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So I was thinking of writing up something to give to my friends on demon hunting in Pathfinder. I have come up with a little bit (I"ll post what I have below), but what do you think are the necessities for demon hunting in pathfinder, and items that might compliment it very well. What I have so far is below.
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So you are looking at doing some demon hunting are you? Boy I tell you what; it’s not like hunting some ducks. Demon hunting is a hero’s job. It’s rough, it’s rugged, and it is plain ole righteous.
Thing Every One Knows About Demons
(Taken from the Demon Hunter’s Handbook, paraphrased)
1. Demons are a chaotic bunch of evil trash coming out of the abyss.
2. Is your grandma acting funny? She might have a demon in her! That’s called possession. Yes, demons are capable of jumping into people’s bodies. They sure do like to make campground out of some sweat piece of meat and setup home. That’s how they begin to wreak havoc on this material plane.
3. Demons spawn from the nastiest of people. The down right evil kind who don’t pay no mind to the laws at all. What’s worse is that whatever vices, you know that really good feeling stuff that is really bad, they indulge in the most directly relates to what type of demon they might become! Lucky for us that gives us some variety in the demon hunting field.
4. How do we get a such good hunting season on demons? Lucky for us there have been a whole bunch of cultist or some wack job wizards summoning them lately. These bad boy demons got summoned right up here on to old Golarion. You know that big bad hunting ground called the Worldwound? Yes sir, that place is the residue of some evil mojo demon summoning that went all sorts of wrong. Lucky for us that keeps demon hunting a year round sport. All I got to say is bag’em and tag’em. Its hunting time!
5. Finally when you go hunting demons, do make sure to keep plenty of cold iron, magic, silver and if possible good-aligned weapons on you. These bad boys got some nasty resistances that can only be overcome by having the right materials for the job.
Some Recommended Gear:
1. Cold Iron Weapons – The most common resistance demons have to offer. Slash’em, shoot’em, pierce’em, whatever; just make sure to plug them full of cold iron.
2. Wand of Dimensional Anchor – Those pesky demons sure do like to jump around a lot, particularly them succubi. If you are looking at getting a kill, you best make sure them demons aren’t disappearing on your tail before you can stick it to them. The wand is nice if you ain’t got no wizard, sorcerer, cleric or oracle in your party; because the truth is unless you anchor them nasties they are going to go all *puff* *puff* on you tail. And if you can’t get one of these but got a ranger in your party, you might want to consider an Anchoring Trap (DHHB 7) which also imprisons the nasties for 1d4 rounds.
3. Abjurant Salt. Cost 600gp. The salt can be poured in a circle with a diameter of 5 feet or a straight line up to 15 feet long. While the line of salt remains unbroken and undisturbed, evil summoned or called creatures cannot physically cross it or interfere with it. These creatures can continue to make ranged or magical attacks over the line. Any other creature may disturb the line simply by scuffing it. The effects of the salt last as long as the line remains unbroken. Once laid, the salt cannot be recollected.
4. Cloak of Resistance : Those nasty old buggers like to get all up in your grill, in your mind, and however else they might make you dance. Having a good solid bonus to will, reflex, and fort saves will definitely come in handing in helping you not to fall prey to a demon. A must have item.
5. Exorcism Kit : 950g : It’s got Abjurant Salt, 3x Holy Water, Powdered Silver, and counts as an altar. If you find yourself in a situation where you need to cast a demon from some unlucky noble or your best bud, this is your go to item. (DHHB, 7)
6. Angel Quill Arrowheads. 10g (DHHB, 18) One of my personal favorite items when demon hunting. Those demons have all sorts of nasty damage resistance that will put a hurting on you hurting it. These bad boys strapped to your favorite arrows puts a hurting on the hurting. They regularly come in cold iron, but do also come for the save price in adamantine and silver. You fire one of these bad boys into those demonic bags of puss and now its damage resistance is reduced by 1 to whatever material you specifically used like cold iron for cold iron. You can have up to five of these bad boys sticking out of a demon at one time. The only downfall is the target can pull out a number of arrowheads equal to their dexterity bonus with a dc 15 heal check , but that’s a full round action or if it receives some sort of magical healing, these suckers will pop right out.
7. Azata’s Whimsy – Demons love to use confusion, heck sure do arcane spell casters. If you are afraid of killing your friends, particularly you guys with low will saves, this is a great item to get. Azata’s Whimsy redefines confusion effects upon you to a lesser degree. You will greatly reduce your chance of hurting your friends, you might deal non-lethal damage to yourself, and if you start babbling you might just inspire courage as a bard does to your friends. On a sidebar, if you ever needed to act like you’re a demon possessed to fool some poor fool, you can use this item up to 7 rounds each day to intentionally put yourself under the confused state.
8. Cold Iron Caltrop Beads. 80g Fire/throw one of these bad boys at them and they explode into a 10’ft radius field of cold iron caltrops.
9. Dagger of Repossession. 14,702g. Each day cut yourself and bleed a little bit into this dagger. Give it to a friend and if you become possessed they can restore you back to your right state mind with it.
10. Ring of Sustenance - One of the things the old vets in Mendev will tell you is when you go demon hunting is to don't eat, don't touch and don't even try to breathe in anything that has been around demons. You drink that funky water coming out from a demon pit, you are going to get all sorts of screwed up. Same thing goes for any game you might kill and try to eat that has been near demons. Don't do it. With a Ring of Sustenance you don't have to worry about starving so much and focus on killing these son of guns.
Useful Spells (and yes demons have high spell resistance!)
1. Dimensional Anchor – Best way to make sure the enemy does not escape. And yes, demons love to teleport.
2. ANTI-SUMMONING SHIELD – demons like to summon demons This puts a hurting on that – Bard 2, Inquisitor 3, Sorcerer/Wizard 2, Summoner
3. Detect Demon –cleric 1, inquisitor 1, paladin 1 – Functions like Detect Evil but for demons. Great usage for when going out in public and demon hunting. There will be evil people and creatures, but if you are concern there might be a demon in the crowd; use this.
4. Align Weapon
5. Summoning Spells - Particularly the celestials.
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So what would you add to this list to help newbe folks in hunting and surviving demons?