Physician

Your skills in healing the sick and injured have given you a vast knowledge of illnesses and remedies based on the latest science. You are a member of the Academic Advanced Background. Your calm bedside manner and natural aptitude for concocting medicines make you an effective healer.

**Skill Proficiency:** Medicine

**Additional Equipment:** A bag filled with medicinal herbs, pestle and mortar, bandages, needle and thread, jar of leeches.

**Medical Diagnosis**

Upon spending an hour examining a creature, and succeeding on a medium-DC Wisdom (medicine) check, you can find the exact cause of the creature's illness, injury, or death. Additionally, you become aware of how to cure the ailment., if a non magical cure exists. This does not include magical diseases such as the contagion spell or the Weeping Pox.

## Rank 1 - Surgeon's Apprentice

Whether your fascination is for the humanoid body, or the conditions that afflict it, your tireless dedication to medicine has earned you the position of Surgeon's Apprentice. As an apprentice, you are expected to attend to the patients of your appointed superior with efficiency and effectiveness.

**Holdings:**

Lodging near the medical clinic, hospital, or infirmary where you work.

A copy of the medical codex Cause and Cures.

**Progression:**

Complete a variety of surgeries successfully, and be considered proficient by a mentor who has sattained the rank of Barber Surgeon.

## Rank 2 - Barber Surgeon

Armed with a healer's kits and medical utensils, you are equipped to attend wounds and perform common medical procedures. However, without a medical licence, you can only treat common folk and low-ranking medical personnel.

**Holdings:**

A crude medical clinic known as a "Chop Shop", to facilitate the surgeries you perform.

Up to half a dozen apprentices who follow your commands, assist you where possible, and aspire to become surgeons themselves.

**Progression:**

To progress in this profession, you must obtain your medical licence by proving your skill and dedication to a Royal Physician.

## Rank 3 - Doctor

You have proven your rank among honoured healers within your region, winning the privilege of a medical licence. You are now permitted to open a medical clin ic and treat high society. As a trusted figure, you are invited to rub shoulders with the most prominent of its members.

**Holdings:**

A medical clinic, equipped with an infirmary to care for long-term patients with a variety of illnesses.

A medical licence granted by a Royal Physician, granting you the right to treat individuals of any background.

A clinic staff of half a dozen Barber Surgeons and a team of apprentices.

A patient list of influential figures of various backgrounds who employ your practice for their medical needs.

**Progression:**

To progress in this progression, you must build your practice into a hospital, with multiple Barber Surgeons and Doctors working alongside you. In addition, you must accomplish a great medical achievement, such as discover a cure to a disease or a breakthrough in medical practices.

## Rank 4 - Royal Physician

You have received a monarch's patronage and been given the title of Royal Physician. Only the most revered and skilled physicians receive such a title, and the honour of building and running a Royal Hospital. As a Royal Physician, you are a gatekeeper for those who wish to become Doctors. Barber Surgeons will wait at your doorstep for days to prove their devotion and, hopefully, attain a licence. Kings and merchant lords will travel across the land to seek your treatment, and pay anything to be healed by you.

**Holdings:**

A Royal Hospital, complete with multiple wards dedicated to various specialisations, reserved for the upper class.

An experienced team of physicians of all ranks, dedicated to running the Royal Hospital and advancing medical practices.

A client list consisting of Monarchs, powerful merchants, and other important individuals.

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