Skill Inheritance
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Skill inheritance is a recurring gameplay mechanic in several games in the Megami Tensei franchise that dictates how skills are passed from one Demon or Persona to another during fusion.
Overview
When fusing Demons in places like the Cathedral of Shadows or the Velvet Room, the player will either be able to select which skills that the resulting Demon will inherit from its reagents, or the inherited skills will be selected at random.
Some skills are exclusive to specific Demons, such as Alice's Die For Me! or Yoshitsune's Hassou Tobi, and cannot be inherited during fusion.
Mechanics by Game
Shin Megami Tensei III: Nocturne, Persona 3, Persona 4
In these games, inherited skills are chosen at random, but can be rerolled as many times as needed by backing out of the fusion menu and selecting the reagent Demons again.
Shin Megami Tensei IV, Shin Megami Tensei V, Persona 4 Golden, Persona 5, Persona 5 Royal
In these games, inherited skills can be manually selected.
Shin Megami Tensei IV
Demons can inherit exclusive skills when performing fusion with the Demon Fusion Lite app.
Persona 5 Royal
Like skills, Traits can be inherited by Personas, except for the traits of DLC Personas.
Nomenclature
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