Porewit

Porewit
Origin	Japanese literature
Race(s)	HiryūMajin Tensei WilderShin Megami Tensei IV Shin Megami Tensei IV: Apocalypse Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Summoner

Porewit is a Demon in the Megami Tensei franchise.

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Origin

Porewit is known as Fobi in the Japanese version, which is allegedly a Yugoslav fire spirit; however, it was invented by Japanese writer Toshiya Nakaoka in the book Sekai Kaiki Thriller Zenshū 1: Sekai no Majutsu · Yōjutsu and has no basis in actual folklore. Fobi was later included in Shigeru Mizuki's book Mizuki Shigeru no Sekai Genjū Jiten, which, according to the bibliography of Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Summoner: Akuma Zensho, is one of the texts used for gathering information for the demons.

Porewit, the demon's localized name, is a Slavic deity with five faces according to the Gesta Danorum. Porewit is the Polish spelling of the name. This has an antecedent in several books related to Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Summoner where, in the spelling variant Porevit, this name was also used as the Latin-alphabet spelling of the demon's name.

Gameplay

Shin Megami Tensei IV

	Name Level HP MP Porewit 39 343 153	Strength 45 Dexterity 45 Magic 45 Agility 45 Luck 45
Race AlignmentFactored with certain skills Speech C. CostCompendium Summoning Cost Wilder — —
Resistances — — DrnDrain WkWeak — — — — ×1 ×1 ×1 ×1 ×1 ×1 ×1 ×1
Ailment Resistances ×1 ×1 ×1 ×1 ×1
Basic Attack Element Hit(s) Target Effect Phys 1 Single enemy —
Skills Skill Cost Description Level Maragion 20 MP Medium Fire damage to all enemies. Innate Fire Pleroma — Increases damage output of user's Fire attacks by 25%. Stacks with other bonuses. Innate Agidyne 14 MP Heavy Fire damage to one enemy. 41

Shin Megami Tensei IV: Apocalypse

EnemyAlly

	Name Level HP MP Porewit 7 102 53	Strength 12 Dexterity 11 Magic 8 Agility 11 Luck 8
Race AlignmentFactored with certain skills EXP Recruit Beg Speech RERandom Encounter Wilder Neutral — — — Boy ✔
Drop — — —
Resistances — — RsResist WkWeak — — — — ×1 ×1 ×½×0.50 ×1¼×1.25 ×1 ×1 ×1 ×1
Ailment Resistances ×1 ×1 ×1 ×1 ×1 ×1 ×1 ×1
Skill Affinity — — +3 -3 — — — — — — — -1
Basic Attack Element Hit(s) Target Effect Phys 1 Single enemy —
Skills Skill Cost Description Agi 5 MP Weak fire damage to one foe.

	Name Level HP MP Porewit 7 112 53	Strength 15 Dexterity 14 Magic 11 Agility 14 Luck 11
Race AlignmentFactored with certain skills Speech C. CostCompendium Summoning Cost Wilder Neutral Boy 1098
Resistances — — RsResist WkWeak — — — — ×1 ×1 ×½×0.50 ×1¼×1.25 ×1 ×1 ×1 ×1
Ailment Resistances ×1 ×1 ×1 ×1 ×1 ×1 ×1 ×1
Skill Affinity — — +3 -3 — — — — — — — -1
Basic Attack Element Hit(s) Target Effect Phys 1 Single enemy —
Skills Skill Cost Description Level Agi 5 MP Weak fire damage to one foe. Innate Lunge 6 MP Weak physical damage to one foe. High critical but low accuracy. 8

Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Summoner

EnemyAlly

	Name Level HP MP Fobi 43 240 131Sega Saturn/151PlayStation Portable	Strength 13 Intelligence 8 Magic 7 Endurance 7 Agility 14 Luck 11
Location Police Station; Chinatown; Sewers (Seaside Park) B1F-B5F; Sewers (Hibarigaoka) B1F-B3F
Species Race Alignment Size Recruit Speech RERandom Encounter Beast Wilder Dark-Neutral (138) S ✘ Youth (♂) ✔
Attack Accuracy Defense Evasion M. Atk M. Def Drop 112 84 100 82 18 33Sega Saturn/34PlayStation Portable Chakra Chip
Resistances "Nullifies Fire. Weak to Ice." Sword Spear Thrown Gun D Atk Fire Ice Elec Force Psy ×1 ×1 ×1 ×1 ×1 NulNull ×3 ×1 ×1 ×1 Expel Death Almi Mind Ruin Bind Nerve Charge Skill Swd Skl ×½×0.50 ×7⁄10×0.70 ×1 ×⅒×0.10 ×½×0.50 ×½×0.50 ×⅒×0.10 ×1 ×1 ×1
Moon Phase Damage Output New 1/8 2/8 3/8 Half 5/8 6/8 7/8 Full 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100%
Basic Attack Element Hit(s) Target Range Demon Attack 1-2 Single enemy Front row
Extra Skills Skill Attribute Cost Description Fire Breath Fire 8 MP Special magic action. Front row. Power 37. Fire-type damage to 1 whole row of enemies. Flame Wall Support 5 MP Special magic action. All. Nullifies ice attacks for 1 turn.

	Name Level HP MP Fobi 43 240 131Sega Saturn/151PlayStation Portable	Strength 13 Intelligence 8 Magic 7 Endurance 7 Agility 14 Luck 11
Location Fusion only
Species Race Alignment S. CostCOMP Summoning Cost C. CostCompendium Summoning Cost; PSP only CPMagnetite used Beast Wilder Dark-Neutral (138) 430 MMagnetite 12000 MMagnetite 43
Personality Loyalty Speech Inheritance Short-Tempered Level Difference Youth (♂) Fire
Attack Accuracy Defense Evasion M. Atk M. Def 112 84 100 82 18 33Sega Saturn/34PlayStation Portable
Resistances "Nullifies Fire. Weak to Ice." Sword Spear Thrown Gun D Atk Fire Ice Elec Force Psy ×1 ×1 ×1 ×1 ×1 NulNull ×3 ×1 ×1 ×1 Expel Death Almi Mind Ruin Bind Nerve Charge Skill Swd Skl ×½×0.50 ×7⁄10×0.70 ×1 ×⅒×0.10 ×½×0.50 ×½×0.50 ×⅒×0.10 ×1 ×1 ×1
Moon Phase Damage Output New 1/8 2/8 3/8 Half 5/8 6/8 7/8 Full 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100%
Basic Attack Element Hit(s) Target Range Demon Attack 1-2 Single enemy Front row
Extra Skills Skill Attribute Cost Description Fire Breath Fire 8 MP Special magic action. Front row. Power 37. Fire-type damage to 1 whole row of enemies. Flame Wall Support 5 MP Special magic action. All. Nullifies ice attacks for 1 turn.

Compendium

Compendium Entries

Shin Megami Tensei IV

A beast that breathes fire, causing havoc in towns and in the mountains. Fires with unknown causes are said to be this creature's work. When fires occur out of nowhere today, they are written off as spontaneous combustions, but in older times they were said to be caused by the anger of the Porewit. Whenever a fire like that occurred, the people would immediately go to Porewit's altar and sacrifice cows and sheep. They must never laugh about it, for if they did, the fire would spread to their houses as well.

Nomenclature

Names in Other Languages

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	フォービ Fōbi