Regeneration

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Regeneration

	Physical
	4
	Regeneration
	no

Regeneration

Your wounds heal very quickly.

Your full natural healing rate applies in combat.
+(level based)% faster natural healing rate
(level based)% chance to regrow a missing limb each round
(level based)% chance to remove a minor physical debuff at random each round

Regeneration is a physical mutation which improves the player’s natural HP regeneration rate and allows the player to regrow lost limbs. This regeneration rate is applied in addition to the creature's normal HP regeneration rate.

Regeneration provides the ability to regrow missing body parts, with a level-based chance of occurring each turn. If the limb regeneration chance equals or exceeds 100%, the creature will be guaranteed to regrow a limb within one turn and, additionally, will be immune to decapitation. Note that only one limb can be regrown at a time, and parent limbs must be regrown before child limbs can be regrown (such as an arm needing to be regrown before a hand can then regrow).

Regeneration also has the ability to remove minor physical debuffs, such as Bleeding, with a level-based chance to do so each turn. At mutation level 5, this ability extends to any physical debuff, including diseases (such as Glotrot, Ironshank, and Monochrome) and their onset conditions (Sore throat, Stiff legs, and Blurry vision). Regeneration can cure Itchy skin beginning at mutation level 1, but it cannot cure Fungal Infections that have already developed.

Formulas

The following formulas are used to determine healing rate, bonus, change to regenerate limbs, and chance to remove debuffs (rounded down) based on mutation level.

Healing Rate Bonus	0.1 + 0.1 × Level
Limb Regen Chance	Level × 10
Remove Debuff Chance	1 + Level / 3

Advancement Table

Mutation Level	Regen Bonus	Limb Regen Chance	Remove Debuff Chance
1	+20%	10%	1%
2	+30%	20%	1%
3	+40%	30%	2%
4	+50%	40%	2%
5	+60%	50%	2%
6	+70%	60%	3%
7	+80%	70%	3%
8	+90%	80%	3%
9	+100%	90%	4%
10	+110%	100%	4%

Mutation Level	Regen Bonus	Limb Regen Chance	Remove Debuff Chance
11	+120%	110%	4%
12	+130%	120%	5%
13	+140%	130%	5%
14	+150%	140%	5%
15	+160%	150%	6%
16	+170%	160%	6%
17	+180%	170%	6%
18	+190%	180%	7%
19	+200%	190%	7%
20	+210%	200%	7%

Mutation Level	Regen Bonus	Limb Regen Chance	Remove Debuff Chance
21	+220%	210%	8%
22	+230%	220%	8%
23	+240%	230%	8%
24	+250%	240%	9%
25	+260%	250%	9%
26	+270%	260%	9%
27	+280%	270%	10%
28	+290%	280%	10%
29	+300%	290%	10%
30	+310%	300%	11%

Advantages & Disadvantages

This section is opinion-based. Your mileage may vary.

Advantages

• Gives the player easy access to limb regeneration, which normally requires specific resources, such as ubernostrum injectors, regeneration tanks, or hyperbiotic beds
• No limit on how many limbs a player can regenerate
• Increases the player’s passive HP regeneration
• Provides essentially full immunity to diseases at mutation level 5
• Provides immunity to decapitation at mutation level 10
• Provides essentially full immunity to fungal infections at mutation level 1

Disadvantages

• High Mutation Point cost at character generation
• The bonus to passive HP regeneration is too low to make a significant difference in most fights
• Limbs are dismembered very infrequently in Caves of Qud, and the “normal” methods of regenerating limbs are common enough to regrow any lost limbs
• hyperbiotic beds are easily found in Grit Gate, so a source of limb regeneration is always available if the player has a recoiler
• This mutation may lock you out of getting fungal infections, preventing you from gaining any benefits they bring

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