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An English fan translation of FFV: Way of the Samurai has entered early access courtesy of clymax. Way of the Samurai is our localized name for the mod.
The Japanese name of the mod is FF5r The SAMURAI. The mod is by Time Mage (時魔道士). The original Japanese version of the mod can be found here.
The mod is based on FFV: Autumn Challenge and spans two roms.
Check back later for more info on the mod.
The English translation is in the form of a new compatibility bridge to Serity’s compatibility bridge to the RPGe fan translation of FFV vanilla.
Without the new compatibility bridge, the mod crashes during gameplay.
The translation is a private mod of the FFV Central community. The private mod is on the rotation of mods that can be obtained through our Whirlwind Fiesta annual summer event. The private mod is also available via Game Jolt.
For patching instructions, project status, or other assistance, please check us out on Discord. A teaser trailer is below.
Changes from Autumn Challenge
Time Mage’s notes on changes, machine translated courtesy of clymax along with annotations added by clymax in curly braces:
The ABP required to level up your job is generally low, with a few exceptions.
You can learn from any job.
Like the Freelancer and Paladin, the Samurai inherits the best stats from the jobs they have mastered. The default abilities of a mastered job, such as hidden passages, magic barriers, and knowledge of potions, are available to all jobs.
Samurai {replaces Knight}
The second command is [Special Move]. When your job level reaches 8, the second command changes from [Special Move] to [Fan].
Job Trait: Both Hands White Bird
!A piercing attack that ignores defense.
!Special Move (Finishing Move) Area Slash Deals the same damage as a normal attack to all enemies, but reduces their HP by 1/8. Hit rate 100. Swallow Reversal Deals approximately twice the damage of a normal attack to one enemy, but reduces their HP by 1/8. Hit rate 100.
Samurai equipment : Can be equipped with a sword, Japanese helmet, Japanese armor, and Japanese shield.
!Secret Technique Vacuum Slash: Deals approximately twice the damage of a normal attack to all enemies, but reduces their HP by 1/8. Accuracy: 150 One-Hit Kill: Deals approximately four times the damage of a normal attack to a single enemy, but reduces their HP by 1/8. Accuracy: 150
!Jinpuu (Windstorm): Deals damage equal to the user’s current HP to all enemies a random number of times.
Ryujin (Dragon God): Grants the effects of Counter, White Feather Catch, Vigilance, Preemptive Attack , Haste, Protect, Shell, and Levitate (only effective when set as the third command).
Knight {replaces Samurai}
Job trait: Dual wield
The second command is White Magic, and the fourth command is Shield.
When your job level reaches 6, the first command changes from “Attack” to “Double Slash”.
!Double Slash (Two-hit slash) Attacks twice
!Holy Sword Technique: Different techniques are unleashed depending on the number of enemies.
When your job level reaches 8, the first command changes from “Double Slash” to “Holy Sword Technique”.
Monk ! Charge (second command) now has a shorter waiting time.
Thief ! Throw it! It’s the third one.
Dragoon ! Jump: Deals 4x damage when equipped with a spear.
Berserker Axe-type weapons have a higher hit rate and less damage variation. First strike. Empty. Empty. Melee.
White Mage Dispel and Reflect become Blue Magic , and mastering them levels up the Knight’s White Magic.
Time Mage Job Trait : Can equip the Anti-Slow Rod, making them immune to Slow and Stop.
Red Mage (Shirokuro-ma) Can learn spells up to level 1, meaning they can use both White and Black magic up to a maximum of level 4, but they cannot learn Consecutive Magic.
Blue Mage
The Moon Flute can be cast on either friend or foe, single target or all targets. It can also be used to remove the effects of Investigate, Analyze, and Learn.
The Magic Swordsman’s magic sword can be cast on a single or all allies. The magic barrier activates when HP is at 1/4.
Hunter ! Barrage of attacks (5 consecutive attacks)
Per the event rules, if enrollment in Division I is insufficient for a team head-to-head, the communities can be ranked based on the total number of players who successfully complete a challenge run in any of Divisions I-III. ↩︎
