Quote Originally Posted by ShinMetsu View Post
"slap" a shield on? They usually come with a shield across all numbered final fantasies tho?
Many jobs can equip shields across Final Fantasy games. Even Samurai has been able to equip shields in pretty much every iteration of game they've been in. Shields have never been a part of red mage imagery and the only time you'll find images of them actually having shields in FFXI. That doesn't mean they can't have them but it's just not really a part of their "look".