties DEF and RES


Name: Gravity
MP Cost: 5
Targets: All enemies
Power: 0
Found: Extractable
NOTE: Forces all enemies together in the middle


Name: Halvah
MP Cost: 16
Targets: Ally
Power: 0
Found: Shops/Extractable
NOTE: Cures all ailments except for Death


Name: Meteor Strike
MP Cost: 48
Targets: Single enemy
Power: 5
Found: Extractable


Name: Poizn
MP Cost: 8
Targets: Single enemy
Power: 1
Found: Shops/Extractable


Name: Quake
MP Cost: 45
Targets: All enemies
Power: 4
Found: Shops/Extractable


Name: Resurrect
MP Cost: 24
Targets: Ally
Power: 0
Found: Shops/Extractable


Name: Tremor
MP Cost: 15
Targets: All enemies
Power: 2
Found: Shops/Extractable


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Water
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Name: Absolute Zero
MP Cost: 99
Targets: Linear area
Power: 7
Found: Extractable


Name: Alheal
MP Cost: 10
Targets: Party
Power: 1
Found: Shops/Extractable


Name: Alhealer
MP Cost: 30
Targets: Party
Power: 3
Found: Extractable


Name: Crackle
MP Cost: 10
Targets: Single enemy
Power: 3
Found: Shops/Extractable


Name: Crackle Fang
MP Cost: 77
Targets: All enemies
Power: 5
Found: Extractable


Name: Diamond Dust
MP Cost: 28
Targets: Angled
Power: 4
Found: Extractable


Name: Heal
MP Cost: 4
Targets: Ally
Power: 1
Found: Shops/Extractable


Name: Healer
MP Cost: 12
Targets: Ally
Power: 3
Found: Shops/Extractable


Name: Healer+
MP Cost: 36
Targets: Ally
Power: 5
Found: Shops/Extractable


Name: Snooze
MP Cost: 9
Targets: All enemies
Power: 0
Found: Shops/Extractable
NOTE: Puts enemies to sleep


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Wind
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Name: Astraea Zap
MP Cost: 99
Targets: All enemies
Power: 6
Found: Extractable


Name: Craze
MP Cost: 15
Targets: All enemies
Power: 0
Found: Extractable
NOTE: Confuses enemies


Name: Erebos
MP Cost: 40
Targets: Single enemy
Power: 0
Found: Extractable
NOTE: Instantly kills an enemy


Name: Fiora
MP Cost: 18
Targets: Circular area
Power: 0
Found: Shops/Extractable
NOTE: Silences enemies


Name: Gad Zap
MP Cost: 60
Targets: Linear area
Power: 5
Found: Extractable


Name: Howl
MP Cost: 6
Targets: Circular area
Power: 1
Found: Shops/Extractable


Name: Howlnado
MP Cost: 26
Targets: Circular area
Power: 4
Found: Shops/Extractable


Name: Howlslash
MP Cost: 10
Targets: Linear area
Power: 2
Found: Shops/Extractable


Name: Runner
MP Cost: 20
Targets: Ally
Power: 0
Found: Extractable
NOTE: Increases INI


Name: Zap!
MP Cost: 15
Targets: Circular area
Power: 2
Found: Shops/Extractable


Name: Zap All
MP Cost: 30
Targets: Angled
Power: 4
Found: Shops/Extractable




===================
7.) Credits/Thanks
===================

GameFAQs and the other hosting sites: For hosting this guide.

Square-Enix/Game Arts: For the game itself.

http://www.rootsecure.net/?p=ascii_generator: For the ASCII.

And a huge thanks to you, the readers.  Without you guys, I wouldn't be doing
these guides in the first place.