Fortune (Shadow)

Fortune
Arcana(s)	Fortune

Fortune is a Shadow in Persona 3.

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Fortune is one of the 12 Major Arcana bosses. Coupled with Strength, it is fought during the seventh Full Moon Operation on October 4th. It represents the Fortune Arcana, and spins a wheel to attack.

Design

Fortune is a mechanical Sphinx, with a thin body composed of gold bars and gears with a distorted mask with two stacked eyes on its face, which resembles a man's profile from the side. Fortune also lightly resembles a bicycle. It possesses a long tail that drags on the floor made of a chain, and metal wings that twist and twitch. Like every of the Major Arcana shadows in Persona 3, the shadow takes design inspiration from the Rider-Waite Tarot Deck, which features a Sphinx sitting on top of a wheel, holding a sword. The mechanical design cues likely exist to contrast Strength, who has an extremely organic design, who's Raider-Waite Tarot counterpart also contains a woman with a lion, matching the pair well.

Fortune summons a wheel, which it spins, considered an extension of the shadow. This is an unsubtle reference to the Wheel of Fortune, the lengthened name of the Fortune Arcana, also featured on the Raider-Waite Tarot card. This wheel alternates red and blue on the outside, representing positive or negative effect, with the inner circle containing a number of different things, with images representing things from status effects to stat buffs.

Gameplay

In Tarot, the Wheel of Fortune upright represents the change of fate and accepting and embracing change and patience for positive results while the reversed card represents clinging to the past and being desperate for easy solutions. As the shadows are based off of the reversed Tarot, Fortune is desperate for easy solutions, spinning the wheel to inflict positive effects on itself, but it can always backfire.

Persona 3

In battle, by selecting the correct color, positive or negative effects can be applied to the party or the enemy.

Name Level HP SP Fortune 46 3000 ?	Strength 29 Magic 29 Endurance 29 Agility 29 Luck 29
Location Port Island Station
Arcana EXP RERandom Encounter Drop Fortune — [[]] (—%)
Elemental Resistances — — — — — — — NulNull NulNull — — — — — — — — — — —
Ailment Resistances — — — — — —
Skills Skill Cost Description Strike Attack — Strike Weapon Attack Torrent Shot 14% HP Light Pierce damage to 1 foe (multi-hit). Arrow Rain 26% HP Deals medium Pierce damage to all foes Garudyne 12 SP Deals heavy Wind damage to 1 foe. Magarudyne 24 SP Deals heavy Wind damage to all foes. Wheel of Fortune — —

Persona 3 FES

Name Level HP SP Fortune 46 3000 ?	Strength 29 Magic 29 Endurance 29 Agility 29 Luck 29
Location Port Island Station
Arcana EXP RERandom Encounter Drop Fortune — [[]] (—%)
Elemental Resistances — — — — — — — NulNull NulNull — — — — — — — — — — —
Ailment Resistances — — — — — —
Skills Skill Cost Description Strike Attack — Strike Weapon Attack Torrent Shot 10% HP Light Pierce damage to 1 foe (multi-hit). Arrow Rain 19% HP Deals medium Pierce damage to all foes Garudyne 12 SP Deals heavy Wind damage to 1 foe. Magarudyne 24 SP Deals heavy Wind damage to all foes. Wheel of Fortune — —

Persona 3 Portable

Name Level HP SP Fortune 46 3000 ?	Strength 29 Magic 29 Endurance 29 Agility 29 Luck 29
Location Port Island Station
Arcana EXP RERandom Encounter Drop Fortune — [[]] (—%)
Elemental Resistances — — — — — — — NulNull NulNull — — — — — — — — — — —
Ailment Resistances — — — — — —
Skills Skill Cost Description Strike Attack — Strike Weapon Attack Torrent Shot 10% HP Light Pierce damage to 1 foe (multi-hit). Arrow Rain 19% HP Deals medium Pierce damage to all foes Garudyne 12 SP Deals heavy Wind damage to 1 foe. Magarudyne 24 SP Deals heavy Wind damage to all foes. Wheel of Fortune — —

Persona 3 Reload

In Persona 3 Reload, the Wheel of Fortune will be selected automatically and apply positive and negative effects to the entire field.

Name Level HP SP Fortune 48 2500 999	Strength 5 Magic 20 Endurance 10 Agility 15 Luck 50
Location Port Island Station
Arcana EXP RERandom Encounter Fortune 47385 —
Drop [[]] [[]] [[]] [[]]
Element Resistances — WkWeak — DrDrain DrDrain WkWeak DrDrain DrDrain — ×1 ×1 ×1 ×1 ×1 ×1 ×1 ×1 ×1
Ailment Resistances NuNull NuNull NuNull NuNull NuNull NuNull ×1 ×1 ×1 ×1 ×1 ×1
Skills Skill Cost Description Garudyne 12 SP Deals heavy Wind damage to 1 foe. Magarudyne 24 SP Deals heavy Wind damage to all foes. Wheel of Fortune — Increase Attack for everyone Wheel of Fortune — Deals 300 Almighty damage to everyone. Wheel of Fortune — Grants the effect of Concentrate to everyone Wheel of Fortune — Defense down for everyone Wheel of Fortune — Null Dizzy — Protects completely from being afflicted with Dizzy. Null Freeze — Protects completely from being afflicted with Freeze. Null Shock — Protects completely from being afflicted with Shock.

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Gallery

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  Wheel of Fortune #1 from Persona 3

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  Wheel of Fortune #2 from Persona 3

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  Wheel of Fortune #3 from Persona 3

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  Wheel of Fortune #4 from Persona 3

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  Wheel of Fortune #5 from Persona 3