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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]] and has been managed by the recurring tavern owner [[Patty]] in all but one of her mainline appearances.
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==
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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>


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[[Category: Game mechanics]]
[[Category: Game mechanics]]