RM2 / RMC rule question: are there rules for hydra heads beyond the basics in C&T? Is the only way to kill a head to roll a random decapitation crit?
Answers from other editions are also appreciated as I may need to adapt them.
I've never played in a game using a Hydra but it is an interesting creature and question.
I had a look in the RM2 books and I've noticed a couple of things.
The description mentions in C&T "if killed" referring to a skull it regenerates unless the 'original'.
So it is actually not dependent on a decapitation critical.
Also on the large and super large critical tables I could not find any result explicitly stating decapitation (although there is at least one if using Arms Companion).
I would adjust critical results to apply as destroying a head where it fits the result.
It seems that Hercules destroyed the 8 mortal heads first before the last immortal one. Was this because the immortal head held back until the last?
If wanting to make for an epic battle the PCs may have to destroy all the mortal heads first.
Otherwise they could use skills to determine which is the immortal/original.