Medicine throughout history

[garrowolf]

I am starting to work on the medicine rules for different Tech Levels and I wanted to get some ideas from you guys. I am starting with the Stone Age, then Bronze Age, etc. I am looking for something a little more developed then just a DC to heal but not so much to be annoying.

Here are the various Tech levels: Nexus Tech Levels - Nexus D20 Wiki

If anyone knows of any really well done medical rules in any game then tell me!

Thanks!

 

[Jimlock]

Perhaps White Wolf's rules can be of assistance. They always keep it simple and they always make more cense

 

[garrowolf]

Perhaps White Wolf's rules can be of assistance. They always keep it simple and they always make more cense

Which books are you suggesting?

 

[Jimlock]

Haven't played a WOD campaign for quite a few years, but I remember clearly the Medicine skill (with it's own specialties, just like all skills in WOD). You 'll find it in the core book (The World of Darkness core book) under the description of skills.

Perhaps it can also be found in any of the series main books as well: Vampire: The Requiem, Werewolf: The Forsaken, Mage: The Awakening.

Not very complicated, as always, still not as simplified as a single DC.

Just take a look here... perhaps Monte Cook's World of Darkness is more appropriate? ...don't know

 

[garrowolf]

Ok I finally found my books for WoD and went through them. The medical rules are way too simple for my purposes. Thank you though.

Basically what I am working on is I am going to have an entry for each tech level describing the medical technology of that era. Then I was going to have a list of medical devices for each entry.

What I am trying to figure out how best to do is listing the procedures available per tech level. For instance at low tech a stab wound could not be really fixed. They could do some simple surgery but not the complex layers of work that would be needed. Up to modern tech level they can repair the layers of damage for say a abdominal stab wound. In future tech levels they may just stick you in an autodoc and press a button.

So what is a good list of procedures that would change through time alot? Basically what I am trying to figure out is a list of procedures and which ones are more difficult then the next. I can set the DCs but is reconstructing a leg harder then reconstructing intestines? etc.


I know that it is sounding like it would be too complex but once I divide it my tech level then I think it would be just right. Plus, as I said it is there so that a PC doctor has more to do then to make a vague medical roll. And it makes cross Tech Level stuff more impressive.

 

[garrowolf]

This is what I have so far. Any other ideas?

[FONT=Verdana, sans-serif]Basic: You know first aid.[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, sans-serif] Easy (10) - Treat bruises and cuts[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, sans-serif] Moderate (15) - Put a split on a leg/arm. Easy Child Birth[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, sans-serif] Difficult (25) - You can keep someone alive with CPR [/FONT]


[FONT=Verdana, sans-serif]Trained: You know paramedic level medicine. [/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, sans-serif] Easy (15) - Treat severe bashing damage. [/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, sans-serif] Moderate (20) - Stabilize a gun shot wound, Amputate a limb[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, sans-serif] Difficult (30) - Stabilize a lethal cutting attack. [/FONT]


[FONT=Verdana, sans-serif]Focused: You can do general medicine. Your tech level will determine which illnesses are treatable. [/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, sans-serif] Easy (20) - Treat a simple illness[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, sans-serif] Moderate (25) - Treat a severe illness, Moderate Child Birth[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, sans-serif]Difficult (35) - Treat a deadly illness[/FONT]


[FONT=Verdana, sans-serif]Expert: You are trained as a surgeon.[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, sans-serif] Easy (25) - Plastic Surgery, attach a prosthetic limb, replace a damaged joint[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, sans-serif] Moderate (30) - Life Saving Surgery, Difficult Child Birth/C-Section, repair abdominal damage, heart surgery[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, sans-serif] Difficult (40) - Reconstruct a destroyed body part[/FONT]


[FONT=Verdana, sans-serif]Mastery: You are an advanced surgeon[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, sans-serif] Easy (30) – Simple Brain Surgery[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, sans-serif] Moderate (35) – Moderate Brain Surgery[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, sans-serif] Difficult (45) - Difficult Brain Surgery[/FONT]

 

[garrowolf]

Okay this is what I came up with:
http://www.wiki.garrowolf.net/index.php?title=Medicine
http://www.wiki.garrowolf.net/index.php?title=MedicalbyTL

tell me what you guys think

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

A little hint of what the ancients could do in terms of medicine can be found here:

Surgery - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

And by watching this cool show:

The Science Channel :: TV Listings :: What The Ancients Knew

The one on India is particularly impressive, as it points out that brain surgery goes back quite a way in their history, and their technique for a skin graft for plastic surgery on the nose is essentially unchanged today.

 

[garrowolf]

okay I added a section in the Bronze age to refer to this. Anything else I missed?