Good idea!
The short version is, Kannadi's job/class developed organically, to where now she's difficult to pin down, but closest to Red Mage.
The (much) longer version:
Three years ago, I devised Kannadi as a Blue Mage. Blue Mage is my favorite FF job, so I sat down and asked myself, "Given the essence of the job, how would a realistic  Blue Mage act?"
Well, Blue Mages use monster skills, so this character knows all about monsters. Okay, how did she learn that? Well, she's smart enough to have read all about them and did a lot of study. Okay, that implies a lot of education -- how did she get it? Well, her family's wealthy, so they could afford to give her highest-level education. Okay, how did that affect her growing up? What classes did she enjoy, and why? And so on...
What came out the other end of that long branching tunnel of extrapolations was "High-Class Mage." I set aside Blue Mage, obviously not a class or job at 1.0's launch, in favor of her being every Disciple of Magic with some casual study of all Disciples of War. For her own education, of course.
So, White Mage + Black Mage + Melee + Classy = Red Mage.
If and when "Monster Skills" can wedge itself into that equation, she'll be Blue Mage faster than you can blink.
Summoner, of course, is right up her alley. If ever we get a Beastmaster equivalent, she'll pursue that too.
The short version is, Kannadi's job/class developed organically, to where now she's difficult to pin down, but closest to Red Mage.
The (much) longer version:
Three years ago, I devised Kannadi as a Blue Mage. Blue Mage is my favorite FF job, so I sat down and asked myself, "Given the essence of the job, how would a realistic  Blue Mage act?"
Well, Blue Mages use monster skills, so this character knows all about monsters. Okay, how did she learn that? Well, she's smart enough to have read all about them and did a lot of study. Okay, that implies a lot of education -- how did she get it? Well, her family's wealthy, so they could afford to give her highest-level education. Okay, how did that affect her growing up? What classes did she enjoy, and why? And so on...
What came out the other end of that long branching tunnel of extrapolations was "High-Class Mage." I set aside Blue Mage, obviously not a class or job at 1.0's launch, in favor of her being every Disciple of Magic with some casual study of all Disciples of War. For her own education, of course.
So, White Mage + Black Mage + Melee + Classy = Red Mage.
If and when "Monster Skills" can wedge itself into that equation, she'll be Blue Mage faster than you can blink.
Summoner, of course, is right up her alley. If ever we get a Beastmaster equivalent, she'll pursue that too.
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