I am of the opinion that Raise and equivalents are much closer to a magical and some what more powerful version of the shock paddles in modern medicine than anything more long term.
As for why there are scars, people die, people get sick there's only so much energy nature can provide. Â Conjurers are taught to balance the needs of all. Â Arcanists don't seem to have the same issues but Arcanists seem to be rareish enough that not everyone can get things just healed up(Scholars even more so)
Or more simply there aren't enough healers to go around. There is only so much healing that can be handed out. There are alot more people who go out swinging axes and spears than there are people who learn to heal(And Scholars are a lost art!)
I think Lore is really more on the side of healers are amazing, too bad the world is filled with 10 times as many people getting hurts and sick than they could ever cover.
As for why there are scars, people die, people get sick there's only so much energy nature can provide. Â Conjurers are taught to balance the needs of all. Â Arcanists don't seem to have the same issues but Arcanists seem to be rareish enough that not everyone can get things just healed up(Scholars even more so)
(09-04-2013, 01:27 AM)Theodric Brandt Wrote: I've always found it to be much more interesting to tone down the extent at which magic can be used to heal a wounded character in order to add more depth to a particular story. I also cannot help but note that magic in this setting does not appear to be widespread or powerful enough to instantly heal anyone. Even front line soldiers are shown to be recovering in outposts and there's even one location - Camp Bronze Lake if I recall correctly - that shows wounded soldiers slowly recuperating in a hot spring.
In my eyes the likes of magic and alchemy are used to supplement the healing process to varying degrees of success and efficiency instead of solving things instantaneously. There's room for the odd exception here and there, mind you - such as an immensely powerful relic being used as part of a lengthy ongoing plot.
Or more simply there aren't enough healers to go around. There is only so much healing that can be handed out. There are alot more people who go out swinging axes and spears than there are people who learn to heal(And Scholars are a lost art!)
I think Lore is really more on the side of healers are amazing, too bad the world is filled with 10 times as many people getting hurts and sick than they could ever cover.
