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** ''[[Dark Sun]]'' has the ranike tree - smoke from a fire made with its wood is a repellent for all sorts of insects and insectoids, including abundant monstrous species and the sapient [[Multi-Armed and Dangerous|kreen]].

** Rakshasas are devils who have always been ''very'' hard to hurt - in most editions, level 7 or lower are spells 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 (which requires a common 1st-level spell) will kill one ''instantly''. Why crossbows? Nobody knows.

** Medusas can be petrified by their own reflection, but only in an actual mirror - other reflective surfaces like clear water or polished stone will not work. This seems to be a result of the curse that affected a society of vain, narcissistic and beautiful women who tried to use black magic to preserve their beauty forever. These women became the first medusas, and whether they are [[Gorgeous Gorgon|gorgeous]] or otherwise, not being able to safely admire themselves in a mirror is part of their punishment.

** Vecna, the dreaded Oeridian [[God of Evil|God of Secrets]] in [[Greyhawk]], would likely crush any mortal who dared challenge him. He is a [[Physical God]], after all, and was a powerful lich even before becoming one: in the module ''Die Vecna Die'', his [[Evil Plan]]s cause him to ascend to the power of a Greater God who threatens to destroy the whole multiverse and remake it in his own foul image. [[Impossible Task|What are the heroes to do?]] Well, actually, due to a flaw in his plan, he does have a weakness. Anyone who assimilates one of his two infamous artifacts (the ''Hand and Eye of Vecna'') or one of his lesser Relics (the ''First Digit, Second Digit, Third Digit, Last Digit, Incisors, Molar, Scalp, Skin, Heart, Foot,'' and ''Right Eye'', all parts of his original body) is immune to his divine abilities, and anyone wielding the ''Sword of Kas'' (a weapon he forged as a mortal lich and gave to his [[The Starscream|traitorous lieutenant Kas]]) can injure him. While the ''Eye of Vecna'' is unavailable to the heroes in this story (Vecna’s rival Iuz gets it first), the Hand, Sword, and Relics are [[Boss Arena Idiocy|in Vecna’s palace in Caviticus]]. In short, they make it so that in the [[Final Battle]], Vecna must face them mano-a-mano - not that this will make it easy, of course.