Fortune Teller, or Seer in The Adventure of Dai, is an advanced vocation introduced in Dragon Quest X, made available from the latter half of version 3.3 onwards.
Description[]
The fortune teller's default female outfit consists of a a fishnet lining that covers a black, sleeveless crop top and slides under an open lavender dress. The two garments are connected by a red sash over the woman's navel, with a larger tied sash hanging on her hips that terminates into yellow tassels. A cowl masks the woman's face, and a lavender head covering kept in place with a red band. For accessories, she wears torcs, wrist gauntlets, and a slender necklace capped with a red gem.
The male fortune teller wears a white hooded robe with golden trim, a golden sash, and a golden headwrap under the hood. He wears green pants with brown gloves and boots.
Appearances[]
Dragon Quest IV[]
Meena's epithet marks her as a fortune teller and she meets the Hero while reading his palm, it is not a proper vocation as her battle abilities outside of the use of the silver tarot cards are those of a priestess.
The same is done in Dragon Quest of the Stars events in which she is a priest NPC helper with a fortune teller epithet.
Dragon Quest X[]
Making their proper debut, Fortune tellers may equip Swords, melee Staves, Whips, Bows, Shields, and use Fisticuffs, each one with their own individual skill trees; their exclusive skill tree is called Divination (うらない Uranai). Their Coup de Grâce is called Zodiac Code (ゾディアックコード).
Fortune Tellers have the unique ability to use use tarot cards in battle to provide a variety of effects; 22 arcana with 78 variations per card that can be organized into a single deck of twenty cards. This gives the fortune teller 1716 options to choose from when assembling a deck.
Tarot cards[]
A hand of four cards out of the twenty card deck is drawn once battle commences. A fortune teller can choose to play that card or use their turn to shuffle it back into their deck and draw another card instead. In either case a new card is added to the hand so that four are available at any time. Each card has certain conditions that can double it's potency if met, noted by an aura that appears on the card.
Item Mastery[]
NOTE: Due to X not being released in English, all accolades are loose translations that serve only as placeholders.
| Accolade | Required points | Name | Effects |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unusual hobbyist | 8 | Arcana shuffle | Causes monsters to drop cards more often. |
| Good guide | 16 | Awareness | Exposes hidden enemies in the immediate area. |
| Professional seer | 28 | MP +10 | Permanently increases max MP by ten points. |
| Fortune finder | 40 | Right fling | Flings the two right-most cards in hand for 120% damage and draw two more, thrown cards regained after battle. |
| Clairvoyant | 48 | Tarot boost | Increases the power of cards. |
| Knower of mysteries | 56 | Faster shuffle | Discard and replace hand without using a turn. |
| Diviner | 70 | Left fling | Flings the two left-most cards in hand for 120% damage and draw two more, thrown cards regained after battle. |
| Prophet | 80 | Tarot boost | Increases the power of cards. |
| Oracle | 90 | HP +10 | Permanently increases max HP by ten points. |
| All-seeing eye | 100 | Tarot boost | Increases the power of cards. |
Notable fortune tellers[]
- Meena Mahabala
- Merle
- Nabara
- Madame Luca
- Milly becomes an apprentice of Madam Luca in the finale of Dragon Quest VI
- Kalderasha
Gallery[]
Trivia[]
- Although Meena's epithet marks her as a fortune teller and her meeting of the Hero/Heroine while reading their palm, her battle abilities outside of the use of the silver tarot cards are still those of a priestess; X is the first game in the series to feature a playable diviner.
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