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

The Gadabout (遊び人, Asobinin), also known as Goof-off and Jester, is a recurring vocation in the Dragon Quest series. Quite literally a joke character, the Gadabout is poor in nearly every attribute, save for their incredible luck.


Dragon Quest III

Gadabouts, although pretty much useless on the battlefield, have a great amount of luck. This allows them to avoid the affects of debilitating spells more often than other characters. The trade-off for this is the fact that these clowns have minds of their own, and the player cannot always control their actions. In Dragon Quest III, they are the only class that can turn into a Sage at Alltrades Abbey without the Words of Wisdom.

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) 
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) 
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.

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 VI

Gadabout is one of the basic classes 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 VII

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Once again, Jester is one of the basic classes available. Mastering it is a prerequisite to unlock the Luminary vocation, along with Dancer and Troubadour. When Ruff is this class, his wolf has a clown's red nose.

Stat Changes

Statistics Change
Battles to Master PS1: 130
3DS: 71
Strength -30%
Agility -30%
Resilience -40%
Wisdom -20%
Style +5%
Max HP -30%
Max MP -20%

PS1 Abilities

Level 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 130 One Enemy Tickle one enemy, which may prevent it from attacking 0

3DS Abilities

Level 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 Silly Song One Group Has a chance of making one group of enemies laugh, preventing them from attacking 0
Dancer Underpants Dance One Group Causes one group of enemies to laugh, preventing them from attacking 0
Martial Artist Follow Suit Self Returns any attack against the caster back to the enemy 0
Mage Kafuddle One Group Causes confusion to one enemy group 5
Thief Weird Leer Self Does nothing 0
Warrior Confusion Attack One Enemy May confuse the enemy it hits 0

Usefulness

The Jester's attributes decline in all categories 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.

Notable Gadabouts

  • Selectable class 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

Dragon Quest III vocations
Vocations
Dragon Quest VI vocations
Beginner Vocations
Intermediate Vocations
Advanced Vocation
Secret Vocations
Dragon Quest VII vocations
Beginner Human Vocations
Intermediate Human Vocations
Advanced Human Vocations
Beginner Monster Vocations
Intermediate Monster Vocations
Advanced Monster Vocations
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