Imp is a status in Final Fantasy VI. All abilities except Attack, Items, Magic, Revert, Mimic, Row, Defend, Jump, Dualcast, Pray, and Shock are disabled. All magic except for Imp are also disabled. All weapons except for the Impartisan provide only 1 attack power, and all armor except the Tortoise Shield, Saucer, and Reed Cloak provide only 1 defense power. However, those four items give their listed power instead of their usual 1. Most monsters use 1 as their attack power under imp status, but some instead retain full attack power and always get critical hits.
Imped party members have the imp sprite when in battle, but their normal model out in the field even if the imp status persists outside of battle until healed. The imp has a full spritesheet, including a chocobo/Magitek riding sprite that cannot be seen. Monsters in imp status get an uglier sprite with a coloration based on the monster's palette. Although imp status is normally a negative effect, it does allow the use of imp equipment, which is very powerful, although its numerical advantages must be evaluated against losing almost all of the character's special abilities.
Abilities[]
| Spell | Imp (Magic), Bad Breath (Lore) |
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Enemy abilities[]
| Ability | Description | Enemy |
|---|---|---|
| Bad Breath | Inflicts Darkness, Poison, Sap, Imp, Silence, and Confuse to one target. Can be learned as a Lore | Malboro, Great Malboro, Dark Force, Malboro Menace |
| Diabolic Whistle | Randomly inflicts Blind, Poison, Imp, Doom, Berserk, Confuse, Sap, and Slow to the party. | Glutturn (X-Ether), Pandora, Phantom Train, Malboro Menace |
| Disaster | Inflicts Blind, Imp, Doom, Silence, Confuse, and Float to one target or the party. | Brachiosaur, Chaos Dragon, Abaddon, Skull Dragon, Kaiser Dragon, Glutturn (X-Ether) |
| Figaro Malt | Inflicts Imp to one target. | Shambling Corpse |
| Friendmaker | Inflicts Imp to one target. | Illuyankas |
| Imp | Inflicts/removes Imp to one target. | Level 30 Magic, Cherry, Magic, Abaddon, Flan Princess, Vilia, Coco, Behemoth King (Living), Naude |
| Imp Gaze | Inflicts/removes Imp to one target. | Lizard |
| Impmare | Inflicts/removes Imp to one target. | Angel Whisper |
| Imp Song | Inflicts/removes Imp to the party. | Provoker, Onion Dasher, Ultros (2nd), Dark Force, Flan Princess |
| Imp Touch | Inflicts/removes Imp to one target. | Anemone |
| Mind Blast | Inflicts Darkness, Zombie, Poison, Imp, Petrify, Doom, Silence, Berserk, Confuse, Sap, Sleep, Slow, or Stop on four random targets. | Ultima Weapon, Kaiser Dragon, Omega Weapon |
| Peck | Inflicts Imp to one target. | Tzakmaqiel |
| Program 55 | Inflicts Imp to one target. | Onion Knight |
| Remedy | Removes Darkness, Poison, Imp, Petrify, Silence, and Sap from one target. | Magic Urn |
| Tail | Inflicts Imp to one target. | Knotty |
Protection[]
| Relic | Ribbon, White Cape |
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Healing[]
| Ability | Soul Spiral (Blitz), Tapir (Dance) |
|---|---|
| Item | Green Cherry, Remedy, Sleeping Bag, Tent |
| Spell | Imp, Transfusion |
The party's status is also restored by sleeping at an inn or another lodging, and by using a healing pot.
Enemies[]
The following are immune to imp:
- Acrophies
- Actinian
- Aepyornis
- Ahriman
- Al Jabr
- Amduscias
- Anemone
- Angel Whisper
- Anguiform
- Antares
- Apparition
- Armodullahan
- Armored Weapon
- Aspidochelon
- Baalzephon
- Behemoth
- Belzecue
- Birthday Suit
- Black Dragon
- Blade Dancer
- Bomb
- Bonnacon
- Borghese
- Brachiosaur
- Brainpan
- Bug
- Cactuar
- Cadet
- Caladrius
- Cancer
- Cartagra
- Chaser
- Chimera
- Cirpius
- Cloud
- Cloudwraith
- Clymenus
- Coco
- Creature
- Cruller
- Crusher
- Crystal Dragon
- Daedalus
- Dante
- Dark Force
- Darkside
- Darkwind
- Death Machine
- Death Rider
- Death Warden
- Deepeye
- Delta Beetle
- Demon Knight
- Devil
- Devourer
- Dinozombie
- Dragon
- Dragon Aevis
- Dropper
- Duel Armor
- Enuo
- Eukaryote
- Exocite
- Exoray
- Face
- Fiend Dragon
- Flan
- Fortis
- Fossil Dragon
- Galypdes
- Gamma
- Ghost
- Gloomwind
- Glutturn
- Gorgimera
- Grasswyrm
- Great Behemoth
- Great Dragon
- Greater Mantis
- Grenade
- Harvester
- Heavy Armor
- Hexadragon
- Hornet
- Humpty
- InnoSent
- Intangir
- Io
- Joker
- Junk
- Killer Mantis
- Knotty
- Land Grillon
- Land Ray
- Landworm
- Lenergia
- Lesser Lopros
- Level 10 Magic
- Level 20 Magic
- Level 30 Magic
- Level 40 Magic
- Level 50 Magic
- Level 60 Magic
- Level 70 Magic
- Level 80 Magic
- Level 90 Magic
- Litwor Chicken
- Living Dead
- Lunatys
- Luridan
- Magic urn
- Magna Roader (Purple & Red & Yellow & Brown)
- Mahadeva
- Malboro
- Mandrake
- Marchosias
- Maximera
- Medusa Chicken
- Mega Armor
- merchant
- Metal Hitman
- Misfit
- Misty
- Moonform
- Mousse
- Mover
- Muud Suud
- Nautiloid
- Neck Hunter
- Necromancer
- Nettlehopper
- Nightwalker
- Oceanus
- Onion Dasher
- Onion Knight
- Opinicus Fish
- Ouroboros
- Outcast
- Outsider
- Oversoul
- Pandora
- Paraladia
- Parasite
- Platinum Dragon
- Pluto Armor
- Poplium
- Prometheus
- Proto Armor
- Provoker
- Psychos
- Punisher
- Rafflesia
- Rock Wasp
- Rukh
- Samurai Soul
- Sandhorse
- Satellite
- Schmidt
- Scorpion
- Seaflower
- Sergeant
- Shambling Corpse
- Skeletal Horror
- Sky Armor
- Slagworm
- Specter
- Spitfire
- Sprinter
- Spritzer
- Still Life
- Suriander
- Test Rider
- Trapper
- Trillium
- Tumbleweed
- Twinscythe
- Tyrannosaur
- Tzakmaqiel
- Vampire Thorn
- Vasegiatta
- Vector Chimera
- Veil Dancer
- Venobennu
- Vilia
- Vulture
- Warlock
- Wartpuck
- Weredragon
- Wizard
- Wyvern
- Zeveak
- Zokka
- Zombie Dragon
- Zone Eater
- Zurvan
All bosses are immune to Imp except the following:
- Behemoth King (Living)
- Dadaluma
- Guard Leader
- Ipooh
- Number 024
- Siegfried (Colosseum)
Gallery[]
Etymology[]
Kappa are legendary creatures, a type of water sprite in Japanese folklore.
An imp is "a small, mischievous devil or sprite".