Physician

You are an able physician, a doctor. Your job is to diagnose what is wrong with a patient, and to balance the humors in order to restore him to good health. You can be rather hampered by not knowing what is happening inside the body. So a physician becomes very good at investigating clues they can observe from the outside (and secreted from the inside). Rashes, bruises, urine, blood and excrement can all be useful in making a diagnosis. Once a diagnosis is made, you know various cures, most of which you prepare yourself. When a Cleric is not available, a physician is an ordinary person’s best hope of relief from an illness. Because physicians see different people with various illnesses each day, most have a huge knowledge of the body and herbal remedies.

Skill Proficiencies: Investigation, Medicine

Tool Proficiencies: Herbalism Kit, Healer's Kit

Equipment: Choose one: Herbalism Kit or Healer's Kit

Suggested Characteristics

People become physicians for many reasons, and motivations also may change as an individual matures, but in most cases it boils down to this: they become physicians because they want to be able to make a positive and meaningful difference in the lives of people. Some people have a special facility for applied science. Some are helped by a physician, and decide they would like to become a physician themselves. There are, also, plenty of people in medicine who have a physician in the family. Sometimes people become physicians because it’s a well-respected field with which most people have a passing familiarity. And sometimes people decide to become physicians because of the money. 

d8	Personality Trait
1	I always want to know how things work and what makes people tick.
2	I believe that anything worth doing is worth doing right. I can’t help it—I’m a perfectionist.
3	I have a strong code of honor or sense of propriety that others don’t comprehend.
4	I have much to be proud of, but I am still just one strand in the grand, interwoven tapestry of life.
5	I like to talk at length about my profession.
6	I use polysyllabic words that convey the impression of great erudition.
7	I’m oblivious to etiquette and social expectations.
8	Seeing illness or injury in any creature saddens me.

d6	Ideal
1	Life. Preserving life and nature is always a worthwhile endeavor. (Good)
2	Science. A rigorous application of logical principles and protocols will lead us toward progress more surely than any belief system. (Lawful)
3	Live and Let Live. Meddling in the affairs of others only causes trouble. (Neutral)
4	No Limits. Nothing should fetter the infinite possibility inherent in all existence. (Chaotic)
5	Greed. I’m only in it for the money. (Evil)
6	Aspiration. I work hard to be the best there is at my craft. (Any)

d6	Bond
1	A healer nursed me to recovery from a mortal illness.
2	I have dedicated my life to finding a solution to a scientific problem.
3	I keep my thoughts and discoveries in a journal. My journal is my legacy.
4	I love beasts and plants of all kinds, and am loath to harm them.
5	I’ve been searching my whole life for the answer to a certain question.
6	I would sacrifice my life and my soul to protect the innocent.

d6	Flaw
1	I am inflexible in my thinking.
2	I let my need to win arguments overshadow friendships and harmony.
3	I overlook obvious solutions in favor of complicated ones.
4	I tend to ignore sleep for days when I’m conducting research, often at the expense of my own health and safety.
5	I’m terrified of getting into a fight where my side is outnumbered.
6	Most people scream and run when they see a demon. I stop and take notes on its anatomy.