Penny pincher (monster)

Dragon Quest monster Penny pincher
Art by Akira Toriyama Japanese スロットマジーン Romaji Surottomajīn First appearance Dragon Quest XI

For the club skill of the same name, see Penny Pincher (skill).

The Penny pincher is a recurring monster in the Dragon Quest series, first appearing in Dragon Quest XI. It is a trap monster taking on the form of a slot machine popularly seen in casinos throughout the series.

Characteristics

Penny pinchers are purple and gold slot machines that have come to life, with three red slot reels as eyes, a mouth filled with sharp fangs and a long blue tongue, and a handle on the right side of their bodies in the shape of a scepter topped with a green orb. Perched on top is a grinning horned skull with bat-like wings. They are able to float about freely or will disguise themselves as slot machines in order to ambush adventurers. Their monster description states that the penny pinchers were formerly humans that were transformed into monsters due to a desire to win big at the slots.

In battle, penny pinchers attempt to entice adversaries by spewing forth the alluring scent of gold. They can roll their slots to unleash a variety of different effects, such as healing adventurers with a restorative rain, granting them a jackpot of gold coins, incinerating them with a gout of hellfire, or siphoning away their magic power.

Appearances

Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age

Penny pincher (スロットマジーン Surottomajīn)

Sprite	HP	MP	Attack
	245	0	167
Defense	Agility	Experience	Gold
279	70	777	330

Bestiary no.	#311
Family	Machine
In-game description	When people wish to make a killing on the slots, fate plays a cruel trick on them by turning them into these murderous machines.
Spell(s)	None
Skill(s)	Desperate attack Spreads the spellbinding smell of gold about the place (attempts to mesmerise entire party) Starts scanning the area (uses a random effect on party): "What luck! A restorative rain starts to fall!" (uses Right as Rain on party) "Bad luck! You're drained of MP!" (drains MP from three party members) "Nice!/Amazing!/Jackpot! You'll now earn more gold coins from this battle!" (increases gold earned from battle) "Bad luck! You're hit with hellfire!" (fire breath damage on entire party)
Location(s)	The Gyldenhal - Level 2 (second act) Gallopolis - Whale Way Station (second act)
Item(s) dropped	Love potion1⁄32 Yggdrasil leaf1⁄256

Evasion	Fire Resistance *	Ice Resistance *	Wind Resistance *
N/a	0%	0%	0%
Rock Resistance *	Light Resistance *	Dark Resistance *	Zap Resistance *
0%	50%	-150%	-125%
Drain Magic Resistance	Whack Resistance *	Poof Resistance	Poison Resistance *
100%	100%	100%	25%
Paralysis Resistance *	Fuddle Resistance *	Snooze Resistance *	Dazzle Resistance *
25%	100%	25%	100%
Sap Resistance *	Blunt Resistance	Deceleratle Resistance	Spooky Aura Anathematise Resistance
0%	0%	0%	0%
Fizzle Resistance *	Stun Resistance *	Stumble Resistance *	Charm Resistance *
100%	99%	0%	100%
Beguile Resistance *	Double Down Resistance *	Elemental Resistance *
100%	0%	0%

Vicious

Vicious fortune filcher (スロットマジーン・強 Surottomajīn・kyō)

Sprite	HP	MP	Attack
	434	0	271
Defense	Agility	Experience	Gold
430	102	2,555	1,540

Bestiary no.	#543
Family	Machine
In-game description	Penny pinchers driven to dangerous extremes by the dark power of the Lord of Shadows.
Spell(s)	None
Skill(s)	Desperate attack Spreads the spellbinding smell of gold about the place (attempts to mesmerise entire party) Starts scanning the area (uses a random effect on party): "What luck! A restorative rain starts to fall!" (uses Right as Rain on party) "Bad luck! You're drained of MP!" (drains MP from three party members) "Nice!/Amazing!/Jackpot! You'll now earn more gold coins from this battle!" (increases gold earned from battle) "Bad luck! You're hit with hellfire!" (fire breath damage on entire party)
Location(s)	The Disciple's Trial - The Cruel Crypt - Lower Level (third act)
Item(s) dropped	Mini medal1⁄64 Yggdrasil leaf1⁄256

Evasion	Fire Resistance *	Ice Resistance *	Wind Resistance *
N/a	0%	0%	0%
Rock Resistance *	Light Resistance *	Dark Resistance *	Zap Resistance *
0%	50%	-150%	-125%
Drain Magic Resistance	Whack Resistance *	Poof Resistance	Poison Resistance *
100%	100%	100%	25%
Paralysis Resistance *	Fuddle Resistance *	Snooze Resistance *	Dazzle Resistance *
25%	100%	25%	100%
Sap Resistance *	Blunt Resistance	Deceleratle Resistance	Spooky Aura Anathematise Resistance
0%	0%	0%	0%
Fizzle Resistance *	Stun Resistance *	Stumble Resistance *	Charm Resistance *
100%	99%	0%	100%
Beguile Resistance *	Double Down Resistance *	Elemental Resistance *
100%	0%	0%

Dragon Quest Tact

The penny pincher appears as an A-rank monster of the Inorganic family during the first part of the Version 4.0 Update Festival's Eve limited event "Mindini's Boogie-Woogie Rescue Mission". He will join the party in Chapter 1, Episode 1 of the event quests and he can be fully awakened by repeating the quest at any difficulty. The penny pincher can also be faced in "Challenge! Penny Pincher" where the player can earn various Panels in exchange for Slot Tickets.

Penny pincher (スロットマジーン Surottomajīn)

Stats

Family		Rank		Role
Inorganic				Attack
Max Level		HP	MP	Move
120		1,101	368	2
Attack	Defense	Agility	Wisdom	Weight
246	457	411	207	35

Basic Skills

First		Second		Third
Cursed Breath		Demonic Lure*		Fever Attack*

Awakening Skills

First	Second	Third
Fever Rush! / Stats Up	Bang Res +25 / Stats Up	Fever Attack Potency +5% / Stats Up Fever Rush!: Occasionally attacks with Fever Attack when making a martial attack if enemy is within 1 to 3-space range.
Fourth	Fifth
Zap Res +25 / Stats Up	Fever Attack Potency +5% / Stats Up Fever Rush!: Occasionally attacks with Fever Attack when making a martial attack if enemy is within 1 to 3-space range.

Leader Perks

First

Raises martial potency of inorganic allies, including himself, by 10% in a 5x5 square around him.

Basic Perks

First	Second	Third
Max MP +10	DEF +15	Fever Attack Potency +2%

Perk Details

First

Fever Rush!: Occasionally attacks with Fever Attack when making a martial attack if enemy is within 1 to 3-space range.

Frizz Resistance *	Sizz Resistance *	Crack Resistance *	Woosh Resistance *
Very Weak	Very Weak	Normal	Normal
Bang Resistance *	Zap Resistance *	Zam Resistance *	Snooze Resistance
Half Res	Half Res	Normal	Half Res
Poison Resistance	Physical Lock Resistance	Spell Lock Resistance	Martial Lock Resistance
Immune	Normal	Normal	Half Res
Breath Lock Resistance	Hobble Resistance *	Stun Resistance *	Dazzle Resistance
Normal	Super Weak	Normal	Normal
Curse Resistance	Paralysis Resistance	Confusion Resistance	Charm Resistance
Normal	Normal	Super Weak	Normal

In Other Languages

Language	Translation	Meaning
Español	Sacacuartos	From the Spanish saca and cuartos, a colloquial term for a swindler or someone with a great ability of taking money from others through deception. Something that is a waste of money.
Français	Bandit manchogre	A play on the term bandit manchot, a term for a gambling machine with a long handle due to the fact that it "steals" money from players and "ogre", a type of demon from folk tales.
Deutsch	Groschengrab	From the German Groschen and Grab.
Italiano	Mangiamonete	Italian for "coin eater".

Trivia

• A penny pincher is a term for someone who spends little money; one who is very cautious or frugal with their money.

Gallery

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  XI polygon model

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  A vicious penny pincher

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  Rivals card

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  The penny pincher in Tact

Related monsters

Similar species

• Token taker
• Gold grabber
• Fortune filcher