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Message: <blockquote data-quote="hong" data-source="post: 219438" data-attributes="member: 537">It's a good bet that the more outlandish and illogical a feature is, the more likely it is to be grounded in real-life myth, legend or folklore. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /> Just look at the hopping vampire's curse in OA, which requires you to hop up and down on a bed of sticky rice to avoid turning into a vampire.Folk tales don't have to worry about pragmatic-minded characters coming along with encyclopedic knowledge of all the supposedly mysterious demons and ogres they're fighting, and making a hash of the story. In a game, you have a problem.I would treat this metaphorically, as a hidden weakness that allows even the weakest hero to slay a terrifying demon, if he has the backing of the gods. Ie, substitute any other insta-kill weakness for the blessed crossbow bolt, and make the party work to find out what it is. For best results, you could even have the weakness vary by individual, so one rakshasa may be vulnerable to blessed crossbow bolts, another may be vulnerable to seeing its own reflection, a third may be vulnerable to running water, etc.</blockquote>