Specifically, he has two different means: One to avoid death by heroic causes (being tossed into the Volcano, sacrificed as year-king or eaten by trolls), and one to avoid death by age ("using up his body").
> Seriously, I assume this is to mean that he is unkillable (or at least,
> can resuscitate) in addition to his ability to get himself a new body?
A very early heroquesting article (reprinted in Arcane Lore) placed the "backdoor from the land of the dead" and "avoiding age" among the standard abilities for self-respecting heroes.
> Does this mean he only ever does the new body thing when his own
> personal magics burn it out?
Correct.
> Other than that, he just normally pops himself back to
> life? (Are there limits on his ability to do that trick?
> If you hack him into enough pieces, is it harder?)
Getting eaten by trolls doesn't stop that ability, no idea about making it harder. A similar ability was displayed by Takenegi after his first defeat against Sheng.
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