Re: Skills List: Cinematic vs Realistic
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Originally Posted by vicky_molokh
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Low-Tech has details on what Esoteric Medicine can do in a realistic campaign. It's not as good as Physician/TL5, perhaps, but still of use. It can be used to negate the -5 to Surgery for characters who lack Physician, can be used as a (poorer) substitute for anaesthesia, and some other non-drug-related stuff from Low-Tech.
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Low Tech takes a very "optimistic" view on "alternative medicines".
Realistically, I would call it First Aid or Physician with a penalty based on faulty theories/superstitions.
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