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==Characteristics==

Gadabouts, originally localized as goof-offs, are pretty much useless on the battlefield, but do 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. The gadabout is the only class that can turn into a [[Sage]] at {{Alltrades Abbey 3}} without the [[Words of Wisdom]], merely needing to reach level 20 to do so. Rather than take a gadabout from the beginning of the journey with this career advancement in mind, some players opt to instead turn an existing character in to a fop and level them up in the safety of their much stronger peers.

''NES version''

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*♂ denotes men 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 vocations available. It is one of the prerequisites for the [[Luminary (Vocation)|Luminary]] vocation, along with the [[Dancer]].

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Gadabouts were added to the game in the Version 4.3 update. They are the frailest profession in the game as per series tradition, and can make use of {{Sword}}s {{Boomerang}}s, {{Hammer}}s, {{Knives}}, Fisticuffs, Shields, and their personal skillset. Unlike the controlled chaos of the [[Fortune Teller]] vocation, the Gadabout is a genuine gambling class where the player puts their fate in the hands of [[Rubiss]]. Their clown antics can range from mundane jokes to elaborate performances straight out of a gag manga, and are just as likely to affect their allies as they do the enemy. A Gadabout's [[Coup de Grâce]] technique is [[Hocus Pocus]], which has been altered to never hinder the party while still selecting a random effect for enemies.

'''<big>NOTE:</big>The parenthetical translations of the Japanese names are merely placeholders for convenience and are not to be taken as official Square Enix terms'''

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As mentioned above, these translations are not official and are presented purely as a convenience for English-speaking fans. Each action activates a text box that describes the jest, and the character will make one of three awful puns when performed: this is one of the few times in which the player's avatar speaks in any Dragon Quest game.

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The まじめにきまぐれ (''seriously whimsical'') are 11 actions that become available once the player has allocated 200 points into the Gadabout's 遊び (''play'') skill tree, expanding the total number of random actions the character may perform to 26. These japes include:

*Increasing physical damage by 30% for 60 seconds

None of these eleven gags have actual names, the notation for when one activates is simply a text box that states "まじめにきまぐれ!" before describing the effect. The Gadabout will make a pun based on the action, however.

[[Image:Walk Jesters Dancers.png|right|thumb|Gadabouts and Dancers as they appear in ''Walk''.|200px]]

Gadabouts, along with Dancers, were added to the game in a September 2020 update. It is available as a basic vocation to players and their weapons of choice are [[Staves]], [[Spear]]s, and [[Boomerang]]s. In battle, they have a chance to completely ignore the player's commands and do a random action instead. As a reference to their first appearance in ''Dragon Quest III'', a gadabout that reaches level 55 is able to become a [[Sage]] and they gain some passive bonuses to their magic attributes. In order to become a [[Luminary (vocation)|Luminary]], a character must have reached level 50 as a gadabout and dancer.

==Gallery==

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Image:DQIII Gadabout Male Famicom.png|Male gadabout, Famicom artwork

Image:DQIIIGadaboutClass.png|Male and female gadabouts, Famicom artwork

Image:Dq3gbart13.jpg|Female gadabout, Gameboy Color artwork

Image:Dq3gbart14.jpg|Male gadabout, Gameboy Color artwork

DQIII_Ethereal_Serpent_Flying.png|Flying with an [[Ethereal serpent]].

Dragon_Quest_III_GBC_box_art.png|Clinging to Ramia's tail feathers on the cover of the GBC version

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