Original artwork from Final Fantasy III.
Tunic with ancient verse embroidered in its sleeves.
Final Fantasy XII: Revenant Wings description
Bard's Tunic (しじんのふく or 詩人の服, Shijin no Fuku?), also known as Bard Vest, Poet Robe, and Sage's Surplice, is a recurring armor in the series.
Appearances
Final Fantasy
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A light, loose-fitting tunic.
Description
The Bard's Tunic is a high-ranked armor that only appears in the Dawn of Souls and 20th Anniversary editions. It can be equipped to every class. It can be dropped from Two-Headed Dragon and found in Hellfire Chasm and Lifespring Grotto. It provides +20 Defense, +3 Weight and resistance to Silence.
Final Fantasy III
Template:Sideicon The Bard Vest is a mid-ranked armor used by Freelancers, Onion Knights and Bards. It can be bought in Duster for 5,500 gil.
In the NES version, it provides 12 Defense, 8 Magic Defense, -6 Attack, and 12% Evade. In the 3D versions, it provides 32 Defense, 28 Magic Defense, +2 Agility and Mind.
Final Fantasy IV
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Clothes that prevent Silence.
Description
The Bard's Tunic is a low-ranked armor that is Edward's initial equipment, and can be bought in Mist for 70 gil. It provides +2 Defense, +1 Magic Defense, +1 Magic Evasion and resistance to Silence.
Final Fantasy IV: The After Years
Template:Sideicon Bard's Tunic provides +2 Defense, +1 Magic Defense, and resists Silence. and can only be worn by Edward. It is initially equipped on Edward and can be bought in Damcyan for 70 gil.
Final Fantasy V
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Clothes that prevent Silence.
Description
Sage's Surplice (originally known as Poet Robe) is a low-rank robe, which provides +6 Defense, +8 Magic Defense, +17 Magic Evasion, and immunity to Silence. It can be bought in Jachol and Crescent for 1,000 gil, and dropped from Drippy and stolen from Ra Mage.
It can be equipped by White Mages, Black Mages, Time Mages, Summoners, Blue Mages, Red Mages, Chemists, Geomancers, Bards, Dancers, Oracles, Cannoneers, Necromancers and Mimes.
Final Fantasy XII: Revenant Wings
Template:Sideicon The Bard's Tunic is a mid-ranked armor for Penelo and provides +24 Defense, +36 Magick Defense and +5 Mind. It can be bought in chapter 4 for 3,200 gil.
Final Fantasy: The 4 Heroes of Light
Template:Sideicon Poet Tunic is an armor that provides 4 Defense, 3 Magic Defense, and +10% Intelligence and Spirit. It can be bought for 350 at Urbeth, Invidia, and in Liberte (after darkness).
Final Fantasy Dimensions
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Template:Sideicon The Bard's Tunic is level 20 clothing that raises HP by 796 and also increases stage defense by 25%. It can be obtained the shop by trading 4,190 gil, a Poncho, and a Bird Feather.
Dissidia 012 Final Fantasy
Template:Sideicon Bard's Tunic is a level 30 clothing that provides +1155 HP, +25 Bravery, -2 Defense, and +25% Stage Defense. It can be obtained by trading 17,760 gil, Poncho, and Zombie Rag.
Dissidia Final Fantasy Opera Omnia
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The voice of a bard holds strange powers. It can inspire allies on the battlefield and increase their physical and magical strength, as well as tempt and confuse the enemy. To say that the voice of a bard is his or her very soul would be no exaggeration. Were he or she to lose it, it would leave said person utterly powerless. This tunic was made to prevent its wearer from suffering the ailment known as silence, and thus it is loved by all those who fear losing their voice.
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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.
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