Between fast cars, big guns, powerful drugs, and the steep decline in the value of life, society has no shortage of casualties. Those in the medical field will always be in heavy demand, their skills and tools allowing them to make the difference between life and death for their patients. They are often respected for saving the lives of family members, or blamed and despised for their perceived failures. Modern medicine has advanced to the point of completely restructuring a person’s face and body, replacing limbs and organs with vat grown tissue, enhancing individuals past their natural limits with cybernetics, and more. Of course, a person’s access to healthcare may depend heavily on their financial situation. The same limits apply to medical professionals, who hold positions that range from underfunded community clinic nurses to the personal physicians of corporate senior executives. They can rise as high as their ambitions, skill, and ruthlessness allow.
- Skill Proficiencies: Medicine, plus one determined by your Specialty: Animal Handling, Athletics, Deception, Insight, Intimidation, Investigation, Nature, Perception, Performance, Persuasion, Sleight of Hand, or Survival.
- Tool Proficiencies: One from among herbalism kit or alchemist’s supplies.
- Languages: One of your choice.
- Equipment: A set of common clothes, a healer’s kit, a piece of medical equipment (latex gloves, a syringe, a medical mask), and a credit stick with 1,000₵.
Specialty
No medical professional is familiar with all fields of medicine. There’s simply too much for an individual to learn, and it gets harder every year as medical science continues to progress. Instead, you must specializes in a certain field of medicine. You can select your specialty from the table below or roll to select it randomly
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Specialty |
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1
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General Practitioner or Pediatrician (Persuasion or Deception)
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2
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Combat Medic or Paramedic (Athletics or Survival)
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3
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Psychiatrist or Neurologist (Insight)
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4
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Surgeon or Cybernetics Specialist (Sleight of Hand)
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5
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Pathologist or Pharmacologist (Nature)
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6
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Veterinarian or Wildlife Biologist (Animal Handling)
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7
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Forensic Scientist or Coroner (Investigation or Perception)
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8
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Nurse or Orderly (Intimidation or Performance)
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Feature: Primary Care
You can always find a back alley clinic or hospital willing to treat you and your companions’ wounds without asking too many awkward questions. You also have an easier time acquiring pharmaceutical chemicals and drugs, as well as other medical supplies. Additionally, you know where you can gain access to a medical lab for research and experimental purposes.
Suggested Characteristics
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Personality Trait |
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1
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I have a dry, detached, and clinical personality.
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2
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I’ll spare no effort to help others.
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3
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I tend to get too personally involved and care toomuch.
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4
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I’m a nervous wreck, but I try to keep it together around others.
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5
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I have a very warm bedside manner for my patients and those I care about.
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6
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I’m not good enough. I never have been.
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7
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I think that laughter is the best medicine.
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8
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Every day I live is a joy.
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Ideal |
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1
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Healer. Save everyone you can, ease the suffering of those you can’t. (Good)
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2
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Oath. First, do no harm. (Lawful)
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3
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Alternative. I’ve tried traditional medicine, now it’s time for something new. (Chaotic)
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4
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Knowledge. Medical and professional advancement are more important than petty things like ethics. (Evil)
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5
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Professional. I have a job to do, lofty ideals are unrealistic. (Neutral)
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6
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Guardian. I’ll safeguard those I care about. (Any)
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Bond |
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1
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I lost a patient with mysterious symptoms. I must learn the root cause.
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2
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The hospital I worked at was doing illegal research.
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3
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I never got a real medical degree, but I’ve never let that stop me.
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4
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My research requires subjects who are consistently in harm’s way.
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5
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I’m no doctor, just a washed-up husk after the biggest mistake of my life.
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6
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The best preventative medicine is stopping those who hurt others.
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| d6 |
Flaw |
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1
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I don’t need a second opinion, I know what’s best.
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2
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I’m hard on myself because I can’t afford to make a single mistake.
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3
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I secretly can’t stand the sight of blood.
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4
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I jump to conclusions, and it’s hard to dissuade me.
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5
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I tend to fall apart when I lose a patient.
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6
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I am easily distracted at the worst times.
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