Unaligned Healers

Those who use unaligned magic to heal.

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Chirurgeon

Type: Surgeon

Chirurgeons are surgeons who magically transmute other skills into surgical skills. They do study medicine and surgey, but they heighten their surgical skills by drawing from other skills.

They engage in a meditative practice called figgum. This begins with the chirurgeon not learning medicine, but to juggle. They practice this for hours a day until they can juggle five knives with their eyes closed, and then they juggle while meditating. The concept they focus on to meditate is that "one skill is all skills". The idea is that if one learns one skill, that skill can be transformed into another. Thus, they focus on a single skill, becoming elite in it, then use the power of figgum to transform that skill into any other needed skill temporarily. The process of achieving this requires them focusing on the circle formed by the act of juggling, then breaking past it via a meditative process called "moving beyond the circle". This process requires such extreme concentration that one must meditate for months at a time to achieve it, hence why few among the poor and oppressed ever achieve it. They do this together with one another, always matching the pace of their least skilled member, to establish a bond.

In-game, this amounts to an ongoing series of rolling juggling skill, WIL, and AWA against increasing difficulties, with a series of bonuses and penalties for successes or failures, culminating in a roll against a difficulty of 25 for juggling, 25 for WIL to focus, and 25 for AWA to see past the circle. If this is achieved, the chirurgeon will gain the ability to move their skill points around their character sheet. There are some caveats to this - they can't move base stats around, for example, nor innate powers. Only learned skills may be adapted. If they alter their skill in juggling, it may affect their ability to use this power, as they must enter the meditative state via juggling to use their power

Some skills cost more than others, however. Magical abilities, for example, are not equivalent to basic language skills, nor are elite-level skills equal to low-level ones. There is a scale of equivalence available if you choose to play a chirurgeon. Once a chirurgeon band is formed and bonded, they can trade skills no matter how far apart they are or whether they are working together or not. Surgical skills are expensive to heighten, so they study many different kinds of skills to have enough to draw from.

Chirurgeons are usually from privileged backgrounds due to the extensive study their work requires.

PRO +2 ATH / STR / AWA +2 WIL +1 PRS -1 STH -1

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Chymosian

Type: Doctor

A doctor of humors. Chymosians heal people using the theory of the humors of the body. This unscientific and mystical process is, of course, bullshit, but there is body magic that makes it work in this magical setting.

Chymosians recognize many humors and their importance:

• Amniotic: the waters of life and protection of the unborn. Keeping it healthy is crucial. In imbalance, it causes miscarriages. A healthy uterus keeps it balanced.
• Black bile: black bile is any organ fluid that is not other fluids listed. It is correlated to melancholic disposition. It is said to cause depression, cancer, and senescence if it exists in excess. A healthy spleen keeps it from increasing to excess.
• Blood: blood is correlated to a sanguine disposition. It is the most powerful of all the humors and can be studied to know the full balance of all humors in a body. It is the source of life within a person. A healthy heart keeps it balanced.
• Lymph: lymph is correlated to a compassionate disposition. It is said to be responsible for healing within the body and for bodily growth. Too much, however, causes heart and lung issues. Healthy lymph nodes keep it balanced.
• Milk: milk is correlated to a maternal disposition. It is nourishment and strength. Healthy mammary glands keep it balanced. Too much milk in the system causes anxiety, back pains, and osteoporosis.
• Oestrus: menstrual blood is correlated to a minerval disposition. It is said that an excess of it causes every problem "women" usually have, but it is also considered a self-balancing fluid. Healthy ovaries keep it balanced.
• Phlegm: phlegm includes any kind of mucus or pus in the body. It is correlated to a phlegmatic disposition. It is said to cause tumours, chlorosis, rheumatism, and cacochymia. A healthy brain keeps it from increasing to excess.
• Semen: semen is correlated to an agrandized disposition. If in excess, it causes strokes, heart attacks, and blindness. It must be purged regularly. Healthy genitalia keep it balanced.
• Tears (lachryma): tears are correlated to a hysterical disposition. If in excess, they cause headaches, confusion, and paranoia. Healthy lungs keep it balanced.
• Urine: urine is correlated to a sour disposition. If in excess, it causes digestional problems. It must be purged regularly. Healthy kidneys keep it balanced.
• Yellow bile: yellow bile is actual bile, the yellowish fluid found or associated with the liver and gallbladder. It is correlated to a choleric disposition. It is said to cause increased anger, irrational behavior, cirrhosis, and jaundice. A healthy liver or gallbladder keeps it under control.

Different foods, exercises, and other practices help to keep fluids balanced, and chymosians know what to recommend to their patients. They also know how to encourage blood and lymph to heal sicknesses or wounds, keeping medicines for this purposes always on their person. Their magic is generally long-term, slow, and an absurdly pseudoscientific version of medicine, they have access to quicker magicks such as special herbs, roots, and potions that speed recovery from injuries.

PRO -2 ATH / STR -1 AWA +3 WIL +1 PRS / STH /