Brownie
| Dragon Quest monster | |
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| Brownie | |
| File:DQV Brownie.png Art by Akira Toriyama | |
| Japanese | ブラウニー |
| Romaji | buraunī |
| First appearance | Dragon Quest V: Hand of the Heavenly Bride |
| Old localization | Brunie |
Characteristics
Brownies are yellow-skinned palette swaps of hammerhoods, bearing an orange-brown coloring and wielding a dark, grayish blue hammer. Comparatively, brownies aren't too different from hammerhoods, the two monsters essentially having the same purpose as being mostly incompetent creatures that occasionally get off a lucky shot. Brownies tend to have more HP and greater attack power since they have to fulfill this role against players that are no longer troubled by hammerhoods.
Dragon Quest V: Hand of the Heavenly Bride
The initial debut of brownies, they are likely to be encountered around the time the player obtains the wagon and can start recruiting certain monsters. The brownie is one of these possible monsters, though it is nothing spectacular beyond having extremely high HP and attack strength growth.
| Brownie |  |
| Sprite | HP | MP | Attack | Defense |
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47 | 0 | 15 | 33 |
| Agility | Experience | Gold | Tame Rate | |
| 16 | 21 | 15 | 1/2 | |
| Bestiary No. | 039 |
| Spell(s) | None |
| Skill(s) | Desperate attack Muster Strength |
| Location(s) | Ancient Ruins Whealbrook Adit (G2) Fortuna area Desert near Talon Tower |
| Item dropped | Monster munchies1⁄32 |
| Evasion | Frizz resistance * | Sizz resistance * | Fire Breath resistance * | |
| 0/64 | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| Bang resistance * | Crack resistance * | Ice Breath resistance * | Woosh resistance * | |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| Zap resistance * | Drain Magic resistance * | Whack resistance * | Kamikazee resistance * | |
| 0% | 100% | 20% | 0% | |
| Poof resistance | Poison resistance * | Fuddle resistance | Snooze resistance * | |
| 67% | 0% | 20% | 67% | |
| Dazzle resistance * | Sap resistance * | Fizzle resistance | Stun resistance * | |
| 67% | 0% | 100% | 0% | |
| PS2 model | DS & Mobile sprite |
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Dragon Quest VIII: Journey of the Cursed King
The player is liable to encounter brownies while traveling between Maella Abbey and Ascantha. They are capable of psyching up to 100 in a single turn, though they usually waste this on trying to perform a desperate attack that seems to always fail. A roaming brownie that can be recruited to the player's monster team can also be found north of Peregrin Quay.
| Brownie |  |
| Sprite | HP | MP | Attack |
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53 | 0 | 36 |
| Defense | Agility | Experience | Gold |
| 36 | 34 | 43 | 12 |
| Bestiary no. | 39 |
| Family | Humanoid |
| In-game description | Usually calm and timid, these monsters psyche themselves up to be vicious foes when provoked. Their tiny bodies conceal incredible power. |
| Spell(s) | None |
| Skill(s) | Psyche Up Desperate Attacks |
| Location(s) | Ascantha Region |
| Item(s) dropped |
| Evasion | Attack Resistance | Frizz Resistance * | Sizz Resistance * | |
| 0⁄64 | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| Fire Breath Resistance * |
Bang Resistance * | Woosh Resistance * | Crack Resistance * | |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| Ice breath Resistance * |
Strike/Rock Resistance * | Zap Resistance * | Drain Magic Resistance | |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | 100% | |
| Whack Resistance * | Poison Resistance * | Paralysis Resistance * | Fuddle Resistance * | |
| 50% | 0% | 15% | 0% | |
| Snooze resistance * | Dazzle Resistance | Fizzle Resistance | Ban Dance Resistance | |
| 0% | 0% | 100% | 100% | |
| Stun Resistance * | Sap Resistance * | Army Resistance * | ||
| 15% | 0% | 0% | ||
Dragon Quest IX: Sentinels of the Starry Skies
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| Dropped Item | Leather kilt (common, 3.13%) Seed of strength (rare, 0.39%) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Skills | Psyche Up | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bestiary # | 022 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Game | Dragon Quest IX | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Brownies are notable in Dragon Quest IX as being an early source of seeds of strength, though the drop rate is quite low.
Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker
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Brownies appear as rank D members of the Beast family and must be synthesized using a hammerhood and a member of the Nature family.
Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker 2
The brownie is a Rank D monster in Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker 2. One can be created by synthesizing a hammerhood and a spiked hare.
Dragon Quest Heroes
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Dragon Quest Builders
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Related monsters
Trivia
- In the Nintendo DS release of Dragon Quest V: Hand of the Heavenly Bride, a recruited brownie might be named Bangerz, the name of a minor character from Dragon Quest VIII: Journey of the Cursed King.
Etymology
Brownies are a part of English and Scottish folklore. They are household spirits, being diminutive little helpers who assist in house maintenance in exchange for small offerings of food. They do not like to be seen, and usually only perform their tasks in the quiet of night.
