Clinics would make about as much sense as horse-and-buggy dealer in a modern city.

Aren't alchemical potions kind of a non-magic healing method? I know the healing is the result of the magical capabilities of the ingredients, but since alchemy is under stealth now...

Or you could just go to sleep for 1 hour and become completely healed... :tes:

i like my scars, and my character will like his scars! i don't want to magic them away, or make them go away at all. and the fact is, in TES magic is common, so there is no need for non-magical medical treatments.

But fact is that there are! According to the lore, if my memory doesn't mislead me.

I like the scars too! Yes, magic is common in TES, but fact is that those people didn't recieve magical treatment answer to that!

There is nothing a prescription of leeches cant fix.

I think Skyrim needs ice cream parlors. Where do these people get their ice cream? It makes no sense.

I disagree. Someone has to, right?

Magic is not all powerful.

@Zombra.. :huh:

JUST BECAUSE YOU HAVE SCARS DOESN'T MEAN YOU DIDN'T RECEIVE MAGICAL TREATMENT. IT MEANS YOU WANTED TO THE SCARS SO THE TREATMENT LET YOU KEEP THEM!

Well...except maybe that some people, like snapping turtles, won't let go of an idea once they've latched on?

Anyway, still don't see the idea adding anything to the game. Nor, really, see where the alleged "evidence" is of any significance. So the big burly fighter wanted his scars to show off how bad-ass he is so he told the healer to fix the gross damage but not worry about prettying it up. :shrug:

they take some cream, put it in a pot, and dip it in the river for a couple of days.

ice water is cold y'know

xD If THAT'S your answer then I've got applaud and announce my surrender.

Seriously though, I can't imagine someone would like to stay blind. And as many people stated before, magic can practically heal everything. Look at your character for example, you recieve so much critical hits and wounds that it would be impossible to imagine you wouldn't have any scars from any of the things that happened to you, and yet magic heals everything. But that could be explained that it's a gameplay feature, and designed for gameplay purely...

I would've agreed if they weren't half blind. But they are. So I can't imagine someone would want to stay like that just to "Pretty it up".

"Healer, I've cut myself bad. I was gutting this fish, when the knife slipped, and cut my eye. Can I approach the altar?"
"Have you been looking at girls?"
"What? No! I mean, well, errrmm, yes. A bit."
"That's sinful. Scarred for life. Next!"

Blindness builds character.

seriously though, if you can't imagine why someone would want to stay blind, then you probably won't get what i say next.

imagine an old nord warrior, who in a moment of pride, let himself get drawn into a duel he could not win. he is blinded in one eye, and although a healer uses magic to save him, he wants to stay blind, so they healer submits and lets him. why would he want to stay blind? as a reminder so that he will never forget what happened to him and why.

understand?

Not in the slightest. Being a crippled and a burden would be a fate worse than death for an honorable warrior people.

HAHAHAH thats a good one

he'd only be half-blind, and able to contribute to the community. he wouldn't be a frontline fighter, but if he's making mistakes - especially through pride - he's already crippled, whether whole of body or not.

sometimes the more honourable thing is to step to the side, and let someone else take over, while you do the humbler things.

thank you, someone who can understand the mind of a warrior.

Of course I understand it, but it's a pure speculation. There are hundreds of ways I can slay that explanation. But can we both agree we can draw lots of tricks out of our hats?

Thing is, pride is a wierd reason for someone to want to stay blind. A scar makes more sense, but I can't see pride as a good enough reason for someone to stay blind.

If I'm not mistaken we've seen an Orc warrior that seemed as if he's not exactly stepping aside... Let's face it, I seriously doubt those nord warriors care that much about their community. But that can be left to speculation.

I still can't see any logic behind that statement that "Someone made a mistake in battle so he'd like to be crippled for life due to that." Nord warriros in Skyrim fight A LOT, I'm sure they made hundreds of mistakes over the years. So I can't imagine just because someone made one mistake in a battle they would step aside and let other people take their place, they are warriors, they are pride, and I'm sure they won't give up a life-time of fighting against god knows what.

Indeed, pride is a wierd reason for one to remain blind to the possibility their idea could in fact be wrong, and to insist it's obviously "Their way or the highway" when their own idea is pure speculation unless and until a developer/designer for the game in question weighs in on it.

of course not everyone would want to, but there are some who would. everyone is different, and when it comes to a warrior (not a weapon-swinging brawler, but a TRUE warrior) every scar is a reminder of victory, or defeat. and sometimes, a warrior might need more than just a scar...

Heck If they have clinics then mabe there is a place to heal crippled limbs and remove radiation poisoning.

The phrase is 'wear your scars with pride'. which incidentally also applies to Mass Effect, where they have the genetically engineered panacea medigel, but still let you choose your scars in character gen.