Mage

The Mage is the class which specializes in offensive magic --Description in Dragon Quest VII

Wizard a class in the Dragon Quest series.

As a class, the Wizard (or Mage) specializes in casting destructive spells, but performs poorly at close combat. They can also use certain field spells to help the party in its adventures. The Wizard is given powerful magical abilities when leveled fully, including BeDragon and Explodet. The Wizard also has the Chance spell introduced in Dragon Quest II, which has a large menu of possible random effects: some very good, some very bad. Though Wizards have high Intelligence, they are physically frail and cannot equip heavy weapons such as swords, axes, spears, or heavy armor.

Dragon Quest VII

Stat Changes

Statistics	Change
Battles to Master	170
Strength	-40 Percent
Agility	-5 Percent
Guard	-40 Percent
Intelligence	+20 Percent
Appearance	+10 Percent
Max HP	-40 Percent
Max MP	+10 Percent

Abilities

Level	Title	Learns	Battles Needed	Target	Info	MP
1	Beginner	Fireball	1	One Group	Does ~20HP in flame damage	4
2	Novice	Sleep	13	One Group	May cause sleep in one group of enemies	3
3	Dabbler	Return	28	Field	Returns the party to the last town visited	1
4	Magician	Outside	43	Field	Allows the party to escape dungeons and caves	8
4	Magician	Sap	43	One Enemy	Cuts one enemy's defense in half	3
5	Sorcerer	Blazemore	70	One Enemy	Causes ~80HP in fire damage	4
6	Wizard	Boom	105	All Enemies	Causes ~60HP in explosion damage	8
6	Wizard	Surround	105	One Group	May cause fog in one group of enemies	3
7	Warlock	Firebane	135	One Group	Causes ~40HP in flame damage	6
8	Archmage	Snowstorm	170	One Group	Causes ~50HP in ice damage	5

Hybrid Abilities

Hybrid	Learns	Target	Info	MP
Bard	Curse Song	One Group	Lowers the defense of one group of enemies	0
Dancer	Take Magic	Self	Absorbs the MP from one magic spell	0
Fighter	Fire Air	All Enemies	Does ~10HP in fire damage	0
Jester	Panic All	One Group	May cause confusion in one group of enemies	5
Mariner	Lightning	All Enemies	Causes ~40 HP in Electric Damage	0
Shepherd	Sleep All	One Group	Has a better chance of causing sleep in one group of enemies	5
Thief	Rob Magic	One Enemy	Steals ~25MP from one enemy	0

Usefulness

The Mage's spells are useful after the events in Dharma but when combined with the mastered Cleric class, the character can become a Sage and learn much more devastating spells and a Summoner afterwards.

Notable Wizards

• Selectable class in Dragon Quest III and Dragon Quest VII
• Borya
• Jessica Albert and Mara also have abilities from the Wizard class set.