Jester

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This page is for Jester as a playable contestant!

For Announcer Jester, go here.
For Encounterable Enemy Jester, go here.

Difficulty: 4/5 stars
Reason For Entering: ex minion, wants to leave now actually
Pronouns: they/them

Description

Jester is a red-orange dice with maroon dots. They have a tooth gap between their front teeth. They wear yellow gloves, red-orange jester’s shoes with yellow bells on the tips, and a jester’s hat. Their hat has one orange section and two maroon sections, as well as yellow bells on the tips.

They are the last character you unlock. They are only unlocked once Jester is fought and defeated as an enemy (and eventual boss) on every floor of the dungeons. Their playstyle largely focuses on being flexible and having a tailored variety of cards to pull from. Jester pulls from a deck of cards instead of a backpack, with three cards useable at one time, and used cards being instantly replaced with whatever’s next in the deck. In most episodes, there is a preview of the next 3 cards to the far right of the screen, above the Discard/Snap button. You can use your whole deck in one turn, after which you must end your turn to replenish them. “Finale” cards can only be used once every other card has been used in ONE turn. Cards are reshuffled between turns. Having cards that match and cards that create more dice helps greatly to keep Jester’s damage rolling. Unwanted cards can sometimes be destroyed in the shop.

Jester is deceptively upbeat and bright, always smiling and making jokes. However, they’re also extremely cynical. Hope and despair seem to duke it out in their head quite often- with despair winning most matches. They're quite determined and throw themself whole heartedly into whatever they set their mind to.

Their standard starting equipment are 4 Boop cards, 3 Bop cards, and 2 Sweets cards.

Limit Break / Special Ability

Jester’s limit break and special ability remain the same for episodes 1 and 4-6.

Their limit break, Snap, allows them to use matching cards in their hand for free, dealing the max damage/effect possible.

Their special ability is their setup of a rotating deck instead of a static hand of cards. They can also get rid of matching pairs in hand when Snap is not activated, using the Discard button, and can see the next three cards in their deck.

Levels

The standard level up HP, Dice, Limit Break amount, EXP, and rewards.

Level	Max HP	Dice	Limit Break	EXP to Level Up	Additional Level-Up Reward
1	24	3	8 HP	2 EXP	Choose 1 of 2 random Booster Packs: Ice Shatter and Snowflake x2 OR Flame Blast and Spark x2 OR Detonator and Liquorice x2 OR High Voltage and Buzzer x2 OR Shield Bash and Deflect x2.
2	28	3	9 HP	4 EXP	Duplicate a card.
3	32	3	10 HP	7 EXP	Choose 1 of 2 cards from the following: Call for Backup Warrior OR Call for Backup Witch OR Call for Backup Inventor.
4	36	3	12 HP	14 EXP	Call for Backup Thief OR Call for Backup Robot OR Delete a card.
5	40	4	13 HP	18 EXP	Duplicate a card.
6	44	3	13 HP	Max Level	N/A

Episode Details

Episode 1: Jester's Journey
“Keep your cards close to your chest... oh yeah, by the way, you have cards now.” Standard rules apply.

Episode 2:Not Just a Jester
“A straightforward adventure for a straightforward warrior. But you're a jester so, uh…” Standard rules…?
Starting equipment is a Sword. Equipment gained tends to pull from Warrior’s pool instead of Jester’s. Special ability is replaced with Combat Roll (Warrior’s special ability). Limit break is replaced with Fury.
Reward upon reaching level 2 is replaced with an additional dice.
Reward upon reaching level 3 is replaced with a choice between Spiked Shield OR Boomerang.
Reward upon reaching level 4 is replaced with an additional dice.
Reward upon reaching level 5 is replaced with a choice between Shield Bash OR Upgrade Equipment.
Reward upon reaching level 6 is replaced with an additional dice.

Episode 3: Losers, Weepers
“Hey, wouldn't it be cool if you stole ALL of an enemy's equipment, every time you fought? Let's find out!” After defeating an enemy, keep all of their equipment. New Delete skill destroys cards permanently.
Starting deck is the same as episode 1. Special ability is replaced with Delete, which has a countdown to trigger use, and destroys the first card in your hand. Limit break is replaced with “Magic Trick,” which discards the current hand.
Reward upon reaching level 2 is replaced with an additional dice.
Reward upon reaching level 3 is replaced with a Duplicate card.
Reward upon reaching level 4 is replaced with an additional dice.
Reward upon reaching level 5 is replaced with a choice between Destroying a card OR Upgrading Equipment.
Reward upon reaching level 6 is replaced with an additional dice.

Episode 4: The Elimination Round
“You've got your usual equipment, usual health, everything. It's a shame all your enemies have extra health and upgraded weapons.” Enemies get 10% extra health. All enemy equipment is upgraded. Standard rules apply.
Rewards are the same as Episode 1.

Episode 5: Parallel Universe
“Woah, everything's different!” Enemies get 10% extra health. Status effects work differently. All of the equipment has been changed.
Starting equipment changes to 4 Kapow cards, 3 Blammo cards, and 2 Sour Candy cards.
Reward upon reaching level 2 is replaced with two of five Booster Packs:

Reward upon reaching level 3 is replaced with a Subdivide card.
Reward upon reaching level 4 is replaced with a choice between two of three cards:

Reward upon reaching level 5 is replaced with a choice between Call for Backup Thief? OR Call for Backup Robot? OR Destroy a card.
Reward upon reaching level 6 is replaced with Subdivide.

Episode 6: Bonus Round
“Everything's back to normal again! Until you go down a floor - the further you go into the dungeons, the more the rules change...” Start with standard rules. Gain bonus rules as you descend further.
Starting deck is a the same as episode 5, plus the choice between two (or three, if hard mode is unlocked) finale cards randomly chosen from this list:

Reward upon reaching level 2 is replaced with a choice between two from the following list:

Reward upon reaching level 3 is replaced with a choice of Subdivide OR Duplicate.
Reward upon reaching level 4 is replaced with a choice between two from the following list:

Reward upon reaching level 5 is replaced with a choice between a Thief Card OR a Robot Card OR Destroy a card. Like the level 4 reward, the cards are either regular “Call For Backup [contestant]” or the Parallel universe versions.
Reward upon reaching level 6 is replaced with a choice of Subdivide OR Duplicate.
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Backstage
Jester’s equipment consists of Wind Up Fist and two copies of Juggling Ball.

Quotes

Initial Description:
"I've turned on my former boss, Lady Luck herself, and joined a hapless band of dice people.
I have no regrets! I hope!”

Middle Description:
"You may remember me from all those fights where I was a cool enemy!
But I'm glad to be a giant fighting dice now. This is fine."

Endgame Description:
"Hello there! I've made my bed, and now I'm going to burn it down!
The bed is a metaphor for the dungeons!"

Post Endgame Description:
"I'm glad I can leave now, but I lived in the dungeons for hundreds of years.
You can't blame me for getting homesick sometimes..."

Cutscene Dialogue
Backstage/Finale Cutscene Dialogue

Cards Used

Jester uses specific cards found in booster packs. All their cards are automatically two slots tall, and while they have bits of overlap with the others, they mostly stick to their own cards.

The following are cards only Jester can use:

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