Devout (job)

The Devout , also known as Seer, is a recurring job class in the Final Fantasy series. It is generally an upgrade to the White Mage job, serving the role of a healing and support class, utilizing the more powerful White Magic spells in combat.
Notable series Devouts include Sophia from Final Fantasy Dimensions and Minwu from War of the Visions: Final Fantasy Brave Exvius.
==Profile==
Devouts tend to dress in white robes with a red or pink coat underneath, with their most characteristic job adornment being their iconic Cat-Ear Hood. Female Devouts often wear their hoods in combat, while male characters tend to have their hoods down. 
Like most mages, Devouts tend to lean towards lighter armor, often being limited to equipping robes and vests. Their primary weapons include staves and rods. Devouts have a high Spirit stat compared to other mage jobs, but sport an average magic stat. Like their predecessor, their physical stats are higher than the Magus and Summoner jobs, but are not as high as some other classes.
The job was introduced into series in Final Fantasy III. Due to the game intending to feature an evolution of the jobs featured in the original Final Fantasy, the Devout was meant to serve as a further upgrade of the White Mage job, previously known as White Wizard in the first title. Like the White Wizard, Devouts have access to higher tiers of the White Magic command, a trait that would continue into future titles.
The most prominent ability of the Devout is to cast higher tiers of White Magic, having access to greater healing and support spells than White Mages, while also gaining access to powerful offensive spells. Spells often associated with the job include Curaga, Arise, and Holy.
Some later titles have provided additional commands and playstyles for the job. Final Fantasy Dimensions granted the Seer access to the Res. Element and Benediction commands, allowing the job to have access to a variety of Bar-Spells and restore HP to the party without consuming MP. Additionally, titles associated with the Ivalice Alliance had the job serve a role similar to the Sage job, having access to a pool of spells consisting of both White and Black Magicks. Lastly, War of the Visions: Final Fantasy Brave Exvius would introduce the "Law" and "Teaching" abilities for those using the job, allowing the characters to heal and support their allies within a greater range of effect.
==Appearances==
===Final Fantasy III===
The Devout is a job gained from the Earth Crystal. Devouts can cast all White Magic spells. They also possess higher MP for high-level White Magic. Devout is considered to be a powered-up version of the White Mage job.
===Final Fantasy XIV===
The Devout serves as the counterpart of the White Mage job on the First, and serves as the job of Lamitt. When on the Source, Lamitt goes under the title of the "Devout of Darkness".
Players have the chance to use the job when Lamitt is playable in a battle instance during the healer role questline in Shadowbringers.
===Final Fantasy Tactics A2: Grimoire of the Rift===
The Seer job is unlocked through mastery of four White Mage abilities and finishing "The Cat's Meow" quest. Equipping Tomes, its abilities include mid-rank Black and White Magick. They also boast the highest scores in MP and resistance for the hume race.
===Final Fantasy Tactics S===
Male and female Seers appeared as obtainable Hume job units from the game's draw system. Male Seers reused their artwork from Final Fantasy Tactics A2: Grimoire of the Rift, while the new female Seers had an appearance based on Krile from Final Fantasy V as a White Mage.
Lower ranked units had access to a single unique Magick Frenzy-type spell, while higher ranked units had access to stronger "Demon Conquering" elemental attack. Notable Seers included Wandering Seer Zephor, Apprentice Seer Pillco, and Millotia, the Demon Conquering Saint.
===Final Fantasy Dimensions===
The Seer job is obtained in the Tome of Twilight chapter, and is exclusive to Warriors of Light. It is an enhanced version of the White Mage job, having access to level 8 White Magic by default and allowing characters to use the final tier outside of the assigned job. They also learn the Resist Elemental ability set, allowing them to use Bar-Spells, making them useful against enemies that use elemental attacks.
===Pictlogica Final Fantasy ≒===
Male and female Devouts appear as unlockable memoria for players, being unlocked by leveling the White Mage memoria and mining. It specializes in using White Magic and sports a high intelligence stat. The jobs special move is Holy, which can be used only at rank 3.
===Final Fantasy Airborne Brigade===
The Devout was a job available after obtaining a level fifteen White Mage and a level fifteen Scholar. The preferred weapons for the job were rods and staves. The job specialized in both intelligence and agility abilities.
===Final Fantasy Artniks===
===Final Fantasy All the Bravest===
The Devout was a basic unit unlocked at party level 50. It used the Holy ability during battle.
===Final Fantasy Record Keeper===
Devout is a playable character who can be recruited as the First Time Reward for completing Fifth Ark, Part 3 on the Classic difficulty in the track of Core Dungeons.
===Mobius Final Fantasy===
The Devout was a job card available for Wol to summon. It was an advanced Mage job, serving the Healer role, having high Break Power and defensive power. Its Ultimate was Holy, an attack that would deal light damage to enemies within an area and leave them defenseless. The upgraded forms of the Devout were the Reverent and the Hierophant , which could be unlocked through the fourth and eighth job panel boards respectively.
Unlike other appearances, the job's design was based on a Taoist priest.
=== War of the Visions: Final Fantasy Brave Exvius ===
The Devout is a common job in War of the Visions, being the primary job of Minwu, Resnick, and Galzahk. It is a Rearguard Healer Class, which restores allies' HP and bestow a different array of defensive, and offensive buffs to units. It has very little in the ways of offense and can sacrifice attacking prowess for more duress.
Characters with access to the Devout as a sub-job include Sadali, Dark Fina, Ranan, Roy Mustang, and Zoma.
===Final Fantasy Trading Card Game===
The Devout job appears in Final Fantasy Trading Card Game as Ice-, Wind-, and Water-elemental Backup cards. The cards depict Ingus, Refia, Luneth, and Arc from Final Fantasy III.
1-043c Devout TCG.png|Devout [1-043C] Chapter series card.
RefiaDevout TCG.png|Devout [2-041C] Chapter series card.
LunethDevout TCG.png|Devout [9-045C] Chapter series card.
ArcDevout TCG.png|Devout [9-147C] Chapter series card.
Devout 1-048C from FFTCG Opus.jpg|Devout [1-048C] Opus series card.
Devout 1-077C from FFTCG Opus.jpg|Devout [1-077C] Opus series card.
===Final Fantasy Portal App===
Devout from Final Fantasy III appears as a Triple Triad card.
==Allusions to the job in the series==
===Final Fantasy V===
right|Krile's White Mage costume.
Krile's White Mage costume is based on the Devout job's appearance from Final Fantasy III, donning a cat-ear hooded robe.
===Final Fantasy Dimensions II===
The White Mage eidolon's final artwork depicts her as a Devout, donning the traditional Cat-Ear Hood robe of the job, and White Magic emerging from her staff.
In the original free-to-play versions, Aemo received an alternate costume based on the Devout job from the "Phantom Beast Great Decisive Battle!" event. The Devout costume was based on Krile's white mage outfit from Final Fantasy V. The costume could only be seen when Aemo was equipped with the "Devout Equipment" accessory.
FFLTnS Aemo Devout.png|Aemo's Devout costume from Final Fantasy Legends: Toki no Suishō.
==Non-Final Fantasy guest appearances==
===Other Square Enix titles===
The is a recurring job in the Bravely series. Like its Final Fantasy original, it is almost always a late game job that functions as a parallel to the recurring job. The major recurring characteristic of the job is the usage of familiars to aid the party in a variety of ways. 
The Spiritmaster associated with the first Bravely Default uniquely lacked the ability to use White Magic spells in the original title, but later served as the only method to learn high tier White Magic spells in Bravely Default: Praying Brage. 
The Spiritmaster from Bravely Default II was revamped to be a damage and support variety of the White Mage job, having access to Banish and Holy magics. Additionally, the job's familiars were revamped to cast several White Magic spells from Final Fantasy including Heal, Refresh, Basuna, Raise, and Bravery.
While not referred to as Devout, the Sage job from the defunct Knights of the Crystals browser title wore the traditional garb of the Devout, even donning the recurring cat-ear hood.
The Devout also made an appearance in the defunct browser title, Square Enix Legend World.
KotC Sage Male.png|Knights of the Crystals Sage (Male).
KotC Sage Female.png|Knights of the Crystals Sage (female).
Square Enix Legend World - Devout.jpg|Square Enix Legend World.
==Gallery==
FF3-Devout.png|Main cast of Final Fantasy III as Devouts.
TA2 Hume-Devout.jpg|Final Fantasy Tactics A2: Grimoire of the Rift.
FFTS Seer SR Portrait.png|Male Seer portrait in Final Fantasy Tactics S.
FFTS Seer SR Icon.png|Male Seer icon in Final Fantasy Tactics S.
Female Seer icon from FFTS.png|Female Seer icon in Final Fantasy Tactics S.
Ffl-char-sophia.png|Sophia from Final Fantasy Dimensions is a Seer.
FFD - Devout.png|Final Fantasy Dimensions sprite.
FFAB Devout Male.png|A male Devout in Final Fantasy Airborne Brigade.
FFAB Devout Female.png|A female Devout in Final Fantasy Airborne Brigade.
Devout ATB.png|Final Fantasy All the Bravest.
FF3 Devout L Artniks.png|Final Fantasy Artniks.
==Etymology==
While having no direct translation into English, the job's Japanese name of has various meanings, often including officiating priests or high priests commonly found in the Buddhist faith.
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