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Originally Posted by Varyon
there are several bits in Powers that indicate Regrowth should help with crippled (but not severed) bits.
For example, Regrowth Only (a Limitation) on Regeneration specifically notes how much it reduces crippling time
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P70 "repairs limbs, not HP" ?
Interpreting to mean lessens crippling recovery times?
The "Limited" limitation for regeneration's first sentence is "accelerates an advantage" which would mean what Regrowth adds.
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Originally Posted by Varyon
Reattachment Only on Regrowth calls out mangled limbs (that is, permanently crippled but not necessarily detached) as not being recoverable as a difference from how Regrowth normally works.
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Regrowth normally can't reattach body parts unless you take P71's "Reattachment" enhancement, otherwise it needs to rebuild them.
"Severed but intact" is a standard restriction when using that enhancement (although "intact" might benefit from some embellishment)
"useless if the part is mangled, vaporized, eaten," for Regrowth Only just means you have nothing "intact" (manged = non-intact, presumably) to reattach.
The distinction is that vaporized/eaten limbs are already detached, while mangled/unintact limbs can still be attached.
Voluntarily severing a limb is a choice, which would put mangled/unintact limbs in the same situation as vaporized/eaten ones: you have a stump which your body can regrow a limb from.
Look at wording for P71's Bane limitation:
"regrow a body part if it’s lost to .. "
"if the stump is exposed to .. "
A crippled body part isn't "lost" nor is there a "stump". It needs to be severed to make room.
That's also how the "Doubling" enhancement works. You need to "lose" the limb, it's a "missing part", you can't just start growing an extra arm any time you want w/o severing it first.
Powering Up does give a Talent bonus to the HT roll to recover from Crippling Injuries though, so it does sound like you could buy "Reliable" for Regrowth to get that HT bonus.