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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Wangalade" data-source="post: 6278277" data-attributes="member: 6691437">that's the difference, combat abilities are specifically spelled out, a wizard or a thief can still fight, just not well. first aid is the most basic application of medical knowledge, not something you only get with a cleric. because the thief has the ability to use those skills specific to his class, it is excluded, or the proper use of those skills are excluded from others. Even considering differences between editions I don't recall any "first aid" skill on any character sheet I have seen, or a rule that only clerics can do first aid. therefore it is a basic knowledge that every adventurer should have, maybe not every single npc, but at least every adventurer. there are certain things I assume an adventurer can do in dnd. in other game systems I change my assumptions based on how skills work, but in dnd any adventurer can climb a tree, any adventurer can read and write if they have an average intelligence, and any adventurer can use first aid.</blockquote>