With this skill the Technician may work with the germ theory of disease and antisepsis. A Doctor may diagnose and cure diseases and infections. The Technician's base chance is equal to a Life Roll. This base chance should be altered upwards or downwards, depending upon the disease. He or she may rely upon simple anesthetics.
Successful surgery requires a Life Roll.
This may be adjusted upwards or downwards, depending on the nature of the surgery. See the Operations Manual for modifiers. He or she now understands the chemical underpinnings of life and can affect them to some extent. He or she may make vaccines and antibiotics to help stave off disease. With research, hormones and organ transplants become possible.