Unlike other angels, Gabriel is not occupying a human vessel- as the gods have been on earth long before angels, according to Kali, it’s unlikely that Gabriel was always Loki- more than likely, he took Loki’s body as his own and took over the gods identity. As such, the powers he should’ve lost by being apart from Heaven- as Castiel did- he managed to augment and support with a more powerful vessel. This also prevented him from burning through the vessel as he would a human one and allowed him to live safely amongst the pagan gods and giving him a much more resilient vessel. Like demons, an angel changes the properties of the blood of its vessel, although it’s not clear whether or not drinking angel blood has similar effects as drinking demon blood.
Gabriel has the ability to resurrect people, as evidenced by his repeated murdering and resurrecting of Dean during Mystery Spot, but this is a power he likely doesn’t use often. One can argue that since the ordeal took place in an alternate universe that Gabriel was merely acting in the parameters of his own world, but the way he says “that don’t mean I should” suggests that he has the power and chooses not to use it, because some things should be left alone- given the stir that raising people from Hell seems to have, it’s also likely that he would’ve drawn too much attention to himself. He may or may not be capable of healing anymore, given that seems to be one of the first things to go when cut off from Heaven, but the fact that he doesn’t use it may be indicative of the fact that he just doesn’t feel like doing it or never had a reason to.
Gabriel also doesn’t require sleep or food to survive, although he does eat his weight in sweets when he can. Also, he possesses an angel’s blade, which seems to be capable of killing anything. (It is, however, incapable of killing things not from his universe that have skin resistent to blades.)
An angel’s blade or holy fire is the only thing that can actually kill him, neither of which will be in heavy supply in the game. However, while his vessel can heal and sustain heavy damage, completely destroying it will leave him without a vessel and exposed- which is as much of a problem for everyone else as it is for him- an angel in true form can blind and even kill people if they lay eyes on them, and he’d have to take a surrogate vessel and angels can only take HIGHLY specific vessels and the vessel has to agree- there wouldn’t be anyone who would fit that bill in game. However, it’s been shown that an angel’s Grace can be trapped inside of objects- in one case, it was a simple vial. It’s not clear if the object has to be specific to hold it, but it can happen.
He’s not immune to powerful spells- the goddess Kali was able to bind him with a blood spell and the Whore of Babylon was able to incapacitate Castiel with a spell (although Cas is a minor angel- we’ll ignore that). Enochian wards can keep him in and out of places and he can be banished with a very specific banishing sigil drawn in blood. A ring of holy oil lit on fire can also effectively trap him. As archangels are extremely powerful, they’re extremely hard to beat. However, I’m willing to talk out with anyone what sort of abilities can and can’t work on him or what effects they might have, given I’m more fond of knocking Gabriel down a few pegs than I am having him pwn everything ever.
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Gabriel has the ability to resurrect people, as evidenced by his repeated murdering and resurrecting of Dean during Mystery Spot, but this is a power he likely doesn’t use often. One can argue that since the ordeal took place in an alternate universe that Gabriel was merely acting in the parameters of his own world, but the way he says “that don’t mean I should” suggests that he has the power and chooses not to use it, because some things should be left alone- given the stir that raising people from Hell seems to have, it’s also likely that he would’ve drawn too much attention to himself. He may or may not be capable of healing anymore, given that seems to be one of the first things to go when cut off from Heaven, but the fact that he doesn’t use it may be indicative of the fact that he just doesn’t feel like doing it or never had a reason to.
Gabriel also doesn’t require sleep or food to survive, although he does eat his weight in sweets when he can. Also, he possesses an angel’s blade, which seems to be capable of killing anything. (It is, however, incapable of killing things not from his universe that have skin resistent to blades.)
An angel’s blade or holy fire is the only thing that can actually kill him, neither of which will be in heavy supply in the game. However, while his vessel can heal and sustain heavy damage, completely destroying it will leave him without a vessel and exposed- which is as much of a problem for everyone else as it is for him- an angel in true form can blind and even kill people if they lay eyes on them, and he’d have to take a surrogate vessel and angels can only take HIGHLY specific vessels and the vessel has to agree- there wouldn’t be anyone who would fit that bill in game. However, it’s been shown that an angel’s Grace can be trapped inside of objects- in one case, it was a simple vial. It’s not clear if the object has to be specific to hold it, but it can happen.
He’s not immune to powerful spells- the goddess Kali was able to bind him with a blood spell and the Whore of Babylon was able to incapacitate Castiel with a spell (although Cas is a minor angel- we’ll ignore that). Enochian wards can keep him in and out of places and he can be banished with a very specific banishing sigil drawn in blood. A ring of holy oil lit on fire can also effectively trap him. As archangels are extremely powerful, they’re extremely hard to beat. However, I’m willing to talk out with anyone what sort of abilities can and can’t work on him or what effects they might have, given I’m more fond of knocking Gabriel down a few pegs than I am having him pwn everything ever.