41:15items in Final Fantasy are universal across all games
41:16I think the justification is that Phoenix Down cures KO, not Death
41:16can't remember a time it's worked in a story section
41:16heals and revives are just gameplay conceits in the end
41:16bit of a Ludonarrative dissonance
41:16wait... do the phoenix down come from Wawa
41:17i hear phoenix are fickle creatures
41:17it fixes incapacitated not dead
41:25KO'd characters aren't dead technically
41:26phoenix down doesn't revive it wakes you from KO
41:27Think of Phoenix down as smelling salts. Use to wake up unconscious people
41:27Fire + Elemental on your weapon ain't a bad idea here
41:28maybe base fire for stagger?
41:32Mostly dead versus all dead
41:33They don't revive dead people, only unconscious
41:33Phoenix Down is like Wake Up Salt :thinking_face:
41:35They should make a game where you save someone with Phoenix Down in a cutscene, just for the memes.
41:36Think of Phoenix Downs as waking up someone unconscious, but doesn't fix death
41:37phoenix down cures if you're knocked out, not dead
41:38A quest in FF6 is finding actual Phoenix to revive someone.
41:44just the general "revive" item for gameplay purposes in most FF games
41:44It’s only a fraction of the phoenix’s power so it doesn’t resurrect people, only wakes up knocked out people
41:49Fire fire light the fire
41:49Phoenix downs are more of adrenaline shots