Jester

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Maribel modeling the vocation.
With snappy comebacks and spontaneous one-liners, the Jester is always popular. --Description in Dragon Quest VII.

The Jester (笑わせ師 warawase shi) vocation is a variant of the more common Gadabout, which appears exclusively in Dragon Quest VII. The differences between Jesters and Gadabouts is that the former have slightly more utility in battle through the skills they learn and that both sexes dress as clowns where lady Gadabouts dress as bunny girls.

Appearances[edit]

Dragon Quest VII: Fragments of the Forgotten Past[edit]

The Jester is one of the basic vocations available. Mastering it is a prerequisite to unlock the Luminary vocation, along with Dancer and Troubadour. The Jester's attributes decline in all categories save for style which 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. When Ruff is a jester, his wolf has a clown's red nose.

Stat Changes[edit]

Statistics Change
Battles to Master PS1: 133
3DS: 71
Strength -30%
Agility -30%
Resilience -40%
Wisdom -20%
Style +5%
Max HP -30%
Max MP -20%

PS1 Abilities[edit]

Level Title Learns Battles Needed Target Info MP
1 Beginner Nothing 0
2 Novice Puff-Puff 7 One Enemy If performed by a male, it damages the enemy. If performed by a female, it may prevent the enemy from attacking. 0
3 Goof-Off Silliness 15 Self Caster avoids physical attacks for one turn 0
4 Buffoon Point Out 30 Self Counterattacks physical attacks for one turn 0
5 Stand-up One-Liner 58 One Group Tells a joke which may cause one enemy group to laugh, preventing them from attacking 0
6 Comedian Tongue Lashing 80 One Enemy Licks an enemy to cause shuddering, which may prevent an enemy from attacking 0
7 Joker Tongue Bashing 100 One Enemy Licks one enemy, lowering its defence to zero 0
8 Fool Rib-Tickler 133 One Enemy Tickle one enemy, which may prevent it from attacking 0

3DS Abilities[edit]

Level Title Learns Battles Needed Target Info MP
1 Open Mic-Er Pratfall 1 User Dodge all damage for one turn. 0
2 Clown Sobering Slap 4 Self Turn an enemy attack back onto them. Doesn't seem to work. 0
3 Fall Guy Weird Leer 9 Does nothing 0
Puff-Puff One enemy If performed by a male, it damages the enemy. If performed by a female, it may prevent the enemy from attacking. 0
4 Gag Merchant One-Liner 16 One group User tells a joke, can make the enemy laugh and skip a turn. 0
5 Jobbing Comedian Tongue Lashing 24 One enemy Licks an enemy to cause shuddering, which may prevent an enemy from attacking 0
6 Bill-Topper Underpants Dance 34 One group May startle enemies, which make them skip a turn. 0
Tongue Bashing One enemy Licks one enemy, lowering its defence to zero. 0
7 Household Name Rib-Tickler 46 One enemy May make an enemy skip a turn. 0
8 Comic Genius Weird Whacker 71 One group Attempt to confuse enemies, also deals damage 0

Hybrid Abilities[edit]

Hybrid Learns Target Info MP
Bard GagSong One Group Has a chance of making one group of enemies laugh, preventing them from attacking 0
Dancer BoxerDanc One Group Causes one group of enemies to laugh, preventing them from attacking 0
Martial Artist Retaliate Self Returns any attack against the caster back to the enemy 0
Mage PanicAll One Group Causes confusion to one enemy group 5
Thief Giggle Self Does nothing 0
Warrior ConfuHit One Enemy May confuse the enemy it hits 0

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