DQ9 Encyclopedia

Goresby-Purrvis

Général Mac Léo · no. 272 in the monster list
Everything is read from the game's code, unless stated otherwise

One of the Triumgorate. A swordsman who swore allegiance to the Empire hoping to meet with some worthy adversaries.

Died faithfully protecting his master some three hundred years ago, and was brought back in a new, feline form.

The essentials

  • Earliest in the story: Gittingham Palace, Gittish Empire: Goresby-Purrvis (once)
  • Gives: 18,000 – 20,000 EXP, 0 – 4,550 G, Fizzle foil (100%), Agility ring (100%)
  • Weak to: wind, lightning / blast, darkness ×1.25
  • Has no effect on it: dazzle, sleep, whack, confusion, fizzle, poison, paralysis, blunt, charm

Family: beast — weapons dealing ×1.1: spears

Stats

VariantHPMPAtt.Def.Agi.EXPGoldEvas.
Battle: Gittingham Palace, Gittish Empire2,3062522025616220,0004,5504 %
Battle: Palace of the Mighty, end of the story1,6532523425617218,00004 %

HP from the game's record: in battle, each monster gets a roll between 80 and 100% of it (rounded); MP is full.

Resistances and actions

Battle: Gittingham Palace, Gittish Empire

  • Elements (damage taken): wind, lightning / blast, darkness ×1.25; fire, ice, light ×0.75
  • Effects (success rate): 50%: Sap, Divine Intervention; 25%: stun, Decelerate; immune: Dazzle, sleep, Whack, confusion, Fizzle, poison, paralysis, Blunt, Charm
  • Actions: 2 actions per turn — Attack 27%, “performs a swift, upward slice on the target.” 23%, Hatchet Man 19%, Multislash 15%, Flame Slash 11%, Kacrackle Slash 6.6%. Conditions (otherwise it picks another slot): Attack: not while Dazzled, and only on a character whose defence is below twice its attack. Only once per turn for its whole group: “performs a swift, upward slice on the target.”, Hatchet Man, Multislash, Flame Slash, Kacrackle Slash

Battle: Palace of the Mighty, end of the story

  • Elements (damage taken): wind, lightning / blast, darkness ×1.25; fire, ice ×0.75
  • Effects (success rate): 75%: Divine Intervention; 50%: Sap; 25%: stun, Decelerate; immune: Dazzle, sleep, Whack, confusion, Fizzle, poison, paralysis, Blunt, Charm
  • Actions: 2 actions per turn — Attack 27%, “performs a swift, upward slice on the target.” 23%, Hatchet Man 19%, Multislash 15%, Flame Slash 11%, Kacrackle Slash 6.6%. Conditions (otherwise it picks another slot): Attack: not while Dazzled, and only on a character whose defence is below twice its attack. Only once per turn for its whole group: “performs a swift, upward slice on the target.”, Hatchet Man, Multislash, Flame Slash, Kacrackle Slash

Items

Fizzle foil 100%Agility ring 100%

Story and quests

  • Gittingham Palace, Gittish Empire: Goresby-Purrvis (once)
  • Palace of the Mighty, end of the story: Goresby-Purrvis (once)

Habitat (in-game monster list)

Gittingham Palace

In the game, a defeated monster's entry names one of these places as soon as you have visited it, even if you never defeated that monster there; otherwise “?????????” (checked in game). The first two are named, “Etc.” for the third.

Under the hood

Internal numbers (game records, one per variant): 315, 346.

Drop codes (prm/mon_btldata, bytes +2 and +3; 0 = 100%, otherwise 1/2^(code + 2), 7 = none): Fizzle foil : 0 ; Agility ring : 0.

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