Just as the name implies, the Megami race are composed of goddesses from various pantheons. They are usually the female counterpart of a head god of a pantheon (e.g.: Lakshmi being Vishnu's wife) or gods of love and fertility and are known for being kind deities. In gameplay, demons of the Megami Race are usually poor in physical combat (with the notable exception of war goddess Athena) but they excel in healing and offensive magic.
The race name of "Megami" is left untranslated in many English-localized games even though a straight English counterpart is available (with the exception being Shin Megami Tensei IMAGINE which was localized by Aeria Games instead of Atlus NA itself). This localization decision was probably made to pay homage to the series title "Megami Tensei" (Goddess Reincarnation). The title refers to Yumiko Shirasagi from Digital Devil Story: Megami Tensei for her former life as the goddess Izanami.
Megami belong to the Gods species and are usually considered a Light-Law race, but in Shin Megami Tensei II and Shin Megami Tensei V they were changed to Light-Neutral. Strangely enough, even though Megami are often the wives or female counterparts of male head deities, most of the time Megami is not the same alignment as Deity. Megami is more often Light-Law, even if the Deity race is Light-Neutral in the same game.
"Beautiful goddesses who bestow people with love, grace, and prosperity. Many are partnered with Deities, but are more sympathetic to humans. They represent the gentle aspect of nature’s power. They are major symbols of love, spreading it generously, though it may sometimes turn to jealousy."
The Megami race has the Affection Racial Skill, which, at the cost of some of the Megami's MP, can heal a friendly team up to 4 squares away, along with curing all status ailments the team members may be suffering from.
The Megami race has the Affection Racial Skill, which, at the cost of some of the Megami's MP, can heal a friendly team up to 4 squares away, along with curing all status ailments the team members may be suffering from. Stronger Megami have this skill changed to Goddess Grace, which can now heal a friendly team up to 6 squares away.
* Asterisk denotes race that has been put under different species throughout the series. Italic font denotes the race/species name (not in katakana for Western loanword) has not yet received any official English localization.
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