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** Whenever the designers remember that critters [[No Biochemical Barriers|don't all have the same metabolism]]…
*** Umber hulks are huge and tough, but jade treated in particular way is corrosive to their hides (mechanically, double damage) and nauseating. Drow make Jade Spiders — constructs with jaws and claws of this stuff, as hulks avoid places guarded by those.
** Rakshasas are devils who have always been ''very'' hard to hurt. In most edition, spells of level 7 or lower are worthless against them, non-magical weapons don't hurt them, and weapons that ''can'' hurt them do reduced damage. ''However'', a crossbow bolt that has been blessed by a Good-aligned cleric (this requires a common 1st-level spell) will kill one ''instantly''. Why crossbows? Nobody knows.
*** Nishruu (Eaters of Magic) consume magic, salt is poisonous to them.
*** ''[[Dark Sun]]'' has ranike tree, smoke of which is a repellent for all sorts of insects and insectoids, including abundant monstrous species and sapient [[Multi-Armed and Dangerous|kreen]].