Characters: Who start with Ninja Gear – 1 shown
Hidden characters will join after special quests in the World of Ruin; temporary characters will only join the party for a short time and cannot be re-equipped
Name
The special command that is unique to this character
Command
If a character uses the Fight command while at low HP (less than 1/8 of maximum), they have a 1/16 chance of using this special attack instead; each attack can be used only once per battle
Special
The character's starting Vigor score; this does not increase with level but may be permanently increased with esper bonuses
Vigor
The character's starting Speed score; this does not increase with level but may be permanently increased with esper bonuses
Speed
The character's starting Stamina score; this does not increase with level but may be permanently increased with esper bonuses
Stamina
The character's starting Mag.Pwr score; this does not increase with level but may be permanently increased with esper bonuses
Mag.Pwr
The character's base Bat.Pwr score; this is augmented by equipped weapons but cannot be permanently increased
Bat.Pwr
The character's base Defense score; this is augmented by equipped armor and relics but cannot be permanently increased
Defense
The character's base Evade % score; it is shown in gray to indicate that, due to a bug, this value is not used; MBlock% is used to evade physical attacks instead
Evade %
The character's base Mag.Def score; this is augmented by equipped armor and relics but cannot be permanently increased
Mag.Def
The character's base MBlock% score; this is augmented by equipped armor and relics but cannot be permanently increased; due to a bug, MBlock% is used to evade physical attacks instead of Evade %
MBlock%
The character's base HP score at level 1; this increases with level and may be increased further with esper bonuses
Base HP
The character's base MP score at level 1; this increases with level and may be increased further with esper bonuses
Base MP
The first time a character joins the party in each of the World of Balance and the World of Ruin, their level will be increased to the average party level modified by this number; Terra begins the game at level 3
LV
While running, the character's run value increases by a value in this range at regular intervals; they will successfully run when this value is greater than or equal to the encounter's run difficulty
Run Skill
Shadow Throw Shadow Fang 39 38 30 33 23 47 28 25 9 51 6 0 1–5