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==''[[Dragon Quest X]]''==
==''[[Dragon Quest X]]''==
Certain monsters can be recruited by players beginning in version 2.4 Taming is done through a skill attack that creates a fixed 10% chance to capture the monster once it falls. The skill does not need to be the final blow of the battle; as long as it has been used over the course of the encounter the chance to recruit the beast is established. Monsters that have joined players are controlled through A.I. and essentially serve as party members for times when the player's fiends and comrades are offline.
Certain monsters can be recruited by players beginning in version 2.0, which saw the return of the Monster Master vocation to the series after nearly 14 years of absence.
 
Taming itself is fairly simple, but players must perform research on the species they want prior to the encounter. This is done in the form of obtaining zoological books on monsters and using one as an item in battle to unlock the scouting attack for that particular breed. This attack creates a base 10% chance to capture the monster once it falls, and can be increased by increments of 10% as the Monster Master adds to their skill tree. The skill does not need to be the final blow of the battle; as long as it has been used over the course of the encounter the chance to recruit the beast is established.
 
Monsters that have joined players are controlled through A.I. dependent on their [[Personality|personality]] and essentially serve as party members for times when the player's friends and comrades are offline. Monsters have a level cap of 50, but can undergo a process similar to a [[Revocation]] to further raise their stats.
 
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!  Monster Name !! Version available !! Weapon !! Armor !! Book
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|[[Brownie]] || 2.4 || Hammers || Metal armor || Monster battle road prize
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|[[Chimaera]] || 2.0 || Wands || Robes || Casino prize
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|[[Dracky]] || 2.3 || Heavy wands || Robes || Monster battle road prize
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|[[Great sabrecat]] || 4.1 || Claws || Clothes || Monster drop
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|[[Hacksaurus]] || 2.0 || Axes || Metal armor || Casino prize
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|[[Healslime]] ||2.0 || Wands ||Robes || Sold at tavern
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|[[Imp]] || 2.2 ||Spears || Robes ||Sold at tavern
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|[[Jailcat]] || 2.0 || Claws || Robes || Monster drop
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|[[Mandrake major]] || 2.0 || Swords || Metal armor || Sold at tavern
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|[[Meowgician]] || 2.0 || Heavy wands || Robes || Sold at tavern
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|[[Mischievous mole]] || 2.0 || Staves || Clothing || Monster drop
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|[[Slime]] ||2.0 ||Boomerangs || Clothes || Sold at tavern
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|[[Slime knight]] || 2.0 ||Swords || Metal armor || Sold at tavern
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|[[Small fry]] || 2.2 || Claws || Clothes || Sold at tavern
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|[[Teeny sanguini]] || 2.0 || Wands || Robes || Sold at tavern
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|}


==''[[Dragon Quest Builders 2]]''==
==''[[Dragon Quest Builders 2]]''==
On explorer's shores after Skelkatrez, one can recruit monsters with [[Monster munchies]]. When a monster that can be tamed is defeated, there is a chance that it will stand up instead of fading away and a thirty second timer will begin to count down--the munchies must be used in this period or the monster will become annoyed and go away.
On explorer's shores after [[Skelkatrez]], one can recruit monsters with [[Monster munchies]]. When a monster that can be tamed is defeated, there is a chance that it will stand up instead of fading away and a thirty second timer will begin to count down--the munchies must be used in this period or the monster will become annoyed and go away.


Tamed monsters join the residents of the Island of Awakening as NPCs, who go about their daily routines as the other islanders do, and some have special effects: the chimaeras can be ridden to fly, the powie yowie can be given an ice lolly to spread snow, the liquid metal slime will play tag once a day for 100 hearts, etc.
Tamed monsters join the residents of the Island of Awakening as NPCs, who go about their daily routines as the other islanders do, and some have special effects: the chimaeras can be ridden to fly, the powie yowie can be given an ice lolly to spread snow, the liquid metal slime will play tag once a day for 100 hearts, etc.
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