High Resistance

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## High Resistance

### Effects

Survive otherwise lethal attacks and high resistance to injury

### Alignment

Neutral

**High Resistance** is the passive ability to be resistant to attacks by weapons, or magic, or powers of other magical beings. This trait allows users to survive attacks that are otherwise lethal. It also grants users protection against their own powers.

This ability is not as powerful as Immunity or Invincibility, and demons with this trait can still be vanquished. It is a common attribute among powerful magical beings, most of which are upper-level.

## Overview

For this ability to be truly effective, a large amount of power/magic is required. This is because one's ability to survive attacks from weapons and various powers is connected to their power level.

An example of this is demons: some demons are naturally resistant to the powers of witches, while others will gain this ability if they have acquired several powers or the magic of an upper-level witch, although they can still be affected by direct attack, however, it would not wound them as much as it otherwise ought to. This attribute is also shared with Sirk, a human-demon hybrid, who became more powerful each time he killed one of his mortal relatives, because for each relative he killed, he gained a power in return.

However, powerful witches such as the Charmed Ones and the glue to the Charmed Ones can overcome this resistance and still vanquish demons who possess it, because they are not immune to vanquishing potions made from their own flesh, or being stabbed with athames, or magical powers of the very highest level—such as the Power of Three or Advanced Fire Throwing.

Certain witches and gypsies could also possess this resistance, the level of which is dependent on their respective amounts of magic, enabling them to survive otherwise lethal attacks by other magical powers or weapons. A prominent example of this would be the Charmed Ones: each and every sister has this trait naturally. However, when they come together, they form the Power of Three, which enables them to resist even the most powerful attacks, though it does not make them invincible.

Nevertheless, Phoebe and Penelope possesses a much stronger version of this power compared to Piper and Paige due to their empathic gift. Through Empathy, they habe an exceptionally high resistance to any power that they channels. When Phoebe was fighting Piper in Valhalla, she was able to withstand Piper's telekinetic attacks, three in total. In fact, they barely had any effect on her (only making her flinch a little), unlike Paige, whom Piper flung aside with just one wave of her hand.

Magical hybrids such as Whitelighter-Witches, Whitelighter-Cupid-Witches, Cupid-Witches, and Whitelighter-Cupid-Demon-Witches will also have this trait naturally, due to the fact that they are born from a union of two or more magical species and will gain the magic of both or all species.

It should be noted that this trait cannot be absorbed by the Hollow, witnessed when Piper and The Source's powers were absorbed by it, they still retained their High Resistance and were able to survive powerful offensive attacks such as fireballs from Upper-Level Demons.

As noted before, this trait is directly connected to a being's power. Therefore, if the user is somehow weakened, their resistance to harm diminishes. For example, The Source of All Evil was able to withstand several fireballs despite having his powers stripped by The Hollow.

## List of Users

Upper-Level Demons
* The Source of All Evil
* Zankou
* Manticores
* Furies
* Belthazor

Upper-level Witches and Warlocks
* The Charmed Ones
* Glue To The Charmed Ones
* Billie Jenkins
* Christy Jenkins
* The Phoenix
* Rowe Coven
* The Warren Line
* The Anderson Line

Other Upper-Level beings
* The Elders
* Cupids
* Darklighters
* Valkyries
* Wizards
* Whitelighters
* Guardian of the Urn