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Another player who was at the table during the incident sent me this meme after the problem player in question (they had a history) left the group chat.

Felt like sharing it here because I'm sure more people should keep this kind of thing in mind.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

ie they may be willing but after a long time ones idea of self will play a role in what one sees as “complete” and what gets regenerated

That is fascinating, do you mind elaborating? I'm reminded a little of the "ship of Theseus" concept. Like, would the initial regeneration of a limb affect the quality of future healing and/or regeneration, or is it more of a long-term psychological effect like "my arm is back, but I don't 'feel' like this is my real arm"?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Not the person you asked, but I think the idea of “self” in this case is “how do you picture yourself when you imagine yourself whole/healed.”

Born without a limb 30 years ago? You likely can’t regenerate it, because when you picture who you are, you’re a one limbed person.

But it plays in other ways as well. For instance, while regenerate may technically have the ability to regenerate problems such as the example from a meme a while back where a person had their appendix removed, the idea of self would inherently include their appendix being removed as that’s the only way they could see themselves as whole/healed.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

Exactly, how one sees themselves as complete and whole plays a role in it.

Plus there's the whole "if you were born without, that's at most your complete state."

So if someone was born without an arm they'd need a lot more than Regenerate to get that arm, it's take a True Polymorph to get it.