Haley discovers Sabine's greatest weakness—or at least narrows it down to one of two.

Cast

• Haley Starshine ◀ ▶
• Sabine ◀ ▶

Transcript

Panel 1

Haley fires 2 arrows at Sabine. "twang! twang!"
Haley: I *knew* you were evil the whole time! Look at you!
Sabine: Of course! The archfiends sent me to serve as Nale's concubine and advisor. That kid's got serious potential, you know.

Panel 2

2 arrows hit Sabine with another incoming, with no apparent effect. "thunk! thunk!"

Panel 3

Sabine: Eeeeevil potential!
Sabine plucks the arrows out of herself. "pluck!"

Panel 4

Haley (thinking): Eeek! She's got damage reduction! My regular arrows can't hurt her at all!!

Panel 5

Haley holds a blue-flighted arrow and a red-flighted arrow.
Haley (thinking): OK, think, Haley. If she's a demon, she's vulnerable to cold iron. BUT if she's a devil, she's vulnerable to silver.

Panel 6

Haley (thinking): But which is it?? Which one??

Panel 7

Sabine: I think I'm gonna drain a level for each time you've called me a skank.
Sabine: Ah, who am I kidding, I'm gonna drain them all anyway.
Sabine: Here I come!

Panel 8

Haley: I'm so glad I took Manyshot.

Panel 9

Haley: Eat obscure alchemical metal, fiend-skank!
Haley shoots Sabine with both arrows at once, "TWANG!", "thunk!"
Sabine: YEEEAAAGHHH!

Panel 10

Sabine: That hurt!! Screw this, I'll take my chances with the monsters.

Panel 11

Sabine flies into the distance.
Sabine: But trust me, you haven't seen the last of me, bitch!

Panel 12

Haley: Darn it! She got away! I can't believe I let her get away!

Panel 13

Haley stands there, looking annoyed.

Panel 14

Haley: And I still don't know which arrow hurt her!

D&D Context

• Demons and devils have damage reduction that can be bypassed by using silver or cold iron, respectively. However, as they are both very well-populated monster categories, it can often prove tough to keep track of which particular evil being is a demon and which is a devil. Succubi are demons, therefore their damage reduction is bypassed by cold iron, while erinyes are devils, and weak to silver, with both having roughly similar appearances (attractive, noticeably malevolent-looking winged humanoids). Sabine was later confirmed to be a succubus.
• Manyshot is a Feat that allows a character to shoot more than one arrow at the time (with every additional arrow substantially lowering the chance to hit).

Trivia

• Heavy Metals are a group of elements in the periodic table that exhibit metallic properties.
• This is the first time Sabine refers to the the Archfiends that give her orders. It won't be until While the Fiend's Away... that these bosses are revealed as the Inter-Fiend Cooperation Commission.

External Links

• View the comic
• View the discussion thread
• Succubi demon properties - http://www.d20srd.org/srd/monsters/demon.htm