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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Andor" data-source="post: 5897544" data-attributes="member: 1879">*shrug* That depends on the first aid/mundane healing rules.In reality first aid skills and herb lore tended to be pretty good amoung people without modern medicine. Sadly we here in the west had a notable period of sucktacular medical skill during that awkward period where doctors had rejected mysticism and before they actually had developed sound scientific medical practices ... or discovered the values of hygine. Fortunately that only lasted 3 or 4 centuries. *facepalm*Now one of the nigh universal criticisms of 4e was the overly powerful non-magical healing rules, so you can bet that there will be some reigning in of that. However as long as they don't start bringing in 'realistic' rules for lingering infections and peritonits and tetanus... a wound in the wilderness will not be an automatic death sentence.As far as rangers and magical healing go... Sure it would make sense, if magical healing were available, for wilderness loving types to learn some of it. However the metaphysical rules of the world may not make it that easy. That's for WotC (and GMs everywhere) to decide. If not, then rangers will probably pack along first-aid kits and healing potions just like hikers today bring bandages and antiseptics.</blockquote>