Random Deal

Job Ability Information Job Corsair Type Level   Level Obtained 50 Description Has the possibility of resetting the recast time of a random ability for party members within area of effect. Recast 00:20:00 (base) Cumulative Enmity 1 Volatile Enmity 300 Command /ja "Random Deal" <me>  Group 1 Ranks Available 5 Effect of each Rank Reduces recast by 00:00:40 per merit level.  Category Random Deal Effect Ranks Available 20 Effect of each Rank Grants the chance to reset up to 2 abilities. Increase chance by 2%.

Notes

• Random Deal randomly selects one job ability for each party member in range (under 7.5 yalms) and, if that ability is waiting on recast, resets the timer. If any abilities are not waiting on recast, it is possible that Random Deal will select one of those and have no noticeable effect.
  • Random Deal will not select to restore SP Abilities.
• Random Deal strongly favors the restoration of abilities that are grouped on shared timers within a hierarchy (such as Stratagems, Quick Draw, Phantom Roll, etc.), as each ability within the hierarchy is counted separately when an ability to restore is randomly chosen. This basically means that if you're using Random Deal to reset your own Snake Eye, Crooked Cards, or whatever, you have to wait for Phantom Roll and Quick Draw to fully recover.
  • While this was planned to be corrected in an upcoming version update, it still hasn't been resolved several years later.
• Random Deal will restore all charges of charge-related abilities if they are restored (including Stratagems and Quick Draw).
• Loaded Deck guarantees that Random Deal targets an ability waiting on recast if the party member receiving the effect has more than one ability waiting on recast.
  • The failure rate of Random Deal with only one ability waiting on recast is reduced with further merits in Loaded Deck.

 

Equipment Modifying Ability...
Equipment Piece	Modifier
Commodore Frac	Occasionally allows Random Deal to restore two used Job Abilities. (~5% of the time)
Commodore Frac +1	Occasionally allows Random Deal to restore two used Job Abilities. (~5% of the time)
Commodore Frac +2	Occasionally allows Random Deal to restore two used Job Abilities. (~% of the time)
Lanun Frac	Occasionally allows Random Deal to restore two used Job Abilities. (~% of the time)
Lanun Frac +1	Occasionally allows Random Deal to restore two used Job Abilities. (~50% of the time)
Lanun Frac +2	Occasionally allows Random Deal to restore two used Job Abilities. (~50% of the time)
Lanun Frac +3	Occasionally allows Random Deal to restore two used Job Abilities. (~50% of the time)

References

• Square-Enix Dev Tracker post regarding Random Deal ability restoration selection