Bard

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=Job Overview=
:A bright tune to soothe a party's wounds.... A brisk march to raise a party's spirits... A demoralizing lamentation to weaken a party's foes... The Bards of Vana'diel use music as their weapon.
:A Bard (BRD) uses songs as the job's main advantage to boost the party's stats. Bards have many songs but only four non-meritable Job Abilities. A bard without an instrument or a player with the sub job bard can only keep one song up at a time, as opposed to instrument players that can use two. A party with multiple bards may stack more than 2 songs on the party as long as they are not the same song. The Bard job is available after completing the quest Path of the Bard. 
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Abilities • Traits • Merits • Song ListCombat Skills • Magic Skills • Artifact Equipment • Bard Guides
=Job Abilities=
{|border="1" width="80%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2"	Level 	 Name
01 	 Soul Voice 	
20 	 Pianissimo 	
75 (Merit)	 Nightingale 	
75 (Merit)	 Troubadour 	
83 	 Tenuto 	
95 	 Marcato 	
96 	 Clarion Call	
=Song List=
{|border="1" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2"	Level 	 Song
01	 Knight's Minne 	
03	 Valor Minuet 	
05	 Army's Paeon 	
07	 Foe Requiem 	
09	 Herb Pastoral 	
10	 Light Threnody 	
11	 Sword Madrigal 	
12	 Dark Threnody 	
13	 Sheepfoe Mambo 	
14	 Earth Threnody 	
15	 Army's Paeon II 	
16	 Foe Lullaby 	
16	 Water Threnody 	
17	 Foe Requiem II 	
18	 Wind Threnody 	
19	 Scop's Operetta 	
20	 Fire Threnody 	
21	 Knight's Minne II 	
22	 Enchanting Etude 	
22	 Ice Threnody 	
23	 Valor Minuet II 	
24	 Lightning Threnody	
24	 Spirited Etude 	
25	 Mage's Ballad 	
26	 Learned Etude 	
27	 Horde Lullaby 	
+ Requires spending 100 Job Points.
=Combat Skill Ratings=
{| border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" width="100%"	 Skill	Skill Ranking	Cap at Level 1	Cap at Level 49	Cap at Level 99
 Dagger 	B- 	5 	144 	388 	
 Staff 	C+ 	5 	139 	378 	
 Sword 	C- 	5 	139 	368 	
 Club 	D 	4 	133 	334 	
 	 	 	 	 	
 Throwing	E 	4 	124 	300 	
 	 	 	 	 	
 Evasion 	D 	4 	133 	334 	
 Parrying	E 	4 	124 	300 	
See Bard Skill Caps for a by-level breakdown of Weapon Skill limits.
= Job Specific Equipment =
:To see a side by side comparison of Artifact/Relic sets visit Artifact/Relic Sets Comparison.
:To see a side by side comparison of Empyrean sets visit Aoidos' Sets Comparison.
{|border="1" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2"	Artifact Set 	Artifact Set	Artifact Set
Level	Artifact 	 	
30 	 Choral Torque 	 	
40 	 Paper Knife 	 	
52 	 Choral Slippers 	 	
54 	 Choral Roundlet 	 	
56 	 Choral Cannions 	 	
58 	 Choral Justaucorps	 	
60 	 Choral Cuffs 	 	
{|border="1" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2"	Relic Set +1 	Relic Set +1	Relic Set +1
Level	Relic 	 	
75 	 Bard's Slippers +1 	 	
75 	 Bard's Roundlet +1 	 	
75 	 Bard's Cuffs +1 	 	
75 	 Bard's Justaucorps +1	 	
75 	 Bard's Cannions +1 	 	
=Bard Guides=
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*Bard/Song_List - For a summary of all the spell scrolls and where to find them
*Job Specific Equipment/Bard
*A Bard's Tale
*How-To Guide: Bard
*Bard: Guide to Playing the Job
*Bard: Guide to Weapons and Armor
*Bard Guide by Tattersail
*Endgame Barding Guide by Ghlin
*Bard Song List (Also available: Japanese-English Song List)
*Bard: Guide to Songs 101
*Guide to Dispelling Effects
*Shattering Stars/Bard
*Itazura's Bard Puller Guide
*Tanshortys_Bard_Guide
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