Npc’s can be affected by everything that can affect the player. Monsters on the other hand are tireless, indefatigable, fearless*, feel no pain and are represented with a single health bar with no anatomy whatsoever.
That means the first thing on your list is possible while everything else isn’t.
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* Not true for all monsters, notably Mi-Gos know true fear.