> Doesn't help very much. What's the reason spirit magic heals only to 1
> HP ? And how does this look like ?
Fair question, which I'm afraid has an enormously long answer. Take a look on my web page in the house rules section under healing, and be prepared for a lot of discussion of auras.
As for what it looks like: the wound closes: just. It stops bleeding. But it still looks awful, and still hurts a lot.
I do like the idea that spirit Heal spells don't cure any possible infection! (Well, no-one ever suggested they do: but most games forget about infection unless you've been hit by a Broo. After getting a septic hand from a tiny cut caused by sharp metal in a workshop, I should know better).
I suppose we now need to look for natural antiseptics for our characters to carry around. Well, there's one that everyone's got (unless very dehydrated), but I don't have enough medical knowledge to know how good it is. And Vingans have an advantage here: henna's meant to be quite effective according to my herb book. Just rub your hair on the wound! (Well, maybe fresh would be better. But it's a nice thought.)
Back on to herbalism systems: it looks as if assigning herbs to elements would parallel RW ancient herbalism. And I'm sure assigning parts of the body to elements would help, too, and be easy enough. So, if you've gto a headache, find a herb that's been assigned to the same element as your head (yes, this is vastly oversimplified!). But most diseases already in the Roolz affect a specific stat, not a specific location. Can we assign stats to elements? Should we?
Simon Bray recommended "Way of the Wyrd" By Brian Bates, and having read it I can see his point. Combining this with some of Gaylin's points, I think we can agree that each and every plant has a spirit. If the plant is to be used to combat disease spirits, the treatment of the plant's spirit is at least as important as the physical picking. I doubt if many plants would fight back as much as spearwort, but each would have its own personality depending on the mythology behind it. So how do you bargain with a plant? Agree to water it? Fertilise it? Spread its seeds?
Jane Williams jane_at_williams.nildram.co.ukhttp://homepages.nildram.co.uk/~janewill/gloranth/index.shtml
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