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!scope="col" style="background:#989898; width: 120px;"|Remains After Battle?

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| '''Beguiled'''{{tt|*|Known as Charm in Dragon Quest Tact}}

| The character has become infatuated and will attack their fellow party members.

| No

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| '''[[Blunt]]ed'''

| Physical attack power is reduced.

| No

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| '''Bound/Hobbled'''

| The character is rooted to the spot and cannot make any movement until the condition wears off, or the battle ends.

| No

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| '''[[Gobstopper|Breath Locked]]'''

| The character cannot use [[breath]] skills until the condition wears off, or the battle ends.

| No

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| '''[[Confusion|Confused]]'''

| The character may attacks their fellow party members or themselves. They might also do nothing at all.

| No

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| '''[[Curses|Cursed]]'''

| The one of the character's statistics are set to 0 as a result of wearing cursed equipment, along with suffering paralysis or attacking their friends. They can only remove the equipment by visiting a church. In some installments, it is caused by certain attacks. For this type of curse, the effects are:

| Varies

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| '''[[Dazzle]]d/Blind'''

| The character is much more likely to miss with physical attacks, dropping accuracy to {{fraction|3|8}} or {{fraction|5|8}} depending on the spell or skill used.

| No

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| '''Dead/Death'''  

| The character cannot act in any way until they are revived by a spell, item, or at the church.

| Yes

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| '''[[Deceleratle|Decelerated]]'''

| {{Agility}} is reduced, causing characters to act later in battle and starting with {{Dragon Quest VIII}}, reduces evasion.

| No

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| '''[[Double Down]]'''

| The affected character becomes more susceptible to negative status ailments.

| No

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| '''[[Poison and Envenomation|Envenomated]]'''

| The character takes damage after each round of the battle. Reduces {{HP}} by {{fraction|1|6}} of maximum per turn in {{Dragon Quest V}}. Starting with {{Dragon Quest VI}} this was reduced to {{fraction|1|8}} of the maximum.

| Yes. The condition becomes ''Poisoned'' after battle ends.  

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| '''[[Fizzle]]d'''  

| The character cannot cast spells until the condition wears off, or the battle ends.

| No

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| '''[[Paralysis|Paralysed]]'''

| The character is unable to act during battle. Counts as a party wipe out if everyone is afflicted in ''III'', but not so in later games. Initially cured through [[Tingle|spells]] or [[Moonwort bulb|items]] and walking for 32 steps on the world map, but will wear off in battle after a few turns beginning with ''VI''.  

| Varies

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| '''[[Poison and Envenomation|Poisoned]]'''

| The character takes damage while traveling on the field. Originally, from {{Dragon Quest}} to {{Dragon Quest IV}} it was dealt every four steps. In {{Dragon Quest V}} and ''VI'' it was increased to eight steps. Since {{Dragon Quest VII}} it has been every single step. Beginning with {{Dragon Quest XI}}, being poisoned now deals 1~5 damage per turn in addition to walking damage.

| Yes

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| '''[[Sap]]ped'''

| The character's {{Defence}} is decreased.

| No

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| '''[[Shypox]]'''

| The character suddenly remembers something embarrassing in the middle of battle, stunning them for a single turn.

| No

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| '''Skill Sealed'''

| The character cannot use skills until the condition wears off, or the battle ends.

| No

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| '''{{Sleep}}'''

| The character cannot act until awoken by an attack, or until a random number of turns have passed. A character who has been put into a deep sleep will take even longer to wake up on their own.

| No

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| '''Stunned'''

| The character must waste a turn or two while being frozen in fear, rolling around laughing, knocked down, grinning after a [[Puff-Puff]], etc.

!scope="col" style="background:#989898;"|Remains After Battle?

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| '''[[Acceleratle|Accelerated]]'''

| Agility is increased. In ''VIII'' onwards, this also increases evasion.

| No

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| '''[[Alma Mater]]'''

| Negates the effects of [[Whack|instant death]] once for 7~10 turns, allowing the affected character to survive with 1 HP. In later games, this extended to any fatal damage as long as the character's HP is higher than 50%.

| No

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| '''[[Backdraft]]'''

| Reflects breath attacks once.

| No   

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| '''[[Bounce]]'''

| Reflects magic spells. Certain games only allow the spell to be used on the caster themselves.

| No  

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| '''[[Buff]]ed'''

| Defence is increased.  

| No

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| '''[[Vanish|Camouflaged]]'''

| User is less likely to be targeted by monsters, and cannot be seen by foes on the world map.

| Yes

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| '''Cover'''

| The user is taking attacks for either [[Whipping Boy|one character]] or the [[Forbearance|entire party]].

| No

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| '''[[Divide|Divided]]'''

| Character creates two additional shadow clones of themselves. The next attack or skill will be performed three times the next turn.

| No

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| '''[[Divine Intervention]]'''

| Character is automatically revived with 1 HP if they take fatal damage. However, unlike Alma Mater, there is no HP limit.

| No

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| '''[[Puff!|Dragon]]'''

| Morphed into a giant dragon. Will alternate between roasting and slashing at enemies while being resistant to fire.

| No

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| '''[[Grace of the Goddess]]'''

| Automatically revives the user with at least half or most of their HP if they take fatal damage for 5 turns.

| No

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| '''[[Greatsword Guard]]'''

| Increases chance of parrying physical attacks with a greatsword.

| No

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| '''[[Insulatle|Insulated]]'''

| Damage from [[Breath attack|breath attacks]] is decreased.

| No  

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| '''[[Kaclang]]'''  

| Turned into invincible steel for several turns. The target cannot move during this time.

| No

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| '''[[Absorb Magic|Magic absorbent]]'''

| Spells that target the user will restore their {{MP}}.

| No

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| '''[[Magic Barrier]]'''

| Magic resistance increased.

| No

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| '''MP Regeneration'''

| Character recovers some MP each turn. Sometimes granted with certain pieces of equipment.

| No

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| '''[[Oomph]]'''

| Physical attack power increased.

| No

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| '''[[Pep]]ped up'''

| Several stats are increased at once, and access to special techniques is granted.

| Yes

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| '''[[Reheal|Regeneration]]'''

| Character recovers some HP each turn. Sometimes granted with certain pieces of equipment.

| No

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| '''[[Snap, Crackle, Poof]]ed'''

| Character becomes immune to negative status ailments for a few turns. However, does not protect character from [[Whack|instant death]] or certain abilities such as [[Kaching Kaclang]].

| No

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| '''[[Snub]]bed'''

| Magical attacks have no effect on the target from now on.

| No

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| '''[[Tension]]'''

| The character has psyched themselves up, increasing the amount of damage of their next action, including attacks, spells, and skills. If the character reaches a state of super high tension, they will take reduced damage or become immune to negative status effects.