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<center>''A master of monsters, able to commune with them, wield their abilities, and win their affection.'' --Description in ''Dragon Quest VII''</center>

The '''Monster Master''' (魔物使い ''Mamono Hantā'') is a vocation in ''[[Dragon Quest VI]]'' and ''[[Dragon Quest VII]]''.  Also known as the Monster ''Masher'' (魔物ハンター, ''Demon Hantā),  the class allows players to walk on the wild side and focuses on taming and making allies of monsters defeated in battle.

The M.M. suffers considerable reductions to their strength, resilience, HP, and MP in all versions of ''VI'', befitting a starting vocation characters are not meant to spend too long in. With the job's upgrade to an advanced vocation in ''VII'', the reductions to the mentioned stats are much less harsh, and enjoys a substantial boost to wisdom on top of a minor raise to agility and style. In both games characters will learn breath-based skills and the Puff spell.

In ''X'', the M.M. is much more physically robust before, boasting the third highest strength and fourth highest HP of all vocations. This is balanced by having a pitiful agility and having the bar-none worst MP available.

In ''VII'' the vocation will instead give players a greater chance to send defeated monsters off to [[The Haven|the Haven]], a wildlife preserve of sorts where monsters can interact with the party as NPCs. To become a Masher, characters need to master the [[Thief]] and [[Shepherd]] vocations.

Appearance-wise, the costume of the Masher looks the same for both genders, with a green cape, a purple sash tied about the waist like a belt and magenta pants, but [[Hero (Dragon Quest VII)|the Hero]] is shirtless and has yellow gloves and boots.

*MPリンク--Sharing MP with a monster