Lucky Dip

Lucky Dip Japanese あそび Rōmaji Playfulness Type Random

Lucky Dip is a skill that causes a character to goof-off instead of focusing on the battle at hand, performing wild antics for their own amusement. Some of these actions will help the party in battle, while others will reveal a hidden side of the user's personality. Most are flat out stupid though.

Appearances

Dragon Quest VI

Lucky Dip is learned by advancing to rank 1 of the Gadabout vocation. Each character (save for Amos) has a list of unique actions that are performed when the skill is used, with a new shenanigan being added to their repertoire as they advance in vocation rank.

Hero

Rank	Antic
1	Merrily dances and sings!
2	The Hero plays rock-paper-scissors with himself! One, two, three, shoot! It's a tie between the two hands! His right hand wins! His left hand wins! He laughs excitedly.
3	Hero begins drawing the enemy's caricature! Wow, what a likeness! Mistaking the hero for an ally, the enemy heals his wounds! Hero recovers 50 HP! ≈≈≈ But it doesn't look anything like the enemy!
4	The Hero begins singing to himself! Laaa la laaa...The enemy listens intensely to the song! The enemy is lost in the Hero's sweet voice.
5	The Hero cups his hands and peers inside them intensely! The enemy looks to see what's in his hands! The Hero attacks the distracted foe!
6	The Hero taps his feet to the rhythm of the battle! What a tap dancer! Now he's harder to hit!
7	The Hero performs a sword dance, a rose clasped in his teeth! His blade grazes the enemy!
8	The Hero tries to think up a new game. But there's no time for games as long as the world is in turmoil...And besides, he's in the middle of a battle right now! The Hero suddenly feels a twinge of responsibility! The party's wounds heal!

Carver

Rank	Antic
1	Merrily dances and sings!
2	Inexplicably, Carver starts shouting tongue twisters! Seven slick slithering slimes slowly sliding southward! But nobody seems interested enough to join in!
3	Carver whips out some string and starts playing cat's cradle with himself! Carver realizes cat's cradle isn't very fun when playing alone...Carver dejectedly puts the string back in his pocket.
4	Carver remembers a funny joke he heard once! Ha ha ha! Carver is laughing too hard to think about fighting right now!
5	Carver begins whittling a doll with a knife he brought along! Wow! It's like the doll's really alive! The doll attacks! Does 50 points of damage to the enemy.
6	Carver takes a swig of some booze he smuggled along! (glug glug glug)...Hic! Carver gets a little tipsy! Carver falls asleep!
7	Carver begins singing loudly! His voice is terribly off-key! The enemies flee!
8	Carver takes a swig of powerful booze and brings a flame to his mouth! (Fwoooosssh!) Flaming breath shoots from his mouth!

Milly

Rank	Antic
1	Calmly fixes her make-up.
2	Milly flashes a sultry look at the enemy! The enemy nervously turns away. The enemy hangs its head in embarrassment!
3	Milly takes a time-out from battle to fix her hair. "Ugh, another split end...Definitely having a bad hair day here!"
4	Milly begins writing an important letter! "Dear Grandma: Hello! How are you? I'm on the road traveling right now and..."
5	Milly swivels her hips in a hypnotic belly dance! The enemy is distracted by all the excitement! The enemy is confused!
6	Milly begins to sing a soothing lullaby.
7	Milly begins to tell a fortune. "Excuse me! You there! Enemy! Care to have the cards tell your fortune?" Milly turns over a card! "My! Would you look at this..." The enemy leans in to look at the card! Milly pummels the distracted foe!
8	Milly takes out a whip! "You! On your knees! Bow to your master!" Milly's whip cracks in the air!

Ashlynn

Rank	Antic
1	Merrily dances and sings!
2	Ashlynn suddenly starts playing house! Dinner, everybody! But nobody pays attention to her!/The enemy draws near and has a taste of her food! IT'S TERRIBLE! Does 20~25 damage to the enemy.
3	Ashlynn begins drawing the enemy's caricature! Wow, what a likeness! Mistaking Ashlynn for an ally, the enemy heals her wounds! Ashlynn recovers 50 HP!/But it doesn't look anything like the enemy!
4	Ashlynn twists her skirt around to get the enemy's attention! Ashlynn pummels the enemy as it draws near! Deals 20~30 damage to the enemy.
5	Ashlynn cups her hands and peers inside them intensely! The enemy looks to see what's in her hands! Ashlynn attacks the distracted foe!
6	Ashlynn suddenly changes into a swimsuit and starts dancing! The enemy's attention is diverted by the show! ≈≈≈ But the enemy isn't interested!
7	Ashlynn begins doing something...just...disgusting! Something HORRIBLY disgusting! Everyone pretends to ignore her!
8	Ashlynn tries to evoke sympathy! "Oh, woe is me, wow is me..." Tears pour out of Ashlynn's eyes! Ashlynn's tears form a giant wave that crashes over the enemy!

Nevan

Rank	Antic
1	Plays in the mud!
2	Nevan plays rock-paper-scissors with himself! One, two, three, shoot! It's a tie between the two hands! His right hand wins! His left hand wins! He laughs excitedly.
3	Nevan looks for an anthill! But he can't find one/What luck! He found one! Nevan pokes the anthill with a stick!
4	Nevan tries casting a spell he just made up! Flatulatle! Frizzamble! Insomniheal! Kasnazzle! Frizzebra! Zingslinger! Infermost! Frizzazz! But nothing happens...
5	Nevan cups his hands and peers inside them intensely! The enemy looks to see what's in his hands! Nevan attacks the distracted foe!
6	Nevan assumes the role of leader and barks some orders! "Leave it to me!" But it doesn't sound anything like him!
7	Inexplicably, Nevan begins dancing wildly! The weapon in his hand flails to and fro!
8

Amos

Rank	Antic
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8

Terry

Rank	Antic
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8

Lizzy

Rank	Antic
1	Lizzie merrily dances and sings!
2	Lizzie suddenly begins spinning a plate!
3	Lizzie throws a coin into the air! The coin lands right in Lizzie's palm! Lizzie cracks a smile!
4	Lizzie begins singing to herself! "Grrragh...la laaargh..." The enemy listens intensely to the song!
5	Lizzie is balancing on a ball for some reason! Oops! She loses her balance and crashes into the enemy!
6	Lizzie taps her feet to the rhythm of the battle! What a tap dancer! Now she's harder to hit!
7	Inexplicably, Lizzie begins dancing wildly! The weapon in her hand flails to and fro!
8	Lizzie suddenly starts jumping rope! Cracks shoot across the ground!