Merchant (Bravely Second)

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Exploit the influence of coin in combat.

—Job menu description

The Merchant (商人, Shōnin?) is an asterisk that appears in Bravely Second: End Layer. It is obtained after defeating Erutus Profiteur.

The Merchant is a money job, both gaining it in notable amounts, and consuming it at a high rate with their Commerce abilities. While their statistics are less than ideal, they have high proficiency in multiple weapon types. Their innate ability is More Money.

Proficiency[]

Stats[]

HP	MP	STR	INT	DEX	VIT	MND	AGI
C	C	C	B	C	D	C	C

Equipment[]

Swords	Axes	Spears	Rods	Staves	Daggers	Bows
D	E	S	E	S	S	C
Katanas	Knuckles	G.Swords	Firearms	Shields	Helms	Armor
E	E	E	C	E	E	E

Abilities[]

The Merchant's specialty is More Money. Its job command is Commerce.

Ability	Level	Class	Cost	Description
Pay to Play	1	Command	—	Spend your level times 50 pg to raise the target's critical rate by 300% for four turns. [Single-target][Duration: 4t] *The upper limit for critical rate is 500%.
White Knight	2	Support	1 slot	The ally with the most HP protects you when you suffer a single-target physical attack while your HP is below 20%.
Pharmacy	3	Command	—	Spend pg to purchase a recovery item and use it on a single target. (Select the item you wish to use after selecting "Pharmacy.")
Salesman	4	Command	—	Force an enemy to buy a consumable item from you at 2.4 times its regular selling price. Chance of success varies depending on the item. [Single-target]
More Money	5	Support	2 slots	Earn 1.5 times more money than normal after a battle. Note that this effect does stack with similar effects from items, but will not stack from multiple characters possessing this ability.
Hedge Risk	6	Command	—	Halve the damage you suffer for five turns by spending money equal to half the damage. [Self][Duration: 5t]
Takeover	7	Command	—	Spend your level times 50 pg to deal damage to one target that is equal to the money you spent. [Single-target]
BP Drink	8	Command	—	Purchase a BP recovery item and use it on one target. Small BP drink (restores 1 BP): 1,000 pg Medium BP drink (restores 2 BP): 10,000 pg *Large BP drink (restores 3 BP): 100,000 pg
Big Pharma	9	Command	—	Restore one enemy's HP and make the target pay pg equal to the number of HP recovered. [Single-target][Base Power: 30] The amount of pg obtainable from this ability is capped at 99,999 pg per battle. When fighting consecutive battles, this limit resets with each individual battle.
Payoff	10	Command	—	Spend money to buy off the enemy and end the battle. Note that you will still get the usual pg, experience, JP, and items.
Insurance	11	Support	2 slots	Upon taking damage from enemy attacks, receive pg equal to half the amount of damage sustained. A maximum of 99,999 pg per battle can be obtained using this ability. When fighting consecutive battles, a maximum of 99,999 pg can be obtained for each individual battle.

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Etymology[]

A merchant is a businessperson who trades in commodities produced by others, in order to earn a profit.