shining force ii: characters: the shining force: bowie

Name: Bowie Japanese: Boui (Trans: Bowie) Race: Human Class: Swordsman (SDMN) Promotion: Hero (HERO) Bowie is the character you play as and leader of the Shining Force. You can name him what you like, as Bowie is just his default name. He starts out in the game as a rather young looking Swordsman, as the picture on the right shows. However, after promotion to Hero status he looks a lot older. He can use magic, though he only has 2 spells. The only weapons he can use are swords. An unlikely Hero at first, he'll soon prove his true strength if you remember that he needs to fight too, not just stand in the back hoping that he won't be killed. Of course you must protect him - if he dies, the Force retreats (and you lose half your money) - but he can end up very strong if you use him! Incidentally, many people think that Bowie is supposed to be the son of Shining Force's hero, Max. My Shining Force Chronology at Shining Force Central disproves this, but suggests that Ian, the hero of Final Conflict could be Bowie's father.

shining force ii: characters: the shining force: bowie: animations

Many thanks to Wolfgang Landgraf for these animations! Swordsman Class (SDMN) Hero Class (HERO) attack defend attack defend

shining force ii: characters: the shining force: bowie: statistics

Initial Statistics LV HP MP ATT DEF AGI MOV Weapon Spells 1 12 8 9 4 4 6 Wooden Sword Egress 1 The graphs below show the growth rate of Bowie's statistics throughout the game, starting at level 1 (level 1 stats are based on growth rate if the character joined at any other level). These are adapted from the ASCII/Famitsu Shining Force II Guide Book, and so should be pretty accurate! However, please note that the charts are based on a standard game, in which no extra training is given to any characters. The growth may vary with extra training, and even from game to game, due to the random level-ups. HP MP ATT DEF AGI Before Promotion: After Promotion:

shining force ii: characters: the shining force: bowie: weapons

Weapon types: Swords   Best Weapon: Force Sword

Attack boosts for each weapon are listed below that weapon's name. If there is also a line of text in italics, this refers to the effect caused when the weapon is used, or anything else that is special about that weapon.

- Swordsman Class Weapons (SDMN) can also be equipped following promotion

Wooden Sword Attack +3 No special notes Short Sword Attack +5 No special notes Middle Sword Attack +9 No special notes Long Sword Attack +12 No special notes Steel Sword Attack +16 No special notes Achilles Sword Attack +19 Hurts Taros

- Hero Class Weapons (HERO) can only be equipped following promotion

Broad Sword Attack +22 No special notes Buster Sword Attack +26 No special notes Great Sword Attack +29 Mithril Weapon Critical Sword Attack +32 Mithril Weapon Increases Critical Hits Battle Sword Attack +35 Mithril Weapon Counter Sword Attack +39 Mithril Weapon Increases Counter Attacks Levanter Attack +42 Mithril Weapon Blaze level 3 Force Sword Attack +46 No special notes Dark Sword Attack +50/ Defence -5 Cursed Weapon Desoul level 1

shining force ii: characters: the shining force: bowie: spells

Magic type: Offensive and Defensive

Below is a list of the spells learned by this character, and at which level the character needs to be for the spell level to increase. Note: the game always assumes that a character has been promoted at level 20. For example, a spell learned at level 37 could be gained at level 37 before promotion, or level 17 after promotion if promoted before level 37. For more info on how the spells work, see the Spells Page.

Egress - retreat from battle Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Level 4 1 n/a n/a n/a Bolt - damages enemy with lightning Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Level 4 22 31 42 51

shining force ii: characters: the shining force: bowie: pictures

Battle Pictures

Storyline Pictures

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Anime Style Pictures

See Shining Force Central for lots of Shining Force II anime style artwork!