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tetsuoh
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 Posted: Wed Jan 07, 2015 9:30 pm Post subject: What skill would acupuncture fall under? |
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As the title states, I need to know what skill acupuncture would fall under?
Medicine? |
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atgxtg
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Probably. If you think it works.
Or maybe Scholar (i,e, it's it's own skill)- it could give some sort of complimentary bonus to a medicine roll if successful.
If you don't think it works then Scholar or Con.
Considering that this is Star Wars, you could assume that the flow of Ch'i is the Force and you might assume that acupuncture is somehow allowing the physical to use the Force to Heal Another- as the power, but using acupuncture skill. |
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tetsuoh
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I go with it works in my games.
But I have my reasons (as a relaxant or to heal muscle problems - it does - trust me)
Medicine it is then. |
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I could even see it being a specialization OF medicine.
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| garhkal wrote: | | I could even see it being a specialization OF medicine. |
But most practitioners wouldn't qualify as MDs. Maybe it should be rolled into something akin to "Eastern Medicine" or "Alternative Medicine" and it could be a advanced skill of First Aid? Literally an alternative to conventional medicine. |
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I could see that. Make it have only a 4d First aid pre-req, but also a scholar or cultures score of 4d.
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I think that works nicely
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I just had a Kung Fu Panda flashback! 
You may want a Dexterity minimum of some kind, but I always thought medicine should as well.
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| Ankhanu wrote: | Perception - Persuasion or Con?  |
In regards to what?
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| atgxtg wrote: | | garhkal wrote: | | I could even see it being a specialization OF medicine. |
But most practitioners wouldn't qualify as MDs. Maybe it should be rolled into something akin to "Eastern Medicine" or "Alternative Medicine" and it could be a advanced skill of First Aid? Literally an alternative to conventional medicine. |
Given that Star Wars medical practitioners would consider what our surgeons do as something akin to blood-letting, leeches, and Civil War era amputations, it might benefit us to parse Star Wars medicine too much.
I would probably go with a specialization of medicine. Sure, you can't use it to put someone's spleen back in, but I'm sure it could potentially have some in-game use.
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Was it Kiss of the Dragon with Jet Li where he practiced acupuncture and used it offensively? I always thought that was an interesting idea.
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yes it was Kiss of the Dragon.
In our games it is used to treat muscluar atrophy from cyro/carbon stasis
It is used to treat the penalty for a permanent reduction to Str or Dex a pip at a time per session that last hrs.
Think Matrix basically, but has a soothing affect as well and is used to help in relaxation techniques. |
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I wonder what the efficacy of reflexology, chiropractic adjustments, and accupuncture would be with cybornetic limbs.
I'm guessing results would be poor.
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| garhkal wrote: | | Ankhanu wrote: | | Perception - Persuasion or Con? |
In regards to what? |
That it's primarily a placebo effect. Belief is the dominant factor in efficacy, one need not even use a needle to gain the benefit of acupuncture if they think there's a needle.
That's not to belittle the power and effect of placebo, mind you... it can be a powerful medical tool, even though we don't know how it works.
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