The Lost Tables #3
Wounds and Injuries
This document is a part of my compilation book Pages of Virtue, created and compiled from The Rules Encyclopedia, The Alphatian/Thyatian Gazetteer, and several Dragon Magazine articles, and some AD&D sources, like the DMG, and the Survival guides Some parts I added myself where it was clear that information was missing. As thus it is consistent with the AV rules applied in the Alphatian/Thyatian Gazetteer, which (at least to me and all my gamers) seem much more logical.
This system is also very good to be used in those cases when Raise Dead spells are not available (the church/immortal could refuse to give the --like the church of Darokin, the campaign (DM) could not have these, or the cleric is unavailable or does not have the spell.
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If the result was a hit, the
attacker now rolls for damage. First, he rolls the damage listed for the weapon
or attack. Adjust the roll with any multipliers, such as a thief's Backstab
ability, or a charge bonus. Then, the attacker adds or subtracts any pertinent bonuses
(Strength adjustments, (added to melee attacks), Magic bonuses or penalties
(from magic weapons or magic spells affecting the character), the attacker's
entire Strength score is added to the damage if he performed a smash maneuver
to damage. The sum of the number rolled on the damage dice and the pertinent
bonuses is the amount of damage the victim takes.
Hitroll Table
1 Always misses. The
character must save vs. DR or lose the weapon in hand, or (DM) some mishap
occurs (the bowstring looses or snaps, or the blade of the weapon shifts, or
the weapon is dropped from the hand of the user).
2-17 Hits with normal damage,
determined by hit roll (THAC0), Armor Value is normally deducted (minimum 1
point of damage even when the AV is greater) from any damage.
Any wound can be normally, or
magically cured (be it potion, spell, item or else). A character will fall unconscious to the ground when his Hp have
reached 0 or lower. If
he has any wounds he will lose 1 hit point each round until he reaches -10, at
which moment he dies. Before he reaches -10 however, he can be cured with any magic
(Only, spell, item, ointment, or special, but not Potions!!). He will regain
consciousness when he reaches 1 hit point.
A wounded person
can also naturally stabilize. The character must make each round a
successful Constitution check penalized by the amount of negative Hp. If
successful the hit point drop stabilizes to a loss off –1 each Turn instead
each round.
A Healer (or anyone with a Healing skill) can keep a person
under 0 Hp alive (even without the use of magic) and allow him or her to regain
Hp instead of losing them. Therefore the Healer must attend all Time to the
healing of the character. For every hour he heals he must make a Healing skill
check. When he fails the patient will fall back 1 hour. For every hour
successfully healed the patient must make a successful save vs. DR penalized at
the damage below 0 (a character at -6 must make his save at -6 etc.). When this
is successful he will gain a hit point. The patient will only lose Hp when the
healing skill of the healer in question fails (this is not always his failure,
but could also be that the patient was to far away to be cured, or the
affliction was to great). A healer can do this with as many persons as given
(Int / 3 round down = maximum amount patients kept alive and healing).
A healer can also apply a binding of wounds, stitching,
stabilizing broken bones, etc. but if he does this he can’t heal the patient
like the method mentioned above. This method can be done with a single set of
wounds, an can remove 1d3 points of damage at the cost of one set of bindings.
Wounds can reopen, however, under active motion.
When the character
reaches 0 Hp he will heal naturally, even without magical healing, but must at
least rest for two weeks (as with the Raise Dead spell). When the hit was 8 or better than the AC needed to hit a
Critical hit is made and the character must roll on the Critical Hit Table
accordingly.
18 The hit is better than
normal and will cause maximal damage according to the weapon and weapon Mastery
and then added with the magical and Strength bonuses. A person hit may deduct
his Armor Value still though as per normal hits.
When the hit was 8 or better
than the AC needed to hit a Critical hit is made and the character must roll on
the Critical Hit Table accordingly. This also applies to all ”20^” on the
attack roll table.
19 The hit is better still
and even by passes the Armor somehow (through one of the minute soft spots, or
open spots an armor always has (ex. Armpits, Neck, Crotch, and other movable
parts, or when Armor parts are connected or have movable joints). The damage
done is maximum and no Armor Value may be deducted.
When the hit was 8 or
better than the AC needed to hit a Critical hit is made and the character must
roll on the Critical Hit Table accordingly. This also applies to all ”20)” on
the attack roll table.
20 The hit is the best a character ever could
make. It will always hit regardless of THAC0 and AC. Only creatures with an AC
6 steps or better than the maximum possible to hit by that character can’t be
hit. When a Character is hit he will sustain double maximum damage of the
weapon and weapon Mastery, (double again if a smash attack is made) then the
Strength, weapon mastery and magic bonuses are added. Any constructed Armor
must make a material save or lose an AV point permanently (until repaired, if
possible). Apply all damages as normal and use the Critical Hit Table also.
Held, sleeping or unconscious targets can be killed in a single blow by any
well-targeted melee weapon. This also applies to all ”20*” on the attack roll
table.
Some weapons
shift the last three attacks forms forward when the user has a higher weapon mastery,
example the dagger. When there is said the damage is doubled with a rolled 19 and 20, then the
other rolls are lower by 1 also. I.e. 18 becomes equal to a normal 19, and a 17
becomes in fact equal like a normal 18. To be sure, read the Weapon Mastery table of your weapon (rules encyclopedia)
The damage from a single attack is a
wound, and a wound can have bloodloss, slowly weakening the character. The
character may roll a Constitution check to stop 1 hp bleeding each round, until
the wound closes, this is called stabilizing. Thus a critical wound needs 3
successful Constitution checks, a healing skill applied with 3hp, or a Cure
Critical Wounds spell to close. Even when the magic did not completely heal the
damage done, there is no further blood loss. Simply said, the +x of the spell
actually closes the wound, while the total rolled amount heals the damage
taken. This is depicted in the next table under the “cured by” column. A
critical wound (see there) has also bloodloss, but that is treated differently.
A victim losing his hit point below zero is dying, slowly. When death finally
sets in the attacker(s) get the victims experience value in XP. A character
below –10 hp is virtually indistinguishable from those truly dead, even if his
spirit hasn’t left the body and healing (magic or skill) still works.
A healer will always see what kind of wound (and thus what kind of weapon was used) the patient sustained, on an successful skill check. The same way he’ll see the natural healing Time average (as in the table). Another check will reveal to him if the patient has sustained an infection, and how to treat that.
Critical Hits
A hit is critical when the hit roll is 18, 19, and when a natural 20 is
thrown.
Whatever level
or class a natural 20 always hits, unless the difference is too great to be
hit (21 or more on Attack roll chart).
Only the natural 20 roll (this includes natural weaponry) will be able to
result in a double damage from which no Armor Value may be deducted. Under some
strict circumstances (example; Called Shots, et. Judged by the DM!! only!!)
other critical hits may be made. Use following table to see how the damage has
to be calculated.
Weapons
Piercing; Creates a small but deep
wound, often internal bleeding. Done
by Swords, Spears, Lances, Pikes, etc.
Smashing; Creates an internal wound, with lots of bloodloss. Done
by Hammers, Maces, Clubs, Boulders, Polearms, etc.
Slashing; Creates a large wound with much
bloodloss. Done
by Axes, Swords, Polearms, etc.
Crushing; Creates massive damage to
internal structure. Done by Warhammer,
Boulders, Giant crushing, and the ground (or wall) on the other side of the
character. If not than see Smashing. (DM!!).
Ripping/Rending; As Slashing, but made by Claws or Bite
attacks, infection risk high.
Damage
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A Character its
life-force is measured in Hit points (Hp). This number will be different for
each race, Class and level of this class. They are calculated upon the Hit Dice
(HD) of a creature. The experience a creature gains, the higher his level
becomes until it is enough to gain another Hit Dice or level. They are also
adjusted by the average health of a character (Constitution adjustment), and
vary upon each class. Combat and damage high classes like the fighter, natural Humanoids, or warrior cleric are
rolled each new level / HD on 1d8, while weaker classes like the thief and mage
use a 1d4 instead. Other use 1d6. when they reach name level, no more HD are
gained and only additional Hp are gained instead upon reaching a new level or
attack rank (depending upon gained experience). These Hit point are further a
constant, once rolled they never change. Each level, Attack rank or HD has its
own amount of gained Hit points. And together as a total they stand for the
life force of a character.
A character will
often suffer damage and this is revealed in a lowering of Hit Points. A
character can lose Hit Points through damage by weapons, magic, physical
attacks, deprivation, poisoning, diseases, Life Power draining, accidents, heat
or cold.
• Hit point loss caused by Diseases, Poison can only be revived by
removing the cause of loss, and then letting the character (slowly) revive
naturally or apply magic to enhance this partially or wholly.
• Hit point loss caused by deprivation can only be recovered by
reversing the process. A deprivation of food can thus only be restored by
eating. This recovery will go as fast as the deprivation, and can naturally not
be speeded up. Some (very rare) magic could bypass this however.(read more about this in the other Lost Tables within this Blog.)
• Hit Point loss caused by Life power draining can only be recovered
by regaining that drained level or HD. This will take time, and needs new
experience. Life force draining is one of the most feared attack forms existing
and is utmost evil. Some magic can restore these losses. These can be spells,
items, potions or sometimes even essence of the draining creature killed
somehow (DM will know if this is possible).
• Hit point loss by damage, caused through magic, weapons, claws,
teeth, falling, etc. are called wounds.
And they are resolved differently.
Other Injuries and Treatment
With
certain exceptions, the rules of the game do not account for specific injuries
or the effect of wounds on particular parts of the body. Lost Hp are simply
lost Hp; in practically every case when a character is injured, the exact
nature of his injury is not specified and does not need to be.
However . . . there are occasions when logic and circumstances
strongly indicate that an injured character has a specific problem. If this is
the case, then prompt action on the part of an injured character or a comrade
can sometimes reduce the adverse effect of a wound or other type of injury.
Some
special methods of treatment are discussed in the description of the healing
skill. These methods include: restoring lost Hp by promptly tending to a wound;
caring for an injured comrade to improve his recuperative powers; and aiding a
character who has been poisoned or has come down with a disease. Besides these
special skills, available only to a character with healing skill, there are
some general first-aid methods that are common knowledge among most adventurers
and which can be used by anyone who takes the Time to perform
them, assuming that the necessary materials are available. Most of these
general methods are only useful if the DM rules—with proper reason, of
course—that a character has suffered a specific type of injury.
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| Art Larry Elmore. Title Lifegiver, Source Dungeonsmaster.com |
Natural Healing
A person will always heal naturally, unless the wound was
done by ripping damage (Claws), a Karaash Sword (often used by Orcs), or if
somehow infected like a Mummy Curse. This rate of healing is not done in Hp, a
critical wound will be completely closed, even if the natural healing rate of a
character (1+con bonus=>if resting 24 Hr, or 1 if not resting) will still
reveal damage. A 12 hp Grace wound could be closed in 2 days on a character
with Con 14=+1, while the remaining damage could still be a loss of 4 hp (4
days x{1+1}) or even 8 days if the character was not resting continuously. This
means that the wound will thus not reopen upon movement, but that the character
must heal further to be completely healed. Natural healing will leave scars.
Magical healing will circumvent this and thus also always prevents scars.
Binding of a wound
This must be done by applying one full set of bandages to
each set of wounds ( is total of current wounds). This includes any stitching
if necessary. But does not include any needles. mostly these are clean, else
they’ll Imply another 15% infection chance, cumulative the existing chance.
This takes 1 Turn or more (DM!!).
When ever magic is used to heal a wound it takes precedence
over any healing practices. When magic is applied, it sees no difference
between bound and open wounds, it will cure them as far as the power can heal.
A magically healed wound always closes up any wounds, even if the magic is not
enough to heal all lost Hp. This way it prevents any further bloodloss,
infection, and reopening of the wounds. A binding/stitching is of no further
use once any healing magic is applied. Any bound wounds with damages higher
than the amount cured can still reopen as normal.
Infection
danger
There is a danger of infection when the wound is not
completely cured, or dirty bandages are used, or the wounds is not bound at all
(an open wound). The chance of infection depends on the sort of wound and is
increased by 10% if the patient entered an area like Swamps. Sewers, Graves,
Battlefields, etc. .If the wound is infected the patient must roll a Save vs.
poison each day the wound was not healed completely, or suffer further
infection effects (See diseases;
Infection).
Reopening wounds
Wounds have a
chance of reopening equal to the chance of infection when the patient moves or
attacks, or makes other strenuous moves with the afflicted bodypart before
natural healing is completed. When the wound does reopen bleeding damage does
occur again. When a wound does reopen it will bring damage equal to the sort
wound it currently is. This means a wound will be treated as if unbound. Magical
healing will close wounds preventing bloodloss and reopening of the wounds (as
seen under Bleeding).
Bleeding
Any bleeding
caused by any sort of critical hit is additional to bleeding of the wound as
normal.
Minor Bleeding
Damage gives 1 points of damage each Turn until healed or bound or a unmodified
Constitution check after at least 1 Turn. The binding
of a Minor Wound takes 1d6 rounds, and will stop the bleeding unless the
patient is exerting itself (new combat within natural healing period), which
will give a reopening wounds chance Any magical curing will stabilize the
patient instantly, and closes the wound in addition to
restoring Hp.
Major Bleeding
Damage gives 1 points of damage each Round until successfully healed or bound. The binding will restore 2d6 points of bleeding damage or
less if the wound was smaller), and makes the wound into a Minor Bleeding Wound
after at least 1 Hour of binding the wound. This healing can Imply the usage of
needle and thread.
Any Cure Wounds closes the wound immediately for
the amount of the dice adjustment in the spell (CLW=1d6+1 thus 1), and closes
the wound in addition to restoring Hp for the remainder of the rolled healing.
If however the spells cast upon the patient heal less than needed it turns the
wound only in a Minor Bleeding Wound, any lower healing will have no effect at
all at the closer and bloodloss of the wound. Any Further Healing is only
natural or magical, no skill will enable the wound to close any further.
Sever
Bleeding Damage gives 2 points of
damage each round until healed. Only a Healing Skill
at -4 will enable the wound to close to a Major Bleeding Wound, after at least
one hour. This healing mostly Implies the usage of needle and thread.
Any Cure Wounds closes the wound immediately for
the amount of the dice adjustment in the spell (CLW=1d6+1 thus 1), and closes
the wound in addition to restoring Hp for the remainder of the rolled healing.
If however the spells cast upon the patient heal less than needed it turns the
wound only in a less rapid Bleeding Wound, any lower healing will have no
effect at all at the closer and bloodloss of the wound. Any Further Healing is
only natural or magical, no skill will enable the wound to close any further.
Crush/Destroy
When a patient
his body (not the extremities) is crushed, or destroyed, he must save vs. Death
Ray or die in 1d8 rounds with horrible pain. When the Save is successful, the
patient has a 35% chance to recover +/-10% per Constitution bonus or penalty in
4+1d8 months. The patient will always
heal, but when his healing chance fails he never does fully recover and his
body will be permanently disfigured.
When the Head is
crushed or destroyed, the patient will have only a 10% chance to stay alive,
but then he will be permanently disfigured. This could result in Blindness,
Muteness, Deafness, a 5 penalty on Charisma, and at least a lowering of 10
points in comeliness, this can result in a number of 3 or lower, any penalty
resulting from this must be used on the Charisma also. When the Charisma is
lowered beyond 3 he will seem to become a monster according to his own society
(Humanoids not included, because they don’t react according Comeliness and
Charisma as thus). As thus he will mostly be totally rejected, or even killed
by his own kind thereof.
Only when the patient died (or somehow kept alive while cut
open), can the bones be restored by Mages with the Mending spell, after which
the Cleric or Healer can restore the body and raise the Character. This process
is seldom seen as death (although the patient actually is dead for a short
period of Time), thus making it more acceptable to cure such a patient.
Actually only the attending Clerics and Healers (and sometimes the Mage in the
process) know the character died in the process. This curing method will take
at least 1 day in an enclosed clean room, and up to 1 week in any other
circumstances. There are rumors that some mages knew of a spell that could
“Teleport“ the bones out of the body, while paralyzing the body itself by
muscle-cramps, thus enabling any manipulation of the bones. Even a Dwarf could
thus mend the bones together, with screws and small plates of Gold, Silver or
Platinum (any other metal would affect the body as if poison), or even replace
bones with metal variants. This spell seems to be lost to actual knowledge. The
usage of this spell is normally Chaotic and Evil, but not with this use.
Severation
Only healed by regeneration. A Cure Critical Wounds or better
spell will close the wound, or a torch for 3d10 days. If reopened due to
stress, motion, or Time span, the bleeding will start as Minor Bleeding for a
Turn, then major bleeding for another Turn and Severe Bleeding for yet another
if the character is still alive. The fire does inflict damage but will close
the wound. The complete closure of the wound will take 3d10 months. If Legs,
Hands. Feet or Arms are missing, the character must practice for 5+2d10 weeks
to learn to function with one body part less.
The decapitation of the head always results in Death instantly. This
could be so fast (50% chance) that the character will not be able to locate the gate to the
Plane of Limbo towards eternal rest, and thus preventing the character to die
properly. This will always result in the character becoming a Ghost or similar
Undead. As a Raise dead spell calls back a soul from Limbo, such a dead character cannot be raised before the soul is put to rest and travels to Limbo.
Broken
Bones
When ever a
Break results from a wound the character must make a check on the following
table or if it is a called shot (i.e. an attack on a particular body part).
When more breaks result in one piece of bone, the healing skill check is
reduced by one point per additional break, as is the Time to heal naturally
enlarged by 10% per break. The effects will be cumulative per broken body part,
but not per break!! Thus when the patient has both legs broken and also of which one is broken twice; he will
still be lowered his Dexterity by only 2, and his movement is only ¼ ( ½ x ½).
When a Patient still used the afflicted body part there is a 75% chance that
the bone will be disfigured and needs to be broken again to be restored
normally. As long as the bone is disfigured the break effects still do apply
(this can even be permanent if the character never finds a Healer, who can
restore the bone(s)).The natural healing of a
bone is affected by the overall health of the character afflicted, the
patient makes the natural healing roll
and subtracts his Constitution bonus to it. Thus a negative bonus is added to
the roll and thus prolongs the healing Time. Broken bones also occur with
massive damage (boulder and smash attacks of giants, some animals or dragons),
falling down or something or someone
falling on the character.
DM’s be aware,
this real world effect can hinder a campaign if the characters are too stupid
to think about their actions, or when a DM overuses this effect. Keep in mind
not only the reality in the fantasy world but also the game fun. Take the
characters aside, and explain them the real danger of their actions, but also
explain those with a healing skill or healing magic how he can help the
victims. This is as real as death, characters and players must learn to live
with it and try to prevent it. One tip in this can be given; There can’t be
more bones broken than the total sustained damage, even by use of specific
magic, as each break will give an automatic 1 point of damage minimal.
There are a few very dangerous bones that can be broken while
they don’t heal naturally, like the Neck. The character must make a Save vs.
Death Ray (adjusted by the character’s current Constitution adjustment) or die
in 20-current Constitution rounds. Even when the roll is successful the
character is paralyzed for life unless magically cured by a Cure All (or Heal)
spell and a Cure Paralysis, (or a Wish). No other cure is possible.
The back is similarly dangerous, but has a slim chance to
cure by itself naturally. The character will permanently lose a Dexterity
point, unless cured magically. A natural curing will never remove the lost
point, as the bones and nervous tissues are severely damaged (the character has
sustained a Permanent Hernia). When the character has naturally healed only a
Wish can restore the permanent damage, the normal magical way of curing by a
Mend Bones spell and a Cure Paralysis, or a Cure All (or Heal) and a
Cure Paralysis will never remove a healed disfigured back.
Putting a splint on the injury will keep the ends of the broken bone
properly aligned and make healing possible. A character who suffers a broken
bone in an extremity will not be able to regain
any Hp lost due to the injury until he is fitted with a splint, and if he attempts to use the injured extremity even while it
is splinted he will immediately suffer an excruciating pain, in addition, he
will Neutralize any natural healing of the broken bone that had taken place up to that Time. For purposes of administering
this rule, assume that for a character with several injuries, the broken bone
is the last injury for which Hp are regained. Most other types of injuries
(burns, wounds, etc.) will heal before a broken bone is mended.
Tissue Damage
Minor burn:
The best
treatment for a burn is to deprive the affected area of air by
immediately immersing it in water for at least two turns or by wrapping it
tightly with a clean cloth. If these measures are taken, the burn will heal at
1 hp per day. If the burn is not protected from the air, the victim must take a
-1 penalty on all attack rolls and Saves because of distraction due to
the pain of the injury, and the burn will heal only half as fast as normal.
Minor burns are caused by touching hot or very cold objects (mostly metal or
stone). A magic missile actually causes a Minor Burn, but may be resolved as
normal damage (If the DM wants to).
Major burn:
If more
than half of a character’s body has been burned, he must be treated as
described above and in addition he must be allowed to rest
until he has regained at least half of the Hp lost due to the
burn. If he moves under his own power or
performs any other voluntary physical activity before he is well on the way to
recovery, he will forfeit all the Hp he had regained up to that
point and will suffer an additional ld4 damage for each round of activity. Also, the
victim’s “pain penalty” is -3 instead of - 1,
applied on all attack rolls and Saves. A character suffering from major burns
will usually still be able to ride a mount or be carried by a comrade or on
a stretcher, so the party is not necessarily immobilized during his recovery
period. A major burn is mostly caused by a heavy exposure to fire or a long
exposure to heat or extreme cold. A Fire Ball, or Ice storm actually cause
major fire or frost burn, but may be resolved as normal damage (If the DM wants
to).
Skin
ailments:
This
category of injury includes rashes and insect bites. Neither type of injury is
important, and neither one should be dealt with in game terms, unless the DM
rules that the ailment has a noticeable effect on the victim. The itching or
pain that results from such an ailment may impair a character’s ability to
perform a delicate task, such as a thief attempting to disarm a trap or a
spell-caster concentrating during the casting of a spell. The DM should attach
a penalty to the chance of success that is appropriate for the situation. For
instance, a thief’s chance to remove a trap should be reduced by 10% to 25% the
usual percentage, depending on the severity of the affliction; the chance of a
spell being ruined during casting should be set at from 2% to 10%. A magic-user
casting feather fall (look at casting Time) will be able to get the spell off
even if he is itching like crazy, but he is better off not trying to cast find
familiar (casting Time at least 1 hour)
until the itching or pain has subsided. A minor skin disorder will clear
up by itself in ld3 days if it is not aggravated, and the healing Time can be
reduced by the application of an appropriate medicinal plant (see What can be
Bought; Herbs).
Other types of injuries—sprains, concussions,
internal injuries, pulled muscles, torn ligaments, and so forth—are not
considered here for two primary reasons. First, adventurers (who are generally
presumed to be in good shape and possessed of good sense) don’t suffer these
sorts of injuries very often, and so any rules concerning their likelihood and
their treatment would probably have little usefulness. Second, there is a
tremendous amount of variability in the intensity of these sorts of injuries
and their effect on the victim. If it is important to the participants in a campaign
to have rules on how to handle a minor sprain versus a severe sprain or a
pulled leg muscle versus a pulled shoulder muscle, it should be a fairly simple
Matter for the DM to develop rules for how such injuries affect a character and
how the injury is best treated to enable the victim to heal as quickly as
possible.
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Strangulation
Strangulation
can either be caused by a thread, wire, rope, Vine, string of Cloth, Jewelry or
a set of hands, wrapped around the neck of the creature. Strangulation is
actually noting more than asphyxiation by suffocation (preventing breathing
Air, Water, etc.). Creatures which do not breath cannot be strangled (Magical
constructs, Undead, etc). thus it is possible to strangle a Dragon (a truly
remarkable feat), but not a Beholder as it has no neck to strangle. Insectoids (and similar) can thus also not be strangled
as they breath through the skin.
Some rare creatures can only be strangled
by another place than the neck as it passes the entry area and the main body.
Your DM will know if a creature strangely can be strangled.
Example; an underwater creature with
breathing tubes could be strangled by squeezing these very tubes. Any
strangulation will need as many rounds as the creature currently has HD. Thus a
6 HD Wolf can be strangled in no less than 6 rounds. The strangler needs to
make either one of the attack methods and then must hold on (possibly becoming
target to the creatures attacks, crushing moves into structures, or the
ground), and has no control of the movement of the creature. It may tumble down
a cliff, with adversary effects for the strangler, and maybe none for the
creature. A swimming character could thus try to escape a strangler by diving
down a step cliff, hoping to drop the strangler somewhere along the fall.
New Spell
(source; Mentioned on the Pandius site, explained here)
Mend Bones
Range: touch
Duration; Permanent
Casting
Time: 10+(1 round
per Break point cured)
Effect: Cures Lvl+
Wis adjustment Broken bone points.
Component Vocal Repara Skeles
Save: Negates
pain
Cleric 3, Healer 2, Exorcist 4, Humanoid Shaman 3, Druid 3, Dervish 3
spell
Since 1009 AC Especially by Chardastes who invented the spell, but some
rare Immortals with healers also grant this spell to their followers (if
requested).
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For those questioning why the Mend Bones spell brings pain, this is due the setting of the Bones. While the caster casts the spell he/she sofltly glides over the break with his/her hands, and the magic correctly sets the bone and mends it, but setting of bones is never without pain(personal experience--auw). This is different with the use of Cure wounds spells. Here the bone must be manually (succesful healing skill required) set, before the magic is used, otherwise the bone might incorrectly be repaired and needs to be broken and correctly set again later, thus causing more often the same pain. And Cure wounds spells always will cure only one break!!(see table Broken bones). Thus a Broken Leg needs one Cure Serious wounds per break it has, with correctly setting the bone before, or only one Mend Bones spell, for all breaks the character has up to the break points total the caster can affect.
Do it right directly. Less pain, More fun. (Saying from the Healer Ballia of Norwold).
Special Skills
Healing
Source; AD&D Wilderness Survival Guide
A Character proficient in healing knows how to
use natural medicines and basic principles of first aid and doctoring. If the
character tends another within one round of wounding (and makes a successful
Skill check), his ministrations restore 1d3 hit points (but no more hit points
can be restored than were lost in the previous round). Only one healing attempt
can be made on a character per day per set of wounds. If a wounded character
remains under the care of someone with healing Skill, that character can
recover lost hit points at the rate of 1 per day even when traveling or
engaging in nonstrenuous activity. If the wounded character gets complete rest,
he can recover 1+con hit points per day while under such care. Only characters
with both healing and Herbalism Skills can help others recover at the rate of
2+ con hit points per day of rest. This care does require a Skill check, only
the regular attention of the proficient character. Up to 1 patient / Wisdom
bonus (not penalty) can be cared for at any time.
A character with healing Skill can also attempt
to aid a poisoned individual, provided the poison entered through a wound. If
the poisoned character can be tended to immediately (the round after the
character is poisoned) and the care continues for the next 5 rounds, the victim
gains a +2 bonus to his save (delay his save until the last round of tending).
A Skill check is required, and the poisoned character must be tended to
immediately (normally by sacrificing any other action by the Healer character)
and can’t do anything himself. If the care and rest are interrupted, the
poisoned character must immediately roll a normal save for the poison. This
result is unalterable by normal means (i.e., more healing doesn't help). Only
characters with both healing and Herbalism Skills can attempt the same
treatment for poisons the victim has swallowed or touched (the character uses
his healing to diagnose the poison and his herbalist knowledge to prepare a
purgative).
A character with healing Skill can also attempt
to diagnose and treat diseases. When dealing with normal diseases, a successful
Skill check automatically reduces the disease to its mildest form and shortest
duration. Those who also have Herbalism knowledge gain an additional +2 bonus
to this check. A proficient character can also attempt to deal with magical
diseases, whether caused by spells or creatures. In this case, a successful
Skill check diagnoses the cause of the disease. However, since the disease is
magical in nature, it can be treated only by magical means.
The binding of a
Minor Wound takes 1d6 rounds, and will stop the
bleeding unless the patient is exerting itself (new combat within natural
healing period), which will give a reopening wounds chance.
The binding of a
Major Bleeding Wound will restore 2d6 points of bleeding damage or less if the
wound was smaller), and makes the wound into a Minor Bleeding Wound after at
least 1 Hour of binding the wound. This healing can imply the usage of needle
and thread.
Only a Healing Skill at -4 will enable a Severe Bleeding Wound to close to a Major Bleeding Wound, after at least one hour. This healing mostly implies the usage of needle and thread. The skill takes as much time as needed.
Healing, Natural
A Character with this skill is knowledgeable in
the use of seaweed, mollusk and herbal cures. On a successful natural Healing
check, any character that has been poisoned is allowed a second saving throw at
–2. It also doubles the character basic normal healing, on a successful check
and if sufficient materials are available. This skill
takes a Turn at least to prepare the Healing materials, and to serve them to
the poisoned characters. When the character has prepared the ingredients
beforehand, they will remain alive or usable for no more than 2 hour, if living
mollusks or 24 hours for other materials. The character knows where and how to
find the necessary components. Searching for them will
take 3d4 Turns in component native surroundings, and 3d4 hours in component
related surroundings.
Healing, Tribal
The character
knows some tribal medicinal secrets that help heal wounds. He can reduce
further hp loss for a companion under 0 hp, and heal the patient to a maximum
of 1point each day. He can also heal someone at 0 hp or above, at the rate of 1
hp each day in addition to the natural healing if the patient is resting, This
skill can later be replaced by a normal healing skill after a study of 20-
Wisdom in months. The treatment takes several rounds a
day spread so that at least one round of treatment is used every two Turns.
Healing, Veterinary
This is the same
as Healing, but this skill pertains to creatures that are neither Humans,
Humanoids, nor DemiHumans—in other words, non-Humans, monsters, animals, and so
forth. A successful roll will allow a character to restore 1d3 points to a
wounded character. It can also be used to stabilize a patient below 0 hp, so
that patient will not die within the first 8 hours. The skill can’t be used on
a wounded patient more than once per set of wounds. If the patient receives new wounds, healing can be used only
against the second set of wounds. The
skill is used against a set of wounds, not individually against each injury.
(The term “set of wounds” usually refers to all the hit points lost in a single
combat situation). If a healer actually rolls a natural 20 when using the
skill, he actually inflicts 1d3 points of damage to the patient, and he can’t
treat the same set of wounds again. Successful use of the skill will allow the
character to diagnose type of illness. A roll made by 5 or more will allow the
character to determine whether an illness is natural or magical induced. A
character can take this skill in one of two ways; As a general Veterinary
healing skill, which means that he makes his roll with a +1 penalty for every
type of creature he treats; or
As a specialized
veterinary healing skill that pertains to one class of creatures (such as
Equines = horses, Centaur, mules, etc.). The character with the specialized
veterinary healing skill takes no penalty when treating the creatures, which
are his specialty, but he takes a +2 penalty with all other types of creatures.
A character could have this skill twice, one general and one specialized; he
would have his listed rolls for creatures that were his specialty and have only
a +1 penalty when treating other creatures. A character with a veterinary
healing skill that tries to heal a Demi-Human-oid rolls always at +3 penalty,
and any failure would cause damage instead of healing (a 20 even double
damage). Treatment takes 1 round per point cured, per
disease checked it takes 1 turn, all other usage will take at least 0ne turn.
A character with healing Skill can also attempt
to diagnose and treat diseases. When dealing with normal diseases, a successful
Skill check automatically reduces the disease to its mildest form and shortest
duration. Those who also have Herbalism knowledge gain an additional +2 bonus
to this check. A proficient character can also attempt to deal with magical
diseases, whether caused by spells or creatures. In this case, a successful
Skill check diagnoses the cause of the disease. However, since the disease is
magical in nature, it can be treated only by magical means.
The binding of a
Minor Wound takes 1d6 rounds, and will stop the
bleeding unless the patient is exerting itself (new combat within natural
healing period), which will give a reopening wounds chance.
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The binding of a
Major Bleeding Wound will restore 2d6 points of bleeding damage or less if the
wound was smaller), and makes the wound into a Minor Bleeding Wound after at
least 1 Hour of binding the wound. This healing can imply the usage of needle
and thread.
Only a
Healing Skill at -4 will enable a Severe Bleeding Wound to close to a Major
Bleeding Wound, after at least one hour. This healing mostly implies the usage
of needle and thread. Important; also read the page about hit rolls. The skill takes as much time as needed.
Equipment
Bandages
Prevents
further bloodloss enough for 1 set of wounds / character 1 sp 1 cn unless in use
Splint set
to set broken bones 40 sp 15cn
Crutches
to help a handicapped person to stand or walk mostly two needed 10 sp 5cn each
Wound packing
per 4 oz, to stop bleeding 1 sp 5cn
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