Black bishop (vocation)

The Black Bishop is a monster class available in Dragon Quest VII.

Description

The Black Bishop is the monster equivalent to the Sage. Just like the sage, the cost of spells for a character is less than a regular class. The Black Bishop class offers great increases to magic categories and a moderate drop in Max HP.

Requirements

In order to become a Bishop, a character must first master the Delusionist and the Bone Baron classes. A Heart can also be obtained in battle by fighting the crazed cardinals in the Cathedral of Blight.

Stat changes

Statistics	Change
Battles to Master	210
Strength	Null
Agility	Null
Resilience	+10%
Wisdom	+30%
Style	+10%
Max HP	-10%
Max MP	+30%
Mastery Bonus	+20 Bonus to Wisdom

Abilities

Level	Title (PSX)	Learns	Battles Needed	Target	Info	MP
1	Evil Altar Boy (Druid)	Bound	1	Self	Reflects all spells back to the caster for 1 turn	4
2	Cursed Choirboy (DarkCloth)	Kazing	23	One Ally	Revives one Ally with full HP	15
3	Damned Deacon (ChaosLord)	Kasizzle	43	One Group	Causes ~100 HP in flame damage to one group of enemies	10
4	Pernicious Preacher (CenoBite)	Kathwack	70	All Enemies	Has a chance of instantly killing all enemies	15
5	Corrupt Clergyman (BloodMonk)	Kaboom	100	All Enemies	Causes ~140 in explosion damage to all enemies	15
6	Monster Minister (HatePadre)	Kacrackle	130	All Enemies	Causes ~92 in ice damage to all enemies	12
7	Bad Bishop (GodStomp)	Kafrizzle	160	One Enemy	Causes ~190 HP in fire damage to one enemy	10
8	Cardinal Sinner (GodHater)	Pearly Gates	210	One Group	Causes ~200 HP in wind damage to one group of enemies, does extra damage to undead enemies	20

Trivia

• The rank 4 accolade in the PlayStation version refers to the Cenobite of Clive Baker's Hellraiser series.