Invulnerability

**Invulnerability** is the ability to withstand any amount of physical damage or harmful force, causing little if any harm or pain to the individual.

Not to be confused with Immortality.

## Levels of Invulnerability

### Nigh Invulnerability

*Impossible to kill.*

* Deities - Can only be harmed by other powerful gods or divine weaponry.

### Advanced Invulnerability

*Can be killed with a lot of difficulty.*

* Angel - Angels are vulnerable to divine weaponry and higher beings.
* Demon - Demons are able to be killed with divine weaponry or by higher beings.
* Daimon - No mortal weapon can cause them harm, only a god is capable of killing them.
* Loa - Only a god, or a weapon of a god can harm and/or kill a Loa.
* Nymph - Certain Nymph types are only vulnerable to divine weaponry or higher beings.
* Demigod - They are immune to conventional most forms of harm, and are quite difficult to kill.

* Shtriga - Vulnerable only to consecrated iron bullets, when they are feeding.
* Phoenix - Vulnerable to iron.
* Hecatonchire - Can only be killed by gods or by a weapon of a god.
* Soul Eater - They can only be killed by the use of magic.
* Leshy - Their weaknesses have not been recorded in lore, but gods and divine weaponry can kill them.
* Hellhound - Hellhounds cannot be killed by conventional means or weapons. However, they can be killed with divine weaponry, or by Deities or Angels.
* Jotunn - They are invulnerable almost all forms of harm, and can only be killed by Deities or divine weaponry.
* Kyklopes - Gods and divine weapons can destroy them.
* Tengu - Can only be killed by each other, divine weaponry, or by gods.
* Draugr - Only complete destruction of their bodies will kill them.
* Gigante - Only a god or a weapon of divine origin can kill a Gigante.
* Tanuki - Vulnerable only to gods and divine weaponry.

### Medium Invulnerability

*Can be killed with some difficulty.*

* Fairy - Fairies are vulnerable to silver and iron.
* Nymph - Nymphs are by default are invulnerable to conventional human weapons.
* Ghost - Salting and burning their remains will put them to rest.

* Nachzehrer - Can only be killed by placing a copper coin in their mouth then beheading them.
* Kanaima - Vulnerable to magic and can be killed via decapitation while possessing a host.
* Qareen - Can be killed using iron, and can be harmed with silver.
* Rawhead - Vulnerable to high electrical currents of 100,000 volts.
* Pontianak - Can only be killed by first driving a iron stake through the back of their necks, then decapitating them with an iron machete.
* Musca - In theory, vulnerable to brass nails dipped in sugar water.
* Oni - Vulnerable to having significant damage done to their third eye.
* Vodyanoy - Only killed by removing them from their water source until they suffocate to death.
* Myling - Vulnerable to being brought inside a cemetery.
* Mandragora - Being incorporeal beings, they cannot be harmed by conventional weapons.
* Abiku - Vulnerable to being stabbed with iron weapons.
* El Naddaha - Can only be killed by a knife made out of pure silver.
* Yuki-onna - Vulnerable only to extreme heat temperatures.

### Low Invulnerability

*Can be killed moderately easily.*

* Nephilim - Vulnerable to decapitation, divine weaponry, and higher beings.
* Dragon - Can be killed by decapitating them with an iron sword.
* Okami - Killable by being stabbed seven times with a bamboo dagger blessed by a Shinto priest.
* Banshee - Stabbing a Banshee in the heart with a blade made of pure gold will kill them.
* Shojo - Killable with a katana that has been blessed by a Shinto priest.
* Vampire - Can be killed by beheading or wooden stakes.
* Siren - Can only be killed with a bronze dagger coated in the blood of somebody under the spell of the song.
* Gorgon - Can be killed by beheading with a silver blade.
* Marid - Vulnerable to decapitation.
* Aswang - Can only be killed by dismemberment or a sting ray tail blade.
* Pishacha - Can be killed by being stabbed with a sword consecrated with an unspecified Hindu blessing.
* Nix - Vulnerable to hearing their own names.
* Dvergr - Vulnerable to sunlight.
* Chupacabra - Killable by beheading.
* Nakki - Possibly killed by decapitation.
* Strix - Presumably vulnerable to decapitation.
* Troll - Vulnerable to being exposed to direct sunlight.
* Undine - Vulnerable to extreme heat, if they married a human, then they are vulnerable to aging and disease as well.
* Daeva - Vulnerable only to light.
* Hupia - Can only be killed by being beheaded with an iron weapon.
* Ljosalfar - Vulnerable only to beheading.
* Dokkalfar - Can only be killed with exposure to sunlight.
* Nokk - Vulnerable to hearing their own names.
* Kelpie - Can only be killed with silver bullets, or by being stabbed in the flanks with an iron spear that has been heated in a fire.
* Each-uisge - Can be killed with heated iron hooks.
* Asura - Vulnerable to decapitation and Deities.
* Nacken - Can be killed via beheading.
* Rusalka - Killable by letting their hair dry or by avenging their deaths.
* Strigoi - Vulnerable to decapitation and heart destruction.

### Minimal Invulnerability

*Can be killed easily.*

* Arachne - Can be killed by decapitation.
* Buruburu - Are vulnerable to iron, salt, and magic.
* Kohonta - Vulnerable to being stabbed in the heart with a silver knife.
* Kitsune - Killable by stabbing in the heart.
* Djinn - Vulnerable to iron and fire.
* Werewolf - Werewolves are vulnerable to silver and decapitation.
* Pishtaco - Killable with a silver knife.
* Skinwalker - Are vulnerable to decapitation and being mortally wounded in their necks.
* Acheri - Vulnerable to iron and salt.
* Kappa - Vulnerable to spilling the water in their sara, or by severely damaging it.
* Selkie - Can only be killed by decapitation or stabbing their hearts.
* Vetala - Can be killed by stabbing the heart with a silver knife and twisting once.
* Satyr - Vulnerable to decapitation and dismemberment.
* Angiak - Can be killed by destroying their vessels.
* Vrykolakas - Vulnerable to decapitation, fire, dismemberment, and impalement through the heart.
* Rugaru - Can be killed with fire, decapitation, or a cypress stake dipped in dead man's blood.
* Wraith - Vulnerable to silver.
* Nagual - Decapitation will kill them.
* Loup-garou - Killable via silver or decapitation.
* Jiangshi - Killable by fire, sunlight, or by being stabbed with a wooden sword made from a peach tree.
* Crocotta - Can only be killed by stabbing the back of their neck.
* Harpy - Vulnerable to being burned.
* Rakshasa - Can be killed with a brass dagger.
* Mannegishi - Vulnerable to decapitation and dismemberment.
* Ghoul - Can be killed by beheading or head trauma.
* Lamia - Vulnerable to blessed silver knives, or being burned after being seasoned with rosemary and salt.
* Doppelganger - There are no records of anyone actually killing a Doppelganger, however it is safe to assume they are invulnerable to some degree to conventional methods of killing.
* Zombie - They are invulnerable to stab wounds and gunshots.
* Cambion - They cannot be harmed with conventional methods.
* Dhampir - Vulnerable to decapitation.
* Zanna - Are vulnerable to iron.
* Witch - They are vulnerable to magic and fire.