I have the surgeon talent on my medic character and had a question about wording. It says that whenever you heal the target heals an extra wound per rank of surgeon.
1) Does it guarantee the wounds/rank if, for example, you roll no successes, do you still recover the wounds/rank?
2) Does this apply to all forms of healing (obviously not bacta cause it has a separate talent) like using a stimpack for 5 wounds healed plus an extra wound/ranks?
The full write-up in the Talents chapter 1 says, " [w]hen this character makes a Medicine check to help a character heal wounds …", so it doesn't apply to stimpacks, since there is no Medicine check rolled. Same goes with bacta healing: no roll is made to heal wounds.
Going by the letter of the talent, I'd say it's guaranteed, since it doesn't specify a successful Medicine check. You are just that good, you know?
However, it might have been meant that you need to succeed at the check, so I'd talk it over with your group. Also might be a good idea to ask in the Errata thread.
1 Based on the AoR beta write-up, don't have Edge book with me, so it might be different.
-EF
1- I would say you need to atleast succed on healing roll to get that bonus. Else you never really healed the target to begin with for the talent ability to kick-in.
2- I forget off the top of my head but doesnt using a stimpack not count as a heal check? If so than no bonus, else bonus all the way.
Regardless GM has final say. If my players approached me about the stimpack idea I would proabably allow them based off the medic knowing the proper place to administer it or somthing to that sort.
The rule is a bit ambiguous, but I'd say you need to at least succeed at a heal check to get the benefit. Stimpacks don't get diddly though. They have their own talents to play with.
What is the talent for stimpacks
What is the talent for stimpacks
Stimpack Specialization. It's for the Medic spec in AoR. I'm not seeing it in any Edge specs, though.
-EF
EF is correct. Stimpack Specialization is one of the new talents in AoR under the Soldier: Medic tree. There are many new talents coming with the various careers and specializations in AoR. The tree with the most new stuff I have seen is the Engineer: Saboteur... five new talents.
So in the meantime, there is no way to improve stimpacks.