Limb Regeneration

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Can werewolves regenerate limbs?

Yes, but only if all limbs were present before the bite
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Yes, no matter what
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11%
2 - Doesn’t really care either way
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51%
3 - They’re pretty cool I guess, but they aren’t an obsession
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11%
 
Total votes: 65

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Akela wrote:You are correct, I'm too lazy to search for the "mice" topic but I know mice can do no such thing.
Ahem...

http://www.wired.com/news/medtech/0,1286,68962,00.html
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Yeah, but that's a genetic anomoly, and mice don't normally drop their tails and regenerate them as a defense mechanism.
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Lupin wrote:Yeah, but that's a genetic anomoly, and mice don't normally drop their tails and regenerate them as a defense mechanism.
Yeah, I know.

I believe I allready said that.

...anyway...yeah.

Those mice are werid.
Tails falling off is gross.
Unreasonable immortality is silly.


What about werewolves that are a little more supernatural in nature?

What level of regeneration would be reasonable (in your preferential opinion) for that kind of werewolf?
(the kind that can change size and shape in impossible ways, are sensitive supernatural forces, possibly under a spell or curse, etc.)
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Vuldari wrote:What about werewolves that are a little more supernatural in nature?

What level of regeneration would be reasonable (in your preferential opinion) for that kind of werewolf?
I could see anything from super-fast healing, to regerating from red mist, depending on magic involved and the skill of the user wielding it.
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Vuldari wrote:
Lupin wrote:Yeah, but that's a genetic anomoly, and mice don't normally drop their tails and regenerate them as a defense mechanism.
Yeah, I know.

I believe I allready said that.

...anyway...yeah.

Those mice are werid.
Tails falling off is gross.
Unreasonable immortality is silly.


What about werewolves that are a little more supernatural in nature?

What level of regeneration would be reasonable (in your preferential opinion) for that kind of werewolf?
(the kind that can change size and shape in impossible ways, are sensitive supernatural forces, possibly under a spell or curse, etc.)
For a magic werewolf, I'll even tolerate the kind of uber-healing that lets them regrow a lost arm in mere minutes or seconds (preferablly minutes, though..)

Any more and...*bleh*.

Of course, when it comes to supernatural Werewolves like that, I like some silver weakness to balance out the healing, either by having silver damage healing capacity (of the entire WW, or just that one wound) or just do alot more damage (IE, cutting through WW flesh like a hot knife through butter).
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The point about the mice is that it's possible to regenerate that sort of thing, not that anything actually does it naturally.

For magical werewolves, I'm with you, Lupin; if the laws of reality as we know them don't restrict you, then why limit things? Of course, that also opens the door for more possible vulnerabilities, like Aki mentioned.
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Ralith Lupus wrote:I was referring to the oft-linked regenerative mice; as a breif summary, they were bred, by accident, to be able to regenerate almost anything. Tested examples range from the entirety of the tail to even a bit of the heart.
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But it'd get dulled over time. Plus, by fun, I meant potential for a good story. If there's no way to risk yer life, it's hard to build up tension. Well, I'd have trouble doing it, at least. Not that I'm much of a writer. You get the idea.
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Didn't they manage to kill it in the end? Besides, isn't it commonly agreed upon that that movie was simply an excuse for lots of guns, explosives, and highly paid pyrotechnics experts?
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Ralith Lupus wrote:Didn't they manage to kill it in the end? Besides, isn't it commonly agreed upon that that movie was simply an excuse for lots of guns, explosives, and highly paid pyrotechnics experts?
yes but who cares, it rocked!!! :jester2:

No but it makes the movie more intense know that the hero's chance of winning seems really really slim and that makes the audience more interested in it.
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Ralith Lupus wrote:For magical werewolves, I'm with you, Lupin; if the laws of reality as we know them don't restrict you, then why limit things? Of course, that also opens the door for more possible vulnerabilities, like Aki mentioned.
Yeah, as long as it's internally consistant, I don't really see a problem with it. I just start to get annoyed when you start mixing and matching things.
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Shadow Wulf wrote:No but it makes the movie more intense know that the hero's chance of winning seems really really slim and that makes the audience more interested in it.
But our heros are werewolves!
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Oooooh if the werewolf were a hero :o ok, I thought you meant if the werewolf was the bad guy, ok then yeah regeneration should be pretty lmitied and all.
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Not a fan of regrowing anything much bigger than say a finger or two at most...

I mean, whats the point?


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Werewolf: Oh God! My ARM He just shot off my freaking ARM! (assorted pained screaming)

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Werewolf: Oh, wait, nevermind. It's back.
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Mrh. Whenever I vote yes on this sort of thing, I assume they mean realistic regeneration, as in the sort of thing that takes at least a few months to regrow an entire limb.
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ChaosWolf wrote:Not a fan of regrowing anything much bigger than say a finger or two at most...

I mean, whats the point?


Hunter: (Shoots big-a** gun at werewolf... arm explodes)

Werewolf: Oh God! My ARM He just shot off my freaking ARM! (assorted pained screaming)

*SCHLORP-POP!*

Werewolf: Oh, wait, nevermind. It's back.
I now have that seen from DB in my head where Piccolo regenerates his arm in my head, but with a werewolf.
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Lupin wrote:
I now have that seen from DB in my head where Piccolo regenerates his arm in my head, but with a werewolf.

I seen that episode. But was it in DBZ? Or both DB and DBZ?
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Probably both, he does it a couple of times.
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You guys are exaderating I think a werewolf regrowing an arm would take atleast a couple of months.
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Shadow Wulf wrote:You guys are exaderating I think a werewolf regrowing an arm would take atleast a couple of months.
No...it won't grow at all.
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Shadow Wulf wrote:You guys are exaderating I think a werewolf regrowing an arm would take atleast a couple of months.
Well that just depends now doesn't it.
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Figarou wrote:
Shadow Wulf wrote:You guys are exaderating I think a werewolf regrowing an arm would take atleast a couple of months.
No...it won't grow at all.
but the way you guys think when I say regenerate you automaticly think that it will appear 2 seconds after losing it.
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Shadow Wulf wrote:
Figarou wrote:
Shadow Wulf wrote:You guys are exaderating I think a werewolf regrowing an arm would take atleast a couple of months.
No...it won't grow at all.
but the way you guys think when I say regenerate you automaticly think that it will appear 2 seconds after losing it.

no..I'm not thinking that.

I'm saying.....if a werewolf loses an arm, its gone for good.
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Figarou wrote:no..I'm not thinking that.

I'm saying.....if a werewolf loses an arm, its gone for good.
Not if he finds the arm again later!
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Lupin wrote:
Figarou wrote:no..I'm not thinking that.

I'm saying.....if a werewolf loses an arm, its gone for good.
Not if he finds the arm again later!

And uses the arm as a club just like "Roshen One-Arm." :roll:
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yeah ,wha tif he buried the arm for safekeeping and eating later?
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