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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Aluvial" data-source="post: 3837196" data-attributes="member: 6862">I have a character who has received an open chest wound... and survived.I am going to assume that there are 4 ribs hewn through, and the lung is cut and collapsed.  The character is in what most would call critical condition.  The party is 2nd level.  Normally, this blow would have killed the character, but because of a story award I gave, the character has the right to cheat death this once. What game effects should I put on this character?  How long would it take for natural healing to overcome this difficulty?  What magic is out there that would aid the character?Would Raise Dead, cast upon the living, improve the character's situation?Thanks,Aluvial</blockquote>