Red Silver

Red Silver is a magically enchanted silver bullet made by Sorcerous Armaments Inc. (often hiring TekhMage as a consultant). It's cost is tremendous because they are lethal anti-supernatural weapons. First of all, they are technically silver, but they "hit with the power of steel" and thus have 90% of the hitting power. However, most supernatural warriors refuse to wear armor anyways. Basically, when the Red Silver pierces, a red glow appears on the targets. The Red Silver will work on ordinary humans, but they inflict 10% damage (the steel enchantment only works on supernaturals) and just splotch red paint. However, the following debilitating effects will happen when a supernatural creature is hit:

• The "red" tracer ("fire white" in the case of red targets) glows like a flashlight, revealing the demon's location even in deep darkness. Furthermore, there is the Red Silver Tracker that will home in on those nailed by the Red Silver. It does not identify which being it is, but each Red Silver has a slightly distinctive aura (with 500,000 different "frequencies"). True professionals will remember what bullet they used on each being.
• Metamorphed supernatural beings must transform back into their true shape. And if their true shape is stronger, they only get 50% of the power bonus!
• The bullets ignore 50% of the target's defensive value. This even applies to vampires and werewolves, who are normally immune to weapons (even if they weren't already vulnerable to silver)!
• The bullets prevent 200% of their damage from being regenerated (i.e. the damage of the Red Silver itself and an additional equivalent blow). The bullets cause intense pain, a new sensation to many supernatural beings.
• If the bullet stays in for too long, a sort of poison similar to gangrene from having a metal spike in one's body for too long will happen. Supernatural beings will normally take the "stick" of removing the bullet (allowing a tracker to hunt them down to where they will remove it), but if they don't, the poison will probably make them eventually.
• If you are convinced by the difference between a creature of magic (dragon) vs. a supernatural (demon), then merely half all of Red Silver's effects on creatures of magic.
• All penalties last until the bullet is removed. The bullet has a special magical adhesive that prevents magical removal, so only another very strong person will be likely to remove the bullet. And the tracer effect lasts for several hours after the bullet is removed (although the track will get weaker)!

Cost: 2000 GP per bullet (regardless of caliber, within a reasonable limit; i.e. a 9 foot spike will NOT cost merely 2000 GP). Armor-Piercing Red Silvers will sell for 2500. Rocket-Propelled Red Silvers sell for 3000. Add 50% for shotgun shells. The tracker sells for 20,000, has a range of 5 miles, and hooks up to most homing, Instant Recall, or sensor systems. A clip of 100 will sell for 180,000 (bulk discount); 185,000 if frequencies are specified. A Red Silver grenade sells for 20,000 and is essentially a fragmentation grenade. A Red Silver Gas Grenade is 40,000 and sends miniature Red Silver shards into the air. Multiply the price by 2.5 if the person wants to be able to have 100% of steel's capacity on supernaturals and 60% on people.