Name
broken bones and bonesetting — the rare occurrence of breaking a bone in battle, and how to fix it
Description
Broken bones are a rarity in Alyria, given the prevalence and quality of clerics' healing spells, but they do happen. Occasionally a broken bone will be too badly fractured to repair on the battlefield, and until it is set, it will hamper the injured's performance.
A broken leg will prevent an adventurer from regenerating much stamina, will severely reduce their existing stamina, and curtail their strength and agility. A broken arm will reduce an adventurer's accuracy, strength, agility and ability to regenerate hit points. This effect is magnified when the broken limb is the adventurer's primary one; a right-handed adventurer will be more inconvenienced breaking their right hand than a southpaw would be.
Because truly broken limbs are so rarely encountered in Alyria, and actual medical practice is primitive, bonesetters are few and far between, but they do exist. Those sawbones that practice their art are the very best, due to the specialization of labor that they enjoy, and can frequently set and repair a broken limb in minutes.