Looking for a suggestion for a PS1 RPG to play

I'm looking for a suggestion for one PS1 RPG to play which meets all or most of the following criteria. I'll try to make the criteria as objective as possible.

1. No random battles

2. Little to no grinding. (I don't want to have the game come to a screeching halt because I have to run around picking fights in order to level up enough to finish the game. Not running from battles should be sufficient enough).

3. Automatically updates your stats. Doesn't require a ton of micro-management / tinkering with the characters. I don't want to spend half the game in the menu.

4. Has an "optimal equipment" option. (This goes hand in hand with #3.

5. The less amount of playable characters, the better (ideally less than 10)

6. Would prefer 3-D graphics over a top down 16-bit style RPG

7. Not Final Fantasy VII or VIII

8. Fairly short by RPG standards (around 25 hours or less)

9. Prefer turn based over action (except if you go through the game with one character the whole time, then I prefer action).

10. Not Vagrant Story

11. Not a strategy RPG

Chrono Cross maybe. Nah I hated that game.(only because of its story otherwise it may meet most of your requirements.)

@Gamerno6666: although he said no more than 10 playable characters.

Oops I missed that. Well most of the playable characters in the game are crap anyway so I doubt he will use them all. :p

@Gamerno6666: yeah Your right.

.a lot of the playable characters are easyliy missed.

Like skelly and fun guy etc

No, you didn't. I edited my post after you made your first post.

Ehh I was skimmed through it so thats why I missed it.

@Gamerno6666: You didn't miss it. I added that part in after.

Sigh whatever you say.(even though I admitted it was a mistake on my part.)

Final Fantasy Origins. It doesn't meet all of your requirements, I doubt that you will find a PS1 game that does. It meets most of them.

Breath of Fire 3 might be a good option too.

Might want to check out Grandia. I never played it, but did play Grandia 2 on the Dreamcast. It meets almost all of your requirements. May have taken me more than 30 hours, but I was new to the genre at the time.

Jeez - let's keep it civil guys...

@Gamerno6666: IT WASN'T THERE. YOU CAN'T MISS SOMETHING THAT ISN'T THERE. THEREFORE, YOU DIDN'T MISS IT, SO YOU DIDN'T MAKE A MISTAKE. DO I HAVE TO SPELL IT OUT FOR YOU. IT WAS MY BAD NOT YOURS, BUT I GUESS YOU SOMEHOW COULDN'T SEE THAT

Lunar 1-2 fits most of those. They are 16-bit, not 3D.

You talk just like Mojo Jojo on Powerpuff Girls.

xenogears?

You're being a bit too specific haha but these are worth looking into

Lunar Silver Star Story Complete & Lunar 2 Eternal Blue Complete

Xenogears

Suikoden II

Legend of Dragoon

Breath of Fire III & IV

Dragon Warrior VII

Grandia

Chrono Cross.

Legend of Legaia

Front Mission 3

Persona 2: Eternal Punishment

Wild Arms 1 & 2