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Old 03-08-2018, 03:52 AM   #56
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Default Re: [Basic] Skill of the week: Esoteric Medicine

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Originally Posted by vicky_molokh View Post
Names can be non-literal in GURPS. What exactly qualifies something as an esoteric tradition as distinct from nontraditional/alternative medicine?
Generally, it includes supernatural elements, or the belief in them (obviously, those elements may not actually exist, but if they don't esoteric medicine is likely to be inferior). Most of the examples in basic are dependent on power source (chi).
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