Gadabout

For the vocation from Dragon Quest VII, see Jester (DQVII).

For the monster introduced in Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker 3, see JESTER.

The Gadabout is a class in the Dragon Quest series. Design wise, gadabouts were originally split between dressing as clowns for men and bunny girls for women, but with the reintroduction of the profession in Dragon Quest X, this practice has since been retired in lieu of both sexes dressing as clowns.

Description[]

Gadabouts march to the beat of their own drum, often ignoring any commands from the player for their own buffoonery that can have positive or negative impact on the party. The chance for a gadabout increases with their level or rank, depending on the game, with more extreme actions becoming common. Quite literally a joke character, the Gadabout is poor in nearly every attribute, save for their incredible luck in III and a small style boost in VI.

In X, the gadabout is not as foppish as in past games and players can control their chaos by selecting when to goof off instead of at random. The effects are still unpredictable, however.

Appearances[]

Main games[]

Dragon Quest III[]

Gadabouts, originally localised as goof-offs, are pretty much useless on the battlefield, but do have a great amount of luck. This allows them to avoid the affects of debilitating spells more often than other characters. The trade-off for this is the fact that these clowns have minds of their own, and the player cannot always control their actions. The gadabout is the only class that can turn into a Sage at Alltrades Abbey without the Words of Wisdom, merely needing to reach level 20 to do so. Rather than take a gadabout from the beginning of the journey with this career advancement in mind, some players opt to instead turn an existing character into a gadabout and level them up in the safety of their much stronger peers.

Clowning around[]

A gadabout will only follow the player's instructions 75% of the time, disobeying with a randomly selected action. Every few levels, a new action is added to the list:

Level 1 (1/5): struck a defensive pose (Defends), just gawked at the scene (Nothing), yell for help (Nothing), run (Nothing), fell and tripped (Nothing)
Level 3 (1/7): smiled serenely (Nothing), keeled over (Falls asleep)
Level 5 (1/8): juggle stones (4~8 damage to Gadabout or monster)
Level 7 (1/9): sing and dance gaily (Nothing)
Level 9 (1/10): flick disheveled hair(F)/put on tough guy act (M) (Nothing)
Level 11 (1/11): tap dance (Gadabout's evasion rises)
Level 13 (1/12): spin finger at monster (Confuses monster)
Level 15 (1/13): preen with mirror (F)/goose other party member (M) (Nothing)
Level 17 (1/15): keel over (Paralyzes Gadabout), cast some gibberish (Nothing)
Level 19 (1/16): pray for peace (Nothing)
Level 20 (1/17): become plagued by self doubt (Nothing)
Level 21 (1/18): make up a pun (Makes enemy laugh)
Level 23 (1/20): roll a die (Nothing), sing loudly (terrible voice - makes enemy flee, beautiful voice - makes enemy lose turn)
Level 25 (1/21): imagine lewd situations (Nothing)
Level 27 (1/22): sneeze (Makes everybody surprised)
Level 29 (1/24): start a word game (Nothing), gaze sexily at monster (Makes monster lose turn (F)/Nothing (M))
Level 31 (1/25): tell a story (Random party member can lose turn)
Level 33 (1/26): put on heels and hold a whip (F)/pull out a crown and wear it(M) (Makes a monster attack other monster or itself when alone/Gadabout attacks a monster)
Level 35 (1/28): sneak up behind other party member (Nothing), laugh maniacally (Make monsters flee)
Level 37 (1/29): cheer everyone up (Casts Deceleratle or Acceleratle on the party)
Level 39 (1/31): guzzle a bottle of ale (Gadabout won't move next turn), heckle a monster (Nothing)
Level 41 (1/32): toss up a boulder (12~14 damage to party member, or 30~32 to a monster)
Level 43 (1/33): puff-puff a monster (Makes a monster lose turn (F)/Deals 36~45 damage to a monster(M))
Level 45 (1/34): use a move on a monster (Poofchop, Poofmash; deals 35~42 damage to a monster)
Level 47 (1/35): do something illicit (Nothing)
Level 49 (1/36): lit some paper on fire (Casts Frizzle on a monster)
Level 50 (1/37): run out of things to do (Casts Multiheal on party)

Dragon Quest III (GBC)
Spell	Level Learnt
Whistle	13

Dragon Quest VI[]

Gadabout is one of the basic classes available. It is one of the prerequisites for the Luminary vocation, along with the Dancer.

Stat Changes[]

Statistics	Change
Battles to Master	154
Strength	-30%
Agility	-30%
Defence	-40%
Wisdom	-20%
Style	+5%
Max HP	-30%
Max MP	-40%

Abilities[]

Level	Title	Learns	Battles Needed	Target	Info	MP
1	Goof-off	Lucky Dip	0	Varies	Random effect
2	Partygoer	Whistle	12	N/A	Summons enemies
3	Teaser	Tongue Lashing		All enemies	Stuns them all for next turn
4	Rester/Freeloader	Puff-Puff		One	If performed by a male, it damages the enemy. If performed by a female, it may prevent the enemy from attacking.
5	Arrogant/Muckraker	Nap		Self	Regenerates HP & MP, and falls asleep
6	Face Maker/Heart Breaker	Tongue Bashing		One	Reduces defense of enemy
7	Partier/Moodmaker	Follow Suit		Self	Repeats last action performed
8	Super Player	Hocus Pocus		Varies	Totally random effect

Dragon Quest X[]

The Gadabout is one of the two advanced vocations available in version 4.0 of Dragon Quest X. They can use Swords, Knives, Hammers, Boomerangs, Fisticuffs, and Shields, each one with their own individual skill trees; their exclusive skill trees are called Lucky Dip (あそぶ), which triggers a random action to an enemy, an ally, or themselves, and their Whimsical (きまぐれ) effects, which instead trigger randomly after attacking or using a skill. Their Coup de Grâce is Hocus Pocus (パルプンテ).

Other games[]

Dragon Quest of the Stars[]

A Standard Vocation which needs to be unlocked from the Squirril Station.

Preferred weapon types:

Vocation Skill[]

Lv 1	✠Having Fun Lv 1
Lv 1	Ability CT cut 3% with preferred weapon
Lv 5	🔰Wild Whim
Lv 11	Luck +5
Lv 22	✠Having Fun Lv 2
Lv 22	Luck +5
Lv 27	Dodge Rate +1
Lv 33	✠Having Fun Lv 3
Lv 33	Luck +5
Lv 38	Dodge Rate +1
Lv 44	✠Having Fun Lv 4
Lv 44	Luck +5
Lv 49	Dodge Rate +1
Lv 55	✠Having Fun Lv 5
Lv 55	Luck +5
Lv 60	Dodge Rate +1
Lv 66	Luck +6
Lv 77	✠Having Fun Lv 6
Lv 77	Luck +7
Lv 88	Dodge Rate +1
Lv 99	✠Having Fun Lv 7
Lv 99	Luck +7

Dragon Quest Walk[]

Gadabout is one of the base vocations, available from the start.