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Message: <blockquote data-quote="DracoSuave" data-source="post: 4495860" data-attributes="member: 71571">Immunity and Resistance aren't even related.Resistance only works on damage, nothing else, and only subtracts damage, not affecting other aspects of a power, regardless of the power's keywords.Immunity keys off the keywords of a power, so for example, you could have a monster that has Vulnerability to Radiant 5, and Immunity to Fear (not an unthinkable idea), and it'd take no damage from Dire Radiance because Dire Radiance (a Fear power) cannot affect it at all.  Not only would it not take damage from the initial blast, it wouldn't take damage for moving closer to the Starlock.  However, without the Immune to Fear, it would actually take the damage, and Vulnerability would trigger on the damage.That's the difference between damage types and keywords.  Damage types affect only singular instances of damage, whereas keywords affect the entire power, regardless of damage types.Another example of how this works:If a creature has resistance thunder 5, and you hit it with booming blade, it'll take the initial 1[W]+Int Mod damage because that's untyped damage.  However, the damage it deals if the monster moves away (1d6+Con Mod thunder damage) will be reduced by resistance.Keywords don't give the power damage-types, damage-types define the power's keywords, if that makes sense.</blockquote>