Hmm, this project again eh? Well if you need an extra programmer I might help out (assuming you guys actually decide to go through with this). I don't have any programming experience with Ruby but I have used Python w/ Pygame and they're essentially very similar in syntax so ruby shouldn't be too hard to learn, beside it will give me an excuse to read up on that language.
I might as well put my spirte sheet here since everyone else is doing it.
[Image: http://i803.photobucket.com/albums/yy319/pkMastr/chibi_pk3.png]
As for my class, I guess I'll be a knight mage cuz it sound cool.
BTW, will the gameplay be similar to Shining Force (overhead turn based RPG) or are you going for something more unique?
[Edit] Just so you know what I'm talking about, I put a video of the game in the spoiler tag
[spoiler][video=youtube;E1MCLMRKklQ]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E1MCLMRKklQ[/video][/spoiler]