Drain Body versus Regeneration

[Zephrosyne]

Steve, I have a question regarding Drain versus Regeneration. I understand that when expendable Characteristics are Drained, the victim can only Recover up to the lowered Characteristic's new maximum until the Drain recovers. For example a person with 30 Body who gets Drained down to 20 Body and then later takes 5 Body from a KA is reduced to 15 Body. Lets assume the Drain Body has a Recovery of 5 points per year for the sake of argument. The Drained character can Recover up to a maximum of 20 Body until the Drain begins to Recover as per Recovering an expendable Characteristic. I get that.

However, what if the character has Regeneration? Basically does Regeneration supersede the Drain's Recovery Rate in that it Recovers the Characteristic fully or is it treated exactly like normal Recovery (the Characteristic); albeit a bit faster. In other words, if the Drained Character in the above example had a Regeneration rate of 1 Body per Turn, could he Regenerate up to his maximum 30 Body in a matter of several Turns even though the Drain won't Recover for years? The reason I am asking the question is that under the Power, Regeneration, it states that Regeneration works against any loss of Body including Drain Body. I hope this all makes sense.

[Steve Long]

I’m going to restate the question generically so everyone can follow it (and to make it easier on me to put it into print at some point, if necessary :) ):

Q: If a character has Regeneration, and is hit with a Drain BODY whose return rate has been extended beyond the time period of the character’s Regeneration, does the Regeneration still apply to the Drained BODY or does the Delayed Return Rate Advantage on the Drain “supersede” the Regeneration?

A: The Regeneration still applies and allows the character to regain the lost BODY as normal for Regeneration, regardless of the specified Delayed Return Rate of the Drain.