Get the most out of equipped instruments!
In-game description.
The Bard is a crown in Final Fantasy: The 4 Heroes of Light obtained after Lilibelle's death in the Animal Burrow.
The crown's special ability bestows the user stat boosts when they have a harp equipped. The crown is a good support job in battle, since the crown's first three abilities raise the party's overall stats by 50%. These abilities are highly useful in the earlier stages, since spells like Protect and Berserk do not become available until later.
Bards should focus on buffing instead of attacking, since the crown only gives stat bonus in the magic category and harps make poor striking weapons. It has no proficiency with magic, so the player should only equip Bards with Level One spells. The crown loses its worth in the later stages when Lux becomes available. The job's special armor, Poet Tunic, provides a 10% boost to the user's Spirit and Intellect stats.
Stats[]
| HP | Strength | Intellect | Spirit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1.1 | 1.0 | 1.3 | 1.3 |
| Short Sword | Sword | Bow | Staff | Spear | Axe | Book | Harp |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C | C | C | C | C | C | C | B |
| Offensive Magic | Recovery Magic | Evade | Magic Evade |
|---|---|---|---|
| B | C | C | C |
Abilities[]
| Name | Description | AP | Gems to unlock | Image |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ditty | Sing a song to raise your party's attack power. Lasts 3 turns. | 2 | None | 
|
| Effect: Double the Attack Power, both physical and magical, of all party members for three turns.
(Doesn't improve the healing of recovery spells whatsoever. The Musician's Nocturne, and the White Magics Berserk and Magick or Lux stack with this ability) | ||||
| Motet | Sing a song to raise your party's defense. Lasts 3 turns. | 2 | Lapis ×5 Aquamarine ×5 |
|
| Effect: Double the Defense stats, both physical and magical, of all party members for three turns.
(The White Magics Protect and Shell or Lux stack with this ability) | ||||
| Aria | Sing a song to raise your party's status attributes. Lasts 3 turns. | 2 | Topaz ×2 Sapphire ×6 Lapis ×6 Amethyst ×1 |
|
| Effect: Increase the Strength, Intellect and Spirit stats of all party members by 50% for three turns. | ||||
| Fugue | Sing a sad song that stops your foes in their tracks. Lasts only one turn. | 4 | Ruby ×3 Emerald ×7 Lapis ×7 Amethyst ×2 Diamond ×1 |
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| Effect: Inflict Stop on all opponents on their next turn, preventing them from taking any actions for one turn. | ||||
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Etymology[]
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.