Non-Core Heal rules?

[Ogrork the Mighty]

I'm looking for some alternative healing rules for a low magic campaign. I'm not really looking to change the HP or damage system, I'm just looking for rule sets that speed up healing by non-magical means (e.g. with the Heal skill).

Anyone know of some sources I should check out?

 

[Jdvn1]

Paladins could go around laying-on-hands. You could make a salve that does the equivalent of cure minor or cure light wounds (a la the potion variants in the Complete Arcane).

 

[Tatsukun]

Well, I wrote up some non-magical healing potions that could be made form herbs once. The idea was that I could 'give' the party healing by having them find more of the herbs. Then, a PC with herbalist or healing would make the "potions".

The potions were just like magical ones (as PHB) but they only healed one point per hour for (so a CLW would heal one point per hour for 1D8+1 hours) and the person had to be under the care of someone with the healing skill (as PHB) for the healing to happen.

Maybe you could do something similar

-Tatsu

 

[Saeviomagy]

I think the A&EG has alchemical healing salve, which is basically a CLW with a caster level of 0.

 

[Aereas]

In the epic level book they have healing for high checks. You could just use the same idea but at a lower check. In brief here is what they do:

DC 50 grants hp as if resting for a day, and it takes one hour to heal them
DC 100 grants hp as if resting for a full week and it also take 1 hour to heal.

In either of the cases, you can only use one on a person per day, and you cannot use both in the same day.

You couls easily allow these at a lower DC, but increase the time required from 1 hour to 3 or 4 hours. Mabe even up the DC by 10 or 20 points for every hour they want to cut off, to a minimum of 1 hour.

 

[S'mon]

I have a simple rule for low-magic settings, adapted from Conan d20: If recipient is above 0 hp, a DC 15 Heal check (taking 10 minutes) restores up to twice the _recipient's_ level in hit points, to a maximum of 1 hp less than what they had before they were wounded (a sequence of wounds, eg in a battle, counts as one wounding event). So if Althea binds the wounds of Bing the Fighter-6 he gets up to 12 hp back, but if he only took 11 damage he can get at most 11-1 = 10 hp back. If he then takes another 8 damage she can heal up to 7 hp of that, leaving Bing with 2 hp less than he started the day.

 

[Angel Tarragon]

If you are just lloking for other options for healing you could use some of the magic items. I created a Chalice of Healing, that you may wish to peruse.

 

[Ogrork the Mighty]

I have a simple rule for low-magic settings, adapted from Conan d20: If recipient is above 0 hp, a DC 15 Heal check (taking 10 minutes) restores up to twice the _recipient's_ level in hit points, to a maximum of 1 hp less than what they had before they were wounded (a sequence of wounds, eg in a battle, counts as one wounding event). So if Althea binds the wounds of Bing the Fighter-6 he gets up to 12 hp back, but if he only took 11 damage he can get at most 11-1 = 10 hp back. If he then takes another 8 damage she can heal up to 7 hp of that, leaving Bing with 2 hp less than he started the day.

That sounds interesting. And I'll check out Conan d20 as well. Thanks!

 

[moritheil]

I'm looking for some alternative healing rules for a low magic campaign. I'm not really looking to change the HP or damage system, I'm just looking for rule sets that speed up healing by non-magical means (e.g. with the Heal skill).

Anyone know of some sources I should check out?

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Wild healing, from the Warcraft Scout variant.