Jester

Maribel modeling the vocation.

With snappy comebacks and spontaneous one-liners, the Jester is always popular. --Description in Dragon Quest VII.

The Jester (笑わせ師 warawase shi) vocation is a variant of the more common Gadabout, which appears exclusively in Dragon Quest VII. The differences between Jesters and Gadabouts is that the former have slightly more utility in battle through the skills they learn and that both sexes dress as clowns where lady Gadabouts dress as bunny girls.

Appearances

Dragon Quest VII: Fragments of the Forgotten Past

The Jester is one of the basic vocations available. Mastering it is a prerequisite to unlock the Luminary vocation, along with Dancer and Troubadour. The Jester's attributes decline in all categories save for style which might be hard to deal with at first and the skills aren't worth using, but the vocation is required for a character to become a Luminary and then a Druid later on. When Ruff is a jester, his wolf has a clown's red nose.

Stat Changes

Statistics	Change
Battles to Master	PS1: 133
	3DS: 71
Strength	-30%
Agility	-30%
Resilience	-40%
Wisdom	-20%
Style	+5%
Max HP	-30%
Max MP	-20%

PS1 Abilities

Rank	Title	Learns	Battles Needed	Target	Info	MP
1	Beginner	Nothing	0
2	Novice	Puff-Puff	7	One Enemy	If performed by a male, it damages the enemy. If performed by a female, it may prevent the enemy from attacking.	0
3	Goof-Off	Silliness	15	Self	Caster avoids physical attacks for one turn	0
4	Buffoon	Point Out	30	Self	Counterattacks physical attacks for one turn	0
5	Stand-up	One-Liner	58	One Group	Tells a joke which may cause one enemy group to laugh, preventing them from attacking	0
6	Comedian	Tongue Lashing	80	One Enemy	Licks an enemy to cause shuddering, which may prevent an enemy from attacking	0
7	Joker	Tongue Bashing	100	One Enemy	Licks one enemy, lowering its defence to zero	0
8	Fool	Rib-Tickler	133	One Enemy	Tickle one enemy, which may prevent it from attacking	0

3DS Abilities

Rank	Title	Learns	Battles Needed	Target	Info	MP
1	Open Mic-Er	Pratfall	1	User	Dodge all damage for one turn.	0
2	Clown	Sobering Slap	4	Self	Turn an enemy attack back onto them. Doesn't seem to work.	0
3	Fall Guy	Weird Leer	9		Does nothing	0
		Puff-Puff		One enemy	If performed by a male, it damages the enemy. If performed by a female, it may prevent the enemy from attacking.	0
4	Gag Merchant	One-Liner	16	One group	User tells a joke, can make the enemy laugh and skip a turn.	0
5	Jobbing Comedian	Tongue Lashing	24	One enemy	Licks an enemy to cause shuddering, which may prevent an enemy from attacking	0
6	Bill-Topper	Underpants Dance	34	One group	May startle enemies, which make them skip a turn.	0
		Tongue Bashing		One enemy	Licks one enemy, lowering its defence to zero.	0
7	Household Name	Rib-Tickler	46	One enemy	May make an enemy skip a turn.	0
8	Comic Genius	Weird Whacker	71	One group	Attempt to confuse enemies, also deals damage	0

Hybrid Abilities

Hybrid	Learns	Target	Info	MP
Bard	GagSong	One Group	Has a chance of making one group of enemies laugh, preventing them from attacking	0
Dancer	BoxerDanc	One Group	Causes one group of enemies to laugh, preventing them from attacking	0
Martial Artist	Retaliate	Self	Returns any attack against the caster back to the enemy	0
Mage	PanicAll	One Group	Causes confusion to one enemy group	5
Thief	Giggle	Self	Does nothing	0
Warrior	ConfuHit	One Enemy	May confuse the enemy it hits	0

Dragon Quest VII Reimagined

Stat Changes

Statistics	Change
Total proficiency points	405
Strength	-8%
Resilience	0%
Magical might	-15%
Magical mending	-15%
Agility	+8%
Deftness	+9%
Charm	+30%
Max HP	0%
Max MP	+4%

Abilities

Rank	Title	Learns	Proficiency points	Target	Info	MP
1	Open Mic-Er	Hip Drop	0	One foe	A jumping bump attack. The more charming you are, the more damage you deal!	2
		Pratfall		Self	Causes the user to start pratting about, which evades physical attacks and boosts their charm with each successful dodge	5
2	Clown	Sobering Slap	15	One ally	Removes paralysis, sleep, beguilment, confusion, and hallucination from a target, and also boosts charm if successful	4
3	Fall Guy	Decelerate	35	One foe	Significantly reduces the agility of a single enemy	2
4	Gag Merchant	One-Liner	45	Causes all enemies to crease up with laughter. The ighter the user's charm, the more likely the joke is to land	9
5	Jobbing Comedian	Mighty Martyr	60	Self	Causes the user to step up and take on all allies' incoming status ailments	6
		Deceleratle		70	All foes	Slightly reduces the agility of all enemies	4
6	Bill-Topper	Joke's On You	75	One ally	Passes all of the user's status ailments onto the enemy	6
7	Household Name	Rib-Tickler	75	Tickles an enemy pink, sometimes leaving them more susceptible to status ailment	7
8	Comic genius	Weird Whacker	100	One foe	A strange slash that can sometimes confuse a single enemy	4
Let Loose command
Play the Fool				Prat about to deftly dodge attacks from enemies who will also be easier to provoke into fits of laughter

Gallery

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  Maribel switching from a Warrior to a Jester to a Shepherd

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  The Hero as a Jester in the 3DS version