Bard (Dimensions)

The Bard is a job in Final Fantasy Dimensions obtained at the third Tome of Light chapter, and is exclusive to the Warriors of Light.

Appearance[]

The party takes the traditional appearance of a Bard from earlier Final Fantasy games.

Overview[]

The Bard is purely a support-focused role, though they have decent Intelligence and Mind, allowing them to use magical skills should they be equipped. Their songs provide a number of beneficial effects that persist so long as the Bard is singing, and stack with buffs such as Attack Up for further damage. The true measure of a Bard's worth however is in Fusion Abilities. It gives access to a number of useful spells, from Hastega and Esunaga, to the powerful multi-target Shock. Counterintuitively, a Bard's usefulness can be further enhanced by purposefully slowing them down. A Bard's song lasts until their turn gauge refills, meaning a deliberate casting of Slow can extend the duration of their song, saving MP.

Statistics[]

The Bard has low HP and Strength growth, but it's compensated with average Mind, good Speed and high MP growth. The guest character Eduardo has the same stats as the Bard job, plus his own stats' growth.

Level	HP	MP	STR	SPD	VIT	INT	MND
1	30	16	5	10	7	6	7
10	133	50	7	14	10	8	10
20	410	93	9	18	13	11	14
30	876	138	11	22	16	14	17
40	1462	192	14	27	19	16	20
50	2070	246	16	31	22	19	23
60	2619	301	17	34	25	21	25
70	3069	366	19	38	28	23	28
80	3420	430	21	42	30	25	31
90	3679	495	23	45	33	28	34
99	3850	554	25	49	36	30	37

Abilities[]

Innate Abilities: Bardsong
Equipment: Knives, Bows, Harps, Hats, Pointed Hats, Vests, Robes

Bardsong[]

Ability	Job Level	AP Needed	MP	Slots	Description
Lovely Lullaby	0	0	16		Inflicts Sleep on all enemies, preventing action. Damage wakens sleeping targets.
Aiding Anthem	1	20	22		Heal all allies' HP while singing for the duration of the song.
----	2	35
Magic Madrigal	3	50	22		Increases all allies' INT and MND while singing for the duration of the song.
----	4	70
Brave Ballad	5	90	22		Increase all allies' STR while singing for the duration of the song.
----	6	120
Bardsong	7	150		2	Grants the ability to use Bardsong abilities.
----	8	180
Restful Refrain	9	220	28		Stops time and halts all enemies' actions.
Slot+1	10	260			Number of slots increase by one.
----	11	300
Runic Requiem	12	340	34		Deals damage to all undead enemies.
----	13	370
Swift Shanty	14	400	22		Increase all allies' SPD while singing for the duration of the song.
----	15	420
----	16	440
Angelic Aria	17	450	54		Heal all allies' HP and MP while singing for the duration of the song.
----	18	460
Slot+1	19	470			Number of slots increase by one.
Dire Dirge	20	490			Deals maximum HP minus current HP in damage to all enemies.
Heroic Hymn^{[note 1]}	20	0			Raises the party's stats.

↑ The Hero's Hymn can be acquired by talking to one of the elves in Alfheim after conquering one of the rifts and having a character who has mastered the bard job.

Fusion Abilities[]

Main article: Fusion Ability

Levelling a Bard can help provide access to six Fusion Abilities. As a Job unique to the Warriors of Light, these Fusion Abilities are restricted to them. They are:

Fusion Ability	Required Abilities	Use	MP Needed	Notes
Battle Orders	Flee + Aiding Anthem	Warriors of Light	6
Battle Orders	Switches rows for all allies.
Aura	Protect + Power Song	Warriors of Light	16
Aura	Reduces physical damage received and increases ATK for a single ally.
Lively Lied	Healing Breath + Restful Refrain	Warriors of Light	23	About twice as powerful as Cure or 2/3 as powerful as Cura.
Lively Lied	Restores HP for all allies and enemies.
Hastega	Haste + Swift Shanty	Warriors of Light	64
Hastega	Speeds up the passing of time for all allies.
Esunaga	Esuna + Angelic Aria	Warriors of Light	82
Esunaga	Removes all status effects from all allies.
Shock	Dire Dirge + Wide Slash	Warriors of Light	99	Damage seems to be calculated based on a combination of attack power and intellect. Deals about as much damage as Comet + a regular attack. Cannot be reflected. Ranged (full damage regardless of row).
Shock	Deals magic damage to all enemies.

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Etymology[]

[view · edit · purge]In medieval Gaelic and British culture, a bard was a professional poet, employed by a patron, such as a monarch or nobleman, to commemorate the patron's ancestors and to praise the patron's own activities. Originally a specific class of poet, with the decline of living bardic tradition in the modern period the term "bard" acquired generic meaning of an epic author/singer/narrator, or any poets, especially famous ones. For example, William Shakespeare is known as the Bard or the Bard of Avon.

[1] The Hero's Hymn can be acquired by talking to one of the elves in Alfheim after conquering one of the rifts and having a character who has mastered the bard job.

[note 1]