Troubadour
An excellent singer, the bard can help with songs like Wakesong and Angelsong --Description in Dragon Quest VII.
The Troubadour (formerly bard) is one of the vocations exclusive to Dragon Quest VII.
Description
The troubadour is a helpful class that makes use of support skills in battle. Outside of battle, they know the spell Holy Protection, able to keep weaker monsters at bay. After mastering this class, the troubadour can become a Luminary provided they have also mastered the Dancer and Gadabout classes.
Dragon Quest VII
Stat Changes
| Statistics | Change |
| Battles to Master | 140 |
| Strength | -25 Percent |
| Agility | -15 Percent |
| Guard | -15 Percent |
| Intelligence | +20 Percent |
| Appearance | +10 Percent |
| Max HP | -20 Percent |
| Max MP | Null |
Abilities
| Level | Title | Learns | Battles Needed | Target | Info | MP |
| 1 | Beginner | Nothing | 0 | |||
| 2 | Novice | Eye for Distance | 13 | Field | Tells the player where the closest town is | 0 |
| 3 | Poet | Peep | 27 | Field | Allows the player to determine whether a treasure chest is actually a monster or not. A blue aura means that the treasure chest safe to open. A red aura means that the treasure chest is a monster. | 2 |
| 4 | Lyricist | Sleep Song | 40 | One Group | Has a chance of putting one a group of enemies to sleep | 0 |
| 5 | Warbler | Holy Protection | 55 | Field | Prevents weaker monsters from attacking the party | 4 |
| 6 | Crooner | Wake Song | 75 | All Allies | Cures all allies of the sleep status | 0 |
| 7 | Songster | Mist Song | 110 | One Group | Has a chance of preventing one group of enemies from casting spells | 0 |
| 8 | Minstrel | Angel Song | 140 | All Allies | Has a chance of restoring a fallen ally with 50 percent of their max HP | 0 |
Hybrid Abilities
| Hybrid | Learns | Target | Info | MP |
| Priest | Heal Song | All Allies | Restores 20HP to All Allies | 0 |
| Martial artist | War Cry | All Enemies | Has a chance of startling enemies, preventing them from attacking | 0 |
| Gadabout | Gag Song | One Group | Has a chance of making one group of enemies laugh, preventing them from attacking | 0 |
| Mage | Curse Song | One Group | Lowers the defense of one group of enemies | 0 |
| Sailor | Wave Song | One Group | Has a chance of putting one group of enemies to sleep | 0 |
| Shepherd | Ram Song | One Group | Has a chance of putting one group of enemies to sleep | 0 |
| Warrior | War Song | All Allies | Raises the defense of all allies | 0 |
Usefulness
The Bard is quite frail and should be put in the back rows. Its only use is to make the Luminary and then a Summoner. It takes some time to make a summoner and so has to be started as soon the player clears Alltrades Abbey. However, the rewards are great.
The hybrid skills aren't particularly worth getting as there are similar skills that do the same thing.
