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Message: <blockquote data-quote="CapnZapp" data-source="post: 8081156" data-attributes="member: 12731">This isn't exactly hard.A reader might worry "but won't monsters become easy if you just slap a special materials weakness onto them?"Maybe a little. But remember, heroes won't be able to afford to have top of the line weapons for every monster. If a hero chooses to use a striking cold iron sword instead of a greater striking regular sword, the difference isn't big enough to worry about. The likelyhood of all heroes getting to make attacks exploiting the weakness is slim to none, except in cases where the party really prepares (and then they've earned it!)At most I'd slap a couple of extra hit points onto the monster.Perhaps something as simple as "twice the weakness" - so a monster with Weakness Darkwood 5 gets +10 hp. That way, two hits with the special material and everything else is a bonus.Or, you might use the hp addition from the existing Elite adjustment:[ATTACH=full]125484[/ATTACH]<a href="https://2e.aonprd.com/Rules.aspx?ID=788" target="_blank">Adjusting Creatures - Rules - Archives of Nethys: Pathfinder 2nd Edition Database</a>Either way, don't worry about it. Even if you forget to modify the monster, the players will hardly notice (from a mechanical "how many turns does it take to win" perspective. Players are much more likely remind you "isn't this an animal? shouldn't it be weak against my darkwood arrows?")</blockquote>