Troubadour

A Bard from Dragon Quest VIII.

A multi-talented musician whose massive repertoire has a range of uses. --Description in Dragon Quest VII.

The Troubadour (吟遊詩人, Gin'yūshijin) is a vocation featured in Dragon Quest VII: Fragments of the Forgotten Past and Dragon Quest Monsters: Caravan Heart. It is also a class of NPC in several games, who usually relay information to the player in rhyme or song.

Description

The troubadour is a helpful vocation that makes use of support skills in battle. Outside of battle, they learn the Holy Protection spell that is able to keep weaker monsters at bay. After mastering this class, the troubadour can become a Luminary provided they have also mastered the Dancer and Jester vocations.

Dragon Quest VII: Fragments of the Forgotten Past

Stat Changes

Statistics	Change
Battles to Master	140 (PS1)
	85 (3DS)
Strength	-25%
Agility	-15%
Resilience	-15%
Wisdom	+20%
Style	+10%
Max HP	-20%
Max MP	Null

PS1 Abilities

Level	Title	Learns	Battles Needed	Target	Info	MP
1	Beginner	Nothing	0
2	Novice	EagleEye	13	Field	Tells the player where the closest town is	0
3	Poet	X-Ray	27	Field	Allows the player to determine whether a treasure chest is actually a monster or not. A blue aura means that the treasure chest safe to open. A red aura means that the treasure chest is a monster.	2
4	Lyricist	SleepSong	40	One Group	Has a chance of putting one a group of enemies to sleep	0
5	Warbler	Repel	55	Field	Prevents weaker monsters from attacking the party	4
6	Crooner	AwakeSong	75	All Allies	Cures all allies of the sleep status	0
7	Songster	MistSong	110	One Group	Has a chance of preventing one group of enemies from casting spells	0
8	Minstrel	AngelSong	140	All Allies	Has a chance of restoring a fallen ally with 50 percent of their max HP	0

3DS Abilities

Level	Title	Learns	Battles Needed	Target	Info	MP
1	Music Lover	Nothing	0
2	String Plucker	War Cry	5	One Group	A blood-curdling cry that causes the enemy to quake with fear.	0
3	Bedroom Jammer	Lullaby	11	One Group	A soothing song that will make your enemies sleep like babes.	0
4	One-Hit Wonder	Silly Song	21	One Group	A loony tune that gets a group of enemies rolling in the aisles.	0
5	Touring Act	Dawn Chorus	31	All Allies	A stimulating song that rouses party members from their slumber.	0
6	Star Turn	Spellbinding Song	43	One Group	A singalong that seals away enemy spells.	0
7	Platinum-Seller	Soothing Song	55	All Allies	A calming song that restores at least 20 HP to all party members.	0
8	Living Legend	Angel Song	85	All Allies	Occasionally resurrects a fallen ally with half HP restored.	8

Amount of battles are counted from 0, not from rank to rank.

Hybrid Abilities

Hybrid	Learns	Target	Info	MP
Priest	HealSong	All Allies	Restores 20HP to All Allies	0
Martial Artist	WarCry	All Enemies	Has a chance of startling enemies, preventing them from attacking	0
Jester	GagSong	One Group	Has a chance of making one group of enemies laugh, preventing them from attacking	0
Mage	CurseSong	One Group	Lowers the defense of one group of enemies	0
Sailor	WaveSong	One Group	Has a chance of putting one group of enemies to sleep	0
Shepherd	RamSong	One Group	Has a chance of putting one group of enemies to sleep	0
Warrior	WarSong	All Allies	Raises the defense of all allies	0

Usefulness

The troubadour is quite frail and should be put in fourth position from the left. Its only use is to make the Luminary and then a Druid. It takes some time to become a Druid and so has to be started as soon the player clears Alltrades Abbey. However, the rewards are great. In the Nintendo 3DS Version, troubadours are able to learn Soothing Song naturally, which is a decent way to restore HP for free in battle.

The hybrid skills aren't particularly worth getting as there are similar skills that do the same thing.

Notable Troubadours

• Galen
• Josef Starling
• Florin
• Crispin
• Ishmahri
• Serena's use of harpistry and singing in battle are traits of the profession.

Gallery

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  Dragon Quest IV.

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  Dragon Quest Monsters: Caravan Heart.

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  Dragon Quest VII.

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  Dragon Quest VII.