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How to Beat Dreadmaster at Swinedimples Academy in Dragon Quest IX

"Sentinels of The Starry Skies" is the ninth installment in the long running game series "Dragon Quest." The title retains its traditional role-playing game roots while adding item creation and a new multiplayer mode. Your party of adventurers eventually travel to the oddly named Swinedimples Academy and speak to Sir Sternivus Swinedimple, a curious ghost of a teacher with a decidedly short fuse. It seems a bit of bad behavior on your part is about to bring things to a very bad head. A little preparation and a solid strategy will have you coming out of this fight victorious.

Instructions

- 1
  Heal your party before you speak to the teacher. Ignore his request to have a seat and talk to the children first. Turn back to Mr. Swinedimple and converse with him. He finds your disobedience to be quite upsetting, and you can now watch in horror as he transforms into the Dreadmaster.
- 2
  Weaken Dreadmaster's defenses with the "Sap" spell. Follow up by smashing him with your weapons while using offensive black magic to supplement the attack. Let your healers divide their focus between attacking the Dreadmaster and restoring party health.
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  Continue with your strategy, attacking with weapons and offensive spells while your healer maintains your hit point levels. Recast "Sap" if need be to keep Dreadmaster weakened. Once he is defeated he regresses to his original form. Sir Sternivus Swinedimple is remorseful, and realizes that turning into a giant monster and terrorizing children is truly inappropriate behavior.

Nintendo DS