Ooh, hello! Just saw this! Big fan of Final Fantasy!! I see some people have already mentioned black mage, rogue-ish, white mage, dragoon, monk...

While my favorite class in FF series is the Thief, I'd be happy to build something akin to Summoner, Machinist, Samurai, Dancer, or Ninja. Not all of them, of course, but it [i]is[/i] in order of what I would like to play. Love Summoners, even if we have to start small or do unnamed/non-canon creatures (like having elemental companions rather than Bahamut himself).