Freelancer (Final Fantasy V)

The Freelancer, also known as Bare in the Anthology release, is the default job from Final Fantasy V that has no defining characteristics. It is the default job the party starts with.
Freelancer begins with the ability to equip any weapon, armor, or accessory, but is otherwise the weakest job. Its main strength is that, as characters master and level up other jobs, Freelancer can equip their command abilities in its two ability slots, and gains most of their innate support abilities without needing to use up a slot for them. Therefore, Freelancer eventually becomes the most powerful job in the game, alongside the Mime.
==Characteristics==
The Freelancer job is the characters in their regular clothing. Bartz wears a blue tunic with white sleeves and leggings and a pair of boots. Lenna wears an orange dress. Faris wears a blue tunic with a green mantle. Galuf wears a long green coat and tan pants. Krile wears a blue dress. When a playable character is knocked out, they appear in their Freelancer attire regardless of job.
==Gameplay==
===Stats===
Freelancers begin with the base stats of each character. The five playable characters' stat differences are negligible, and make only very slight differences to the damage output, turn rate, HP, and MP.
Each job has a stat modifier based on the character's existing stat. For instance, Bartz's starting Strength (his physical damage) is 28, and equipping the Knight job, which grants a +23 Strength modifier, makes his Strength 51. When Bartz masters the Knight job, he inherits this stat as a Freelancer and has 51 Strength normally. However, if he masters the Monk, which has the biggest Strength modifier of +26, he only gains Monk's modifier, making his maximum Strength as a Freelancer +54.
Freelancer's maximum Strength modifier is +26 from Monk, their maximum Agility modifier (affecting their turn rate) is +16 from a Thief, their maximum Stamina modifier (affecting their HP) is +26 from a Monk, and their maximum Magic modifier is either +33 from a Summoner, or +36 from an Oracle in versions with Oracle available. It is therefore best to master Monk and Thief, and also Summoner if one plans to cast spells as a Freelancer.
===Equipment===
Freelancers can equip any equipment piece without having to master a job to use them. They can mix their equipment with several abilities learned from jobs whose equipment would normally restrict them. Some abilities still only work with a specific weapon: for example, Spellblade only works with some bladed weapon types, and Jump is only optimal when used with spears.
===Abilities===
Freelancer, like the Mime job, gains every innate support ability from every job the character has mastered, except the Berserker's Berserk and the Necromancer's Undead.
Crystal 	Job 	Max AP	AP to Master 	Command abilities 	Innate support abilities (excluding Berserk, Undead, and Equipment)	Equipment abilities 	Other support abilities
Start 	Freelancer 	0 	12853 (SNES)15328 (GBA)15288 (defunct mobile/Steam)	— 	(all) 	(all) 	—
Water 	Mime 	999 	999 	Mimic 	(all) 	— 	—
Wind 	Knight 	350 	690 	Guard 	Cover 	Equip Shield, Armor, Sword	Two-Handed
Wind 	Monk 	300 	700 	Focus, Chakra 	Barehanded, Counter 	— 	HP+10% +20% +30%
Wind 	Thief 	300 	635 	Flee, Steal, Mug 	Find Passages, Sprint, Vigilance, Artful Dodger 	— 	—
Wind 	White Mage 	300 	580 	White Magic (1-6) 	— 	— 	MP+10%
Wind 	Blue Mage 	250 	350 	Check, Blue Magic, Scan 	Learning 	— 	—
Wind 	Black Mage 	450 	730 	Black Magic (1-6) 	— 	— 	MP+30%
Water 	Red Mage 	999 	1159 	Red Magic (1-3), Dualcast 	— 	— 	—
Water 	Time Mage 	250 	530 	Time Magic (1-6) 	— 	Equip Rods 	—
Water 	Summoner 	500 	750 	Summon (1-5), Call 	— 	— 	—
Water 	Berserker 	400 	500 	— 	— 	Equip Axes 	Berserk
Water 	Mystic Knight	400 	680 	Spellblade (1-6) 	Magic Shell 	— 	—
Fire 	Beastmaster 	300 	460 	Calm, Control, Catch 	— 	Equip Whips 	—
Fire 	Geomancer 	100 	175 	Gaia 	Find Pits, Light Step 	— 	—
Fire 	Ninja 	450 	690 	Smoke, Image, Throw 	First Strike, Dual-Wield 	— 	—
Fire 	Ranger 	405 	600 	Animals, Aim, Rapid Fire 	— 	Equip Bows 	—
Fire 	Bard 	100 	175 	Hide, Sing 	— 	Equip harp 	—
Earth 	Dragoon 	400 	600 (SNES/GBA)560 (defunct mobile/Steam) 	Jump, Lance 	— 	Equip Lances 	—
Earth 	Dancer 	325 	400 	Flirt, Dance 	— 	Equip Ribbons 	—
Earth 	Samurai 	540 	820 	Mineuchi, Zeninage, Iainuki	Shirahadori 	Equip katanas 	—
Earth 	Chemist 	405 	630 	Mix, Drink, Recover, Revive	Pharmacology 	— 	—
Advance (and defunct mobile/Steam)	Cannoneer 	300 	500 	Open Fire, Combine 	— 	— 	EXP Up
Advance (and defunct mobile/Steam)	Gladiator 	450 	700 	Finisher, Bladeblitz 	— 	— 	Lure, Long Range
Advance (and defunct mobile/Steam)	Oracle 	300 	525 	Condemn, Predict 	— 	— 	ABP Up, Read Ahead
Advance (and defunct mobile/Steam)	Necromancer 	300 	750 	Oath, Dark Arts (1-5) 	— 	— 	Undead
==Other appearances==
===Dissidia 012 Final Fantasy===
Bartz's second alternate costume, called the "Freelancer", is based upon his Freelancer appearance from Final Fantasy V. The player unlocks this costume in the PP Catalog.
===Final Fantasy Record Keeper===
Bartz, Faris, and Krile wear Freelancer attires by default. Lenna and Galuf can change their appearance to Freelancer costumes through the Wardrobe Record system.
FFRK Bartz Freelancer sprites.png|Set of Bartz's Freelancer sprites.
FFRK Faris Freelancer sprites.png|Set of Faris's Freelancer sprites.
FFRK Krile Freelancer sprites.png|Set of Krile's Freelancer sprites.
FFRK Lenna Freelancer sprites.png|Set of Lenna's Freelancer sprites.
FFRK Galuf Freelancer sprites.png|Set of Galuf's Freelancer sprites.
===Final Fantasy Portal App===
Freelancers appear as Triple Triad cards.
087a Bartz.png|Bartz
088a Lenna.png|Lenna
089a Galuf.png|Galuf
090a Faris.png|Faris
100a Bartz.png|Bartz
101a Lenna.png|Lenna
102a Galuf.png|Galuf
103a Faris.png|Faris
==References==
es:Aprendiz (Final Fantasy V)
it:Tuttofare (Final Fantasy V)
Category:Jobs in Final Fantasy V