Shepherd

Shepherd (羊飼い, Shepherd) is a vocation featured in Dragon Quest VII.

Description

Shepherds are folk of the flock, and rely upon their cloven comrades to aid in battle. They make good early support characters with sleep-inducing skills and simple healing, but their real power lies in the lambpede skill.

Appearances

Dragon Quest VII: Fragments of the Forgotten Past

Stat Changes

Statistics	Change
Battles to Master	135 (PS1)
	81 (3DS)
Strength	-15%
Agility	Null
Resilience	-20%
Wisdom	Null
Style	Null
Max HP	-20%
Max MP	-30%

PS1 Abilities

Rank	Title	Learns	Battles Needed	Target	Info	MP
1	Beginner	Nothing	0
2	Novice	Antidote	8	One Ally	Cures one ally of Poison	2
3	FarmHand	Heal	17	One Ally	Heals ~30HP to one ally	2
4	SlopFeed	Slumber	33	Field	Every step will restore 1 HP/MP to the caster. However, the caster will be asleep in the next battle.	0
5	Swain	Whistle	52	Field	Causes monsters to engage in battle. (Doesn't work in towns)	0
6	Fleecer	Nothing	70
7	Herder	WoolGuard	90	All Allies	Reduces cold damage to all allies	0
8	SheepLord	Stampede	135	All Enemies	Attacks random enemies four times	0

3DS Abilities

Rank	Title	Learns	Battles Needed	Target	Info	MP
1	Lambateur	Slumber Rumbaa	1	One Group	A shimmy that summons a flock of sheep to send the enemy to sleep.	0
2	Tepid Shepherd	Squelch	5	One Ally	Cures a single ally of the effects of Poison.	2
3	Sheep Keeper	Heal	6	One Ally	Restores at least 30 HP to a single ally.	2
4	Wool Packer		7
5	Handy Herder	Counting Sheep	8	All Enemies	A hypnotically repetitive song that sends the enemy to sleep.	0
		Whistle		Field	Summons monsters with a whistle.	0
6	Field Leader	Ram Raid	9	One Enemy	Summons a sheep that rams itself recklessly into a single enemy.	0
7	Mutton Master	Woolly Blanket	10	All Allies	Reduces damage from ice-based attacks.	2
8	Shear Genius	Lambpede	35	All Enemies	Summons a swarm of sheep to ride roughshod over the enemy.	2

Hybrid Abilities

Hybrid	Learns	Target	Info	MP
Bard	RamSong	All Enemies	Has a chance of putting all enemies to sleep	0
Cleric	Increase	All Allies	Increases the defense of all allies	3
Dancer	RamDance		Does nothing	0
Martial Artist	RamAttack	Self/One Enemy	Reduces self and one enemy to 20% HP	0
Mage	SleepAll	One Group	Has a better chance of causing sleep in one group of enemies	5
Warrior	Mineuchi	One Ally	Cures one ally of sleep and confusion	0

Usefulness

The Shepherd class's best skill is Whistle, which induces a battle any time the party is on the field. This is great for quickly leveling up vocation tiers and regular levels. The Wooly Blanket skill also protects the party from cold damage, good against monsters who use ice breath attacks like Gracos. Stampede works like Ruff's Howl attack and improves with the user's level.

In terms of career advancement, the Shepherd, when combined with a rank 8 Thief, becomes a Monster Masher and learns all sorts of breath attacks. However, its main purpose is to tame monsters for Monster Meadows.

Dragon Quest VII Reimagined

Stat Changes

Statistics	Change
Total proficiency points	465
Strength	-7%
Resilience	-11%
Magical might	-17%
Magical mending	+11%
Agility	+15%
Deftness	+11%
Charm	-4%
Max HP	+9%
Max MP	0%

Abilities

Rank	Title	Learns	Proficiency points	Target	Info	MP
1	Lambateur	Slumber Rumbaa	0	One foe	A sheepish shuffle that sends a single enemy to sleep	2
		Heal		One ally	Restores around 25 HP to a single ally	2
2	Tepid Shepherd	Ram Raid	25	One foue	Make like a flock of sheep and charge at the enemy The higher the user's defence, the greater the damage inflicted	2
		Reheal		One ally	Automatically restores around 9 HP to a single ally	3
3	Sheep Keeper	Woolly Blanket	45	One ally	Encases the body in a soft fleece, significantly increasing defence and ice resistance	4
4	Wool Packer	Remidheal	60	One ally	Automatically restores around 22 HP each turn to a single ally	8
		Defuddle		All allies	Cures all party members of the effects of confusion	2
5	Handy Herder	Nap	70	Self	A restorative forty winks that removes poison and bedazzlement, and also restores HP and MP	0
6	Field Leader	Counting Sheep	80	One group	A soporific song that induces sleep in an entire group of enemies The more times it is sung, the more effective it becomes	3
7	Mutton Master	Remoreheal	85	One ally	Automatically restores around 52 HP each turn to a single ally	16
8	Shear Genius	Lambpede	100	All enemies	Summons a swarm of sheep to ride roughshod over the enemy More sheep appear each time this ability is used in succession	6
Let Loose command
Woolly Bullies				Summons a flock of sheep that merrily join in with the user's attacks

Gallery

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  The Hero as a Shepherd in the 3DS version of VII

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  Maribel as a Shepherd