Abilities After Level 99

Some time ago, there was a rather heated debate concerning the full limit of Rika's abilities. My friend Mike Ripplinger suggested that Rika had special powers approaching those of the great Lutz. Mike's opponent in the argument, in spite of the evidence, rejected this theory completely, stating that Rika's abilities at experience level 99 totally encompass the maximum extent of her power. Rika is not capable of doing anything which she cannot do at level 99, this person argued.

However, that assertion is simply and obviously untrue. A theory regarding this issue is not even necessary, as there numerous examples throughout the Phantasy Star games of characters who are able to learn new abilities even after reaching their maximum level.

Examples of characters who can learn new abilities after reaching their maximum level include:

• Phantasy Star II heroes with Musik
• Phantasy Star III third generation main heroes with Megido
• Phantasy Star Gaiden heroes with any spell
• Mieu with Grantz (Phantasy Star III)
• Wren with his transformations (Phantasy Star III)
• Demi with Phononmezer (Phantasy Star IV)
• Wren with HyperJammer (Phantasy Star IV)
• Wren with BurstRocket (Phantasy Star IV)
• Wren with PositronBolt (Phantasy Star IV)
• Chaz with Megid (Phantasy Star IV)

As you can clearly see, characters can learn new abilities even after they have exhausted their statistical growth in strength by reaching level 99.