What are Lion-Os powers and what all can the Sword of Omens do, anyway?
He has power over all cats. This was established in “Lord of the Snows” when he ordered Snowmeow to halt. His gauntlet, or claw shield, has different grappling capablities and serves as a kind of shield, deflecting laser blasts, swipes with a sword or ax, etc. And yes, in one episode (can’t recall the specific one atm, but I just watched it on my tapes the other day!) Lion-O does shoot something out his clawshield — it was some kind of gas that temporarily confused his enemies — a smoke screen, if you will. As for the Sword of Omens, sheesh. It’s got a list of powers. In the first batch of 60 or so eps, it was more limited in its powers, and I kind of preferred that. Later in the series, it pretty much could do anything Lion-O wanted it too, which seemed unbalanced and perhaps just an easy way out of a plot that couldn’t otherwise have resolution inside 22 minutes. Anyhow, I’ll do my best to remember what all it can do: *Powers of Second Sight (though, it will only tell Lion-O what’s