Sage

Sprite
No. 10 Game FFIII
Unlocked at Level 56
Gear Staff
Ability Meteor
Even these grandmasters of all magic are spent after casting their beloved Meteor spell.
Compare Sage to other Characters
Gear: Used by Sage – 9 shown
Advanced gear is particularly powerful; exceptional gear is among the most powerful of its type; character-specific gear is only used by certain premium unique characters
Name
Numbers with a ✩ next to them indicate premium content
No.		 Game Attack Dropped By
Healing Staff 39 FFI +1 Nut Eater
Mage's Staff 40 FFI +1 Triffid
High Mage Staff 41 FFIX +2 Bomb
Rune Staff 42 FFIII +5 Exdeath
Shining Staff 43 FFV +8 Kefka
Mace of Zeus 44 FFIX +10 Zeromus
Herding Staff ✩ 13 FFX +3 Gold Element
Judicer's Staff ✩ 14 FFV +8 Dark Flan
Nirvana ✩ 15 FFX +10 Anima
Magus Red Mage

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Sage

Sprite
Minimum Level 40
Earned Eureka B7
Strength Grade C+
Agility Grade B+
Vitality Grade B+
Intelligence Grade A
Mind Grade A
Battle Command 1 Fight (4 skill points per use)
Battle Command 2 Magic (12 skill points per use)
Battle Command 3 Run (no skill points)
Battle Command 4 Item (4 skill points per use)
Available Magic Black Magic LV. 1–8, White Magic LV. 1–8, Summon Magic LV. 1–8
So, let's get this straight: the Sage has access to every Spell (though they can't use the Evoker version of Summon Spells), has the highest stats aside from a slight disadvantage in Intelligence compared to the Magus, and has way more MP than any other mage Job... yeah, it's safe to say the Sage is the best magic using Job in the game. There's no reason to use any other spellcaster once they're available. (Even the Magus's Intelligence isn't really relevant since the Sage has access to excessively powerful Summon Spells.)

Tellah

Job Sage
Dominant Hand Right
Battle Command 1 Fight
Battle Command 2 White
Battle Command 3 Black
Battle Command 4 Recal
Battle Command 5 Item
Early in the game, Tellah has a pitiful selection of Spells but a large MP pool. Eventually he will learn almost every Spell in the game, at which time his MP pool becomes pitifully small. Tellah will make extensive use of Psych. Before learning his Spells, he can use Recal to cast one at random. This is rarely useful, but when it works the results can be amazing.