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Quick question on the classification of subtypes.
Subtypes can be grouped into some large categories, i.e. energy (cold, fire, electricity, etc.), element (air, earth, fire, water), miscellaneous (mythic, incorporeal, extraplanar, native, etc.), but what about racial subtypes? All humanoids get a racial subtype, but what about subtypes like angel, demon, etc. that specific a race (species?) but applied to other types? Are they considered racial subtypes or a different classification? So if a template says a base creature loses all racial subtypes does that include these "species" subtypes?
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"Demon" describes a pretty broad group of creatures (certainly more diverse than a species), but of a shared origin. The Bestiary states "Demons are the most prolific and among the most destructive of the fiendish races..." and similarly "Archons are a race of outsiders from Heaven..." If the template in question can apply to outsiders, I think the outsider groups would count as racial subtypes.
Demon isn't a subtype.