From:	Damion Milliken <adm82@***.EDU.AU>
Subject:	Re: Physical Healing Question
Date:	Sat, 15 Apr 1995 02:14:44 +1000

Menard Steve writes:

> Concerning the Physical Healing, once the body test is made and failed,
> the rulebook says the character will need medical attention to heal. My
> question is, can another character with biotech provide that medical
> attention? Having a "real" doctor improves your chances and time of
> healing, but costs mucho nuyen. While I like the idea of my players
> actually paying extra.

Well, looking under the skill description for Biotech, we see there is a
concentration category called "extended care". I think that therefore
qualifies biotech for the "medical attention" mentioned in the rules. The
healing character would not, however, receive any of the modifiers listed in
the Doctoring Table. Only if he forked out for a real doctor would he get
those modifiers. However, if you look in the notes, the character still has
modifers based on Lifestyle conditions, and these are determined by the GM
(but the mods on the Doctoring table look about right for inappropriate
conditions to me). Looking at the table, it might even be detrimental to
have a real doctor healing you...like if you're a magician, and you're
healing at home (ie not in a clinic) you get +4 worth of mods. And if you
have average stats (even if you have 6 for Willpower and 6 for Body), then
you have +4 (+2). Interesting.

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Damion Milliken Unofficial Shadowrun Guru E-mail: adm82@***.edu.au

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