======Medicine ======
===skill (intelligence)===
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For the direct restoration of wounds using ki, see [[damage#Healing]]

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==== Diagnose ====
This skill allows a practitioner of medicine to identify what is ailing a player based on the symptoms showing. If the symptoms are readily apparent, this skill may be used as a "Spot check" for a player noticing that another player is suffering, even if the player has not actively attempted to diagnose the patient

^Ailment^Difficulty or Modifier^
|Symptoms are easy to spot|Easy|
|Some symptoms are not obvious, or are conflicting|Moderate|
|Most symptoms are hidden, or are strongly conflicting|Hard|
|Common ailment|[[Combat#Advantage]]|
|Rare ailment|[[Combat#Advantage|Disadvantage]]|

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==== Cure diseases ====
If a character suffers from a disease, use the table below. Requires a successful diagnosis

|Mild, common ailment|Easy|
|Uncommon ailment|Moderate|
|Rare ailment|Hard|
|Virulent ailment in late stages|Near Impossible|
|Disease with no known cure|Near Impossible|

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====Neutralize poison====
When a character suffers from a [[poison]], the medicine skill is the only way to aid that player. In order to neutralize a poison, your medicine roll must exceed the DC of the poison, with the following modifiers:

^Conditions^DC or Modifier^
|Common poisons or natural and mild toxins|Easy|
|Uncommon poisons with negative effects|Moderate|
|Lethal poisons|Hard|
|You do not have the antidote|[[combat#advantage|Disadvantage]]|
|The poisons entered the blood stream directly|[[combat#advantage|Disadvantage]]|
|No antidote exists|Near Impossible, [[combat#advantage|Disadvantage]]|

If you succeed at the DC the poison is neutralized, and all negative conditions are removed immediately

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==== Long term care ====
You care for a patient over a longer period of time, doing whatever is required to aid their recovery. The difficulty check corresponds to the heal check for healing the initial injury or disease. A successful check speeds recovery by 50%

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==== Knowledge anatomy ====
You have knowledge of the anatomy of humanoids and their inner workings, provided you are familiar with a species or have had time to study them. Answering a question regarding anatomy requires a check correlating to the difficulty of the question (Easy, Moderate, Hard, Near Impossible)

You may use this skill for the anatomy of unfamiliar species, but at [[combat#advantage|disadvantage]]

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==== Knowledge medicine ====
You have knowledge of medicinal practices and history. You also have knowledge of the medicinal properties of substances, foods, plants, etc. To determine if you have knowledge about a particular medicinal item requires a check correlating to the difficulty of the question (Easy, Moderate, Hard, Near Impossible)