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Best of the GURPS Forums: Not So Unkillable

I've been a long-time poster on the SJGames' forums, particularly the  GURPS  forums. Unfortunately, they've never been super-easy to search, and it seems to have gotten worse over time. So I thought it would be worth collecting some of the best stuff that's been posted on the forums somewhere else for ease of reference. Today's question: how do you build a monster that doesn't initially seem hard to kill (so not unmodified Unkillable), but can come back from the dead an unlimited number times, like infinite copies of Extra Life? Former GURPS  assistant line editor PK has an answer : In the Powers playtest, Kromm was emphatic that it is not a -50 point break (because Unkillable 2 by itself is still worth more than 50 points). IIRC, the consensus ended up hovering around -20%, but no one could decide so it never made it in.  (This was a very short introductory post for a blog—I expect it to be mostly a repository of things I'm worried will be lost if they exi...