Gripevine (vocation)

File:Rosevine.gif The Gripevine is a high ranking monster class that in Dragon Quest VII.

Description

The Gripevine is a gigantic floral man-eating monster partially resembling a Rafflesia flower. This class has slight drops in resilience and Max HP but slight to sharp boosts in all other categories.

Any character who masters the class will gain a weak resistance to sizz, rock/strike skills, and Jolly Rager and Maelstrom. They will also benefit from a strong resistance to woosh, status ailments aside from sap and drain magic, and an immunity to crack.

Requirements

In order to become a Gripevine, a character must first master both the Well wisher and the Kingfuchsia classes. A Heart can also be obtained in battle by fighting the thorn bushes in battle in the Emberdale region in the present.

Stat Changes

Statistics	Change
Battles to Master	240
Strength	+20%
Agility	+10%
Resilience	-10%
Wisdom	+5%
Style	+5%
Max HP	-5%
Max MP	Null
Mastery Bonus	+20 Bonus to Appearance

Abilities

Level	Title	Learns	Battles Needed	Target	Info	MP
1	Seed Slinger /EvilSeed	Nothing	0
2	Budding Battler /VineCreep	Burning Breath	20	One Group	May cause paralysis in one group of enemies	0
3	Blooming Brawler /ThornVine	Venom Mist	45	One Group	Severely poisons one group of enemies, causing them to lose 1/6 of their HP every round	0
4	Petal Pusher /RosePetal	Kasnooze	68	One Group	Has a better chance of causing sleep in one group of enemies	5
5	Blossom Blaster /Entangler	Insulatle	98	All Allies	Reduces the damage of fire and ice attacks	3
6	Rose Warrior /Vinelash	Fishy Fog	140	Everyone	Prevents everyone from casting magic	0
7	Thorn Trooper /InBloom	Nothing	180
8	Superfine Vine /DoomBloom	Magic Burst	240	All Enemies	Caster uses the remaining MP to hit all enemies. Damage is calculated as MP x 2	All