(81.0) Issues

Got far afield and forgot about the dying part.

At the high level, “It’s Tizzy don’t look for logical or factual consistency” works well.

However, yes they can die if they lose the will to regenerate but that is actually only after very very severe dismemberment/disintegration.

If you leave major pieces of the body intact, it’s pretty involuntary. The regeneration isn’t particularly “conscious” so you have to be really worn down and out of mana to do that.

The demons who work in Lillith’s dungeons, for example, are quite aware of this possibility and so are careful to ensure that they don’t go too far. Just like human torturers will work to keep the person alive but in pain, so the demon torturers will work to not let you get to a point where you won’t regenerate.

Also, the will to live is generally very strong; particularly with demons and overachieving Knights Rampant. So instinctively they will be averse to not regenerating at the core of their being; “where there is life, there is hope” etc. So, as a torturer you would have to judge that. A demon who has been tortured for several thousand years is far more likely to give up and not regenerate than one that has only been there a few decades.

Also, if your mana level is too low, and you have not much of anything left but a few cells, you will have to reaccumulate enough mana and that can take a while. More time to give up.

Finally, if someone “eats” your animus, you are definitely permanently toast.