If the doctor rolls snake eyes, he has killed the patient with an overdose. On failure, the patient is not yet sedated and the doctor may try another roll every 10 minutes until successful. On a success, the patient has been properly anesthetized, either rendered unconscious or simply numbed to pain (ignoring one Wound). The doctor administering the ether should make a Knowledge (Medicine) roll after exposing a patient to the fumes for 10 minutes. It is usually administered by dropping the liquid onto a cloth placed over the patient’s nose and mouth. Breathing ether fumes can bring on a sense of euphoria and numbness throughout the body.

If the user rolls a 1 on their Healing die, he runs out of some item in the kit and suffers a -1 penalty until he restocks it (at the cost of $10).Įther: A pleasant-smelling, colorless liquid, ether is commonly used as a general anesthetic.

Like the medkit described in Deadlands Hell on Earth, healers with this item ignore the -2 penalty for not having basic supplies. The healer’s kit is the Indian or mountain man equivalent, filled with simple bandages, medicinal herbs from a variety of locales, leather thongs for wrappings and tourniquets, and a razor-sharp knife. After successfully administering the chloroform, the doctor must continue to make Knowledge (Medicine) rolls every hour to keep the patient sedated.ĭoctor’s bag/Healer’s kit: Per Deadlands d20, the doctor’s bag comes equipped with scalpels, tongs, clamps, needles, the ever-present stethoscope, and a variety of basic modern medications. If the doctor rolls a 1, he has overdosed the patient, paralyzing the heart and lungs, and killing him. On failure, the patient is still awake and the doctor may try another roll every six seconds (one round) until successful.

On a success, the patient has been rendered unconscious. The administering doctor should make a Knowledge (Medicine) roll after exposing a patient for three minutes to the chloroform fumes. Chloroform is usually administered by pouring onto a cloth and then placing the cloth over the patient’s nose and mouth. Unlike another common anesthetic, ether, it is non-flammable, but it is also not considered as safe for the patient since it could disrupt the action of the heart and lungs. Chloroform fumes can render a person unconscious. Chloroform: This sweet-smelling, colorless liquid is commonly used as a general anesthetic.

Obsidian scalpel no anestesia