As the sisters age and grow stronger in their magical abilities, their gifts grow and evolve with them. Prue, the eldest and the strongest, has the power of telekinesis – the ability to pindah objects with her mind. This later evolves to being able to form shields that block spells, as well. Her powers evolve to the point of being able to astral project, atau pindah her astral form outside of her body. Piper has the power to affect molecules, at first to slow them down, effectively “freezing” people/objects. As she grows lebih proficient, she can freeze only certain people atau only certain objects atau body parts as she wishes. Her powers grow to being able to speed up molecules as well, to the point of making the molecules pindah so fast that they explode. Phoebe, the youngest, possesses “inactive” powers: the power of premonition, which evolves into being able to receive visions of both the future and the past, levitation, and later empathy (the ability to both sense and tap into others' emotions).
The show's major focus is on the lives of the three women and on their bond as sisters; their cinta for each other forms the Power of Three and demonic attempts to break that power are a main point of the show. When Prue is killed, Piper and Phoebe discover that they have a hidden half-sister, Paige Matthews, who is the daughter of their mother and her Whitelighter, atau the magical equivalent of a guardian angel. Paige's Whitelighter blood mixes with her witchcraft heritage to give her a form of telekinesis, though she has to verbally call for objects to “orb” them where she wants them. As she learns to control the dual sides of her ancestry, Paige also learns how to heal people at will, to orb herself and others (the Whitelighter form of teleportation), and eventually she receives her own charges to train and protect as they learn witchcraft.
While the tampil primarily dealt with the sisters' familial bonds as well as their complicated personal lives, the charmed Ones faced many villains over the course of the series; from seasons one to four their main adversary was the sumber of All Evil, the most powerful demon ever to live, and his underlings. After their final battle, the charmed Ones were charged with fighting the remainders of the underworls and various other threats before facing the prophesied Ultimate Power in their final battle in order to usher in the selanjutnya generation of magical children.
Along with their many enemies, the charmed Ones' halaman awal was built over the Nexus, a mystical center of tremendous energy. The sisters also discovered that their particular Nexus is unique in that it is at the center of a pentacle, the symbol of witchcraft – five points that represented the five major elements, all equidistant from the Halliwell's manor. Over the series, many demons and warlocks fought to absorb the powers of the Nexus.
On puncak, atas of the supernatural issues in Charmed, the characters had to contend with serious issues in the day-to-day world of the mortals, such as relationships, careers, marriage, childbirth, illness and the deaths of their loved ones. The sisters also had to fight to prevent the exposure of the existence of magic to the community at large, contending with several police and FBI investigations. The final episode of season three, “All Hell Breaks Loose,” (directed oleh Shannon Doherty, who portrayed Prue), dealt exclusively with the disastrous consequences if the magical world were to be discovered.
