Abilities: As the “Lord of Demons”, and the head of the Chaos faction where strength is everything, it is no surprise that Lucifer is himself unbelievably powerful when it comes down to it. Lucifer has several sets of abilities and powers, which I’ll give a brief description of here.
Alternate Forms: One of the simplest of these powers is Lucifer’s ability to change forms. This “shapeshifting” doesn’t seem to have any real limit, and Lucifer can, and has, chosen to appear as anything from a child, to a young man, to a grown adult, to an old man, to a woman, to an angel, to a demon. There seems to be no real limit to how Lucifer can appear, although it’s worth noting that Lucifer’s demonic essence, for a lack of better words, might make him appear the way he does. While humans see him as human, other creatures tend to see him as whatever they are: for instance, in Devil Summoner 2, a group of fly people refer to him as Beezlebub because to them he looks like a fly. Thus, he most often looks human in appearance because it’s with humans he tends to interact, and anyone else would see him as an age appropriate (for his current form) version of their own race. The only two forms that aren’t negotiable with how he appears are his demon and angel forms, which can be humongous in size as well, though none of Lucifer’s forms specifically grant him any powers. The powers he possesses, he naturally has no matter what form he might take.
Magic: Lucifer possesses a devastating amount of magical powers. While he may not be the most physically powerful creature (although he is indeed physically powerful), he is certainly one of the most magically powerful beings in the universes he spans in the SMT canon. He has a wide-array of fire and ice magic, several exceedingly powerful Almighty spells (magic that is devastating due to not having any elemental affinity and it’s tendency to be unable to be blocked), a couple debuffing spells, magic that can charm those he casts the spell upon, and healing magic.
Demonic Traits: Lucifer also has several incredibly powerful traits. He can appear to teleport, being in one location at one instant and then another. He can fly and levitate, though he rarely displays these outside his angelic and demonic forms. He seems to be able to sense other supernatural/demonic creatures and even normal humans who have an incredible strength of will (and thus could be useful), and the ability to instinctively know who they are. At many times, he seems to possess powers of divination that would allow him to keep track of what’s going on to ridiculous degrees, though it’s worth noting even then that he has nothing even near equaling something like omnipotence in this regard. He is also amazingly resilient, either being incredibly resistant or immune to several types of elemental spells and generally heavily resistant to physical damage (although he is often never outright invulnerable).
Demon Summoning and Creation: Being the leader de facto of the Chaos alignment, Lucifer has the ability to summon demons to him at will. He very rarely seems to do this, however, as he prefers dealing with most things (both talks and combat) on his own, but there are instances where it clearly isn’t impossible for him to summon demons to his side. The best example was when he had one escort him throughout Nocturne under the guise of his nanny (when he appeared as a child) or as his nurse (when he appeared as an old man).
Along with this, Lucifer also has the ability to create new demons, usually by imbuing humans/other sentient creatures with power. He can do this through either ceremonies, usually melding a human with another demon, or through the use of a creature called a magatama, which can borrow into a person and created a “demifiend”, or a being that is half-human and half-demon.
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As the “Lord of Demons”, and the head of the Chaos faction where strength is everything, it is no surprise that Lucifer is himself unbelievably powerful when it comes down to it. Lucifer has several sets of abilities and powers, which I’ll give a brief description of here.
Alternate Forms:
One of the simplest of these powers is Lucifer’s ability to change forms. This “shapeshifting” doesn’t seem to have any real limit, and Lucifer can, and has, chosen to appear as anything from a child, to a young man, to a grown adult, to an old man, to a woman, to an angel, to a demon. There seems to be no real limit to how Lucifer can appear, although it’s worth noting that Lucifer’s demonic essence, for a lack of better words, might make him appear the way he does. While humans see him as human, other creatures tend to see him as whatever they are: for instance, in Devil Summoner 2, a group of fly people refer to him as Beezlebub because to them he looks like a fly. Thus, he most often looks human in appearance because it’s with humans he tends to interact, and anyone else would see him as an age appropriate (for his current form) version of their own race. The only two forms that aren’t negotiable with how he appears are his demon and angel forms, which can be humongous in size as well, though none of Lucifer’s forms specifically grant him any powers. The powers he possesses, he naturally has no matter what form he might take.
Magic:
Lucifer possesses a devastating amount of magical powers. While he may not be the most physically powerful creature (although he is indeed physically powerful), he is certainly one of the most magically powerful beings in the universes he spans in the SMT canon. He has a wide-array of fire and ice magic, several exceedingly powerful Almighty spells (magic that is devastating due to not having any elemental affinity and it’s tendency to be unable to be blocked), a couple debuffing spells, magic that can charm those he casts the spell upon, and healing magic.
Demonic Traits:
Lucifer also has several incredibly powerful traits. He can appear to teleport, being in one location at one instant and then another. He can fly and levitate, though he rarely displays these outside his angelic and demonic forms. He seems to be able to sense other supernatural/demonic creatures and even normal humans who have an incredible strength of will (and thus could be useful), and the ability to instinctively know who they are. At many times, he seems to possess powers of divination that would allow him to keep track of what’s going on to ridiculous degrees, though it’s worth noting even then that he has nothing even near equaling something like omnipotence in this regard. He is also amazingly resilient, either being incredibly resistant or immune to several types of elemental spells and generally heavily resistant to physical damage (although he is often never outright invulnerable).
Demon Summoning and Creation:
Being the leader de facto of the Chaos alignment, Lucifer has the ability to summon demons to him at will. He very rarely seems to do this, however, as he prefers dealing with most things (both talks and combat) on his own, but there are instances where it clearly isn’t impossible for him to summon demons to his side. The best example was when he had one escort him throughout Nocturne under the guise of his nanny (when he appeared as a child) or as his nurse (when he appeared as an old man).
Along with this, Lucifer also has the ability to create new demons, usually by imbuing humans/other sentient creatures with power. He can do this through either ceremonies, usually melding a human with another demon, or through the use of a creature called a magatama, which can borrow into a person and created a “demifiend”, or a being that is half-human and half-demon.
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