(09-03-2013, 10:04 PM)Nimarhie Wrote: Having just mentioned this on the RP crafting thread, I wondered what everyone else's thoughts are on "a wizard did it" as far as magic and healing goes?
I know, in the game that magical healing is talked about by the npcs, I think even in one cutscene they went into detail about how healing is done magically...
But I never liked using magic, divine or otherwise, being used as the cure-all for health problems. It's too much of a crutch, and it takes away from having General Hospital-like drama stories lol. Even in good scifi shows like Star Trek, they don't magically cure everything with science. Plagues still happen, diseases spread, and cure still have to be developed.
I made Taijha to be a healer or a support-healer, because I love that type of role. But I don't want her to be some magical band-aid that swoops into a village and waves her hawthorne twig or whatever it is (oak maybe?) and the plague goes *poof!*
Healing magic should be a band-aid, not life-saving surgery, or if it is used for such, the healer should feel some sort of negative effect from it, empathic feedback, or something... especially if they are a young healer like Taijha and might not know what they are doing fully. And there should be some sort of knowledge of anatomy and how the body works... otherwise mending a gut wound with magic, might screw up the liver, or leave a leak in the lower intestine...
And you would need some training in micro-surgery for healing a lalafell too!
That's my thoughts on it, what are yours? ^_^
I have RPed healers in many games, from EQ through to LoTRO (where there was no magic. Â That was fun)
The thought of a person getting ill or passing out from over exertion in order to save someone's life could be an interesting RP piece.
Here is now I see magical healing.
It comes from the gods, sure enough. Â But to me, one must ask for it yet sacrifice something in return.
So, for example, Defilers in EverQuest 2 are healers. Â Their heals actually harm them in order to heal the other person. Â So in essence they sacrafice their own life essence to keep others alive.
In LoTRO, where there is no real magic, Lore Masters would use powders and the like. Â Mine used a medieval-like healing kit of leeches, bandages, poultices etc.
The healer alt I have in FF14 is how I described above. Â She is young but cares for people of all races deeply. Â If someone is near death, she will over exert her healing to the point of passing out, as she gives her own life energy in exchange for her patron deities' gift.
Of course, one could RP over the years (levels etc) that her training has assisted in not affecting your character as poorly. Â Perhaps they are an alchemist and make basic poultices that could deal with minor injuries?
So many possibilities!
(09-03-2013, 10:43 PM)FreelanceWizard Wrote: Ultimately, though, the limits that magical healing has are dependent on the narrative and the one primary lore restriction, which is that, in general, the dead can't be raised. If the person being healed wants to be fully healed, then great; if not, then that's fine too. Either approach is fine so long as powerposing doesn't come into play on either side and both people agree to the result.
Death is something very different I think.
I guess one could look at it on one's belief system.
I believe all have a soul, and at the moment of death there is a small window where one's soul can be put back into the body.
Of course, losing one's head makes coming back a bit .. difficult.
That's why I never argue with a person if they don't want permadeath. Â I mean we have Phoenix Downs and the like ... pulled off of a phoenix! Â (I guess >.>)
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