I think it's important to know how useful Heal Skill will be so we don't commit mistakes during the character creation.

How will it work? Will it use the Bioware's healing kits? Will it be custom?

Excellent question. I think our current plan is to remove the ability to take 20 on heal and have it be a regenerate over time form of healing (with no stacking). Removing armor will not be required. However, that's still up for debate -- so if anyone has ideas or opinions about Heal, now is the time to voice them!

No, I think that sounds about bang on.

Well if you have to remove your armor to use a healing kit on you, you are unable to do it in battle [because you are not allowed to remove your armor during battle in the first place]. So if you change it in a way that we could use a healing kit with our armor on, then i suggest that we shouldn't be able to use a healing kit during battle.

Otherwise someone could patch himself up during battle. Is this acceptable? [on the other hand why not?] It is up to you.

It's not unreasonable to suggest a character may have a serious wound on their arm, retire from the fight for a moment to lean against the wall remove their armour and tie a bandage around their bicep whilst their party fends off the monsters.

Unfortunately, due to the NWN engine, that is (to the best of my knowledge) impossible to do.

If heal kits are allowed to be used on clothed characters, then that will be possible, so long as it's roleplayed well.

At present, healing kits won't be usable in battle, but they won't require you to be naked either.

Arkov At present, healing kits won't be usable in battle, but they won't require you to be naked either.

Thanks, thanks, thanks.

It feels so dumb to say "show me the wound" and then the injured person has to get naked.

I don't think medics at the war front would require you to get naked to bandage your arm... instead of just cutting the cloth around the injured member, clean the wound, stich it and bandage it.

Oh, and hello :)

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Arkov At present, healing kits won't be usable in battle, but they won't require you to be naked either.

This seems to be the best possible policy concerning healing kits given the NwN engine. IMO.

When I was playing Healing Kits were usable in Battle (... I think).

I thought the way they were implemented was really good and I hope that it doesn't change.