Budoo (Class)

The Budoo is an available monster class in the game Dragon Quest VII.

Description

The Budoo is a monster with the resemblance of the common notion of the genie. This monster class offers a sharp increase in strength but a slight drop in guard and appearance.

Requirements

In order to become a Budoo, a character must first master the Curse Lamp and Hell Giant classes. A player can also obtain a Budoo heart from battling a Budoo in the Zion Cave. However, the only way a player can fight a Budoo is by allowing a BudooLamp to summon a Budoo.

Dragon Quest VII

Stat Changes

Statistics	Change
Battles to Master	220
Strength	+30 Percent
Agility	+10 Percent
Guard	-5 Percent
Intelligence	Null
Appearance	-10 Percent
Max HP	+10 Percent
Max MP	Null
Mastery Bonus	+20 Bonus to Strength

Abilities

Level	Title	Learns	Battles Needed	Target	Info	MP
1	Dark Cloud	Nothing	0
2	Genie	Twin Hits	25	One Ally	Doubles the attack of one ally for a couple of turns	6
3	Apharool	Take Magic	50	Self	Absorbs the MP from one magic spell cast against the user	0
4	Jann	Barrier	80	All Allies	Reduces the damage of fire and ice attacks	3
5	Djinn	Chance	135	Random	Random Effects, good, bad or neutral	20
6	Shaitan	Call Army	165	All Enemies	Summons an army to attack all enemies. Four attacks. Cost of the attack is the caster's gold times 50.	0
7	Efreet	Fair Wind	173	Self	Reflects fire and ice breath once	0
8	Marid	White Fire	220	All Enemies	Causes ~160 HP in fire damage to all enemies	0

Trivia

The titles for the Budoo come from the Qur'anic tradition and many Arabic stories.

The Djinn is an alternate spelling for Genie.

Shaitan is another word for the devil of Islam, also known as Iblis. The root of the word can be used as an adjective or an noun. As an adjective, it can mean adversarial. As a noun, it can mean mischief. Shaitan is related to the word Satan of Christian tradition.

The Efreet, also spelled Ifrit, are another class of Djinn

The Marid is a djinn associated with the open waters and seas.