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==Special
After completing a vocation's 4th vocation quest, you will unlock that vocation's Special Skill (known as Coup de Grace in Dragon Quest IX). These are powerful skills that have a chance to appear every time you
In addition, after completing a certain quest in version 3 and being at least level 110, you will unlock each vocation's second Special Skill. Once unlocked, you are able to use both the first and second Special skills before the command will disappear. However, some of the second Special Skills have a charge time.
{| class="wikitable"
!
!Charge Time (seconds)
|-
|rowspan="2"| Warrior || Critical Claim || Deals an unresistable critical hit that ignores defense to a
|0
|-
|
|90
|-
|rowspan="2"| Priest || Saint's Song || Recovers the HP and status effects of all allies, and revives all dead allies at about 50% HP.
|0
|-
| Blessed Boon || Recovers nearby allies' HP and grants them a Divine Blessing effect.
|90
|-
|rowspan="2"| Mage || 0 Zone || Reduces MP costs of spells to 0 and increases your spell damage and casting speed.
|0
|-
| Medroa || Deals heavy non-elemental magic damage to enemies in a straight line. Damage is proportional to magical might stat.
|140
|-
|rowspan="2"|
|0
|-
| Punch Out || Deals heavy damage to a single target. Damage is proportional to attack stat.
|120
|-
|rowspan="2"| Thief || Itemised Kill || Deals an attack to a single enemy that stuns them, and causes them to have a guaranteed item drop. Also increases the chance the enemy's rare item will drop.
|0
|-
| Seeing Stars || Damages and incapacitates an enemy and any surrounding enemies.
|0
|-
|rowspan="2"| Minstrel || Rough 'n' Tumble || Increases dodge rate of all party members and raises your tension 1 level. Also, you may occasionally counter normal attacks while the effect is active.
|0
|-
| Haze Over || Deals damage, inflicts blind, and lowers defense by 2 stages of the target and any enemies surrounding the target.
|0
|-
|rowspan="2"|
|0
|-
| Burn Rush || Deals 4 hits randomly to an enemy and any surrounding enemies.
|130
|-
|rowspan="2"| Paladin || Knight Watch || Causes all enemies to become angry at you, and you take no damage for 30 seconds.
|0
|-
| Holy Grail || Significantly increases your maximum HP for a duration.
|90
|-
|rowspan="2"| Armamentalist || Magic Roulette || You and nearby allies will recover 999 MP every 3 seconds for 10 seconds. There is also a chance you and your allies' damage dealt will be increased for 15 seconds.
|0
|-
| Magic Blast || Consumes all MP to deal light-attribute damage to an enemy and any surrounding enemies.
|120
|-
|rowspan="2"| Ranger || Brownie Boost || Raises party's attack and defense by one stage, and restores 30 HP/5 MP every 3 seconds for 2 minutes.
|0
|-
| Anubis Assault || Deals 3 hits to a single target and reduces their defense to 0.
|120
|-
|rowspan="2"| Sage || Spelly Breath || Raises user's spell power/recovery by one stage, restores 20% of the user MP, increases spell damage dealt, and shortens spell casting time to 1 second for 60 seconds.
|0
|-
| Lively Light || Recovers nearby allies' HP and grants them an effect that increases their maximum HP.
|0
|-
|rowspan="2"| Superstar || Shocking Twist || Angers enemies and causes them to become paralyzed when they attack you. Also gain a Goddess' Grace and damage reduction effect.
|0
|-
| Industry Expert || Reduces the charge time of all charge skills to 1 second for a duration, and raises attack and spell power by 2 stages.
|90
|-
|rowspan="2"| Monster Master || Wild Side || Reduces your action interval to 0 for 40 seconds, and raises your Attack and Defense by 2 stages.
|0
|-
| Crash Claw || Deals heavy damage to a single target.
|120
|-
|rowspan="2"| Item Master || Gadget Type-0 || Creates a magic circle on the ground that will double damage and recovery, as well as increasing critical and haywire rates of allies standing inside. The circle lasts 20 seconds.
|0
|-
| Absolute Beam || Deals damage to a single target, and reduces their defense and spell resistance by 2 stages.
|0
|-
|rowspan="2"| Dancer || Deity Dance || Increases the entire party's tension by 4 levels.
|0
|-
| Supreme Score || Creates a magic circle on the ground that boosts the tension of any allies that stand inside.
|150
|-
|rowspan="2"| Fortune Teller || Zodiac Code || All cards in your hand and any new cards that enter your hand will have Aura and using Tarots will not consume a turn for 40 seconds.
|0
|-
| Wildcard || While the effect is active, Tarots in your hand will not be consumed after using them.
|180
|-
|rowspan="2"| Druid || Mark on Nature || Shortens you and your active summon's action interval, as well as increasing damage dealt and critical rate. Also resets the timer on your current summon's duration back to 2 minutes.
|0
|-
| Pea Shocker || Deals heavy thunder-attribute damage to an enemy and any surrounding enemies. Damage is proportional to attack and magical might stats.
|0
|-
|rowspan="2"| Gadabout || Hocus Pocus || A random effect is chosen out of several to occur. See [[Gadabout#Hocus_Pocus|here]] for a list of possible effects.
|0
|-
| Surprise Spinner || Deals heavy damage with a random attribute to nearby enemies and reduces their resistance to a random attribute.
|0
|-
|rowspan="2"| Death Master || Death Power Boost || Raises your Death Power to the maximum amount.
|0
|-
| Hades' Banquet || Grants nearby allies a Goddess' Grace effect with a limited duration.
|90
|-
|rowspan="2"| Demon Swordsman || Demonic Method || Increases your movement speed and skill activation speed, and reduces your action interval.
|0
|-
| Dark Mark || Boosts your Wave Gauge to the maximum amount and activates "Dark Veil".
|180
|-
|rowspan="2"| Pirate || Ultra Cannon || Places down a giant cannon that periodically fires at enemies for a time. This cannon does not count against the 3 cannon limit.
|0
|-
| Gone Ballistic || Grants your currently active cannons a damage reduction effect, lowers their action interval, a chance to apply a fear effect when dealing damage, and resets their installation timer.
|120
|}
=== Triggering Special Skills ===
Special skills have several ways in which they can trigger during battle. While it is mostly random, there exists some equipment and accessories that can increase this chance.
{| class="wikitable"
!Trigger Condition
!Explanation
|-
|Using an action
|Each time you select a command and execute an action, there is a chance you may trigger a Special. Trigger chance depends on vocation (seen below).
|-
|Taking damage
|You have a chance to trigger a Special when taking damage. The higher amount of damage, the more likely it will trigger (seen below).
|-
|Battle support
|If you are egged on by a Ranger or Item Master during battle, your Special has a 30% chance to trigger.
|-
|Equipment
|Equipment and accessories exist that can boost the chance of a Special triggering at the start of battle or after using an action.
|}
=== Using An Action ===
{| class="wikitable"
!Vocation
!Trigger Chance
|-
|Martial Artist, Ranger, Superstar
|~2%
|-
|Warrior
|~2.5%
|-
|Death Master, Demon Swordsman
|~3%
|-
|Gadabout
|~8%
|-
|All other vocations
|~1%
|}
=== Taking Damage ===
{| class="wikitable"
!Percentage of HP Taken
!Trigger Chance
|-
|0 - 10%
|0%
|-
|10 - 20%
|1%
|-
|20 - 30%
|2%
|-
|30-40%
|4%
|-
|40-50%
|8%
|-
|50-60%
|16%
|-
|60-70%
|32%
|-
|70-80%
|64%
|-
|80-100%
|80%
|}
==Chance Skills==
After completing [[Quest 407|a certain quest]] during version 3, you will unlock the ability to use Chance skills. These will randomly trigger during battle much like Special/Coup de Grace skills, but every vocation is able to use every Chance skill. After a Chance skill is used during battle, it will take some time to recharge before it can be used again in the same battle. When a Chance skill becomes available, "Chance
===Triggering Chance Skills===
Depending on the type of action that occurs in battle, there is a certain percent chance that your Chance command will become available.
{| class="wikitable"
! Action Type !! Trigger Chance
|-
| Execute any command || ~2%
|-
| Defeat an enemy || ~2%
|-
| Take damage from an enemy || ~2%
|-
| Deal critical damage || ~5%
|-
| Avoid an enemy attack by parrying, blocking, or dodging || ~5%
|-
| When an ally's Chance command triggers || ~2%
|}
The chance to trigger a Chance command off of an ally's Chance command trigger is called a ''Chance Chain''.
===Chance Skill List===
{| class="wikitable"
! Skill Name !! Description !! Charge Time (seconds)
|-
| Dragon Soul || Deals large lightning damage to a single target and reduces their wind resistance. || 60
|-
| Pearly Gates || Deals wind damage to a target and its surroundings 2 times, and reduces lightning resistance. || 60
|-
| Reverse Enlightenment || Increases your spellcasting speed and all of your spells will guaranteed go haywire for 18 seconds. || 300
|-
| Star of Charity || Restores about 400 HP to allies around you. || 600
|-
| Chaos Circle || Places a magic circle on the ground that causes any enemy inside to take 50% increased damage. The circle lasts 18 seconds. || 600
|-
| Scape Guard || Reduces damage taken from nearby enemies by 100 and automatically protects nearby allies for 30 seconds. || 600
|}
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