Powers and Abilities in The Films
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The Cenobites possess certain abilities unique to their own individual natures and appearances, but they do possess universal traits in varying degrees. They are separated from Earth by a dimensional rift called The Schism, which cannot be traversed without a dimensional bridge such as the Lament Configuration. They are bound by the pliable physics of their home dimension, which gives them the abilities of teleportation and remote viewing when present on Earth, but they are restricted in their use of it; the Cenobites cannot come to Earth without the aid of the Lament Configuration, and can remain only for the duration of their summoning. Once they have taken the person who has summoned them, they must return. The Cenobites have no reservations about the circumstances of the person who summons them; but they can distinguish whether the one who physically opened the box is the summoner is or merely a tool or an instrument of coercion. The box itself can be solved in two main fashions, one of which allows them to open the gateway from Hell, and a more complex method which can physically open the dimensional gateway from Earth.
Their powers manifest primarily in forms of telekinesis, which they can use to snatch objects from people or to manifest lengths of chain from their native realm to ensnare and render their victims into pieces. The Cenobites have a limited ability over death: victims can be tortured to the point of total discorporation and reconstituted indefinitely if taken alive, but they cannot resurrect a person who has died by hands other than their own. They have demonstrated near invulnerability to injury and pain inflicted by mortal weapons from Earth's dimension, implying that they can be stopped only with supernatural/mythical abilities, and banishment to their native plane. They have also demonstrated the ability to shapeshift in both the comics and later film sequels.
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