Can I level up my characters without the game time affecting their age?
I'm asking that because before going into a new area, I level up my character skills. When they are strong enough, I go to a new area. The problem is the process takes a lot of in-game time.
So do my characters age? Can they die of old age?
2 Answers
In-game time has no effect on the story or characters in Final Fantasy Tactics. My sister got near 100 hours and was still in the first part of the game with no consequences.
Generally, unless the game clock is brought up as a real-time clock in the game's dialogue, you don't have to worry about things like that.
The characters in-game do not age, nor does the calendar affect the story.
The in-game calendar is only used for two purposes. One is for Propositions you can do in the Bars found in various cities. Propositions are non-interactive side content which you can send up to three of your units to do, and require a number of in-game days to pass for completion.
The other purpose of the calendar is in monster breeding. The in-game date at which a monster egg hatches determines that monster's zodiac sign, as determined by the following table:
--------------------------------------------- Sign | Start Date | End Date |
--------------------------------------------- Capricorn | December 23 | January 19 | Aquarius | January 20 | February 18 | Pisces | February 19 | March 20 | Aries | March 21 | April 19 | Taurus | April 20 | May 20 | Gemini | May 21 | June 21 | Cancer | June 22 | July 22 | Leo | July 23 | August 22 | Virgo | August 23 | September 22 | Libra | September 23 | October 23 | Scorpio | October 24 | November 22 | Sagittarius | November 23 | December 22 |
---------------------------------------------Apparently, the in-game day being in a particular zodiac or on the birthday you select for Ramza has no effect on the game.
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