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

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]].

''NES version''

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*♥ denotes ladies only.

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 50 (1/37): run out of things to do (Casts Multiheal on party)

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Gadabout is one of the basic classes available. It is one of the prerequisites for the [[Luminary]] vocation, along with the [[Dancer]].

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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.

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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.