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09-04-2017, 09:24 PM | #1 |
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: Geelong, Australia
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Surgery - How does it work?
Hi,
I'm a bit confused about Surgery in GURPS. I understand how physician works (get HP back per day etc)... But there doesn't appear to be a rule saying successful surgery gives back n hit points. It can cause damage on a failure, stabilise a mortal wound, repair a crippling injury, but there doesn't appear to be a benefit on hit points! Any thoughts please? Thanks, Wayne |
09-04-2017, 09:33 PM | #2 |
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: Yukon, OK
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Re: Surgery - How does it work?
Surgery does not giveback HP.
In fact it really should subtract HP. This is the skill you would use to save a life by pulling out a bullet, possibly setting a limb (at a penalty, IMHO), removing a tumor or organ, etc. After surgical procedure you use Physician to speed the recovery.
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09-04-2017, 09:38 PM | #3 | |
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: Geelong, Australia
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Re: Surgery - How does it work?
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Or removing bullet fragments? This makes no sense at all, surgery I think has an immediate positive effect and then hastens healing. Thanks, Wayne |
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09-04-2017, 09:42 PM | #4 |
Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: Lawrence, KS
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Re: Surgery - How does it work?
How would you repair a massive hole surgically? Surgery can't create new tissue to fill the gap and replace the destroyed tissue. That takes healing, which is a physiological process, which can be aided by Physician.
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09-04-2017, 09:48 PM | #5 | |
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: Geelong, Australia
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Re: Surgery - How does it work?
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Then of course healing will be much much quicker, so yes, a physician aids there but the surgery has given an enormous head start and the healing will be more rapid. |
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09-04-2017, 09:59 PM | #6 |
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Binghamton, NY, USA. Near the river Styx in the 5th Circle.
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Re: Surgery - How does it work?
The immediate benefit of surgery is usually that you will stop bleeding and the continuing risk of infection decreases dramatically. The secondary benefit is that your body will be able to start healing, which it may not have been able to do with a large gaping wound or a ruptured spleen, and it can start healing in a way that is more beneficial to you - i.e. a set bone will heal in a way that will allow you to walk again instead having a permanently crippled leg.
The problem is that most of these benefits fall below the resolution of what GURPS - and most RPGs - bother to keep track of.
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09-04-2017, 10:49 PM | #7 | |
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: Yukon, OK
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Re: Surgery - How does it work?
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As someone who has had a few I feel confident in saying that GURPS does ok here. First Aid or Physician can stop the bleeding and includes stitches, so is great for saving a life and the go to skill for an emergency. If you have to undergo surgery to save your life your going to be laid up and need time to recover.
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09-05-2017, 04:08 AM | #8 | |
Join Date: Jun 2006
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Re: Surgery - How does it work?
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And yeah, First Aid probably ought to have a default to Surgery, that may be the house rule you need.
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09-04-2017, 09:37 PM | #9 |
Join Date: Jun 2016
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Re: Surgery - How does it work?
It works like in real life. Surgery doesn't heal you; it is cutting open the body to repair an issue that isn't letting your body do its work. It's up to your body to do the actual healing.
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bullet removal, harsh realism |
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