Item Caddy: Difference between revisions

Sometimes, characters don't have the physical strength of the [[Lightning Bruiser]], nor the toughness of the [[Mighty Glacier]] or even the magic abilities of the [[Squishy Wizard]] and [[White Mage]]. Maybe they have the speed of the [[Fragile Speedster]], but sometimes not even that. Oh, what is a [[Tagalong Kid]] to do in order to be actually helpful then?

 

 

* Item Splitting: When this type of Item Caddy uses an item, it affects several targets instead of just one, even though only a single item is used.

** In ''[[Final Fantasy Tactics]]'', you have to [[You Have Researched Breathing|learn a separate Chemist ability for each type of item]] and equip the Item command. Of course, considering the strength of items in the game...

** All characters innately possess the Item command in ''[[Final Fantasy Tactics Advance]]'', but it has to be equipped in the secondary class slot to be used.

* The Thief class in the ''[[Disgaea]]'' series isn't particularly good in any regard other then speed, but nonetheless ends up on the main team of most players, due to being much better at stealing then any other class. They can also receive better items from treasure chests starting from ''[[Disgaea 3: Absence of Justice]]''.

** Also in ''[[Disgaea 3: Absence of Justice]]'' is the Gunslinger class, whose abilities revolve almost entirely around granting you more rewards, either through larger bonus gauge increases, more money from defeated enemies, and a chance to create a treasure chest when defeating enemies. Her [[Distaff Counterpart]] has abilities that are geared towards improving damage, but statistically, the two are virtually identical.

* The Hireling in the ''[[Munchkin]]'' card game. He can't help in combat normally, but he can carry around an extra big item for the player, and can use the siege engine in battle if you have it.

* Merlinus' entire point of existence in ''[[Fire Emblem]] 7'' is to be your army's item caddy. He starts off as an immobile tent on the field where you can drop off or pick up items between your character and collective inventory. Later on, he gets an upgrade that allows him to freely move around the map.

** The Laguz from ''Path of Radiance'' and ''Radiant Dawn'' are also Item Caddies in a way. The only items they can actually use are healing items (and special offensive "cards" in ''Radiant Dawn''), while they use their transformations and natural abilities to contribute to the fight. They can use their item slots to carry backup weapons and items for other units, or to unload any treasures that your Beorc (human) characters pick up.

* In ''[[Dungeons and Dragons]] 3.5'', the [[Eberron]] setting's Artificer class is all about this. They can [[Item Crafting|craft items]] cheaply (and without knowing the spells normally required to do so), [[Tim Taylor Technology|spend multiple uses of a charged item at once to increase its power]], temporarily turn any item into a magic item, or change the effects of magic items. They also get some abilities for healing/damaging [[Golem|Constructs]] - the setting also introduces a Construct race who can treat parts of his body as magic items, meaning that these will see plenty of use. It's generally considered one of the most powerful classes in the game, if [[Difficult but Awesome|one of the most difficult to play]].