Trained under a professional, who just so happens to also be a family member, you have honed your skills at saving the sick and injured. You have studied since childhood, the myriad illnesses and ailments of the mortal body as well as the treatments for each. You know which herbs can soothe a fever and which oils can help prevent the pox. Not all medicine is good for the body, though: you have also learned which toxins can stop the heart or drive a man to madness.
- Skill Proficiencies: Medicine, Nature
- Tool Proficiencies: Herbalism Kit
- Languages: One of your choice
- Equipment: Book (About anatomy, disease, apothecary, or surgery), roll of bandages, two scalpels, and a pouch containing 10gp
Feature: Diagnosis
Though you are skilled with human anatomy and can treat wounds, poisons, or any other ailment, it is disease which is your calling. You recognize the symptoms and know how to catch them quickly and stop them in their tracks. When diagnosing or treating a disease, you gain advantage on your Medicine checks. You also gain advantage on the check when determining if the ailment is caused by disease or not, and to stop a wound from becoming infected.
Suggested Characteristics
Doctors, especially one trained as long as you, are defined by their attention to detail. Because so many of the illnesses they treat often have similar symptoms, they are careful about the things they say and the questions they ask, always looking to gather precise and accurate information. They tend towards cleanliness and organization, as they need to keep their tools sterile and their supplies ready at all times.
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I distance myself from everyone, even those I care about.
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2
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I keep all of my possessions meticulously clean, and I hate any kind of filth.
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3
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I am cold and calculating in my every word and action, even when furious or frightened.
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4
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I have a sense of humor... sometimes an odd one.
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5
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Blood doesn't stun me, nor do corpses.
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6
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I sometimes talk to inanimate objects like they can talk back.
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7
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All I think about is saving lives, or lives that have been lost.
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8
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I set very high standards for myself, and expect others to follow my example.
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Ideal |
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I was put in this world to protect and save life. (Good)
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2
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I do whatever pays. (Neutral)
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3
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I swore my oath, and now I must live by its tenets. (Lawful)
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4
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I am not emotionally invested in those I aid; to act otherwise would compromise my work. (Neutral)
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5
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By deciding who lives and who dies, I can shape the world to my liking. (Evil)
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6
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Stopping the spread of sickness is better than treating it. (Any)
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Bond |
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My patients are my everything- losing one of them is like dying, but it never ends.
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2
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I seek a cure to a mysterious disease that afflicts one of my loved ones.
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3
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My family medical experience inspired me to save lives.
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4
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This job has numbed me to sadness and death.
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5
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My job is my life.
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6
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I inspire to follow in my family's footsteps and make them proud.
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Flaw |
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I use unproven treatments on my patients without their knowledge.
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2
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I fear I will fail and not be good enough in my family's eyes.
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3
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I am only interested in the ailments my patients suffer from, not the people themselves.
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4
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Sometimes I go too far in my search for knowledge.
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5
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I have an obsession with death.
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6
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I am frightened/sickened by human suffering.
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