Victor S. Court, a recurring Spiritmaster in the series.
The Spiritmaster (導師, Dōshi?, lit. High Priest) is a recurring job class in the Bravely series. It is almost always a late game job that functions as a parallel or counterpart to the recurring White Mage job. The major recurring characteristic of the job is the usage of familiars to aid the party in a variety of ways. Depending on the game, these effects vary by either healing the party or providing elemental boons.
Appearances[]
Bravely Default[]
The Spiritmaster is a late-game job that excels in support, either boosting elemental resistance, rendering allies immune to status ailments or elements, and increasing Magic Defense.
They have an S rank in MP and Mind as well as an A rank in Intelligence, allowing for more potent spellcasting. They can also enhance elemental attacks so they cause more damage for a short time. As with White Mages, they have an S rank in Staves.
It is obtained after defeating Victor S. Court in Eternian Central Command.
Bravely Default II[]
The Spiritmaster is a support job that is unlocked during the events of the game's third chapter by defeating Helio.
The job has access to the Spirit Magic command, being able to cast a variety of healing and supportive magics. It consists primarily of spells that allow the user to summon familiars onto the battlefield for a short period of time to gradually support the party.
The job also sports very high magical stats, particularly in restorative areas, and conversely very low physical stats.
Bravely Default: Praying Brage[]
The Spiritmaster was an advance job for the player character avatars to obtain. The job served as an upgraded version of the game's White Mage job, being able to learn more advanced White Magic spells.
In addition, the job was also able to summon a variety of spirits to nullify elemental damage from enemies, or increasing the elemental damage inflicted by the player's party. The job's strongest ability, Stillness, caused all units on the battlefield to inflict 0 damage to all targets for a period of time.
They were able to equip canes, light armor, and hats. Spiritmasters also excelled in MP and Spirit stat growth.
Bravely Default: Fairy's Effect[]
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Etymology[]
The Spiritmaster job originates from the Final Fantasy series of games, however it is known as Devout or Seer, in series appearances. Introduced in Final Fantasy III as an upgraded form of the traditional White Mage job, it learned powerful magic spells not usable by its predecessor.
In the Bravely series, the job initially did not carry the elements of its Final Fantasy job origin when first introduced to the series in the original Bravely Default, which focused on elemental manipulation and damage and status protection. However, later entries such as Bravely Default: Praying Brage began to take influences from the Final Fantasy original, with it becoming an upgraded form of the White Mage job.
While having no direct translation into English, the job's Japanese name of (導師, Dōshi?) has various meanings, often including officiating priests or high priests commonly found in the Buddhist faith. The Buddhist inspirations can be seen with Helio's appearance in Bravely Default II, sporting a traditional urna (白毫, Byakugō?) found in Buddhist art and culture.