Stuck on the gnome village (possible progression blocker)

hi, basically i setup my jobs as 2 warriors a thief and a white mage, went up the dragons mountain, met Dech (sp??) obtained the first "mini" scroll, went into the healing forest obtained the second one.... now i understand that i need to be able to shrink every one of my party to enter the gnome village, but my white mage only has the ability to cast 3 2nd level spells, leaving one of my guys without being shrunk


i figured i change my thief to a white mage and battle for a bit until he gains the ability to cast a 2nd level spell...... now in the summary it shows he has 0/3 and has done for ages, so i figure that he needs to rest or restore at one of those fountai type things... but given the location and the lack of access to any kind of inn or fountain it seems that it is impossible for him to recharge the MP required to cast the one required spell

is this the end for my game? 6 hours wasted?.... quite disapointed if this is as its the first FF game ive actually got into, not usually my type of game, and figured a bug like this would have been found


shut me up if im completely missing the point on this and that there is an easy solution... thanks alot

In addition to that, do you have any ****ing idea what the healing forest is? You know, there is a good reason there are three springs there.

What dose his level matter?

quote am3930

What dose his level matter?

he could level to gain more mp on his mage, becuase he said he only had 3 on one level

Where is the gnome village my guys R already mini but can't find the village

Only have level one spells and can't go anywhere