Demon fast healing cancelled by cold iron / good damage?


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Subject says it all: is a demons fast healing cancelled or negated by taking cold iron/good damage? Even just the damage dealt by that attack?

My group's fighting a certain quasit and it's giving them a fair bit of grief.

Grand Lodge

Unless specifically stated otherwise (as for infernal healing), fast healing is cancelled and negated by death.


Starglim wrote:
Unless specifically stated otherwise (as for infernal healing), fast healing is cancelled and negated by death.

Right. So if we're all out of spells, and we've only got 10 cold iron arrows... Looks like we're making a run for it for now.


Stuff it into a bag and drown it then. Worked for my group. ;)


The Fool wrote:
Stuff it into a bag and drown it then. Worked for my group. ;)

I'd love to, but she's 20 feet in the air and refuses to come down. We're trying to net it, but that's not going so well

Scarab Sages

You may be thinking of regeneration, which is temporarily switched off for a round, if the target takes damage of the listed type.

Eg a troll can be in low negative hit points (more than minus CON), but can't die from hp loss, unless you burn it, then it's regeneration temporarily fails, and it dies normally.


Jakken wrote:
The Fool wrote:
Stuff it into a bag and drown it then. Worked for my group. ;)
I'd love to, but she's 20 feet in the air and refuses to come down. We're trying to net it, but that's not going so well

It's for times like these that I always pack either a lasso or a net if I can afford it. :/

What's your group and what do you have on you?

Liberty's Edge

None of you has a few magic missile?

Sleep? a bit strange, but the Demon subtype don't give immunity to sleep, AFAIK. The outsider type say "but do not need to eat or sleep (although they can do so if they wish)" so it don't seem that outsider are immune to sleep. You could compare that with the elemental subtype: "Elementals do not breathe, eat, or sleep."

Even with normal arrows if you have a few archers you should do enough damage to overcome his DR and his fast healing. If you are low level a strong guy with a sling do more damage than a archer with a bow with a strength rating of +0.

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