FFCompendium

[Pheonixhawk]

Im sure alot of you have heard of it, and maybe some of you havnet, but I like goint to this site to look athe a comparison of the other Past, and Present Final Fantasys. I just thought id post a description about bard in the past.

Dancer
Appearances: FF5, FF6, FFX-2, FFT
Aliases: Songstress
Dancers cast a random effect on their enemies, much like a bard. They must learn dances either through AP or experience.

Similar Job Classes: Bard, Geomancer


FF5

NAME: Dancer
OVERVIEW: The Red Shoes accessory increases the success rate of Flirt and chance of doing Sword Dance.
WEAPONS: Knives
ABILITIES/MAGIC:
!Flirt - Distract enemy and reset their turn time. High chance of failure.
!Dance - Do a continuous dance at random (default)
Equip Ribbon - Equip Ribbon, Tiara, Rainbow Armor, and/or Red Shoes despite job class
Dances:
Sword Dance - Attack enemy for four times normal damage
Jitterbug - Drain HP from enemy and give to self
Mystery Waltz - Drain MP from enemy and give to self
Tempting Tango - Cast Confuse on enemy

ATTRIBUTES: High strength, low HP, low magic


FFX-2

NAME: Songstress
OVERVIEW: Songstress also includes traits of the Bard. Songstresses cannot attack, unless afflicted with Berserk.
WEAPONS: Microphone
ABILITIES/MAGIC:
Dance:
Darkness Dance - Cast Blind on enemy for length of dance
Samba of Silence - Cast Silence on enemy for length of dance
MP Mambo - MP cost for party is 0 for length of dance
Magical Masque - Party is invulnerable to magic attacks for length of dance
Sleepy Shuffle - Puts all enemies to sleep for length of dance
Carnival Cancan - Party's max HP is doubled for length of dance
Slow Dance - Cast Slow on all enemies for length of dance
Brakedance - Cast Stop on all enemies for length of dance
Jitterbug - Cast Haste on party for length of dance
Dirty Dancing - All allies' attacks are critical hits for length of dance
Sing:
Battle Cry - Raise party's strength for length of song
Cantus Firmus - Raise party's defense for length of song
Esoteric Melody - Raise party's magic power for length of song
Disenchant - Raise party's magic defense for length of song
Perfect Pitch - Raise party's accuracy for length of song
Matador's Song - Raise party's evasion for length of song

SUPPORT ABILITIES: None
ATTRIBUTES: Low HP, low strength, low physical defense, low accuracy, low luck


FF: Tactics

NAME: Dancer
OVERVIEW: Only females can be Dancers. Males become Bards, whose abilities affect only allies.
WEAPONS: Knife, Cloth/Rug
ABILITIES/MAGIC:
Dance:
Witch Hunt - Cause MP damage
Wiznaibus - Cause HP damage
Slow Dance - Lower target speed
Polka Polka - Lower target's attack power
Disillusion - Lower target's magic power
Nameless Dance - Cause various status ailments
Last Dance - Turns target's CT count to 0
Reaction Abilities: A Save (raise physical attack power), Brave Up
Support Abilities: None
Move Abilities: Jump +3, Fly (leap over enemies and obstacles)

ATTRIBUTES: Low evasion, low HP, low MP




Traits of Dancer in Other Games
FF6: Mog's primary ability is "Dance", however, all his dances do nothing but Geomancy magic.

[Pheonixhawk]

Thought I may as well as add Time Mages as well

Time Mage
Appearances: FF5, FFT, FFTA
Aliases: None
Time mages have the ability to slow down and speed up the actions of people, along with a hodge-podge of other spells. Like Bards, their magic is not damage-causing, thus they are no more than a weak support job. With many other classes that can kill the enemy before they even have a chance to attack, this class tends to fall by the wayside. Some Time Mages also can cast Meteor, a high damage attack with a low accuracy.

Similar Job Classes: Bard, White Mage, Black Mage


FF5

NAME: Time Mage
OVERVIEW: Can cast a variety of magic spells, including some Black Magic.
WEAPONS: Knives, Rods, Staffs, Flail, Morning Star
ABILITIES/MAGIC:
!Time - Cast Time Magic (default)
Equip Rods & Staves - Allows character to equip rod or staff despite job class

ATTRIBUTES: High magic


FF: Tactics

NAME: Time Mage
OVERVIEW: Abilities only include time and movement, plus Meteor.
WEAPONS: Staff
ABILITIES/MAGIC:
Time Magic: Haste, Haste 2, Slow, Slow 2, Stop, Don't Move (more effective Stop), Float, Reflect, Quick (increase everyone's speed), Demi, Demi 2, Meteor
Reaction Abilities: Critical Quick (when HP is critical, selected action is next executed), MP Switch (physical damage translates to lost MP)
Support Abilities: Short Charge (CT shortened)
Move Abilities: Teleport (move immediately to destination, chance of failure proportional to distance), Float
ATTRIBUTES: High magic power, low attack power, low evasion


FF: Tactics Advance

NAME: Time Mage
OVERVIEW: Does not include Meteor, but has Gravity attacks.
WEAPONS: Rod
ABILITIES/MAGIC:
Time Magic:
Haste - Double frequency of target turns
Quicken - Target takes turn after user
Slow - Half frequency of target turns
Reflect - Cast Reflect on target
Stop - Stop target from turns
Silence - Prevent spellcasting
Quarter - Damage equal to 1/4 target's current HP
Demi - Damage equal to 1/2 target's current HP
Reaction Abilities: Last Quicken - Cast Quicken when HP critical
Support Abilities: None
Combo: Time Combo

ATTRIBUTES: High magic power, high magic defense, low evasion




Traits of Time Mage in Other Games
FF10: Tidus' main abilities are through manipulation of time, such as Haste and Delay Attack.
FFX-2: Warrior has Delay Attack and Delay Buster.

[Fiye]

Geomancer might look like a good thing to look at.

Honestly though, I'm excited as anyone else is with the new jobs. I'm just hoping something better than WHM can come along. I'm tired of healing and not kicking the $h!t out of something.

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