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PFS LimitedPhysician

The art of medicine is a blend of the intellectual and the practical, concerned with how diseases work and how to prevent them. The physician can be found consulting well-thumbed tomes while meticulously examining patients to better understand their condition, before determining the most effective treatment. For medical matters, the physician is a 4th-level challenge.

Recall Knowledge - Humanoid (Society): DC 13
Unspecific Lore: DC 11
Specific Lore: DC 8

Elite | Normal | Weak
Proficiency without Level

Changes from being Weak are marked in red below.
NOTE: The -2 damage penalty to non-strike offensive abilities (-4 if the ability is limited, such as spells) is NOT factored in.

Weak PhysicianCreature -2

Legacy Content

N Medium Human Humanoid 
Source Gamemastery Guide pg. 220
Perception +6; (8 to notice ailments)
Languages Common
Skills Diplomacy +6, Medicine +10, Society +8
Str -1, Dex +1, Con +1, Int +4, Wis +2, Cha +2
Bedside Manner A physician has a +2 circumstance bonus to Diplomacy checks to Make an Impression on or make a Request of a diseased, poisoned, or wounded creature.
Doctor's Hand When the physician rolls a critical failure on a check to Treat Disease, Treat Poison, or Treat Wounds, they get a failure instead.
Items healer's tools, medical textbook, minor elixir of life (2)
AC 11; Fort +7, Ref +1, Will +6
HP 9
Speed 25 feet
Melee [one-action] fist +3 [-1/-5] (agile, nonlethal), Damage 1d4-2-1 bludgeoningRanged [one-action] medical textbook +3 [-2/-7] (nonlethal, thrown 10 feet), Damage 1d4-2-1 bludgeoning

All Monsters in "Healers"

NameLevel
Apothecary-1
Physician-1
Plague Doctor5
Surgeon2

Healers

Source Gamemastery Guide pg. 220
The world is a dangerous place. Thankfully, there are those who devote their lives to easing the pain and suffering of others.

Sidebar - Advice and Rules Ailments

Common diseases are located here. These can be treated by most healers, though they may have longer-term physiological impacts. For unusual conditions, like ghoul fever or mummy rot, you might impose penalties on a normal healer attempting to remedy them.

Sidebar - Advice and Rules Medical Service Prices

The physician and surgeon are masters of Medicine; the apothecary and plague doctor are experts. Plague doctors charge five times this rate, and surgeons 10 times.

Identify Affliction: 1 sp.
Treat Wounds: 2 sp.
Treat Disease: 1 gp.
First Aid or Treating a Poison: 1 sp.