Gilgamesh, you seem a little shorter and not-a-multi-armed-humanoid-weapons-collector lately! Alas, this is another localization flub. See, in Japan, they have these turtles called Zeni-game, or "money turtles". (Don't bother Googling it, Zenigame is also the Japanese name for Squirtle, and those guys are
way more popular.) Presumably their shells look like coins.
Well, "Zeni" is Japanese for "money", but in the Final Fantasy series, money is "gil". Hence the "Gil-game", a murderous tortoise that's worth a lot of money as a reward for killing it.
Only in this game, the name got confused for recurring series character Gilgamesh.
Using these hacks I can also fight the Brachioraidos on my own terms, fully-healed and prepared.
The reward is the Hero's Shield, the only shield in the game that anyone can equip. It grants +15 to all stats and absorbs every kind of elemental attack in the game.
Unfortunately, there are a few characters who
can equip a Hero's Shield, but still might not want to. Romo's
harps lyres are two-handed weapons, so he has to equip a dagger or something to carry the shield. Without an instrument, he can't use Barksong or Chant.
Likewise, Niku's hammers are two-handed, and Kabbage and D.Ni dual-wield rather than carry shields. So it's a great piece of equipment for a spellcaster, since they have very few defensive options and use one-handed weapons.
On the Flan Floor of the Lunar Ruins, it's possible to meet eight Princess Flans at once. I
could just hack the Pink Tails into my inventory, but goshdarnit I guess I'd better earn
something legitimately.
Er, as legitimately as it can be when every encounter gives eight chances to drop the item.
Oh, that reminds me, I never did use any of these Grimoires.
Why, they look and function exactly like every other summon in the game! How novel.
Good damage output though.