Is Molting Really Regeneration?

[Flashlight237]

I dunno. I've seen many profiles that say "Regeneration (Low-Mid via Molting)," but sincerely think that molting was blown out of proportion. Last I checked, molting wasn't in any shape or form regeneration; in fact, it's really just creatures shedding their skin most of the time, with one exception I can think of being dragonflies, which essentially use molting as a metamorphosis. I think it's farfetched to call it regeneration or even healing for that matter. In any case, here's what molting is: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moulting

Think someone can re-examine this?

 

[Wokistan]

I agree that molting isn't regeneration in that way.

 

[ElixirBlue]

I think it's farfetched to call it regeneration or even healing

I've seen molting used for healing in fiction before. Orochimaru comes to mind.

 

[Thelastmlg]

In that case, it should be self healing via molting, not regen.

 

[Bobsican]

Molting should just be detailed on how far it goes. By default it's either Low regen or self-Healing.

 

[Lou_change]

Mantis shrimp can regrow limbs thru molting, but I don't feel like looking into every animal that molts to confirm all of them.

 

[Bobsican]

Well, it can be higher on some cases, but to assume the highest end with no justification whatsoever isn't reliable at all.

 

[Lou_change]

Wikipedia

 

[Bobsican]

Well, to assume a power to a character only from its species is only to be considered if either the setting is "realistic" enought to consider that or there's explicit feats for it.

 

[DarkDragonMedeus]

Yeah, I don't think it's really regeneration.

 

[Lou_change]

Did you read the link all arthropods should have it actually?

 

[DarkDragonMedeus]

Oh yeah, Mantis case it would be regeneration. But I don't think typical skin shedding is regeneration.

 

[Lou_change]

Wait things other than arthropods have it for regen.

 

[FinePoint]

It can replace scar tissue, and skin infection. That said, this is more of a long-term self-healing property than regeneration as typically imagined