Combat Medic

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Combat Medic

War has happened many times in your life and armies always need someone to fight, someone to help save troops that are wounded and somebody to pray with them. Your family's history has inspired you into learning the medical field and combat. You trained as a youth, studied survival techniques, studied the use of weapons and armor, and studied ways of keeping people alive. You might have been a medic for an army or a freelancer medic for mercenary companies. You're primarily responsible for providing emergency medical treatment, protection, and evacuation from a point of injury or illness. You help keep your comrades alive and fight off the enemies as well. Not only do you keep your comrades alive but you take care of them after injury and help boost moral by keeping them company, hearing t
Skill Proficiencies: Medicine, Athletics
Tool Proficiencies: Vehicles (land), Herbalism Kit
Languages: None
Equipment: A healer's kit, a bar of soap, a lamp, a set of common clothes, a blanket, a roll of bandages, an insignia denoting your role as a medic, and a pouch containing 10 gp.

Feature: Health Care Specialist

War has happened many times in your life and armies always need someone to fight, someone to help save troops that are wounded and somebody to pray with them. Your family's history has inspired you into learning the medical field and combat. You trained as a youth, studied survival techniques, studied the use of weapons and armor, and studied ways of keeping people alive. You might have been a medic for an army or a freelancer medic for mercenary companies. You're primarily responsible for providing emergency medical treatment, protection, and evacuation from a point of injury or illness. You help keep your comrades alive and fight off the enemies as well. Not only do you keep your comrades alive but you take care of them after injury and help boost moral by keeping them company, hearing their worries and giving them telling them inspirational stories from religious scripts. Skill Proficiencies: Medicine, Athletics Tool Proficiencies: Vehicles (land), Herbalism Kit Equipment: A healer's kit, a bar of soap, a lamp, a set of common clothes, a blanket, a roll of bandages, an insignia denoting your role as a medic, and a pouch containing 10 gp.

Suggested Characteristics

Specialization (d6)

1Surgeon
2Nurse
3Doctor
4Battle Medic
5Assistant
6Supervisor

Personality Traits (d8)

1I'm respectful and polite.
2I will never give up.
3Danger will not stop me from helping.
4I'm haunted by memories of people I couldn't save.
5I enjoy fixing things.
6I have a sense of humor... sometimes an odd one.
7I have many stories of seeing serious injuries.
8I'm quick to make new friends.

Ideals (d6)

1Responsibility: We will save lives no matter the cost. (Lawful)
2Greater Good: We will sacrifice our lives if needed. (Good)
3Independence: We are not judges, our job is to save lives. (Neutral)
4Soldier: Sometimes to save a life, you must take a life. (Any)
5Solo: Sometimes it's not worth risking my life for yours. (Evil)
6Judge: Listen, I'm the one who will decide if you live or not. (Chaotic)

Bonds (d6)

1I will risk my life to save another.
2I will never leave anyone behind.
3The safety of my patients is my priority.
4I fight for those who cannot defend themselves.
5My family medical experience inspired me to save lives.
6My job is my life.

Flaws (d6)

1My hesitation cost many people their life.
2The injuries I've seen have haunted me.
3I will never forgive the enemy, even after it's all over.
4Sometimes I prefer to work alone.
5I can never get along with comrades that I dislike.
6I have no respect to anyone until they have proven themselves.


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Source: D&D Wiki - Combat Medic (5e Background)

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