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--- professions_medicine [2019/12/15 18:47] – [Surgeon] dungeonmaster
+++ professions_medicine [2020/04/19 16:36] (current) – [Medical Assistant] dungeonmaster
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-[[start|Dice Mob Home]] > [[dice_mob_rules|Dice Mob Rules]] > [[skills|Skills]] > [[professions|Professions]]
+[[start|Dice Mob Home]] > [[dice_mob_rules|Dice Mob Rules]] > [[professions|Professions]]
 ===== Medicine =====
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 | Defensive Skill | Cognitive |
 | Attributes | None |
-| Knowledge | Literate, Mathematics, Potions, Powders |
+| Knowledge | Reading / Writing, Mathematics, Potions and Powders, Arcane Knowledge |
-| Special Abilities | Arcane, Potion-Making |
 ==== Apothecary ====
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 | Defensive Skill | Cognitive |
 | Attributes | Perception |
-| Knowledge | Literate, Herbs, Medicine |
+| Knowledge | Reading / Writing, Plants and Herbs, Medicine, Potions and Powders |
-| Special Abilities | Potion-Making |
 ==== Doctor ====
-A doctor is someone with knowledge of medicines and herbs and how they affect the human anatomy. They are generally fairly insightful when it comes to reading people to understand their ailments.
+A doctor is someone with knowledge of medicines and herbs and how they affect the human anatomy. They are generally fairly insightful when it comes to reading people to understand their ailments. A doctor may choose to be a veterinarian instead of a doctor and would then have Medicine (Animal) instead of Medicine (Humanoid)
 | Offensive Skill | None |
-| Defensive Skill | None |
+| Defensive Skill | Cognitive |
 | Attributes | Insight |
-| Knowledge | Literate, Medicine, Anatomy, Herbs |
+| Knowledge | Reading / Writing, Medicine, Anatomy, Plants and Herbs |
-| Special Abilities | Natural Healing, Natural Curing |
+==== Medicine Woman ====
-==== Surgeon ====
+The medicine woman is a person in tribal and rural communities who acts as the doctor for the area without having any formal training in such. The knowledge is usually passed down in verbal format and by assisting the previous person in the position and though much of the knowledge might be archaic and questionable in nature, it generally does work, to some degree.
-Surgeons are doctors who specialize in surgery. They generally rely on perception and coordination rather than insight in performing their surgeries to the greatest success.
 | Offensive Skill | None |
 | Defensive Skill | None |
-| Attributes | Perception, Coordination |
+| Attributes | Perception |
-| Knowledge | Literate, Medicine, Anatomy |
+| Knowledge | Medicine, Potions and Powders, Plants and Herbs, Divine Knowledge + Nature and the Hunt |
-| Special Abilities | Surgery, Natural Healing |
 ==== Midwife ====
-Automatic Skill: Insight
+Midwives are generally called upon to deliver babies in their community and neighboring communities. They have understanding of the medicine, herbs, and anatomy required for successfully delivering babies and a great insight into the women they are assisting in childbirth.
-Knowledge: Medicine
+| Offensive Skill | None |
+| Defensive Skill | None |
+| Attributes | Insight*2 |
+| Knowledge | Medicine, Plants and Herbs, Anatomy |
-==== Medicine Woman ====
+==== Surgeon ====
-Automatic Skill: Perception
+Surgeons are doctors who specialize in surgery. They generally rely on perception and dexterity rather than insight in performing their surgeries to the greatest success. For the purposes of Dice Mob, a surgeon can perform any sort of surgery, if there is some reason this could help a character. Like a doctor, surgeons could choose to be veterinary surgeons and swap Medicine (Animal) for Medicine (Humanoid).
-Knowledge: Medicine, Potions, Powders, Herbs
+| Offensive Skill | None |
+| Defensive Skill | Cognitive |
+| Attributes | Perception, Dexterity*2 |
+| Knowledge | Reading / Writing, Medicine, Anatomy |
+==== Veterinarian ====
+A veterinarian or animal doctor is someone with knowledge of medicines and herbs and how they affect the animal anatomy. They are generally fairly insightful when it comes to reading people to understand their ailments.
+| Offensive Skill | None |
+| Defensive Skill | Cognitive |
+| Attributes | Insight |
+| Knowledge | Reading / Writing, Medicine, Anatomy, Plants and Herbs, Domestic Animals |
+==== Medical Assistant (Child) ====
+This could be a nurse, a physician's assistant, a veterinary assistant, etc.
+| Offensive Skill | None |
+| Defensive Skill | None |
+| Attributes | Insight |
+| Knowledge | Medicine |