Quote Originally Posted by Lartus View Post
Actually I think Blu would be a really good Tank Mage with Mighty Guard/The Look and all the status inflicting spells. Just make sure he's guaranteed to gain the really essential tank skills (especially Mighty Guard and The Look) through level up and let him learn the other from monsters just like Blu does now.
Totally agreed. It would be some work to change, but honestly, it’s not that far off. You could give it a trait to boost its Vitality by a proportion of its Intelligence, or you could do the crazy thing and add a set of armor that has tank stats except with Strength replaced by Intelligence. You could give it a trait like Divine Magic Mastery from PLD to help prevent casting interruptions.
There’s a whole lot of spells that can help fulfill tanking duties already, too. Sticky Tongue could help pull aggro and save an ally, Bad Breath can mitigate damage, Ice Spikes and Veil of the Whorl encourage you to get hit... it could honestly be a really fun twist on tanking. Plus, come on! The icon would be blue!

I do think that forcing you to learn through level up wouldn’t be the best solution though. It’d be more fun if you got a quest that gives you the knowledge you need to find that spell (that is, way more than the Spellbook currently gives for unknown spells). That way it still feels like a hunt of sorts.