Bard (Tactics A2)

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Bard
(吟遊詩人, Ginyūshijin?, lit. Minstrel)
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Availability
Location obtained	Default
Character users	Hurdy
Abilities
Stats	Race: 3 Move: 2 Jump: 0 Evasion: 10 Unarmed Attack Raise: 60 HP: D MP: E Atk: F Def: F Mgk: C Res: D Spd: 48%
Weapons	Instruments
Armor	Hats and light armor Can't equip shields
Command abilities	Song
Support abilities	Critical: Vanish (reaction)
More information
Recurring appearance

Bards wander the land with instrument in hand and song on tongue. Their magickal tunes are a source of delight and wonder

Description

Bard is a job class exclusive to the moogle Hurdy in Final Fantasy Tactics A2: Grimoire of the Rift.

Profile

Bard focuses on granting buffs to fellow allies and healing their HP. It suffers from weak physical stats, low Speed and no Evasion, but average-high magickal stats fitting his main role as a supporter unit. The class is unique due to its Magick Ballade and Requiem abilities; the first restores 10 MP in a small area, making Hurdy an ideal supporter for mages, and the second deals huge damage to undead enemies, as well as removing any undead coffins in a small area.

The Bard comes with the Critical: Vanish reaction as soon as Hurdy joins the party, an ability which cannot normally be learned by moogles. Although the Bard can equip any instrument, Hurdy can only learn new abilities from the four-stringed instruments. A notable class combination for the Bard class in having it secondary to a Moogle Knight, since training as a Moogle Knight gives great physical stats, keeping Hurdy on the field and allowing him to support longer and defend himself. Another one would be mixing the Bard's buffs with a Juggler's debuffs to give fast and versatile support, especially with speed boosting daggers.

Abilities

Song

The BARD plays songs that impart strange magicks on those who harken them.

Skill	Equipment	Range	AP
Requiem	Mastered	4	—
	Lift up a song of prayer, that the dead may know true rest. Deals heavy damage to undead.
Hide	Mastered	Self	—
	Cloak the unit in the words of a magick chant. INVISIBLE units cannot be the target of enemy attacks.
Angelsong	Hurdy-Gurdy	4	200
	A song of restoration sung by angels in the heavens. Grants Regen to an ally.
Battle Chant	Mastered	4	—
	A hearty chant that emboldens even the timid. Raises target's DEFENSE.
Magickal Refrain	Mastered	4	—
	A mystic song from times forgotten. Raises target's RESISTANCE.
Nameless Song	Frigid Viol	4	350
	A peculiar melody penned by an unknown bard. Grants random buffs to units in a small area.
Magick Ballad	Shining Lute	4	350
	Restores 10 MP in an area.
Soul Etude	Brilliant Theorbo	4	250
	A ballad that sings of life and all its wonders. Restores HP and removes debuffs from units in a in a small area.

Reaction

Skill	Equipment	Effect	AP
Critical: Vanish	Mastered	Become INVISIBLE when user becomes HP critical.	—

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.