Dingbat (vocation)
The Dingbat is an intermediate monster vocation available in Dragon Quest VII.
Description[edit]
The Dingbat is an unusual red demon with bird-like features and a huge pair of wings on its back that excels at hand-to-hand combat. It offers an slight to moderate increase in most categories and a drop in wisdom. The class also has an increase chance to cause a critical hit, with the frequency being calculated as rank 1 = 1/256, 2 = 1/256, 3 = 1/64, 4 = 1/32, 5 = 1/16, 6 = 1/16, 7 = 1/16, 8 = 1/8.
Additionally, reaching rank 8 will grant a character with a weak resistance to all elements (except Woosh and fire breath) and a strong resistance to all status ailments and rock/strike skills. Mastering the vocation is required in order to become a Barbatos or a Prism peacock.
Requirements[edit]
The Dingbat requires a character to master the Jawtoise, Chimaera, and Kingfuchsia classes. A Dingbat Heart can also be won in the Lucky Panel game in The Haven's casino. Finally, it can be obtained in battle by fighting Dingbats in the Hidden Pyramid or the Alltrades Abbey region after the events at the Cathedral of Light.
Stat Changes[edit]
| Statistics | Change |
| Battles to Master | 190 |
| Strength | +5% |
| Agility | +10% |
| Resilience | Null |
| Wisdom | -10% |
| Style | +10% |
| Max HP | +5% |
| Max MP | Null |
| Mastery Bonus | +20 Bonus to Agility |
Abilities[edit]
| Level | Title (PSX) |
Learns | Battles Needed | Target | Info | MP |
| 1 | Batlet (SkySprite) |
Nothing | 0 | |||
| 2 | Bat Boy (SkyImp) |
Wing Clipper | 18 | One Enemy | 25% more damage to Bird types, regular damage to all other enemies | 0 |
| 3 | Bat Influence (Familiar) |
Nothing | 40 | |||
| 4 | Bat Company (SkyFiend) |
Zing | 65 | One Ally | Has the chance of reviving one ally with 50% HP | 8 |
| 5 | Assault and Batterer (Cacodemon) |
Nothing | 92 | |||
| 6 | Bat to the Bone (SkyDemon) |
Harvest Moon | 130 | All Enemies | Attacks all enemies with decreasing damage | 0 |
| 7 | Superbat (Hellborn) |
Thin Air | 160 | All Enemies | Causes wind damage to all enemies | 0 |
| 8 | King Ding (Inferno) |
Falcon Slash | 190 | One Enemy | Attacks one enemy twice with 75% power | 0 |
Trivia[edit]
- The PSX accolade for rank 3, Familiar, is an animal spirit that serves a witch or sorceress.
- The PSX accolade for rank 5, Cacodemon, is an evil spirit or a demon.
