Hello, i recently look to the Hydra in 1st Bestiary and i have two questions:
1) When adventurers hit one of the Hydra heads, does it deal damage to the body too ?
2) If Hydra come to 0Hp but still have heads, she come back to life but does she have wounded ? If yes, can we kill and Hydra to bring her directly to dying 4 with her wounded conditions ?
P.S: I'm not native English, sorry for the mistakes
Hello, i recently look to the Hydra in 1st Bestiary and i have two questions:
1) When adventurers hit one of the Hydra heads, does it deal damage to the body too ?
2) If Hydra come to 0Hp but still have heads, she come back to life but does she have wounded ? If yes, can we kill and Hydra to bring her directly to dying 4 with her wounded conditions ?
P.S: I'm not native English, sorry for the mistakes
Hi.
1. No, you only deal damage to the head you Targeted. To damage the body, you have to Target the body.
2. The Hydra has Regeneration as long as it has heads or uncauterized stumps, so it cannot be taken to Dying 4, per the Regeneration Rules.
Regeneration
This monster regains the listed number of Hit Points each round at the beginning of its turn. Its dying condition never increases beyond dying 3 as long as its regeneration is active. However, if it takes damage of a type listed in the regeneration entry, its regeneration deactivates until the end of its next turn. Deactivate the regeneration before applying any damage of a listed type, since that damage might kill the monster by bringing it to dying 4.
Your English is certainly good enough to get the question across. :)
1) Considering they have separate HP listed, I would say no.
2) Hydra has Regeneration while it still has heads, meaning it can never increase past dying 3 unless you deactivate the Regeneration.
This monster regains the listed number of Hit Points each round at the beginning of its turn. Its dying condition never increases beyond dying 3 as long as its regeneration is active. However, if it takes damage of a type listed in the regeneration entry, its regeneration deactivates until the end of its next turn. Deactivate the regeneration before applying any damage of a listed type, since that damage might kill the monster by bringing it to dying 4.
Considering a Hydra's Regeneration only deactivates if you cut off all the heads & cauterize all the stumps - which kills it anyway - you can't kill it by just damaging the body or using the wounded/dying conditions.
EDIT: I take too long to type replies >.>...
Ok i see, thanks for the answers ;)