So the text is clear about how to permanaetly kill a Tier 9 Mythic hero but gives little information about coming back. Plus little mention when they are "not quite dead yet" issues. So here are a few questions I have (text of ability will be at bottom of post)
1. Where do they come back to life at? Where they died or some place random or close to them?
2. Does their old body reform (from whatever's left) or is it a new body?
3. Will they come back to life if not specifically killed? Such as petrification or if they starve to death?
Personally, here's my ideas on replies to my own questions:
1. I assume where they died. Though making it random, say 1d1000 miles from original death location, gives them a chance if they died in a hostile area (such as a volcano).
2. If I go with where they died, then old body reforms (even if dust). If I go with random location, then new body.
3. Petrification, they're stuck that way until at least the statue is destroyed. Though might have to wait until it's turned to flesh. I guess if they die from starvation, they're dead :)
Immortal (Su): At 9th tier, if you are killed, you return to life 24 hours later, regardless of the condition of your body or the means by which you were killed. When you return to life, you aren't treated as if you had rested, and don't regain the use of abilities that recharge with rest until you next rest. This ability doesn't apply if you're killed by a coup de grace or critical hit performed by either a mythic creature (or creature of even greater power) or a non-mythic creature wielding a weapon capable of bypassing epic damage reduction. At 10th tier, you can be killed only by a coup de grace or critical hit made with an artifact.
1) In this thread we concluded you come back in the same place.
2) I would say their old body heals if it's vaguely intact and that a new body forms if it's been disintegrated or vaporized by lava or something.
3) Petrification:
Petrified: A petrified character has been turned to stone and is considered unconscious. If a petrified character cracks or breaks, but the broken pieces are joined with the body as he returns to flesh, he is unharmed. If the character's petrified body is incomplete when it returns to flesh, the body is likewise incomplete and there is some amount of permanent hit point loss and/or debilitation.
You're not dead so you don't come back in any sense.
Starvation: I agree that dying w/o being killed is permanent. This fits with the way regeneration works, too.
Thanks. I appreciate the helpful response.
So the text is clear about how to permanaetly kill a Tier 9 Mythic hero but gives little information about coming back. Plus little mention when they are "not quite dead yet" issues. So here are a few questions I have (text of ability will be at bottom of post)
Usually tier 9 mythic characters are killed by mythic means so it rarely is an issue. Or they'll have someone in their party that will raise dead.