"Bards use their songs to enhance their party's performance. The effect of their songs varies depending on the harp they use."
—In-game description
The Bard(吟遊詩人,Gin'yūshijin?) is a Job class in Final Fantasy III. It is gained from the Water Crystal. Bards use their Sing ability to support their allies or, in the DS and iOS versions, deal damage to their enemy.
Each use the Bard's 'Scare' command reduces all enemies' levels:
Enemy level = Enemy level - 3
Multiple uses of 'Scare' can eventually lead to enemies running away instead
of attacking in battle. An enemy will only run away if:
(Lowest character level) - (Enemy level) > 15
If the above condition is met, then the chance that a monster will choose to
Run will be:
%Chance to Run = 100 - Monster Hit%
Also note that as an enemy level is decreased there is also the potential of
reducing its Magic Attack Multiplier.
Bosses are immune to 'Scare' and will also never attempt to Run.
Special Ability - Cheer
The Bard's 'Cheer' command gives an additive bonus to physical Base Damage for each party member. Base Damage = Base Damage + (10 * # of Cheers) (for physical attacks only).
Selecting Sing will cause the Bard to sing a song depending on which harp the user has equipped. The song will always be performed as the first action of each turn.
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Luneth as a Bard.
Arc as a Bard.
Refia as Bard.
Ingus as a Bard.
Trading card of Luneth as a Bard.
Scare in the NES version.
