Shepherd

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Shepherd (羊飼い, Shepherd) is a vocation featured in Dragon Quest VII.

Description

The shepherd is a man of the field. They use the field in order to attack and defend in battle.

Dragon Quest VII

Stat Changes

Statistics	Change
Battles to Master	135 (PS1)
	81 (3DS)
Strength	-15 Percent
Agility	Null
Guard	-20 Percent
Intelligence	Null
Appearance	Null
Max HP	-20 Percent
Max MP	-30 Percent

PS1 Abilities

Level	Title	Learns	Battles Needed	Target	Info	MP
1	Beginner	Nothing	0
2	Novice	Antidote	8	One Ally	Cures one ally of poison	2
3	FarmHand	Heal	17	One Ally	Heals ~30HP to one ally	2
4	SlopFeed	Slumber	33	Field	Every step will restore 1 HP/MP to the caster. However, the caster will be asleep in the next battle.	0
5	Swain	Whistle	52	Field	Causes monsters to engage in battle. (Doesn't work in towns)	0
6	Fleecer	Nothing	70
7	Herder	WoolGuard	90	All Allies	Reduces cold damage to all allies	0
8	SheepLord	Stampede	135	All Enemies	Attacks random enemies four times	0

3DS Abilities

Level	Title	Learns	Battles Needed	Target	Info	MP
1	Lambateur	Slumber Rumbaa	1	One Group	A shimmy that summons a flock of sheep to send the enemy to sleep.	0
2	Tepid Shepherd	Squelch	5	One Ally	Cures a single ally of the effects of poison.	2
3	Sheep Keeper	Heal	6	One Ally	Restores at least 30 HP to a single ally.	2
4	Wool Packer		7
5	Handy Herder	Counting Sheep	8	All Enemies	A hypnotically repetitive song that sends the enemy to sleep.	0
		Whistle		Field	Summons monsters with a whistle.	0
6	Field Leader	Ram Raid	9	One Enemy	Summons a sheep that rams itself recklessly into a single enemy.	0
7	Mutton Master	Woolly Blanket	10	All Allies	Reduces damage from ice-based attacks.	2
8	Shear Genius	Lambpede	35	All Enemies	Summons a swarm of sheep to ride roughshod over the enemy.	2

Hybrid Abilities

Hybrid	Learns	Target	Info	MP
Bard	RamSong	All Enemies	Has a chance of putting all enemies to sleep	0
Cleric	Increase	All Allies	Increases the defense of all allies	3
Dancer	RamDance		Does nothing	0
Fighter	RamAttack	Self/One Enemy	Reduces self and one enemy to 20% HP	0
Mage	SleepAll	One Group	Has a better chance of causing sleep in one group of enemies	5
Warrior	Mineuchi	One Ally	Cures one ally of sleep and confusion	0

Usefulness

The Shepherd class's best skill is Whistle, which induces a battle any time the party is on the field. This is great for quickly leveling up class tiers and regular levels. The Wool Guard skill also protects the party from cold damage, good against monsters who use cold breath attacks like Gracos. Stampede works like Ruff's Howl attack

In terms of evolution, the Shepherd, when combined with the mastered Thief class, becomes a Tamer and learns all sorts of breath attacks. However, its main advantage is to tame monsters for Monster Meadows. For completionists, a Tamer is essential but for those just going through the game, there are better classes to become than a Tamer.

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