| Kris Brakke |
My DM and I have run in to an interpretation difference on the treat deadly wounds skill and I want to clarify it.
The way I read it:
If you want to treat deadly wounds with a healer's kit, you can spend two uses and get +2 to the check. If you only have one use you get +0 (+2 from the kit, -2 from lacking one use) and if you do not have a kit you get -4 from lacking two uses.
The way he reads it:
If you want to treat deadly wounds with a full healers kit you get -2 (You use a healer's kit for +2, then spend two uses, then get -4 because the kit is lacking two uses). If you then use the same kit to treat deadly wounds you get -6 (+2 kit, -8 for the kit missing four uses now) and so on to a total of -18 when you use the last two uses. Additionally you cannot treat deadly wounds without a healer's kit.
The latter strikes me as too high of a penalty, but after reading it a few times, I can see why he would think it. My brief searches have shown me this is not a question people have asked, and the few things I have found imply the max -4.
If anyone can provide clarity that would be great.