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New Rogue Archetype: The Physician (Expert in Medieval Medicine)
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<blockquote data-quote="Redthistle" data-source="post: 6764403" data-attributes="member: 6778305"><p>It seems to me that a physician's Sneak Attack ability would be informed by a knowledge of anatomy and, from proficiency with the herbalism kit, various toxins. A related question: in the physician's game-world culture, is there the equivalent of the Hippocratic Oath?</p><p></p><p>Regarding the relation of Cunning Action to this archetype, Dash makes sense in an emergency-room or field-medic context. </p><p></p><p>Likewise, I don't see any reason to remove Disengage from the feature; breaking away from a foe in combat to care for a fallen ally matches up well.</p><p></p><p>Hide, however, does not fit the archetype so easily: a physician focused on a patient would naturally be less focused on other things, and the motions needed for attending to the patient could likely even draw attention to the physician. For a rogue-physician, I would replace the Hide bonus-action option in Cunning Action with the ability to use the Wisdom (Medicine) check or a healer's kit.</p><p></p><p>Empireofchaos, I'm interested in your build for a physician background. It could be cobbled together as a hybridization using elements of Guild Artisan and Hermit, but other possibilities exist, so I'd appreciate seeing what you've come up with.</p><p></p><p>Your feeling that a Physician archetype doesn't seem to go with the Rogue class makes some sense. I can see your point there. </p><p></p><p>That being said, I am nevertheless increasingly inclined to experiment creating PCs of one class and adapting an archetype from another class just to see if the results are balanced and playable. [Obviously not for AL play.]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Redthistle, post: 6764403, member: 6778305"] It seems to me that a physician's Sneak Attack ability would be informed by a knowledge of anatomy and, from proficiency with the herbalism kit, various toxins. A related question: in the physician's game-world culture, is there the equivalent of the Hippocratic Oath? Regarding the relation of Cunning Action to this archetype, Dash makes sense in an emergency-room or field-medic context. Likewise, I don't see any reason to remove Disengage from the feature; breaking away from a foe in combat to care for a fallen ally matches up well. Hide, however, does not fit the archetype so easily: a physician focused on a patient would naturally be less focused on other things, and the motions needed for attending to the patient could likely even draw attention to the physician. For a rogue-physician, I would replace the Hide bonus-action option in Cunning Action with the ability to use the Wisdom (Medicine) check or a healer's kit. Empireofchaos, I'm interested in your build for a physician background. It could be cobbled together as a hybridization using elements of Guild Artisan and Hermit, but other possibilities exist, so I'd appreciate seeing what you've come up with. Your feeling that a Physician archetype doesn't seem to go with the Rogue class makes some sense. I can see your point there. That being said, I am nevertheless increasingly inclined to experiment creating PCs of one class and adapting an archetype from another class just to see if the results are balanced and playable. [Obviously not for AL play.] [/QUOTE]
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