Sap

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Power 5 Accuracy +40%

Type White Magic

Effect Reduces the target's MP by half or more

Element Mind

Tome Sap Tome

Effect Sap 8 (All enemies)

Value 750 gil

Sold In Salamand, Mysidia (1,500 G)

Known By Minwu

Sap is an interesting Spell that reduces the target's current MP pool. Their MP is reduced to 1 divided by the number of successes plus 1. In other words, it reduces MP to 1/2 with 1 success, 1/3 with two successes, and so on. The Spell is bugged in that it only acts on the least significant byte of the target's MP, so targets with 256 or more MP are not affected correctly.

Because Monsters who cast Spells tend to have large MP pools, and Spells are relatively cheap to cast, Sap is of limited usefulness. It would be great against the Red Soul in Kashuan Castle, except that boss absorbs all Elements including Mind. If you get it to really high levels, it can be useful against Spellcasters (as long as they have less than 256 MP), but it's not a high-priority Spell.

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Shops: Where Sap is sold – 2 shown

The map this shop is located in Map	The type of shop this is; limited shops are closed off at a certain point in the plot; end game shops appear during the closing events of the game Shop
Salamand	Spells
Mysidia	Spells D

Characters: Who know Sap – 1 shown

Temporary characters join your party for limited periods of time; any items they are holding when they leave will be lost Name	The character's starting hit point total (not all characters begin with full hit points); maximum hit points have a chance to increase based on the difference between your starting and ending hit point totals during a single battle HP	The character's starting magic point total; maximum magic points have a chance to increase based on the difference between your starting and ending magic point totals during a single battle MP	A character's strength is added as a bonus to physical attack accuracy, and 1/4 of this score is added to their weapon\s attack power; when fighting unarmed or without a weapon or shield in their other hand, the strength bonus is instead equal to 1/2 of the character's score; strength is increased by making physical attacks; any time you gain a point of strength, you may lose a point of intelligence, and any time you gain a point of spirit, you may lose a point of strength Str	A character's evasion is equal to their agility, modified by the evasion bonuses or penalties of any equipment they are using; evasion also influences turn order, and Firion's evasion is used to determine whether there is an ambush; having a high evasion score will result in agility increasing more quickly Agi	Each time a character gains hit points after a battle, the number gained is equal to their stamina score; half of a character's stamina is added as a bonus to magic defense rate; stamina has a chance to increase based on the difference between your starting and ending hit point totals during a single battle; any time you gain a point of intelligence, you may lose a point of stamina Sta	Intelligence is added as a bonus to the accuracy of all black magic spells, and 1/4 of a character's intelligence is added to the power of all black magic spells; intelligence has a chance to increased based on the number of black magic spells you case during battle; any time you gain a point of intelligence, you may lose a point of stamina, and any time you gain a point of strength, you may lose a point of intelligence Int	Spirit is added as a bonus to the accuracy of all white magic spells, and 1/4 of a character's spirit is added to the power of all white magic spells; white has a chance to increased based on the number of white magic spells you case during battle; any time you gain a point of spirit, you may lose a point of strength Spr	Each time a character gains magic points after a battle, the number gained is equal to their magic score; half of a character's magic is added as a bonus to magic defense rate; magic has a chance to increase based on the difference between your starting and ending magic point totals during a single battle Mag	For each level of evasion a character has earned, they get one evasion 'roll' based on their evasion score to avoid a single physical attack Eva	For each level of magic defense a character has earned, they get one magic defense 'roll' based on their magic defense rate to negate one success of an offensive spell or ability Mag. Def.	Which hand is the character's dominant hand; weapons should be placed in this hand, and shields in the other hand Hand	Any skills the character has advanced past level one when they first join the party are listed here, along with their current level; view individual character pages for precise leveling progress Advanced Skills	The gear the character joins the party with is listed here, including any items held; rare equipment can otherwise only be found as treasure or won from monsters; unique equipment can otherwise only be found as treasure Equipment	All of the character's known spells and their current level when they first join the party are listed here; view individual character pages for precise leveling progress Spells
Minwu	175	103	10	20	20	16	48	40	1×	2×	Right	-	Staff, Copper Cuirass, Conch Shell, Ether	Cure 7, Life 7, Basuna 6, Esuna 3, Barrier 7, Blink 5, Protect 5, Shell 6, Wall 5, Dispel 3, Silence 4, Sap 4, Fog 6, Swap 3, Fear 3, Teleport 1

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