On Thu, Oct 7, 2010 at 3:51 PM, Bicornis Goat <[email protected]> wrote:
> How much would the Vow "will not try to save a dying patient" be > worth? This is for a physician who's also a member of a > death-worshipping religion. He believes it's good to relieve sickness > and injury, but once Death is coming for someone it's not his place to > interfere. > When exactly this will matter is still up to be determined; for a few > examples, he won't try to help someone with an unstabilized mortal > wound, or someone who's having a heart attack. He is still permitted > to euthanize dying patients. > _______________________________________________ > GurpsNet-L mailing list <[email protected]> > http://mail.sjgames.com/mailman/listinfo/gurpsnet-l > What's his specialty? It might be a quirk at best for a foot doctor, 5 points for a general practitioner, and 10 points (and cost him his job pretty quick) in the ER. It might also depend on where the line is. It's possible for someone to die from the flu, or even the common cold. At what point does relieving sickness become preventing death? Is he open about this vow, or is his religion secretive? If the latter, you might want to make it a Secret instead, with him going through the motions when necessary. (numbers given are pulled out of thin air and may not be the best ones. IANARL (I am not a rules lawyer).) -- "The thing to remember about freedom is that it’s not given, it’s taken." --Scott Adams _______________________________________________ GurpsNet-L mailing list <[email protected]> http://mail.sjgames.com/mailman/listinfo/gurpsnet-l
