Bard

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Bard

"The word "bard" ordinarily puts folk in mind of those itinerant minstrels, fair of voice and nimble of finger, who earn their coin performing in taverns and the halls of great lords. Few know, however, that bards in fact trace their origins back to the bowmen of eld, who sang in the heat of battle to fortify the spirits of their companions.
In time, their impassioned songs came to hold sway over the hearts of men, inspiring their comrades to great feats and granting peace unto those who lay upon the precipice of death." — Game Description

Bard
File:Bard concept art.jpg
Bard concept art

Bard is a job that specializes in buffing their allies with songs and other enchantments. Bard improve upon the class archer through the addition of group buffs. Bards have all the abilities and traits of Archers. They can also use all the cross-class abilities of Pugilist and lancer. The most important stat for the bard is dexterity, which increases attack power. The level of your Bard is equivalent to that of your Archer.

Requirements

Actions

Bards use all the Archer Actions in addition to having their own unique actions for their Job:

Action Icon Level TP Cost MP Cost Cast Time Cooldown Range Radius Description
Mage's Ballad mages ballad.png 30 0 ?? 3s 2.5s 0y 20y Refreshes MP of all nearby party members while lowering own damage dealt by 20%.
MP is drained while singing.
Refresh effect is lost if party members move out of hearing distance, and ends upon reuse.
Cannot be used with other songs.
Foe Requiem foe requiem.png 35 0 ?? 3s 2.5s 0y 20y Reduces elemental resistances of all enemies by 10%.
MP is drained while singing.
Effect is lost if targets move out of hearing distance, and ends upon reuse.
Cannot be used with other songs.
Army's Paeon armys paeon.png 40 0 ?? 3s 2.5s 0y 20y Refreshes TP of all nearby party members while lowering own damage dealt by 20%.
MP is drained while singing.
Refresh effect is lost if party members move out of hearing distance, and ends upon reuse.
Cannot be used with other songs.
Rain of Death rain of death.png 45 200 0 Instant 2.5s 25y 8y Delivers an attack with a potency of 100 to the target and all enemies near it.
Additional Effect: Lowers target's evasion by 10% for 20s
Additional Effect: 15% chance next Quick Nock will cost no TP for 10s.
Battle Voice battle voice.png 50 0 0 Instant 300s 0y 0y Doubles the effectiveness of all songs for 30s.
Does not work with Swiftsong.

Cross Class Actions

Pugilist Lancer
Action Icon Level Action Icon Level
Featherfoot Featherfoot.png 4 Feint Feint.png 2
Second Wind Second wind.png 8 Keen Flurry Keen flurry.png 6
Haymaker Haymaker.png 10 Invigorate Invigorate.png 22
Internal Release Internal release.png 12 Blood for Blood Blood for blood.png 34
Mantra Mantra.png 42

PvP Actions

Quests

Level Quest Quest-Giver Rewards
30 A Song of Bards and Bowmen Luciane - New Gridania (x15,y11) Unlocks Bard, Mage's Ballad
35 The Archer's Anthem Jehantel - South Shroud (x21,y21) Foe Requiem
40 Bard's-eye View Jehantel - South Shroud (x21,y21) Army's Paeon
45 Doing It the Bard Way Jehantel - South Shroud (x21,y21) Rain of Death
45 Pieces of the Past Jehantel - South Shroud (x21,y21) Choral Tights, Choral Ringbands
Choral Sandals, Choral Chapeau
50 Requiem for the Fallen Jehantel - South Shroud (x21,y21) Battle Voice, Choral Shirt
50 A Relic Reborn (Artemis Bow) Gerolt - North Shroud (x30,y20) Artemis Bow (Relic Weapon)

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