Ngelmu Iku: Dragon Quest Monsters Joker Skill Guide

Author: Zaraf

Email: fqureshi.zaraf@gmail.com

v1.0 02/25/2008

Title Art by: Tetch

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1. Introduction [DQMJSG01]

2. Learning Skills [DQMJSG02]

3. NPC Scouts [DQMJSG03]

4. Upgrading Skill Sets [DQMJSG04]

5. Skill Points [DQMJSG05]

6. Skill Sets List [DQMJSG06]

7. Skill Descriptions [DQMJSG07]

8. Contact Info [DQMJSG08]

9. Acknowledgements [DQMJSG09]

10. Copyright [DQMJSG10]

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In Dragon Quest Monsters - Joker (DQMJ), you are able to capture, combine,

upgrade, battle giant list of monsters. One of the unique things about this

game from other "Pokemon" style capture/breeding games is with regards to the

skill system.

There are many different skills and spells in DQMJ in various types such as

offensive spells, status effects, healing, etc. All skills and spells are

divided up into skill sets. Different skill sets will often have some of the

same skills as other skill sets, however, every skill set has a theme.

All monsters come with their own natural skill set, however, through

synthesizing, you are able to give monsters skill sets they would not normally

have. This magnifies the possibilities of creating your own custom monsters

and optimize them for battle.

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To have a monster learn skills, you must put skill points into a particular

skill set.

At some levels, your monster will gain a certain amount of skill points. These

skill points can be spent on a particular skill set to unlock new skills.

When the amount of skill points to reach the next rank of a skill set has been

met, a new skill or spell will be unlocked.

When synthesizing a monster, the new monster has the option to choose up to

three new skill sets. The selection of skill sets is a combination of the

skill sets of both parents, and sometimes, an upgraded skill set, if certain

conditions are met (see the Upgrading Skill Sets section for more information

on this).

Skill points are transferred from the parents to the child in the following

ways:

- The child gains half of the spent skill points of the parents if the child

picks the same skill set that the parent had points in.

- The child gains one fourth of the unspent skill points of the parents.

- If both parents have the same skill set and the child picks that skill set,

then the child gains half of the combined skill points of both parents.

The following examples illustrate these points:

1. A parent has 80 points in Anti-metal. The child will start with 40 points

in Anti-metal.

2. One parent had 31 unused skill points, and the other parent had 45 unused

skill points. The child will start with 19 unused skill points.

3. One parent has 60 points in Anti-metal, and the other parent has 70 points

in Anti-metal. The child will start with 65 points in Anti-metal.

4. Both parents have 100 points in Anti-metal. The child will start with

Anti-metal already maxed.

Using this feature is important when trying to create a monster that will

have three skill sets maxed at 100 points each.

You can only have ONE of any given skill set. You cannot have multiple copies

of a skill set on the same monster!

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For some of the skill sets, I have put an "etc." to indicate that many

monsters have that skill set by default. It would be too cumbersome to list

every monster, and since those skill sets are found easily enough, just

listing one or two monsters is sufficient. Here is an example of what the

skill set Attack Boost has:

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| Learned By: Slime, Ghost, etc. |

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So this shows that both Slime and Ghost acquire this skill, but there are

many other monsters as well.

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Some skill sets, specifically the Ward sets, are never found native on any

monsters, but instead, can appear on certain monsters that are scouted from

other opponent scouts. You can find opponent scouts in specific locations

and challenge them to a duel. Note, however, that opponent scout monsters

are extremely difficult to scout so you will need a strong team.

You can find almost any of the basic skill sets from NPC scouted monsters,

but keep in mind that some of the Ward skill sets can ONLY be found from

NPC scouted monsters. Those skills that can be found in this way will be

labelled like this:

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| Learned By: |

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| (NPC) Nick - Belial |

| (NPC) Nick - Lumpy Wizard |

| |

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The label of (NPC) indicates that this skill set is acquired from scouting an

NPC scout's monster, and next to it is the NPC scout's name (in this case,

the scout's name is Nick). Next to the name of the scout is the name of the

monster who would have the particular skill set.

You can also check the NPC monster skill table which contains a list of all

the skills which remain consistent on monsters captured from NPC scouts. This

table is in the lower half of the NPC Scouts section.

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NPC scouts spawn in certain locations and are available for you to battle

with. The table below outlines all of the various NPCs whom you may

encounter. There are seven types of NPC scouts with three names each.

While there will only be three monsters in the battle, every NPC scout has

five monsters from which it will randomly have three for any given battle.

There is one "main" monster which will always be part of the team, and will

take the middle position. On either side of the main monster will be two

monsters randomly chosen from the other four and there can also be duplicates.

For example, Sweetie will always have a Night Emperor in her team, but she

could also have two king slimes, even though her list contains only one.

The table below has the following information:

NPC Name - The name of the NPC scout. There are three names per type.

Type - The type of the NPC scout. I just came up with these names

myself, so you can call them whatever you want if you don't like

the names that I put. Their descriptions are as follows:

~ Teenage Girl = blue haired girl

~ Young Girl = blonde girl with two braids

~ Farm Wife = woman with short brown hair

~ Skinny Man = blonde haired skinny man

~ Cool Guy = blue haired guy

~ Muscle Man = muscular guy wearing a weird mask

~ Old Man = old man, nuff said.

Monsters - The list of monsters that the NPC scout can/will have. The monster

that has an asterisk next to the name (*) is the main monster that

will ALWAYS be part of the NPC scout's team.

Locations - The list of islands on which the NPC scout can appear.

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| | | Mum | Palaish |

| | | Jum | |

| | | Boe | |

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| | | Orc | |