Gadabout

The Gadabout (遊び人, Asobinin) is a recurring vocation in the Dragon Quest series. Design wise, Gadabouts are split between dressing as clowns for men and bunny girls for women, a point of difference between this party-going profession and the more obscure Jester.

Characteristics

Gadabouts march to the beat of their own drum, often ignoring any commands from the player for their own buffoonery that can have positive or negative impacts on the party. The number of possible antics increases with their level or rank, depending on the game, with more extreme actions becoming available. Quite literally a joke character, the Gadabout has poor growth in nearly every attribute, save for their incredible luck in III and a small style boost in VI and VII.

The female Gadabout's design was censored for the HD2D remake of Dragon Quest III by placing a thicker line of fabric across the top of her leotard to partially obscure her cleavage and by extending the bottom portion of the leotard over her tushie to mask her mesh pants.

Appearances

Dragon Quest III: The Seeds of Salvation

Gadabouts are pretty much useless on the battlefield, but do have a great amount of luck. This allows them to avoid the affects of spells and abilities that cause irritating status ailments more often than other characters, such as Sweet Breath and Fuddle. The trade-off for this is the fact that these clowns have minds of their own, and the player cannot always control their actions. The Gadabout is the only class that can turn into a Sage at Alltrades Abbey without the Words of Wisdom, merely needing to reach level 20 to do so. Rather than take a Gadabout from the beginning of the journey with this career advancement in mind, some players opt to instead turn an existing character in to a fop and level them up in the safety of their much stronger peers.

Stats

NES version

Attribute	Starting Stats	Maximum Stats
Level	1	99
HP	11	240
MP	0	0
Strength	5	100
Agility	2	130
Resilience	6	131
Wisdom	2	184
Luck	8	255

Equipment

Dragon Quest III (All)
Weapon	Modifier(s)
Cypress Stick	Attack +2
Oaken Club	Attack +7
Bronze Knife	Attack +8
Copper Sword	Attack +12
Divine Dagger	Attack +14
Chain Sickle	Attack +16
Thorn Whip	Attack +18
Boomerang	Attack +19
Edged Boomerang	Attack +24
Iron Lance	Attack +26
Chain Whip	Attack +27
Slapstick	Attack +31
Iron Axe	Attack +38
Spiked Steel Whip	Attack +40
Flametang Boomerang	Attack +42
Siren Sword♥	Attack +50
Dragontail Whip	Attack +54
Gringham Whip	Attack +105

Dragon Quest III (All)
Helmet	Modifier(s)
Leather Hat	Defense +2
King's Crown	Defense +6
Hardwood Headwear	Defense +6
Mad Cap	Defense +8
Turban	Defense +8
Fur Hood♥	Defense +10
Bunny Ears♥	Defense +15
Silver Tiara♥	Defense +20
Top Hat♂	Defense +20
Mask of Implacability	Defense +255

Dragon Quest III (All)
Armor	Modifier(s)
Scandalous Swimsuit♥	Defense+1
Plain Clothes	Defense+4
Wayfarer's Clothes	Defense+8
Boxer Shorts♂	Defense+10
Training Togs	Defense+10
Tortoise Shell	Defense+15
Leather Dress♥	Defense+15
Silk Robe♥	Defense+20
Cloak of Evasion	Defense+23
Leather Kilt	Defense+24
Magical Skirt♥	Defense+25
Garish Garb	Defense+28
Glombolero	Defense+30
Cat Suit	Defense+35
Party Dress♥	Defense+40
Smart Suit♂	Defense+42
Magic Bikini♥	Defense+65
Dark Robe	Defense+80
Blessed Bikini♥	Defense+88
Shimmering Dress♥	Defense+90

Dragon Quest III (All)
Shields	Modifier(s)
Pot Lid	Defense+2
Leather Shield	Defense+4
Scale Shield	Defense+12
Magic Shield	Defense+25
Tempest Shield	Defense+35

Dragon Quest III (All)
Accessories	Modifier(s)
Strength Ring	Strength+7
Tough Guy Tattoo	Strength+8
Mighty Armlet	Strength+15
Doh-Hican	Defence+3
Garter♥	Defence+3
Gold Rosary	Defence+4
Leg Warmers♥	Defence+5
Ten Ton Toupee	Defence+15
Cower Ring	Agility+7
Skull Ring	Agility+10
Agility Ring	Agility+`5
Mercury's Bandana	Agility+30
Meteorite Bracer	Agilityx2
Restless Heart	Resilience+10
Gold Chain♂	Resilience+10
Weightlifter's Belt	Resilience+15
Recovery Ring	Resilience+25
Care Ring	Wisdom+15
Scholar's Specs	Wisdom+15
Goddess Ring	Wisdom+33
Bunny Tail♥	Luck+8
Golden Tiara♥	Luck+13
Hen's Tooth♂	Luck+20
Sacred Amulet	Luck+30
Elevating Shoes	Luck+50
Dummy
Slime Earrings
Ruby Wristband

• ♥ denotes ladies only.
• ♂ denotes men only.

Clowning around

A Gadabout will only follow the player's instructions 75% of the time, disobeying with a randomly selected action. Every few levels, a new action is added to the list:

• Level 1 (1/5): struck a defensive pose (Defends), just gawked at the scene(Nothing), yell for help (Nothing), run (Nothing), fell and tripped (Nothing)
• Level 3 (1/7): smiled serenely (Nothing), keeled over (Falls asleep)
• Level 5 (1/8): juggle stones (4~8 damage to Gadabout or monster)
• Level 7 (1/9): sing and dance gaily (Nothing)
• Level 9 (1/10): flick disheveled hair(F)/put on tough guy act(M) (Nothing)
• Level 11 (1/11): tap dance (Gadabout's evasion rises)
• Level 13 (1/12): spin finger at monster (Confuses monster)
• Level 15 (1/13): preen with mirror (F)/goose other party member(M) (Nothing)
• Level 17 (1/15): keel over (Paralyzes Gadabout), cast some gibberish (Nothing)
• Level 19 (1/16): pray for peace (Nothing)
• Level 20 (1/17): become plagued by self doubt (Nothing)
• Level 21 (1/18): make up a pun (Makes enemy laugh)
• Level 23 (1/20): roll a die (Nothing), sing loudly (terrible voice - makes enemy flee, beautiful voice - makes enemy lose turn)
• Level 25 (1/21): image lewd situations (Nothing)
• Level 27 (1/22): sneeze (Makes everybody surprised)
• Level 29 (1/24): start a word game (Nothing), gaze sexily at monster (Makes monster lose turn (F)/Nothing(M))
• Level 31 (1/25): tell a story (Random party member can lose turn)
• Level 33 (1/26): put on heels and hold a whip(F)/pull out a crown and wear it(M)(Makes a monster attack other monster or itself when alone/Gadabout attacks a monster)
• Level 35 (1/28): sneak up behind other party member (Nothing), laugh maniacally (Make monsters flee)
• Level 37 (1/29): cheer everyone up (Casts Deceleratle or Acceleratle on the party)
• Level 39 (1/31): guzzle a bottle of ale (Gadabout won't move next turn), heckle a monster (Nothing)
• Level 41 (1/32): toss up a boulder (12~14 damage to party member, or 30~32 to a monster)
• Level 43 (1/33): puff-puff a monster (Makes a monster lose turn(F)/Deals 36~45 damage to a monster(M))
• Level 45 (1/34): use a move on a monster (Poofchop, Poofmash; deals 35~42 damage to a monster)
• Level 47 (1/35): do something illicit (Nothing)
• Level 49 (1/36): lit some paper on fire (Casts Frizzle on a monster)
• Level 50 (1/37): run out of things to do (Casts Multiheal on party)

Skills

Dragon Quest III (Remakes)
Spell	Level Learned
Whistle	13

Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remake

Stats

Calculated using the everyman personality.

Female			Male
Stats	Level 1	Level 99	Level 1	Level 99
Strength	7	212	7	212
Resilience	9	212	10	213
Agility	7	297	5	295
Stamina	9	235	11	237
Wisdom	5	118	3	116
Luck	14	371	15	372

Abilities

Level Learned	Original Japanese	English	MP	Description
9	ツッコミ	Sobering Slap	4	Knocks sense into an ally
13	くちぶえ	Whistle	0	Summons a battle
22	メガザルダンス	Kerplunk Dance	All	Sacrifice self to revive party
25	ぶきみなひかり	Spooky Aura	6	One foe take 150% elemental damage for 3~5 turns Cannot miss
31	おうえん	Egg On	3	Doubles ally's attack for one turn Stacks with Oomph & war drum Does not stack with Muster Strength
32	ムーンサルト	Harvest Moon	8	Deals 3/(1 + number of enemies) Strike damage
38	ハッスルダンス	Hustle Dance	14	Restores 70~80 HP to the whole party
45	魔力かくせい	Channel Anger	16	Increases attack and healing spell power by 180% for 3~5 turns

Equipment

Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remake
Weapon	Modifier(s)
Thorn whip	Attack +19
Edged boomerang	Attack +24
Iron lance	Attack +24
Chain whip	Attack +27
Snooze stick	Attack +29
Slapstick	Attack +31
Beastly bullwhip	Attack +34
Gusterang	Attack +46
Swallowtail	Attack +52
Dragontail whip	Attack +62
Flametang boomerang	Attack +65
Siren sword♥	Attack +79
Empress's whip♥	Attack +94
Metal wing boomerang	Attack +102
Gringham whip	Attack +118
Hunter's moon	Attack +131
Rubiss's sword	Attack +206

Dragon Quest III (All)
Helmet	Modifier(s)
Leather hat	Defense +3
Turban	Defense +6
Hardwood headwear	Defense +11
King's crown	Defense +13
Fur hood♥	Defense +15
Mad cap	Defense +18
Pointy hat	Defense +21
Top hat	Defense +25
Hermes' hat	Defense +28
Silver tiara♥	Defense +30
Bunny ears	Defense +32
Phantom mask	Defense +34
Thief's turban	Defense +36
Star circlet	Defense +71
Mask of Implacability	Defense +255

Dragon Quest III (All)
Armor	Modifier(s)
Scandalous swimsuit♥	Defense+1
Plain clothes	Defense+5
Wayfarer's clothes	Defense+9
Boxer shorts	Defense+10
Leather armour	Defense+12
Leather dress♥	Defense+16
Silk robe♥	Defense+22
Leather kilt	Defense+25
Cloak of evasion	Defense+28
Magical skirt♥	Defense+29
Garish garb	Defense+45
Fizzle-retardant suit	Defense+46
Glombolero	Defense+50
Agility gilet	Defense+52 Agility+30
Party dress♥	Defense+52
Smart suit	Defense+54
Cat suit	Defense+55
Magic bikini♥	Defense+79
Dark robe	Defense+97
Blessed bikini♥	Defense+101
Shimmering dress♥	Defense+105
Corsair's coat	Defense+117 Agility+40
Godbird robe	Defense+125

Dragon Quest III (All)
Shields	Modifier(s)
Pot lid	Defense+3
Leather shield	Defense+4
Scale shield	Defense+11
Silver platter	Defense+22
Light shield	Defense+32
Magic shield	Defense+40
Tempest shield	Defense+52
Goddess shield	Defense+84

Dragon Quest III (All)
Accessories	Modifier(s)
Strength ring	Attack+9
Tough guy tattoo	Attack+11
Weightlifter's belt	Attack+13
Mighty armlet	Attack+16
Recovery ring	Defence +2
Garter♥	Defence+3
Restless heart	Defence+3
Care rivière	Defence+4
Gold rosary	Defence+4
Necklace of immunity	Defence+4
Dragon scale	Defence+5
Silver rosary	Defence+5
Slime earrings	Defence+5
Leg warmers♥	Defence+6
Ruby wristband	Defence +8
Doh-hican	Defence+11
Spirit bracer	Defence+17
Ten ton toupee	Defence+18
Cower ring	Agility+12
Skull ring	Agility+16
Agility ring	Agility+`22
Mercury's bandana	Agility+36
Meteorite bracer	Agilityx2
Restless heart	Resilience+10
Aerofoil earrings	Wisdom+8
Anti-freeze earrings	Wisdom+8
Asbestos earrings	Wisdom+8
Care ring	Wisdom+15
Scholar's specs	Wisdom+15
Goddess ring	Wisdom+33
Full moon ring	Luck+7
Ring of clarity	Luck+7
Rousing ring	Luck+7
Bunny tail♥	Luck+8
Gold chain	Luck+10
Golden tiara♥	Luck+13
Hen's tooth	Luck+20
Sacred amulet	Luck+30
Elevating shoes	Luck+50
Dummy

• ♥ denotes female-only equipment.

Dragon Quest VI: Realms of Revelation

Gadabout is one of the basic vocations available. It is one of the prerequisites for the Luminary vocation, along with the Dancer.

Stat Changes

Statistics	Change
Battles to Master	155
Strength	-30%
Agility	-30%
Resilience	-40%
Wisdom	-20%
Style	+5%
Max HP	-30%
Max MP	-40%
Trait	Sometimes skips a turn

Abilities

Level	Title	Learns	Battles Needed	Target	Info	MP
1	Goof-off	Lucky Dip	1	Varies	Random effect	0
2	Partygoer	Whistle	12	Self	Summons monsters with a whistle.	0
3	Night Owl	Tongue Lashing	25	One enemy	A slobbery lick to make the enemy cower.	0
4	Freeloader	Puff-Puff	45	One enemy	If performed by a male, it damages the enemy. If performed by a female, it may prevent the enemy from attacking.	0
5	Muckraker	Nap	67	Self	Sleep for a spell to restore HP and MP.	0
6	Heartbreaker	Tongue Bashing	82	One enemy	A punishing lick to reduce the enemy's defence.	0
7	Moodmaker	Follow Suit	118	Self	Gives the enemy back a taste of its own medicine.	0
8	Super Player	Hocus Pocus	155	Varies	Take a chance with Lady Luck! Only she knows what will happen.	20

Dragon Quest X

Gadabouts were added to the game in the Version 4.3 update. They are the frailest profession in the game as per series tradition, and can make use of Swords Boomerangs, Hammers, Knives, Fisticuffs, Shields, and their personal skillset. Unlike the controlled chaos of the Fortune Teller vocation, the Gadabout is a genuine gambling class where the player puts their fate in the hands of Rubiss. Their clown antics can range from mundane jokes to elaborate performances straight out of a gag manga, and are just as likely to affect their allies as they do the enemy. A Gadabout's Coup de Grâce technique is Hocus Pocus, which has been altered to never hinder the party while still selecting a random effect for enemies.

NOTE:The parenthetical translations of the Japanese names are merely placeholders for convenience and are not to be taken as official Square Enix terms

遊び (Play)

Japanese name	English name	Description	MP	Required points
全職業できようさ+10	Natural deftness +10	Permanently increases deftness by 10 in all vocations	N/A	8
あそぶ (Asobu)	Lucky Dip	Performs one of 20 random actions, see page for details	3	16
全職業でみりょく+10	Natural charm +10	Permanently increases charm by 10 in all vocations	N/A	28
きまぐれな行動+5％ (Whimsical action occurrence +5%)	N/A	Increases the chance of performing a random action by 5% Unrelated to Lucky Dip, can trigger during any action	N/A	40
くちぶえ	Whistle	Target one monster, summon another of the same family into the battle as an enemy 1/64 chance to summon a metal monster	3	48
全職業ですばやさ+10	Natural agility +10	Permanently increases agility by 10 in all vocations	N/A	56
きまぐれな行動+5％ (Whimsical action occurrence +5%)	N/A	Increases the chance of performing a random action by 5% Unrelated to Lucky Dip, can trigger during any action	N/A	70
なめまわし	Tongue Lashing	Attempts to stun one enemy for 12 second, fixed 50% success rate regardless of resistance	4	80
全職業でさいだい	Natural HP +10	Permanently increases max HP by 10 in all vocations	N/A	90
ぱふぱふ	Puff Puff	Perform a scandalous action to stun one enemy for 8 seconds Base success chance is 50%, rises with charm stat Same effect for both sexes	6	100
みりょく+30	Natural charm +30	Permanently increases charm by +30 when character is a Gadabout	N/A	110
きまぐれな行動+5％ (Whimsical action occurrence +5%)	N/A	Increases the chance of performing a random action by 5% Unrelated to Lucky Dip, can trigger during any action	N/A	120
ほんきであそぶ (Play vigorously)	N/A	Strengthens Lucky Dip antics and avoids performing abilities that harm or hinder the party	8	130
さいだいHP+20	Natural HP +20	Permanently increases max HP when character is a Gadabout	N/A	140
ひゃくれつなめ (Hundred licks)	Tongue Bashing	Attempts to stun, Sap, & debuff one enemy for 20 seconds Success for stun is 80% regardless of resistance, 100% at 450 deftness Sap success is 40% regardless of resistance, 80% at 450 deftness.	10	150
まねまね	Follow Suit	Reduces all damage taken by 25% and reflects half of damage taken to the assailant for 45 seconds	12	180
まじめにきまぐれ (Seriously whimsical)	N/A	Similar to きまぐれ random antics but with a more powerful pool of gags that are automatically selected after every action for 60 seconds	8	200

きまぐれな action list

As mentioned above, these translations are not official and are presented purely as a convenience for English-speaking fans. Each action activates a text box that describes the jest, and the character will make one of three awful puns when performed: this is one of the few times in which the player's avatar speaks in any Dragon Quest game.

Japanese name	English name	Target	Description
きまぐれな攻撃力アップ	Whimsical attack up	Self	Increases attack by 1 stage
きまぐれな守備力アップ	Whimsical defence up	Self	Increases defence by 1 stage
きまぐれな速度アップ	Whimsical agility up	Self	Shortens interval between actions
きまぐれな呪文耐性アップ	Whimsical magic resistance	Self	Increases resistance to elemental damage
きまぐれなテンション	Whimsical tension	Self	Increases Tension by 1 stage
きまぐれな攻撃力ダウン	Whimsical weakening	Self	Attack reduced by 1 stage
きまぐれな守備力ダウン	Whimsical feebling	Self	Defence reduced by 1 stage
きまぐれな速度ダウン	Whimsical hobbling	Self	Increases time between actions
きまぐれな呪文耐性ダウン	Whimsical weirding	Self	Increases elemental damage taken by 1 stage
きまぐれな呪い攻撃	Whimsical curse	Enemy	Enemy takes 30 damage every 5 seconds for one minute
きまぐれなマヒ攻撃	Whimsical paralysis	Enemy	Attempts to paralyze enemy
きまぐれな幻惑攻撃	Whimsical bedazzlement	Enemy	Attempts to Dazzle target
きまぐれな笑い攻撃	Whimsical laughter	Enemy	Attempts to stun foe with jokes
きまぐれな爆弾攻撃	Whimsical bombing	Proximity	Sets a bomb down and damages ally & enemy within range for 600~1,000 Fire damage after 7 seconds
きまぐれなバナナ攻撃	Whimsical banana trap	Proximity	Tosses a banana peel over shoulder, ally or enemy who steps on it is stunned for 7 seconds

まじめにきまぐれ action list

The まじめにきまぐれ (seriously whimsical) are 11 actions that become available once the player has allocated 200 points into the Gadabout's 遊び (play) skill tree, expanding the total number of random actions the character may perform to 26. These japes include:

• Increasing physical damage by 30% for 60 seconds
• Increasing all damage types by 50% for 60 seconds
• Increases the character's tension by 1 or 2 stages
• Increasing critical hit & haywire spell rates for the character
• Reducing the charge time of spells & skills by 10 seconds for one minute
• Increasing how quickly the character moves within the battle zone for 60 seconds
• Applying Mist Me to the character
• Becomes immune to ailments & debuffs for 120 seconds
• Decrease the attack, defence, & action interval speed of all enemies within the immediate vicinity of the character
• Paralyze, Dazzle, & curse all enemies within the immediate vicinity of the character
• Planting a bomb with a four second timer, damaging all allies & enemies within range for 1,400~1,700 Fire damage

None of these eleven gags have actual names, the notation for when one activates is simply a text box that states "まじめにきまぐれ!" before describing the effect. The Gadabout will make a pun based on the action, however.

Dragon Quest Walk

Gadabouts and Dancers as they appear in Walk.

Gadabouts, along with Dancers, were added to the game in a September 2020 update. It is available as a basic vocation to players and their weapons of choice are Staves, Spears, and Boomerangs. In battle, they have a chance to completely ignore the player's commands and do a random action instead. As a reference to their first appearance in Dragon Quest III, a gadabout that reaches level 55 is able to become a Sage and they gain some passive bonuses to their magic attributes. In order to become a Luminary, a character must have reached level 50 as a gadabout and dancer.

Notable Gadabouts

• Selectable vocation in Dragon Quest III.
• Torneko can be considered a fusion of the Gadabout and Merchant classes, with a little bit of Thief thrown in.
• Dhoulmagus is referred to by the party and by NPCs as a Jester. Beyond this nomenclature and a superficial resemblance, he has no real relation to the vocation.
• Known as Player (loose translation) in Dragon Quest Monsters: Caravan Heart.

Gallery

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  Gadabout concept art, circa 1987

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  Female gadabout, Famicom artwork

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  Male gadabout, Famicom artwork

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  Male and female gadabouts, Famicom artwork

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  Female gadabout, Gameboy Color artwork

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  Male gadabout, Gameboy Color artwork

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  Female gadabout, HD-2D artwork

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  Male gadabout, HD-2D artwork

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  Female gadabout, HD-2D sprite

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  Male gadabout, HD-2D sprite

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  Flying with an Ethereal serpent.

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  Clinging to Ramia's tail feathers on the cover of the GBC version

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  Dragon Quest Character Figure Collection Roto no Monshou series

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  Dragon Quest Character Figure Collection Roto no Monshou series

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  Feeling lucky

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  Ashlynn showing the details for the vocation for the official guidebook for VI

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  Ashlynn showing the details for the vocation in the V-Jump guide for VI

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  Dragon Quest Monsters: Caravan Heart.

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  Dragon Quest X

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  X stock art for the vocation

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  Dancing with Maya.

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  A pair of gadabouts in Stars.

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  Appearance in Stars.

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