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With snappy comebacks and spontaneous one-liners, the Jester is always popular. --Description in Dragon Quest VII

The Goof-off or Jester is a class in the Dragon Quest series.

Goof-offs, although pretty much useless on the battle field, have a great amount of luck. This allows them to deal critical amounts of damage more often than other characters. The trade-off for this is the fact that Goof-offs have minds of their own, and the player cannot always control their actions. Goof-offs are the wild cards of the game, as they sometimes do damage to themselves instead of attacking enemy characters. In Dragon Quest III, Goof-off is the only class that can turn into a Sage at Dharma Temple without a Book of Satori.

Dragon Quest III

Dragon Quest III (GBC)
Spell	Level Learned
Whistle	13

Dragon Quest VI

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	Forgetter	Goof-off		Varies	Random effect
2	Player	Whistle		Self	Summons enemies
3	Teaser	Spin Lick		All enemies	Stuns them all for next turn
4	Rester	Flasher		One?	If performed by a male, it damages the enemy. If performed by a female, it may prevent the enemy from attacking.
5	Arrogant	Rest		Self	Regenerates HP & MP, and falls asleep
6	Face Maker	Dark Lick		???	Reduces defense of enemies
7	Partier	Repeat		Self	Repeats last action performed
8	Super Player	Chance		Varies	Totally random effect

Dragon Quest VII

Stat Changes

Statistics	Change
Battles to Master	130
Strength	-30 Percent
Agility	-30 Percent
Guard	-40 Percent
Intelligence	-20 Percent
Appearance	+5 Percent
Max HP	-30 Percent
Max MP	-20 Percent

Abilities

Level	Title	Learns	Battles Needed	Target	Info	MP
1	Beginner	Nothing	0
2	Novice	Puff Puff	7	One Enemy	If performed by a male, it damages the enemy. If performed by a female, it may prevent the enemy from attacking.	0
3	Goof-Off	Silliness	15	Self	Caster avoids physical attacks for one turn	0
4	Buffoon	Point Out	30	Self	Counterattacks physical attacks for one turn	0
5	Stand-up	Quick Joke	58	One Group	Tells a joke which may cause one enemy group to laugh, preventing them from attacking	0
6	Comedian	Lush Licks	80	One Enemy	Licks an enemy to cause shuddering, which may prevent an enemy from attacking	0
7	Joker	Sick Lick	100	One Enemy	Licks one enemy, lowering its defense to zero	0
8	Fool	Tickle	130	One Enemy	Tickle one enemy, which may prevent one enemy from attacking	0

Hybrid Abilities

Hybrid	Learns	Target	Info	MP
Bard	Gag Song	One Group	Has a chance of making one group of enemies laugh, preventing them from attacking	0
Dancer	Boxer Dance	One Group	Causes one group of enemies to laugh, preventing them from attacking	0
Fighter	Retaliate	Self	Returns any attack against the caster back to the enemy	0
Mage	Panic All	One Group	Causes confusion to one enemy group	5
Thief	Giggle	Self	Does nothing	0
Warrior	Confuhit	One Enemy	May confuse the enemy it hits	0

Usefulness

The Jester's drop in all categories might be hard to deal with at first and the skills aren't worth using but the Jester is required to become a Teen Idol and then a Summoner later on.

Notable Goof-offs

• Selectable class in Dragon Quest III
• Torneko can be considered a fusion of the Goof-off and Merchant classes.
• Dhoulmagus

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