Prancing pillar

Dragon Quest monster
Prancing pillar
	; Art by Akira Toriyama
Japanese	エンタシスマン
Romaji	Entashisuman
First appearance	Dragon Quest VII
Old localisation	ColumnMan

The Prancing pillar is a monster in the series.

Characteristics

Prancing pillars are stone pillars that have come to life and ambush adventurers. Their arms hold flaming sconces that they use to cast fire magic and they can also perform bizarre dances to drain opponents of their magic power. Their bodies are surprisingly flexible, able to contort in a snakelike fashion and use their malleable bodies to hammer foes.

Appearances

Dragon Quest VII: Fragments of the Forgotten Past

Prancing pillar (エンタシスマン, Entashisuman )
Big Book of Beasts No. : #069

Sprite	Attributes
	HP	MP	EXP	Gold	Attack	Defence	Agility	Evasion	Recruit Rate
	180 (boss) 85 (normal encounter)	20 (boss) 10 (normal encounter)	150 (boss) 40 (PS1) 62 (3DS)	51 (boss) 23 (PS1) 47 (3DS)	70	65	65	⁰⁄₆₄	¹⁄₃₂

Resistances
Frizz	Sizz	Fire Breath	Bang	Crack	Cool Breath	Woosh	Rock	Zap	Whack	Paralysis
60%	60%	0%	25%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	100%	100%
Army	Poison	Stun	Poof	Dazzle	Sleep	Fizzle	Fuddle	Sap	Drain Magic	Ban Dance
15%	0%	50%	50%	15%	100%	0%	50%	0%	15%	0%

Additional information
Spells	Skills	Locations	Dropped item
Frizz	Weird Dance	El Monumento de Pomposo x4 The Tallest Tower	Leather armour¹⁄₆₄
Notable changes in the remakes		None

There are two pairs of prancing pillars that are faced as minibosses on 2F of El Monumento de Pomposo, disguised as ordinary pillars. They are not much more difficult than any of the monsters that can be encountered there.

Dragon Quest X

Prancing pillar began appearing in Version 2.0. Once again, they are able to cast Frizzle and perform a Weird Dance. Starting with Version 2.1, prancing pillars are one of the original ten monsters that can be tamed by Item Masters. Vicious prancing pillars can be encountered in the Netherworld in Version 5.3, now being able to cast Kafrizz.

Dragon Quest Monsters: The Dark Prince

Prancing pillar (エンタシスマン, Entashisuman )
Monsterpedia No.: #302

Attributes
Family	Rank	Max HP	Max MP	Max Attack	Max Defence	Max Agility	Max Wisdom
	E	1,380	360	540	560	450	480
Talents		Traits		Large-size exclusive traits		Dropped items
Frizz Afficionado (lv. 1)		Slick Skin (lv. 1) Insta-Buff (lv. 20) Ace Evader (lv. 40)		Tactical Genius (lv. 1) Ultra Crafty Frizzer (lv. 1) Little Menace (lv. 60)		N/A

Resistances
Fire *	Water *	Explosion *	Wind *	Earth *	Ice *	Electricity *	Light *	Dark *	Antimagic *
25%	25%	0%	-25%	0%	50%	50%	0%	25%	0%
Bedazzlement *	Confusion *	Debilitation *	MP Absorption *	Paralysis *	Poison *	Sleep *	Stun *	Instant Death *
0%	50%	0%	50%	0%	50%	-25%	25%	0%

Additional information
Description	Once propped up the roof of a temple of a dubious sect, but couldn't bear the strain and abandoned its post, which was a real weight off its shoulders. It's now enjoying its freedom to the full and has become a real pillar of the community.
Location	This monster has no natural habitat

Synthesis
Breeding chart
X
Notable fusions

Dragon Quest Rivals

Prancing pillar appeared in the 3rd card pack, "Cries of the Phoenix and Mother Earth" as a normal card exclusive for Merchant leaders.

In Other Languages

Language	Translation	Meaning
Español	Joniconstruo	From the Spanish jonio and the Latin construo.
Français	Pilier de bal	A play on the French term pilier de bar, which means "barfly".
Deutsch	Schwofende Säule	German for "swinging column".
Italiano	Colonna saltellante	Italian for "hopping column".

Trivia

Prancing pillar's original Japanese name, Entasisman, is a reference to the architectural term "entasis", which is the application of convex curves to the surface of a structure for aesthetic purposes. Its most well-known usage is on the classical pillars of ancient Rome and Greece, which the prancing pillar is modeled after.

Gallery

A prancing pillar in Dragon Quest X
A vicious prancing pillar
Rivals card