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In Phantasy Star IV, your characters can learn many techniques, some of which are extremely useful, others of which you might never use at all. There are two techniques that are unique in the game. Unlike other techniques, these two cannot be learned by simply raising the levels of your characters in battle. The first of the two is learned as a result of first winning a battle, and then making a correct choice from two options. This technique, Megid (also called the Forbidden Technique), can be very useful in combat; not only is it arguably the most powerful technique, it is one-fourth of the most powerful combination of techniques and skills in the game, Destruction.
But this page isn't about the Forbidden Technique; it's about the Secret Technique. As with Megid, it cannot be learned by raising characters' levels. However, unlike Megid, it can't be learned by playing the game normally at all. This technique can, as of this writing, only be obtained by editing a savegame from Phantasy Star IV. The technique is called Feeve, and has the honor (or curse) of being the only technique with absolutely no apparent use.
I have acquired some screenshots of Feeve in use, and these are below. Since I was editing a savegame, I decided to make it weird, and give Feeve, along with 500 TP, to Seth. Kind of ironic, really, that one of the most useless characters, who never learns techniques, got the useless technique. Anyway, before we get to the screenshots, here are some stats about Feeve:
| Category | Details |
|---|---|
| Name | Feeve |
| Cost | 5 TP |
| Target | All Allies |
| Use | In Battle Only |
| Visual | Blue and White Flashes |
| Effects | A window says "has slept!" No other apparent affect. |
Now, onto the screenshots. Please note that the first of the screenshots below is from a battle after the other two. This is why Seth has more TP in the last two screenshots; Feeve doesn't restore TP.
I believe there is a possiblity that Feeve was used during the debugging or the making of Phantasy Star IV, as a test to see if techniques worked properly. There is really no evidence to support this, save that the technique cannot be gained by playing the game normally. That alone implies that Feeve was intended only for the development stages of the game, however.