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With snappy comebacks and spontaneous one-liners, the Jester is always popular --Description in Dragon Quest VII
The Goof-off or Jester is a class in the Dragon Quest series.
Goof-offs, although pretty much useless on the battle field, have a great amount of luck. This allows them to deal critical amounts of damage more often than other characters. The trade-off for this is the fact that Goof-offs have minds of their own, and the player cannot always control their actions. Goof-offs are the wild cards of the game, as they sometimes do damage to themselves instead of attacking enemy characters. In Dragon Quest III, Goof-off is the only class that can turn into a Sage at Dharma Temple without a Book of Satori.
Dragon Quest VII
Stat Changes
| Statistics | Change |
| Battles to Master | 130 |
| Strength | -30 Percent |
| Agility | -30 Percent |
| Guard | -40 Percent |
| Intelligence | -20 Percent |
| Appearance | +5 Percent |
| Max HP | -30 Percent |
| Max MP | -20 Percent |
Abilities
| Level | Title | Learns | Battles Needed | Target | Info | MP |
| 1 | Beginner | Nothing | 0 | |||
| 2 | Novice | Puff Puff | 7 | One Enemy | If performed by a male, it damages the enemy. If performed by a female, it may prevent the enemy from attacking. | 0 |
| 3 | Goof-Off | Silliness | 15 | Self | Caster avoids physical attacks for one turn | 0 |
| 4 | Buffoon | Point Out | 30 | Self | Counterattacks physical attacks for one turn | 0 |
| 5 | Stand-up | Quick Joke | 58 | One Group | Tells a joke which may cause one enemy group to laugh, preventing them from attacking | 0 |
| 6 | Comedian | Lush Licks | 80 | One Enemy | Licks an enemy to cause shuddering, which may prevent an enemy from attacking | 0 |
| 7 | Joker | Sick Lick | 100 | One Enemy | Licks one enemy, lowering its defense to zero | 0 |
| 8 | Fool | Tickle | 130 | One Enemy | Tickle one enemy, which may prevent one enemy from attacking | 0 |
Hybrid Abilities
| Hybrid | Learns | Target | Info | MP |
| Bard | Gag Song | One Group | Has a chance of making one group of enemies laugh, preventing them from attacking | 0 |
| Dancer | Boxer Dance | One Group | Causes one group of enemies to laugh, preventing them from attacking | 0 |
| Fighter | Retaliate | Self | Returns any attack against the caster back to the enemy | 0 |
| Mage | Panic All | One Group | Causes confusion to one enemy group | 5 |
| Thief | Giggle | Self | Does nothing | 0 |
| Warrior | Confuhit | One Enemy | May confuse the enemy it hits | 0 |
Usefulness
The Jester's drop in all categories might be hard to deal with at first and the skills aren't worth using but the Jester is required to become a Teen Idol and then a Summoner later on.