Punching someone into a "Fine Red Mist"

[johndallman]

Originally Posted by malloyd

All the -10xHP limit was originally for was to create a distinction between "mostly dead" and "all dead" for purposes of resurrection magic. Trying to stretch it to totally vaporized as always been nonsense.

And is not supported by the rules:

Originally Posted by Basic Set, p. 419

200 points of arrow wounds leave a messy but recognizable corpse; 200 points of fire injury leaves nothing but an unrecognizable lump of charcoal.