Editing Chimaera (vocation)

{{VocationInfo
|Image = [[File:DQVIII Chimaera.png|300px]]
|Japanese = キメラ (''Kimera'')
|Origin = [[Dragon Quest VII]]
|Games = [[Dragon Quest VII]]
}}
The '''Chimaera''' is a basic monster vocation in {{Dragon Quest VII}}.

==Description==
The [[Chimaera]] is a hybrid of a vulture with a serpent capable of breathing fire. This vocation offers a slight increase in {{Agility}} and {{Wisdom}} but slight drops in all other categories except for max MP. All of the abilities learned by the Chimaera are fire-based.  As a Chimaera, the character has a slight resistance to [[Woosh]] spells and [[dazzle]], but becomes very vulnerable to being stunned, is more susceptible to confusion and paralysis, and has a slight weakness to sleep, poison, [[Fizzle]], [[Sap]], and instant death spells. At rank 8, the character will have a slight resistance to [[Frizz]] and [[Bang]] spells, as well as dazzle and [[Drain Magic]]. Mastering the vocation is one of the steps to becoming a [[Dingbat (vocation)|Dingbat]].
*The Chimaera grants a higher evasion rate compared to human vocations, being calculated as ''rank 1 = 1/64, 2 = 1/64, 3 = 1/16, 4 = 1/16, 5 = 1/8, 6 = 1/8, 7 = 1/8, 8 = 5/32''.

==[[Monster Heart]]==
[[Image:Wyvern DQVII PSX.png|right|125px]]
In order to become a Chimaera, a character must have a monster heart in their inventory and go to {{Alltrades Abbey 7}} to change their vocation. A '''Chimaera heart''' can be found in the [[Sanctum of the Cirrus]], outside of [[Aeolus Vale]] in the past. It can also be dropped by chimaeras in the [[Al-Balad|Al-Balad]] region, or won as a prize from the Lucky Panel game in the casino.
*In the Nintendo 3DS version, it is easier to obtain a chimaera heart by creating a custom [[Traveller's Tablet]] as one of the monsters or as the boss.

===Stat Changes===
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|Battles to Master
|150
|-
|Strength
| -5%
|-
|Agility
| +5%
|-
|Resilience
| -15%
|-
|Wisdom
| +5%
|-
|Style
| -5%
|-
|Max HP
| -10%
|-
|Max MP
| Null
|}

===Abilities===
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|width="5%" valign="top" style="background:#4682B4"|'''<font color="#ffffff">MP</font>'''
|-
|1
|Freshly Hatched<br>(Hatchling)
|Nothing
|0
|
|
|
|-
|2
|Chirpy<br>(Fledgling)
|[[Frizz]]
|13
|One Enemy
|Singes a single enemy with a small fireball.
|2
|-
|3
|Flappy<br>(Scavenger)
|Nothing
|30
|
|
|
|-
|4
|Flighty<br>(Ravenous)
|[[Fire Breath]]
|45
|All Enemies
|A fiery breath attack.
|0
|-
|5
|Gliding<br>(DiveBomb)
|Nothing
|62
|
|
|
|-
|6
|Swooping<br>(BeakDuel)
|[[Frizzle]]
|90
|One Enemy
|Burns a single enemy with a large fireball.
|4
|-
|7
|Soaring<br>(HiWyvern)
|Nothing
|125
|
|
|
|-
|8
|No Mere Chimaera<br>(WyverNite)
|[[Flame Breath]]
|150
|All Enemies
|A fiercely fiery breath attack. 
|0
|}

==Trivia==
*Becoming a Chimaera is the only way for characters other than [[Maribel]] to learn the Frizz spell.

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[[Category:Dragon Quest VII vocations]]