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.
A great example is the spell “Regenerate” in DnD
It’s a 7th level spell so not many people will have access to it. And given the nature of wizards being super secretive about their spells it’s no surprise it’s not more common.
Also at my table I ruled that someone having such spells used on them can have the complexity of the idea of “self” play a role on what is healed. 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
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”?
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.
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.
