A bane for lycanthropes?

[Tiltedleft]

Hey everyone,

I have a 4th level NPC who is being sent to a city newly infected with lycanthropes. My idea was for them to be be geared up for this, specifically with lycanthrope bane ammunition. (This particular NPC will have enough resources to afford it.) However, I see that lycanthropes remain humanoids, they just gain the shapechanger subtype.

While under the Bane description, it says to pick one subtype for humanoids, I'm not sure shapechanger is a valid choice. Is it?

If not, any suggestions on lycanthrope fighting equipment that might be useful for a ninja? (The PCs are much higher level, so no need to fear the NPC outshining them, but I'm trying not to make it ridiculous.)

[Matrix Dragon]

As far as I know, there isn't any reason why you couldn't get humanoid (shapechanger) bane ammunition. Shapechanger is just another subtype, and the rules for bane weapons say that you can pick any humanoid subtype.

Edit: You could also just give him something based on the Shifter's Sorrow weapon: http://paizo.com/pathfinderRPG/prd/coreRulebook/magicItems/weapons.html#shi fter-s-sorrow

[Tiltedleft]

Thanks Matrix Dragon. I had forgotten about Shifter's Sorrow. Good thinking.