Slippery devil

Dragon Quest III personality
Slippery evil (Alert)
	<img alt="Slippery devil personality stat chart for Dragon Quest III" src="/images/thumb/6/6d/Slippery_devil_stat_chart_DQIII.svg/253px-Slippery_devil_stat_chart_DQIII.svg.png" decoding="async" width="253" height="143">
Strength (STR)	90%
Agility (AGL)	110%
Resilience (VIT)	90%
Wisdom (INT)	120%
Luck (LUCK)	100%
Classes / genders	<img alt="Warrior male" src="/images/2/22/Dragon_Quest_III_warrior_male_sprite_SFC.gif" decoding="async" width="16" height="24" class="pixels"> <img alt="Warrior female" src="/images/1/19/Dragon_Quest_III_warrior_female_sprite_SFC.gif" decoding="async" width="16" height="24" class="pixels"> <img alt="Mage male" src="/images/0/0d/Dragon_Quest_III_mage_male_sprite_SFC.gif" decoding="async" width="16" height="24" class="pixels"> <img alt="Mage female" src="/images/7/75/Dragon_Quest_III_mage_female_sprite_SFC.gif" decoding="async" width="16" height="24" class="pixels"> <img alt="Priest male" src="/images/b/b9/Dragon_Quest_III_priest_male_sprite_SFC.gif" decoding="async" width="16" height="24" class="pixels"> <img alt="Priest female" src="/images/9/94/Dragon_Quest_III_priest_female_sprite_SFC.gif" decoding="async" width="16" height="24" class="pixels"> <img alt="Merchant male" src="/images/3/34/Dragon_Quest_III_merchant_male_sprite_SFC.gif" decoding="async" width="16" height="24" class="pixels"> <img alt="Merchant female" src="/images/d/dd/Dragon_Quest_III_merchant_female_sprite_SFC.gif" decoding="async" width="16" height="24" class="pixels"> <img alt="Gadabout male" src="/images/b/b1/Dragon_Quest_III_gadabout_male_sprite_SFC.gif" decoding="async" width="16" height="24" class="pixels"> <img alt="Gadabout female" src="/images/a/ab/Dragon_Quest_III_gadabout_female_sprite_SFC.gif" decoding="async" width="16" height="24" class="pixels"> <img alt="Thief male" src="/images/8/8e/Dragon_Quest_III_thief_male_sprite_SFC.gif" decoding="async" width="16" height="24" class="pixels"> <img alt="Thief female" src="/images/b/b1/Dragon_Quest_III_thief_female_sprite_SFC.gif" decoding="async" width="16" height="24" class="pixels">
Book	Cheater guide
Accessory	none

Slippery devil (translated as alert in the Game Boy Color version of Dragon Quest III) is a personality in the Dragon Quest III remakes.

Appearances

Main series

Dragon Quest III remakes

In the Dragon Quest III remakes, slippery devil is a personality that improves agility and wisdom growth, but reduces strength and resilience growth.

At the start of the game, the hero becomes a slippery devil by receiving the final test of character in the town. The hero must take the purse, then don't confess being a thief when confronted.

Other party members have a chance to be a slippery devil when recruited as any class with the exception of martial artists, depending on their stat bonuses.

Class / gender	Stat bonuses for slippery devil (chance)
	Agility bonus highest, ≤6, Wisdom second (⁴⁄₈)
	Agility bonus highest, 8+ (³⁄₈) Wisdom bonus highest, 6–9 (⁶⁄₁₈)
	Strength bonus highest, ≤10, Wisdom second (²⁄₉) Agility bonus highest, ≤6, Wisdom second (⁴⁄₈) Wisdom bonus highest, 6–9 (⁶⁄₁₅)
	Strength bonus highest, ≤10, Wisdom second (²⁄₉) Agility bonus highest, ≤6, Wisdom second (⁴⁄₈) Wisdom bonus highest, 6–9 (³⁄₁₂)
	Strength bonus highest, ≤10, Wisdom second (²⁄₉) Agility bonus highest, ≤6, Wisdom second (⁴⁄₈) Wisdom bonus highest, 6–9 (³⁄₁₃)
	Strength bonus highest, ≤10, Wisdom second (²⁄₉) Wisdom bonus highest, 6–9 (⁶⁄₁₅)

An existing character becomes a slippery devil permanently by reading the Would I Lie to You? book.