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'''Character customization''' is the process in which players can fine-tune the details of characters in certain titles. The system has grown more sophisticated and detail-oriented as the industry has advanced through generations of hardware, with earlier games being limited to merely a character's name and profession to later entries allowing players to decide the colour of a character's eyes. | '''Character customization''' is the process in which players can fine-tune the details of characters in certain titles. The system has grown more sophisticated and detail-oriented as the industry has advanced through generations of hardware, with earlier games being limited to merely a character's name and profession to later entries allowing players to decide the colour of a character's eyes. | ||
Being able to customize a character is synonymous with the [[vocation system]] | Being able to customize a character is not possible in games with established casts already written into the narrative, and as such is synonymous with the [[vocation system]]s that allow the creation of characters from scratch. This process has been managed by the recurring tavern owner [[Patty]] in all but one of her mainline appearances. | ||
==Appearances== | ==Appearances== | ||
==={{DQ}}=== | ==={{DQ}}=== | ||
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==={{DQStars}}=== | ==={{DQStars}}=== | ||
The hair colour, hairstyle, hair colour, eye colour, face, and skin tone of a character can be altered by visiting a beauty salon in the game. | The hair colour, hairstyle, hair colour, eye colour, face, and skin tone of a character can be altered by visiting a beauty salon in the game. | ||
==Gallery== | |||
===''Dragon Quest III HD2D Remake''=== | |||
<gallery><center> | |||
Healizah make over example.jpg|Healizah performing a makeover on a thief | |||
</center></gallery> | |||
===''Dragon Quest IX''=== | |||
<gallery><center> | |||
DQIX_character_customization_example_1.jpg | |||
DQIX_character_customization_example_2.jpg | |||
DQIX_character_customization_example_3.jpg | |||
DQIX_character_customization_example_4.jpg | |||
</center></gallery> | |||
===''Dragon Quest X''=== | |||
<gallery><center> | |||
File:DQX character customization example 1.jpg|Selecting body type and sex during creation | |||
</center></gallery> | |||
{{Series_mechanics}} | {{Series_mechanics}} | ||
[[Category: Game mechanics]] | [[Category: Game mechanics]] | ||