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 '''Detoxification''' is an [[Knowledge Points|authority]]-status [[Sage Ability|sage ability]] in the [[Sage Study|study]] of [[Medicine (sage study)|Medicine]] that enables the physician to reduce the effects of [[Poison (substance)|poisoning]] and other forms of toxic damage to the body through the application of diuretics, emetics, purgatives, anti-toxins and anti-[[Venom (substance)|venom]].
-To succeed in countering forms of [[Addiction (malady)|addiction]], the character must assemble one dose each of '''blue mass''', '''four thieves' vinegar''', '''[[Wool Alcohol (substance)|wood alcohol]]''' and '''aloe vera''' per day; these things are described on the [[Equipment Notes|equipment notes]] page. Treatment does not remove the addiction outright, but interferes with its progress, reducing both the harm it causes and the rate at which it spreads through the body.
+To succeed in countering forms of [[Addiction (malady)|addiction]], the character must assemble one dose each of '''blue mass''', '''four thieves' vinegar''', '''[[Wood Alcohol (substance)|wood alcohol]]''' and '''aloe vera''' per day; these things are described on the [[Equipment Notes|equipment notes]] page. Treatment does not remove the addiction outright, but interferes with its progress, reducing both the harm it causes and the rate at which it spreads through the body.
 == Poisoning ==

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 '''Detoxification''' is an [[Knowledge Points|authority]]-status [[Sage Ability|sage ability]] in the [[Sage Study|study]] of [[Medicine (sage study)|Medicine]] that enables the physician to reduce the effects of [[Poison (substance)|poisoning]] and other forms of toxic damage to the body through the application of diuretics, emetics, purgatives, anti-toxins and anti-[[Venom (substance)|venom]].
-To succeed in countering forms of [[Addiction (malady)|addiction]], the character must assemble one dose each of '''blue mass''', '''four thieves' vinegar''', '''wood alcohol''' and '''aloe vera''' per day; these things are described on the [[Equipment Notes|equipment notes]] page. Treatment does not remove the addiction outright, but interferes with its progress, reducing both the harm it causes and the rate at which it spreads through the body.
+To succeed in countering forms of [[Addiction (malady)|addiction]], the character must assemble one dose each of '''blue mass''', '''four thieves' vinegar''', '''[[Wool Alcohol (substance)|wood alcohol]]''' and '''aloe vera''' per day; these things are described on the [[Equipment Notes|equipment notes]] page. Treatment does not remove the addiction outright, but interferes with its progress, reducing both the harm it causes and the rate at which it spreads through the body.
 == Poisoning ==

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 '''Detoxification''' is an [[Knowledge Points|authority]]-status [[Sage Ability|sage ability]] in the [[Sage Study|study]] of [[Medicine (sage study)|Medicine]] that enables the physician to reduce the effects of [[Poison (substance)|poisoning]] and other forms of toxic damage to the body through the application of diuretics, emetics, purgatives, anti-toxins and anti-[[Venom (substance)|venom]].
-To succeed in countering forms of [[Addiction|addiction]], the character must assemble one dose each of '''blue mass''', '''four thieves' vinegar''', '''wood alcohol''' and '''aloe vera''' per day; these things are described on the [[Equipment Notes|equipment notes]] page. Treatment does not remove the addiction outright, but interferes with its progress, reducing both the harm it causes and the rate at which it spreads through the body.
+To succeed in countering forms of [[Addiction (malady)|addiction]], the character must assemble one dose each of '''blue mass''', '''four thieves' vinegar''', '''wood alcohol''' and '''aloe vera''' per day; these things are described on the [[Equipment Notes|equipment notes]] page. Treatment does not remove the addiction outright, but interferes with its progress, reducing both the harm it causes and the rate at which it spreads through the body.
 == Poisoning ==

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	If the physician possesses more than 60 points in [[Medicine (sage study)\|medicine]], they may temporarily provide the addicted character with 1 point of constitution for every four they're ready to sacrifice. For example, a physician ready to do without 12 constitution points could add 3 to a patient. This imposes a penalty of 4 constitution upon the physician, who suffers this loss for the latter half of the day when the treatment is given, recovering it after eight hours of rest.		If the physician possesses more than 60 points in [[Medicine (sage study)\|medicine]], they may temporarily provide the addicted character with 1 point of constitution for every four they're ready to sacrifice. For example, a physician ready to do without 12 constitution points could add 3 to a patient. This imposes a penalty of 4 constitution upon the physician, who suffers this loss for the latter half of the day when the treatment is given, recovering it after eight hours of rest.
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		+	Each successful day reduces the base penalty, beginning at -18, by 1 point, provided the character does not touch or recommit to the substance. Thus, after one successful day, the base penalty falls to -17. This process continues until the penalty is reduced to zero, at which point the character is fully detoxified and no further '''medical''' aid can be given.

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 Once the medicine has been taken, the character makes a constitution check, improved by the modifiers given above. If the character's constitution is 12 or less, however, these medicines alone have no effect. When treatment is supervised by someone possessing detoxification ability, additional modifiers shown on the table may further improve the character's chance of success, but ''only if they are accompanied by the use of medicine''.
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-Physicians with knowledge of detoxification understand how to effectively restrain an addicted character without causing undue harm to their body.  As well, the physician may '''substitute''' their own ability scores when helping the patient build a resistance to the addiction.  In the case of physical addictions, such as drink, tobacco, opium and the like, the physician may draw on the abilities of [[Intelligence (ability stat)|intelligence]] or [[Wisdom (ability stat)|wisdom]], even [[Charisma (ability stat)|charisma]], to encourage the patient to resist and let go of the addiction.  One roll may be made per day; the [[Ability Stats|ability stat]] attempted on a given day cannot be the one used the day before.
+The ability includes knowledge of how to bind a character securely, which takes 13-18 rounds; unbinding requires 4-10 rounds, and the binding must be maintained for two hours at a time, twice per day, at unpredictable intervals, requiring the constant presence of a skilled attendant. Immobility means the character remains in bed for the entire day, without rising for any purpose.
-A "success" occurs on any day where ''either'' the patient or the physician succeeds in their roll.  On a successful day, the patient is able to function and act according to their '''modified''' ability stats.
+If the physician possesses more than 60 points in [[Medicine (sage study)|medicine]], they may temporarily provide the addicted character with 1 point of constitution for every four they're ready to sacrifice. For example, a physician ready to do without 12 constitution points could add 3 to a patient. This imposes a penalty of 4 constitution upon the physician, who suffers this loss for the latter half of the day when the treatment is given, recovering it after eight hours of rest.
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-'''Detoxification''' is an [[Knowledge Points|authority]]-status [[Sage Ability|sage ability]] in the [[Sage Study|study]] of [[Medicine (sage study)|Medicine]] that enables the physician to reduce the effects of [[Poison (substance)|poisoning]] and other toxic damage to the body, with the use of diuretics, emetics, purgatives, anti-toxins and anti-venom. To succeed, the physician must collect a number of herbs and other curatives that enable treatment (most of these easily obtained), which are then employed at the appropriate time to reduce toxification.
+[[File:Detoxification.jpg|right|525px|thumb]]
 == Poisoning ==
-The physician is able to reduce amount of damage that poisoning causes, as well as the speed with which poison invests the body. Poison that is introduced to the body through injection (by stingers or bites) or some other invasive attack (weapons) is treated by constricting parts of the body to slow circulation, [[Bloodletting (sage ability)|bloodletting]] and adding anti-toxins. Poison that is swallowed is relieved through the use of an emetic (vomiting) or the consumption of a substance that will absorb the poison in the stomach and intestinal tract.
+The physician is able to reduce both the amount of damage that poisoning causes and the speed with which the poison invests the body. Poison introduced through injection, such as by stingers, bites or [[Insidious Poison|weapons]], is treated by constricting the affected part to slow circulation, performing [[Bloodletting (sage ability)|bloodletting]] and administering anti-toxins. Poison that has been swallowed is treated through the use of an emetic to induce vomiting, or by administering a substance that will absorb the poison within the stomach and intestinal tract.
-Physicians through these means are able to reduce the damage per hit die and level by a potential of 1 point per 20 points of medical knowledge possessed. Thus, a physician with 34 points of knowledge could reduce a woe to a distress; a physician with 40 points, however, could reduce the effects to a rueful.
+Through these measures, the physician may reduce the poison's damage per hit die and level by 1 point for every 20 points of medical knowledge possessed. Thus, a physician with 34 points of knowledge could reduce a woe to a distress, while a physician with 40 points could reduce the effects to a rueful.
-Once the physician has begun this treatment, the patient is then entitled to another saving throw, which is thrown without any modifying adjustment (reducing a poison to a grieve, for instance, would not include a -1 penalty). This saving throw has the potential for reducing the full damage to 50% of the maximum.
+Once treatment has begun, the patient is entitled to an additional saving throw. This saving throw is made without any modifying adjustment; reductions already applied to the poison's severity do not alter the roll. A successful save reduces the total damage to 50% of the maximum.
-Finally, with regards to the onset of the poison, the PME (potential maximum effect per round) should be rolled every other round, rather than every round, providing that the patient is resting and fully under the physician's care.
+With respect to onset, the PME (potential maximum effect per [[Combat Round|round]]) is rolled every other round, rather than every round, provided the patient is resting and remains fully under the physician's care.
 == Treating Addiction ==
-Once a character has acquired an [[Addiction (malady)|addiction]], they will feel compelled to feed that addiction on a daily basis.  In practice, this removes the character's resistance by means of [[Ability Checks|ability checks]], as the modifier (-18) on those checks precludes any possibility of success.  Up to two physicians may contribute to the detoxification of the patient at one time.
+Once a character has acquired an [[Addiction (malady)|addiction]], that character will feel compelled to satisfy it on a daily basis, in an amount generally determined by the character background generator, which establishes which characters are liable to addiction under ordinary circumstances. Such a compulsion cannot be resisted merely by means of an [[Ability Checks|ability check]] against [[Wisdom (ability stat)|wisdom]] or [[Intelligence (ability stat)|intelligence]], because addiction imposes an automatic -18 modifier against the character's [[Ability Stats|stats]].
 Physicians with knowledge of detoxification understand how to effectively restrain an addicted character without causing undue harm to their body.  As well, the physician may '''substitute''' their own ability scores when helping the patient build a resistance to the addiction.  In the case of physical addictions, such as drink, tobacco, opium and the like, the physician may draw on the abilities of [[Intelligence (ability stat)|intelligence]] or [[Wisdom (ability stat)|wisdom]], even [[Charisma (ability stat)|charisma]], to encourage the patient to resist and let go of the addiction.  One roll may be made per day; the [[Ability Stats|ability stat]] attempted on a given day cannot be the one used the day before.

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−	'''Detoxification''' is an [[Knowledge Points\|~~amateur~~]]-status [[Sage Ability\|sage ability]] in the [[Sage Study\|study]] of [[Medicine (sage study)\|Medicine]] that enables the physician to reduce the effects of [[Poison (substance)\|poisoning]] and other toxic damage to the body, with the use of diuretics, emetics, purgatives, anti-toxins and anti-venom. To succeed, the physician must collect a number of herbs and other curatives that enable treatment (most of these easily obtained), which are then employed at the appropriate time to reduce toxification.	+	'''Detoxification''' is an [[Knowledge Points\|authority]]-status [[Sage Ability\|sage ability]] in the [[Sage Study\|study]] of [[Medicine (sage study)\|Medicine]] that enables the physician to reduce the effects of [[Poison (substance)\|poisoning]] and other toxic damage to the body, with the use of diuretics, emetics, purgatives, anti-toxins and anti-venom. To succeed, the physician must collect a number of herbs and other curatives that enable treatment (most of these easily obtained), which are then employed at the appropriate time to reduce toxification.

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-'''Detoxification''' is an amateur-status [[Sage Ability|sage ability]] that enables the physician to reduce the effects of poisoning and other toxic damage to the body, with the use of diuretics, emetics, purgatives, anti-toxins and anti-venom. To succeed, the physician must collect a number of herbs and other curatives that enable treatment (most of these easily obtained), which are then employed at the appropriate time to reduce toxification.
+'''Detoxification''' is an [[Knowledge Points|amateur]]-status [[Sage Ability|sage ability]] in the [[Sage Study|study]] of [[Medicine (sage study)|Medicine]] that enables the physician to reduce the effects of [[Poison (substance)|poisoning]] and other toxic damage to the body, with the use of diuretics, emetics, purgatives, anti-toxins and anti-venom. To succeed, the physician must collect a number of herbs and other curatives that enable treatment (most of these easily obtained), which are then employed at the appropriate time to reduce toxification.
 == Poisoning ==
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 For a full detoxification, to where the patient may be expected not to relapse, the '''last four rolls''' of the 10 of 15 sequence MUST be successes.
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