Revenants

[Thanis Kartaleon]

I'm a bit confused as to how you destroy a revenant. It has hit points and all that, but there's that bit of text,

Revenant wrote:

[b]Reason to Hate (Su): …As long as the murderer exists, the revenant exists. If the murderer dies, the revenant is immediately destroyed.

So, can a revenant be destroyed or removed from combat by any means other than the death of its murderer?

[Brotato]

I asked JJ about this a long time ago, and he said that while the wording of that ability is admittedly a bit vague, it was intended that you are still able to destroy a Revenant by reducing its hp to 0, just like any other undead. The ability was originally intended to just clarify that once a revenant's murderer is slain, the revenant immediately is immediately destroyed, no ifs ands or buts.

[Thanis Kartaleon]

Ah. That is, unfortunately, not how I ran that encounter.

Rise of the Runelords Spoiler:

They decided to keep fighting the revenant until they killed it (my players don't like unkillable things, apparently). I'm going to have the phage grab her before she gets to Your Lordship; if they seem overwhelmed by the fight she'll break free.

[Brotato]

JJ also mentioned that if it served the greater storytelling aspect, he sees no problem doing something similar to what you appear to have done (make it "appear" destroyed by an ambiguous means [falling off a tower, being crushed under a roof] only to come back later.)

Rise of the Runelords Spoiler:

Just remember that once Aldern is destroyed Iesha will be immediately destroyed as well.