Priest

The Cleric specializes in restorative and defensive spells --Description in Dragon Quest VII

The Priest, Pilgrim or Cleric is a class in the Dragon Quest series. Priests specialize in healing and fortifying spells rather than attack magic, and are some of the only characters who can learn to revive characters while in the field. Priests cannot equip heavy armor, but they can use weapons much like a Hero or a Warrior can. Priests do have initially more strength, agility and vitality than Wizards, but on the whole, their physical combat potential is unimpressive at best.

Dragon Quest III

Dragon Quest III (NES)
Spell	Level Learned
Heal	1
Expel	2
SpeedUp	5
Surround	7
Sap	8
Sleep	9
Antidote	11
Infernos	12
StopSpell	13
Healmore	14
Numboff	15
Awaken	16
Defense	18
Disperse	20
Beat	22
Vivify	24
Infermore	26
Defeat	28
HealAll	30
Barrier	32
HealUs	34
Infermost	36
Revive	38
Sacrifice	41

Dragon Quest VII

Stat Changes

Statistics	Change
Battles to Master	180
Strength	-20 Percent
Agility	-10 Percent
Guard	-30 Percent
Intelligence	+10 Percent
Appearance	Null
Max HP	-20 Percent
Max MP	Null

Abilities

Level	Title	Learns	Battles Needed	Target	Info	MP
1	Beginner	Expel	1	One Group	Banishes one group of enemies from battle. (Party does not gain experience points)	1
1	Beginner	Heal	1	One Ally	Heals 30HP to one ally	2
2	Novice	Infernos	19	One Group	Causes 15HP in wind damage to one group of enemies	2
3	Acolyte	Upper	37	One Ally	Raises the defense of one ally	2
4	Prelate	Stop Spell	50	One Group	Has a chance of preventing one group of enemies from casting spells	3
5	Clergyman	Heal More	80	One Ally	Heals 80HP to one ally	4
6	Priest	Infermore	100	One Group	Causes 30HP in wind damage to one group of enemies	4
7	Bishop	Heal All	130	One Ally	Restores an ally to full HP	6
8	HiPriest	Vivify	180	One Ally	Has the chance of restoring one fallen ally with half their Max HP	8

Hybrid Abilities

Hybrid	Learns	Target	Info	MP
Bard	Heal Song	All Allies	Restores 20HP to All Allies	0
Dancer	K.O. Dance	All Enemies	Has a chance of killing all enemies	0
Mariner	Holy Aura	All Allies	Allies cannot be attacked but cannot attack	0
Shepherd	Increase	All Allies	Increases the defense of all allies	3

Usefulness

One of the first classes that any player should choose for any party member is the Cleric class. All of the spells that the Cleric learns are useful throughout the game. The only downside to this class is that the class takes a long time to master.

Dragon Quest IX

The priest vocation is available at the start of the game and has the unique skillset "Faith". Priests can also use skill points to learn Spear, Wand, Staff, and Shield skills. Their Coup-de-Grace is "Choir of Angels," which heals all party members and removes negative status effects.

Faith

Required points	Name	Effects
8	Divination	Tells its caster the experience needed to climb a level.
16	Natural Magical Mending +20	Permanently adds 20 to magical mending
28	Benediction	Lifts a curse from a single ally.
40	Natural Max MP +10	Permanently adds 10 to Max MP
48	Rotstopper	Protects the party from undead enemies' attacks.
56	Natural Magical Mending +60	Permanently adds 60 to magical mending
70	Alma Mater	Offers up a prayer to prevent instant death attacks.
80	Natural Max MP +20	Permanently adds 20 to Max MP
90	Care Prayer	Offers up a prayer to increase magical mending.
100	Natural Magical Mending +100	Permanently adds 100 to magical mending

Spells

Name	Level	MP	Description
Heal	1	2	Restores at least 30 HP to a single ally.
Squelch	3	2	Cures a single ally of the effects of poison.
Snooze	6	3	Puts a group of enemies to sleep.
Buff	8	3	Raises the defence of a single party member.
Cock-A-Doodle-Doo	11	2	Awakens any sleeping party members.
Insulate	14	4	Protects a party member from breath-based attacks.
Midheal	16	4	Restores at least 75 HP to a single ally.
Zing	18	8	Resurrects a fallen ally, but sometimes fails.
Whack	20	5	A cursed incantation that sends an enemy to the hereafter.
Tingle	22	2	Cures all party members of the effects of paralysis.
Moreheal	31	8	Restores at least 165 HP to a single ally.
Thwack	34	10	A curse that sends a group of enemies to the hereafter.
Multiheal	38	16	Restores at least 100 HP to all party members.
Insulatle	43	8	Protects the whole party from breath-based attacks.
Fullheal	47	24	Restores all HP to a single ally.
Kathwack	55	20	A curse that sends all enemies to the hereafter.
Omniheal	65	128	Restores all HP to all party members.

Notable Priests

Selectable class in Dragon Quest III, Dragon Quest VII, and Dragon Quest IX
Kiryl
Meena also has abilities from the Priest set.
Angelo bears several abilities of the priest vocation.

Gallery

Female Pilgrim from Dragon Quest III
Male Pilgrim from Dragon Quest III
DQIX priest

DQIX priest