You have studied the illnesses and ailments of the mortal body as well as the treatments for each. You also know what harms the body and can recognize the symptoms and sources of poisons and other harmful substances. Whether you're an academically trained physician, a shaman versed in the traditional wisdom of your clan or tribe, or a simple villager who helps your neighbors in need by using folk remedies, you know your trade and do it well. You may have taken up adventuring for any number of reasons, ranging from wanting to gain more skill in your profession to a longing to experience a life beyond simple folk medicine.
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- Skill Proficiencies: Medicine, and choose either Investigation, Nature, or Religion
- Tool Proficiencies: Either Herbalism Kit or Poisoner's Kit. Also, when you use a Healer's Kit, you get two additional uses out of the kit (for you, a Healer's Kit has 12 uses instead of 10, for example.)
- Languages: One of your choice (the language of those you primarily worked to heal)
- Equipment: The tool kits you have proficiency with, an item of importance to you (a trinket used in a ritual or an item you are otherwise attached to) worth 5 gold pieces or fewer, a merchant's scale, a set of common clothes, a set of working clothes or an item that identifies you as a healer, and a belt pouch with 10 gold pieces.
How did you become a folk healer? You can work with the DM to determine these things, or you can choose or roll on the table below to decide these things.
| d8 | Healer's Origins |
|---|---|
| 1 | I was raised by a Medicine Woman. |
| 2 | I discovered a tome by an ancient culture that was full of medical wisdom. |
| 3 | I formally trained as a physician. |
| 4 | I apprenticed under a barber who treated the sick. |
| 5 | My mother or father was a tribal shaman. |
| 6 | A collection of folk wisdom was passed down to me by my grandmother. |
| 7 | I was an acolyte at a temple, and I learned how to heal by observing. |
| 8 | I was self-taught, because I have always wanted to help people. |
You have a reputation as a healer of the sick and are often called upon by those who are diseased or injured. You can usually gain an audience with anyone who needs treatment-- even if protocol would normally prevent you from doing so-- simply by agreeing to offer your assistance. Also, by spending a few moments examining a substance-- a vial of liquid, a packet of ground powder, or the like-- you can determine whether the substance is intended to harm or heal (or neither). This examination does not reveal any specific information about the substance (such as that a powder is actually an inhaled poison, or that it paralyzes its victim), only that it is either harmful or helpful to those that it is used on. You must examine the substance by itself; if it is mixed in with any other substance, you can't determine its use. For example, you can't determine that food is poisoned.
Suggested Characteristics
Healers are typically known for caring for their patients, though not necessarily in a gentle way. If the healer is more learned, attention to detail should be a focus, tending toward cleanliness and organization. If the healer is more rustic, knowing the best way to do things should be a focus, tending to disregard the patient's comfort in favor of what will help them most, and demanding what is needed from everyone around.
| d8 | Personality Trait |
|---|---|
| 1 | You don't get into this business unless you like people. I have never met someone I couldn't relate to in some way. |
| 2 | Do you know how long I studied to become a healer? You obviously don't know what you are talking about. |
| 3 | I always ask for any payment for my services up front. |
| 4 | Sometimes you have to break the rules a little if it is in the name of helping others or advancing knowledge. |
| 5 | I idolize my mentor; I do everything I can to show his or her faith in me was not in vain. |
| 6 | I have these skills to help the afflicted, regardless if they be friends or strangers, or if they are able to pay. |
| 7 | I have no concerns for niceties nor social etiquette-- either others need my help or they don't. |
| 8 | I have a collection of preserved body parts. I only keep it... err... in the interests of science. Do you want to see it? |
| d6 | Ideal |
|---|---|
| 1 | Service. The world is full of suffering people. I will do all I can to help. (Good) |
| 2 | Tradition. The customs/rituals and laws of my trade/faith/people must be preserved even when away from home. (Lawful) |
| 3 | Efficiency. I am not emotionally invested in those I aid; to act otherwise would compromise my work. (Neutral) |
| 4 | Prestige. Healers are held in high regard in all societies, and I like the perks that come with the job. (Chaotic) |
| 5 | Power. I have the power of life and death over those I minister to. (Evil) |
| 6 | Research. In order to treat patients effectively, we must understand the maladies afflicting them. (Any) |
| d6 | Bond |
|---|---|
| 1 | I learned the healing arts after someone I loved died and there was nothing I could do to help. |
| 2 | I wish to prove that "mundane" healing is just as viable as magic. |
| 3 | I work closely with a group that aims to eliminate a particular malady entirely. |
| 4 | Everything I do is for the betterment of my tribe/school/religion/country. |
| 5 | I will never refuse to aid those in need-- even my sworn enemies. |
| 6 | There are many charlatans who call themselves healers but are dangerous quacks. They must be exposed and stopped from hurting anyone else. |
| d6 | Flaw |
|---|---|
| 1 | Fixing the ailment is what's important, not the person. Thus, I have almost no social skills regardless of how much I try. |
| 2 | I care so much about the people who come to me that when I can't help, it is a devastating blow. |
| 3 | I treat my patients as problems to be solved rather than people to be helped, and I am sometimes tempted to use unproven treatments on my patients without their knowledge. |
| 4 | I am hunted by a powerful family or faction because I accidentally killed a patient when I tried to heal him or her. |
| 5 | Memories of a horrible plague that I failed to cure still haunt me to this day. |
| 6 | I wear a badge that marks me as a healer a little too proudly, and when know I'm right about something, no one can convince me I'm wrong. |
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