Arcane Magical Medicine: mundane healing with bandages at range via magic telekinesis

[krobrina]

These are all spells: Prestidigitation(*), Mage Hand, Animate Object, Animate Rope, Hand of the Apprentice. There are others.

I want to do mundane healing with bandages at range via magic telekinesis.

You can't do this because of (checkmark as applicable)

[ ] The Balance
[ ] The Lore
[ ] Those spells don't work like that

(*) This is an old wizard's joke. I bet I can spell something you can't, Mr Wizard. That's impossible I can cast every spell. OK then, spell Prestidigitation. Uhh... that's not what I meant ... uhh P-r-e-s-d ... uhh ... fireball! fireball! teleport!

[Asethe]

I have an image of an Unseen Servant mindlessly and endlessly winding bandage after bandage after bandage around a hapless fighter, Fantasia style. It won't stop his bleeding, but you might get a cool musical number out of it if you have a good bard

[Claxon]

I don't think prestidigitation will work or even mage hand (too complex of movement to bandage). Animate rope doesn't seem like it would apply either. I can't find animate object is a ritual, and would take too long in combat. Hand of the apprentice also seems like it would apply.

I agree that thematically it should be possible to telekinetically apply bandages to someone at range, but I don't think any of the spells you've mentioned would allow it.

An animated object (bandage) could...but I don't know if it would retain its bandage properties after it becomes animated.

[Unicore]

what about using telekinetic projectile to hurl blobs of honey at the injuries, antiseptically sealing the wounds.

[Fuzzy-Wuzzy]

That sounds like a great thing for a character to research a new spell for. It could even use a full set of healer's tools, not just bandages.

(Assuming PF2 still has a spell research mechanic. I kind of think it does but I"m blanking on where.)

[Claxon]

Claxon wrote:

I don't think prestidigitation will work or even mage hand (too complex of movement to bandage). Animate rope doesn't seem like it would apply either. Animate object is a ritual, and would take too long in combat. Hand of the apprentice also seems like it wouldn't apply.

I agree that thematically it should be possible to telekinetically apply bandages to someone at range, but I don't think any of the spells you've mentioned would allow it.

An animated object (bandage) could...but I don't know if it would retain its bandage properties after it becomes animated.

Edited because I suck.

[Timeshadow]

So the closest I can think of is an invisible familiar with the "skilled" trait for medicine, manual dexterity, and flyer. You could house rule a "healer" trait for the familiar that allows it to use battle medicine as well.