Lucky Dip

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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, however, and waste the character's turn.

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!

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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 TBA

Amos

Rank Antic
1 Merrily dances and sings!
2 Amos remembers a funny joke he heard once!

"Ha ha ha!"

Amos is laughing too hard to think about fighting right now!

3 Amos begins drawing the enemy's caricature! Wow, what a likeness! Mistaking Amos for an ally, the enemy heals his wounds! Amos recovers 50 HP!

≈≈≈

But it doesn't look anything like the enemy!

4 Amos begins singing to himself!

"Laaa la laaa..."

The enemy listens intensely to the song! The enemy is lost in Amos' sweet voice.

5 Amos begins singing loudly! His voice is terribly off-key! The enemies flee!
6 Amos takes a swig of some booze he smuggled along!

"(glug glug glug)...Hic!"

Amos gets a little tipsy! Amos falls asleep!

7 Inexplicably, Amos begins dancing wildly! The weapon in his hand flails to and fro!
8 Amos takes a swig of powerful booze and brings a flame to his mouth! (Fwoooosssh!) Flaming breath shoots from his mouth!

Terry

Rank Antic
1 Terry puts his hair back in order!
2 Terry smiles suggestively!
3 Terry throws a coin into the air!

The coin lands right in Terry's palm!

Terry cracks a smile!

4 Terry begins singing to himself!

"Laaa la laaa..."

The enemy listens intensely to the song! The enemy is lost in Terry's sweet voice.

5 Terry stares into the distance, a conceited smile on his face. But it's just an act to cover his profound loneliness!

"Ugh!"

Terry's attack power increased!

6 Terry taps his feet to the rhythm of the battle! What a tap dancer! Now he's harder to hit!
7 Terry performs a sword dance, a rose clasped in his teeth! His blade grazes the enemy!
8 Terry tries to remember some of the games that Dhuran taught him long ago.

"You must become stronger. Understand?"

Dhuran's words echo in his mind! Terry lets out a primal roar! Lightning courses through Terry's body!

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!