Five FFXIV Bard (Dawntrail 7.x) mechanics drawn as bench machines. Each figure runs a short tour on its own and pauses when scrolled away; press its buttons (or focus it and use the keys named in its label) to drive it yourself.
BRD 1Song cycleThree songs · one seatWanderer's Minuet 32s · party crit rate +2%
The drum in the playing seat, the dropped pick, Coda pins raised, Repertoire stacksTurntable with three song drums, pick arm on its post, 45 s dial, Coda pins, Repertoire rackA turntable as the Bard's song cycle in FFXIV (Dawntrail). Only one song plays at a time and each lasts 45 seconds, so the table turns the next drum under the pick: the Wanderer's Minuet (party critical hit rate +2%; Repertoire stacks up to 3 for Pitch Perfect), Mage's Ballad (party damage +1%; each Repertoire cuts 7.5 s from Heartbreak Shot and Rain of Death) and Army's Paeon (party direct hit rate +3%; Repertoire stacks up to 4, each 4% faster). The bands on each drum count the stacks it can hold. Every song sung also raises its Coda pin for Radiant Finale. Songs have a 120 s recast, not enforced here, and the song timer runs fast on the page.
BRD 2Soul VoiceDraw on procs · loose at 20+Soul Voice 85/100 · Apex Arrow would be 595
Soul Voice collar at 80 or more, a full draw, the bolt in flight, Blast Arrow Ready pinCrossbow on a turret post, 20-mark Soul Voice column with stops at 20 and 80, potency scale, boss blockA crossbow as the Bard's Soul Voice Gauge in FFXIV (Dawntrail). Every Repertoire proc during a song adds 5 to the gauge and draws the string further back. Apex Arrow costs at least 20 and spends the whole gauge: 140 potency at 20, rising to 700 at 100 (the scale in front; drawn here as a straight line between the two). Loosing it at 80 or more also raises Blast Arrow Ready for 10 seconds, and Blast Arrow hits for 700. The proc rate is sped up for the page.
BRD 3RepertoireEvery 3 s · 80% a stackTick · Repertoire! · 2/3 stacks · Pitch Perfect 220
The pocket that turned up a proc, Repertoire tokens, Empyreal Arrow pinTen-pocket wheel with two blanks, pointer on its post, 3 s tick dial, three-token rack, boss blockA ten-pocket wheel as the Bard's Repertoire in FFXIV (Dawntrail). While a song plays, every 3 seconds the wheel turns: eight pockets in ten grant Repertoire (an 80% chance) and the two blanks do not. Here the Wanderer's Minuet is playing, so each proc drops a token into the rack, up to 3, and Pitch Perfect spends them all: 100, 220 or 360 potency for 1, 2 or 3 stacks. Empyreal Arrow always grants Repertoire while a song is playing (the pin, then a sure pocket). Each proc also adds 5 Soul Voice (figure 2). The wheel's look and speed are illustrative.
BRD 4Battle Voice · FinaleBell · Coda liftBattle Voice 14s · Finale +6% 16s · Encore 1100
The rung bell, Battle Voice and Radiant Finale rings on every pad, Finale collar, Coda and Encore pinsBell on a gallows post, three Coda pins, three-stop Finale lift, two 20 s dials, party pawnsA bell and a lift as the Bard's two party buffs in FFXIV (Dawntrail). Battle Voice raises the direct hit rate of the Bard and nearby party members by 20% for 20 seconds (the inner ring on each pad). Radiant Finale needs at least one Coda, granted by singing each song, and spends them all: 2%, 4% or 6% more damage for the party for 20 seconds for 1, 2 or 3 different Coda (the lift stops and the outer ring). It also grants Radiant Encore Ready: 700, 800 or 1,100 potency by the Coda spent. Both have long recasts (120 s and 110 s) that are not enforced here; Sing refills the Coda and the timers run fast.
Collars of the running damage-over-time effects, the yoke's forks while lifting, Hawk's Eye pinTwo 15-mark columns (Caustic Bite, Stormbite), yoke on two guide posts, 3 s tick dial, boss blockTwo columns and a yoke as the Bard's Iron Jaws in FFXIV (Dawntrail). Caustic Bite and Stormbite each put a damage-over-time effect on the target for 45 seconds (poison 20 and wind 25 potency every 3 s), and each collar sinks as its timer runs down. Iron Jaws (100 potency) resets the timer of whichever of the two you have on the target, so the yoke drops to the collars and carries both back to the top in one weaponskill; an effect that has already fallen off is not restored and needs its bite again. Iron Jaws and both bites have a 35% chance to grant Hawk's Eye (the pin) for Refulgent Arrow. Timers run fast on the page.