(muriwo)

The house-rule below is useful for overland or long-running campaigns where the story doesn't just stop in between adventures. It gives parties a chance to recover a little quicker from combat, without making the combat itself any less deadly.

It is based on the following assumptions which you may or may not find reasonable for your campaign:

• Medieval knowledge of medicine in general was rough and often dubious, but there was practical knowledge about binding wounds to control bleeding, and splinting.
• Infection was not understood so was the biggest risk from treatment
• Knights from their martial schooling, and Sorcerors from their book-larnin' on how to heal and hurt people, have better than average ability at applying first aid.
  

Applying First Aid

All DW adventuring professions may attempt first-aid after a battle, assuming they have the following conditions:

• Character being healed did not become unconscious during the fight - that is they never went below 1 Health Point
  
• 30 minutes of peace and quiet
• Appropriate materials (cloth, water, splints, knife) - GM should be strict about deciding whether you actually have these
  
• Good light to see by or the equivalent

To see if they are a successful, they should make a Skill Test vs. Intelligence, counting Knight and Sorcerer as relevant professions for gaining bonus modifiers.

Applying first-aid to oneself is subject to a -2 modifier given the added difficulty.

If they succeed, consult the table below to see the effects:

Degree of Success	Effects
Critical success	+1 HP immediately Wounds start healing tomorrow. No infection roll needed. Character may be up and active immediately.
Success	Wounds start healing d4-1 days after today (instead of the usual 4) Infection roll needed with +1 bonus. Character may be up and active after their next sleep.
Failure	Wounds take normal 4 days to heal. Infection roll needed with -1 penalty. Character up and active when GM decides it is reasonable.
Critical failure	Wounds take normal 4 days to heal. Infection roll needed with -2 penalty. Character is totally out of action for at least a day.