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Old 05-29-2013, 08:13 AM   #37
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Default Re: What level Physician skill should an MD have?

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Originally Posted by Bira View Post
12 seems plenty for your average non-adventuring professional, given all those positive modifiers from routine situations, extra time taken, and plentiful high-quality gear. On the other hand, a proper MD needs several skills to be effective, so that's where their points go.

Each positive circumstance you remove means the professional in question needs more raw skill to compensate. I imagine a Doctors Without Borders member treating people in a tent on a war zone would be more skilled than the "average professional" above.
Or he'd just have more complications... eh? I've done expeditionary medicine- it's a compromise.

Most MSF docs don't work there full-time. They volunteer, and take time off of their day jobs.

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