Mantras

Mantras probably are one of the most original magic systems I've ever seen in all my gaming life. Basically, it's a "make-your-own-spell" system, in which you have to "enscribe" (write) your own combination of prefixes, elements and suffixes, to make your own devasting spells. You can also put in random letters, but you're much less likely to get a good spell that way, or the one you want. Random letters mostly result in void spells with ridiculously high amounts of MP cost.

There is an example of how a properly enscribed "Mantra" works:
"OnVuIgRex"

The Mantra presented above is a spell I just made up, who involves two prefixes (On and Vu), an element (Ig, which means "Fire"), and a suffix (Rex). The prefixes and suffixes modify damage, hit, MP cost, and the element modifies the attribute of the magic spell. All spells work this way, except...

The "Pra" element, which works in a different way. Instead of being a 1MP costing spell, it's a 7MP costing spell, which has multitargetting. So, if you add the modifiers presented below, they'll modify "Pra" in a different way than other elements (They will start on a base of 7MP with multitargetting).

This section of the shrine will give you tips, a list of prefixes and a list of suffixes to create your own Mantras. To enscribe a Mantra that is already done for you, check the Special Mantra table presented below. (You can also add prefixes and suffixes to these Special Mantras) A good thing to keep in mind when enscribing Mantras is that you have 32 slots for mantras. You want to get at least one spell for each element in, maybe even two or three for the more common elements like Fire or Water. Never have more than four or five spells per element though, because having two spells that do almost the same thing is useless. The best thing to do is probably to have a multitargeting spell, a powerful high-MP spell, and a weaker low-MP spell for each element. There are exceptions for elements like Light, in which you can have Resurrect in addition to healing and attacking, and there are even special spells that affect status or let you run away from battle. The most important thing, however, when enscribing Mantras is ensuring that you have diversity in your spells. Also, you may want to change your spells every so often as you level up because of your increase in MP. (You can go for more powerful spells).

(All of the damage values have been tested with a level 5 Surlent.)

Elements

Element	Enscribing Code	Opposite element
Fire	Ig	Water
Water	Aqu	Fire
Wind	Teo	Thunder
Thunder	Tou	Wind
Light	Soa	Dark
Dark	Sere	Light
Void	Nihi	N/A
Earth	Pra	N/A
Heal	Lef	N/A

Special Mantra

Category	Mantra	MP	Damage	Effect
HP Drain, One	Absorb	6	N/A	Drains HP
Light, Attack, One	Angel	5	168	N/A
Healing, One	Animus	8	N/A	Resurrection
Status modifying, One	Banish	13	N/A	Increases physical defense
Status modifying, One	Barrier	8	N/A	Increases magical defense
Fire, Attack, One	Blast	11	281	N/A
Healing, One	Cure	2	N/A	Heals a little bit of HP to a party member
Wind, Attack, All	Cyclone	19	198	N/A
Lethal, One	Death	8	N/A	Tries to kill the enemy via magical death
Wind, Attack, One	Diyaus	11	281	N/A
Dark, Attack, One	Doom	5	168	N/A
Suicide annihilator, All	Errnte	24	N/A	Massive damage to all enemies. Instant death to the caster
Status modifying, One	Espirina	10	N/A	Spirit increase
Suicide restorator, All	Expia	20	N/A	All allies are recovered to full health. Instant death to the caster
Fire, Attack, All	Fulldampotey	24	298	N/A
Unknown magic	Inpulse	8	N/A	Casts a random spell
Water, Attack, All	Kingcoast	24	298	N/A
Light, Attack, One	Kira	11	281	N/A
Wind, Float, One	Kuri	3	13	Grants float status
Status blocking, One	Lefini	6	N/A	Blocks anormal status
Healing, All	Megami	8	N/A	Strong healing for all the party
Dark, Attack, Global	Merton	20	240	N/A
Void, Attack, All	Meteo	11	127	N/A
Lighting, Attack, One	Nanikueteyus	31	600	N/A
Escape, All	Peace	3	N/A	Flee from combat
Auto-Restore, One	Phoenix	16	N/A	Auto-ressurection with 25% HP
Void, Attack, All	Podemnu	20	208	N/A
Status modifying, All	Powerup	13	N/A	Attack increase
Status modifying, All	Protect	13	N/A	Magical defense increase
MP Drain, One	Pulmora	1	N/A	Drains MP
Light, Attack, One	Rudra	11	264	N/A
Status blocking, All	Rumeha	8	N/A	Blocks anormal status
Status modifying, All	Safeall	15	N/A	Physical defense increase
Status modifying, All	Sion	17	N/A	Spirit increase
Status modifying, One	Soft	7	N/A	Decreases physical defense
Resurrection, One	Soul	8	N/A	Ressurects with 20% HP
Status modifying, One	Spirit	20	N/A	Causes "Madness" status
Status modifying, All	Speedna	10	N/A	Speed increase
Status modifying, All	Suna	10	N/A	Spirit increase
Status modifying, One	Thirdeye	23	N/A	Attacks cannot fail (Accuracy increase)
Water, Attack, All	Tsunami	19	208	N/A
Status modifying, One	Virus	7	N/A	Spirit decrease
Light, Attack, All	Warkipereu	24	310	N/A
Status modifying, One	Weak	7	N/A	Attack decrease

Prefixes

Prefix	MP Added	Damage Added	Effect	Rating	Notes
Cont	2	56	N/A	20%	The damage isn't bad for the MP cost, but this isn't worth of a 4-letter prefix.
Hor	4	88	N/A	30%	There are WAY better prefixes than this one.
Kaa		126	N/A	85%	Best 3-letter prefix. If you don't like the "On-Vu" combo, I suggest using this one.
Ki	6	119	N/A	80%	Great for combinations, I don't recommend to use it alone, though.
Luc	3	103	N/A	60%	Decent 3-letter prefix, I recommend using "On-Vu", though.
Meta	6	124	N/A	40%	This sucks, just use "Kaa" or "On-Vu" instead.
O	6	55	Multitargetting	70%	Combo this with some cheap prefixes or suffixes to create decent multitargetting spells.
On	3	81	N/A	90%	This is one of the best prefixes to use at startup, it's cheap, and does good damage. I recommend to combo it with "Vu".
Te	-6	N/A	N/A	100%	Subtracts 6 MP from any mantra, but it also reduces its effectiveness
Vu	2	66	N/A	90%	Good to have at startup, excellent cost for pretty neat damage. I suggest to combo this with "On".
War	1	82	N/A	85%	Adds a nice amount of damage for only 1 MP. It's 3 letters long, though.
You	2	57	N/A	50%	Horrible 3-letter prefix, use "Kaa" instead.