December 6th, 2025

More progress in DQ9. I've unlocked the ability to change vocations, so most of today has been spent just grinding levels. My Mage is now an Armamentalist, which is basically a Mystic Knight except the Spellblade buffs (here called Fources) are purely elemental, but are also targeted. They also get all of the supportive spells that Mages get, which are really the only Mage spells that matter. Trying to get through the entire Fource skill tree ASAP, most bosses in the game are weak to light and it's obviouisly the last fource you get. The worst part about Armamentalist is the quest to get them though. You have to kill a metal slime (which have so much defense you deal either 0 or 1 damage, and they have a high chance to flee) with someone who has used wizard ward (which in this context just wastes a turn), twice. It literally took me an hour just to get the two kills.