[MH] Demon weaknesses

[JCurwen3]

Originally Posted by Rev. Pee Kitty

MH3 suggests that the GM give any "named" or similarly important demon a unique weakness. This can be something complex ("If a psalm is sung in his presence, every third attack from a silver weapon will cause him to sprout a dead limb, gradually weighing him down" -- don't laugh; this was the kind of thing that you'd actually see in real-world "demon-hunting manuals") or something more simple, like his DR and Injury Tolerances don't apply to attacks from a specific type of weapon.

It's always optional, but it can be a lot of fun, and it encourages research, which is a very good thing IMO.

Haven't had a chance to pick up MH3 yet. Are there actually "real-world 'demon-hunting manuals'" to be found out there? I imagine some might be listed in the Bibliography...

[PK]

Originally Posted by JCurwen3

Haven't had a chance to pick up MH3 yet. Are there actually "real-world 'demon-hunting manuals'" to be found out there?

Yes, though they're not labeled as such. I'm referring to the hand-written tomes painstakingly kept by old religious orders (the Catholic Church has many) that describe specific demons at great lengths. Some of those old orders took "fighting demons" very seriously -- though, to be honest, the vast majority of these demons were incorporeal spirits that possessed people (often loose women or other "morally bankrupt" folks) and their weaknesses were specific chants.

I imagine some might be listed in the Bibliography...

Individual MH books don't get their own bibliography. The only official flimography and bibliography for Monster Hunters can be found in Pyramid #3/31: Monster Hunters.

[Luke Bunyip]

I've just discovered that there are an entire class of alloys of gold, sliver and copper. They go under the names of Electrum, Goloid, Orichalcum, Corinthian Bronze, Shakudo and Hepatizon.

The later got my attention, as it literally translates from the Greek as 'liver'. The possibilities for confusion and mayhem...

[Christopher R. Rice]

Originally Posted by Luke Bunyip

I've just discovered that there are an entire class of alloys of gold, sliver and copper. They go under the names of Electrum, Goloid, Orichalcum, Corinthian Bronze, Shakudo and Hepatizon.

The later got my attention, as it literally translates from the Greek as 'liver'. The possibilities for confusion and mayhem...

I did not know of any of these 'cept the electrum and orichalcum...Sooo snitching some of these for my fantasy setting!

Thanks Luke!