[gurps] Regeneration and Soul Stone

[Holmes, Erik]

> > The characters in my game just took down a very powerful creature 
> > who's Soul is hidden away using the Soul Stone spell. The creature 
> > regenerates like crazy (I am using a rule where 
> regeneration = 1/5 of 
> > HT and the creature had a 75 HT). The characters were 
> pretty thorough 
> > in destroying it though. (They cut off its head, then 
> burned it using 
> > a 6d6 Flame Jet for a good 10 mins).
> 
> You like high-power games, then?

How could ya tell ;)
 
> > Would this creature continue to regenerate after such destruction? 
> > What I mean is, would its body eventually regenerate out of 
> the ashes, 
> > or will it be forced into finding a new body?
> 
> I'd say the current body is dead.  -10 x HT means that a body 
> is completely destroyed.  It regenerates 15 hp/turn, but the 
> 6d6 flame jet does an average of 21 points of damage/turn, or 
> 7 points/turn above regeneration.  For ten minutes, that's 
> 4200 points of damage, well in excess of the 825 required to 
> destroy the body utterly (assuming you're starting from no 
> damage).  If that doesn't do it, nothing will.

So would this actually kill the creature or would it now just be a
spirit entity, or is the soul now trapped in the Stone?