The Cumaulus is a recurring monster in the Dragon Quest series. Introduced in Dragon Quest III, it is a grey cloud come to life.

Characteristics

Cumauluses are small grey clouds with sinister human faces on them, capable of floating around like normal clouds. Its puffy features give the cloud's face the appearance of having chubby cheeks. They are also capable of dispersing their entire bodies and reforming them in order to attack. While not particularly powerful on their own, they can quickly become nuisances since they appear in large groups and can attack foes with fire magic. In X, the cumauluses instead gained the ability to manipulate lightning and cast Zap against opponents instead.

Appearances

Dragon Quest III: The Seeds of Salvation

Cumaulus (ギズモ Gizumo)
Bestiary Number: #019
Sprites Attributes
NES SFC GBC Switch Level HP MP EXP Gold Attack Defence Agility Evasion
File:Gascloud DQIII NES.gif   File:Cumaulus III gbc.png File:Cumaulus III switch.png 8 25 18 35 14 22 14 28 1⁄32
Resistances
Fire Crack Woosh Zap Whack Kamikazee Poof Dazzle Snooze Drain Magic Fizzle Fuddle Sap Deceleratle
0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 100% 100% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% 25%
Additional information
Spells Skills Locations Item Drop
Frizz None Skyfell Tower
Norvik Region
Asham Region
Seed of Resilience1⁄128


Dragon Quest VI: Realms of Revelation

Cumaulus (ギズモ, Gizumo )
Big Book of Beasts No. : #012
Sprites Attributes
SFC Remakes HP MP EXP Gold Attack Defence Agility Evasion
    15 3 15 12 21 18 8 0%
Resistances
Frizz Sizz Fire Breath Bang Crack Cool Breath Woosh Rock Zap Whack Paralysis
25% 25% 25% 0% 0% 0% 0% 100% 0% 0% 50%
Army Poison Stun Poof Dazzle Sleep Fizzle Fuddle Sap Drain Magic Ban Dance
0% 0% 0% 50% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 100%
Additional information
Spells Skills Locations Dropped item
Frizz None Gardsbane Tower Holy water1⁄64
Notable changes in the remakes None


Dragon Quest VII: Fragments of the Forgotten Past

Cumaulus (ギズモ, Gizumo )
Big Book of Beasts No.: DLC #051 (3DS remake exclusive)
Sprite Attributes
HP MP EXP Gold Attack Defence Agility Evasion Recruit Rate
15 3 23 18 21 18 8 0⁄64 1⁄32
Resistances
Frizz Sizz Fire Breath Bang Crack Cool Breath Woosh Rock Zap Whack Paralysis
25% 25% 25% 0% 0% 0% 0% 100% 0% 0% 50%
Army Poison Stun Poof Dazzle Sleep Fizzle Confusion Sap Drain Magic Ban Dance
0% 0% 0% 50% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 100%
Additional information
Spells Skills Locations Dropped item
Frizz None Cloud Control Holy water1⁄64


Dragon Quest IX: Sentinels of the Starry Skies

##027 - Cumaulus
File:DQ9Cumaulus.png
HP MP Experience Gold
30 10 62 42
Attack Defense Speed
28 30 72
Dropped Item Tangleweb1⁄32
Coagulant1⁄64
Locations Doomingale Forest
Brigadoom
Skills Psyche Up
Spells Frizz
Family Elemental
Bestiary # #027
Game Dragon Quest IX
Console DS
Japanese Name ギズモ
Romanized Jap. Gizumo
Description Companionable clouds who crowd around their victims and clobber them with constant facefuls of Frizz.

Amalgamations of the ominous air that amasses in the upper atmosphere, forming foul, ferocious clouds.


Dragon Quest Monsters

[[File:DQM Icon Material.png|link= Material family|16x16px|class=pixels]] Gismo (ギズモ, Gizumo )
Sprite Attributes
GBC PSX Level cap* HP Growth MP Growth Attack Growth Defence Growth Agility Growth Wisdom Growth
  ? 40 2/5 2/5 3/5 2/5 3/5 5/5
Resistances
Frizz* Sizz* Fire Breath* Bang* Crack* Cool Breath* Woosh* Rock* Zap*
None None None None Strong Strong Strong None Weak
Gigaslash Magic Burst Drain Magic * Whack* Kamikazee* Poison* Paralysis* Fuddle* Snooze*
None None None Strong Strong None None None None
Dazzle* Fizzle Ban Dance Gobstopper Stun* Sap* Decelerate* Curse
None None None None None None Weak None
Additional information
Description Life was brought to this ball of energy
Skills FireAir, FrigidAir, SuckAir
Location Gate of Villager, Gate of Memories
Breeding Chart Goopi, MadCandle, MadMirror x DrakSlime, EvilSeed, FireWeed, MistyWing, Phoenix, Wyvern

Dragon Quest Monsters 2

[[File:DQM2 Icon Material.png|link=Material family|16x16px|class=pixels]] Gismo (ギズモ, Gizumo )
Sprite Attributes
GBC PSX Level cap* HP Growth MP Growth Attack Growth Defence Growth Agility Growth Wisdom Growth
  ? 40 4/10 5/10 6/10 5/10 5/10 7/10
Resistances
Frizz* Sizz* Fire Breath* Bang* Crack* Cool Breath* Woosh* Rock* Water*
None None None None Strong Strong Strong None Weak
Zap* Gigaslash Magic Burst Drain Magic * Whack* Kamikazee* Poison* Paralysis* Fuddle*
Weak None None None Strong Strong None None None
Snooze* Dazzle* Fizzle Ban Dance Gobstopper Stun* Sap* Decelerate* Curse
None None None None None None None Weak None
Additional information
Description
Skills FireAir, FrigidAir, SuckAir
Location Ice World
Breeding Chart Goopi x Anemon
MadCandle x DrakSlime
MadMirror x EvilSeed, FireWeed, MistyWing, Wyvern

Dragon Quest Monsters: Caravan Heart

Dragon Quest Monsters: Super Light

Dragon Quest Heroes II

Cumaulus (ギズモ Gizumo))
Defeated Monster List No. : #016
Model Experience Gold Marked Version?
  47 23g Yes
Field Notes A monster masquerading as a cloud that floats high o'er vales and hills, blasting passers-by with thunderbolts. When the wind picks up, they get blown off over the horizon, and have to fly for miles to find their way home.
Location(s) The Grand Dunes, The Battle of Dunisia
Item(s) Dropped Narspicious, Agility ring

Dragon Quest Builders 2

Dragon Quest Tact

Cumaulus appears as an E-rank monster of the Inorganic family as part of the True Dragon Quest III event. It can be scouted from the Gaia's Navel stage of Awaken! Ramia at any difficulty and it can participate in Ramia's Battle Road as a party member.

[[File:Tact Icon  
Inorganic.png|link= 
Inorganic family|30px]] [[File:DQTact Rank Icon  .png|24px]] Cumaulus (ギズモ Gizumo)
Image
 
Attributes
Role Max level HP MP Move
[[File:DQTact  
MagicType.png|30px]]  
Magic
95 622 132 2
Attack Defence Agility Wisdom Weight
167 165 222 112 10
Resistances
  Frizz   Sizz   Crack   Woosh   Bang
Normal Normal Very Weak Half Res Very Weak
  Zap   Zam   Snooze   Poison   Physical Lock
Normal Half Res Normal Half Res Normal
  Spell Lock   Martial Lock   Breath Lock   Hobble *   Stun *
Super Weak Half Res Normal Normal Normal
  Dazzle   Curse   Paralysis   Confusion   Charm
Normal Normal Immune Normal Super Weak
Skills
Basic skills Awakening skills
Magic Dawn
Rolling Frizz*
N/a
Max HP +15 / Stats Up
Woosh Res +25 / Stats Up
Rolling Frizz Potency +5% / Stats Up
Zam Res +25 / Stats Up
Rolling Frizz Potency +5% / Stats Up
Perks
Basic perks Rolling Frizz Potency +2%
N/a
N/a
Leader perk N/a
Awakening perk Max HP +15: Raises max HP by 15.


Etymology

  • Cumaulus is play on cumulus clouds, which are puffy and cotton-like just like the enemy, and "maul", which means to damage seriously.
  • Its Japanese name Gizmo is derived from Gaseous Lifeform Gizmo (ガス状生物ギズモ), a science-fiction story originally known as War with the Gizmos, written by American writer Murray Leinster. It was published in Japan in 1969.

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