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** Trolls, while nocturnal, are not harmed by sunlight (except Ysgardian trolls, a different species entirely) and have a powerful regeneration ability, but are very susceptible to fire and acid, which are also very afraid of. They cannot regenerate injuries caused by either.
** 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. Even worse, he is the God of Secrets, meaning no secret can be kept from him; no mortal can plot or plan against him without him quickly learning every little detail of their plan. [[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 is concealed from his omnipotence (including his ability to discern secrets), 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.
* In ''[[Heavy Gear]]'', the advanced ''Black Mamba'' Gear - one of the more powerful designs in either of the two superpowers' armies - had exceptionally weak rear armour. The result is that Black Mambas could be (and routinely were in gameplay) easily defeated by lightweight ''Cheetah'' scout Gears. While the fluff text initially ignored this, the game's designers eventually acknowledged and lampshaded this weakness by having Mamba pilots clamouring for a solution to the "glassback" problem.
** Most [[Hover Tank|hovertanks]] have weak Underside facing, but it can be hit only when the vehicle moves over placed explosives or uses jump jets (to clear obstacles).
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