A couple of months ago I opened a topic regarding the fact that there should be clinics in Skyrim, not those of magic or the temple using their divine power, but those of physical treatment.
Many people said that "Why should there be physical treatment if there's magic that can heal everything. If you've got a disease, heal up. If you've got an open wound, heal up. It's like nothing happened."
But fact is people! That some characters now have scars and wounds, we even saw some half blind ones!
If magic can heal everything, how come these people are crippled? haha!

I think we can sum it up to the fact that there should be physical treatment like bandages and healing methods besides magic, because clearly magic doesn't heal everything!

LOL

take it easy

I would love to have doctors in ES universe

Or maybe those scarred people have a magicka level of 2...

You ever think maybe they just didn't want to magic those scars away becuase it makes them look more badass?

i believe one of the guys in oblivion was 'crippled' someone-or-other (some beggar anyway.)

it's feasible that they can't all afford magic - or even trust it

This doesn't prove anything. At all.

If magic can't heal it, why would they waste their time with primitive medieval medicine that just as often made things worse?

Exactly why I think there should be available clinics for people who can't afford magic treatment!

TheFriendlyBear: I only proved that some people need physical treatment rather than magic treatment that is all.

I'd like more healing options. Not everyone would know restoration magic and know it enough to heal bad wounds so things like bandages would be awesome. The whole chugging a load of potions makes it feel more like diablo too.

So since there are injuries uncurable by magic, they must be curable without magic? How exactly would you treat a blind eye?
Faulty logic is faulty.

Fair.

But it doesn't necessarily mean that magic couldn't heal it. Maybe they didn't go to a magic healer for other reasons? I think physical treatment is a valid option as well.

I would vouch for a medicine skill for warriors. Like making your own bandages with leather and stuff.

slight inaccuracy: only that they receive non-magic treatment

without knowing why, we don't know if they choose it, if they have no choice without funds (which would be the healer's choice to charge a lot) or if they have no other way of being healed

That is a valid and good question. And thanks for the correction, I stand corrected.

One thing we do know: Those people weren't treated by magic, if they were it would've healed it.

i think he's just saying that some individuals may not be able to afford, or accept magic into their lives, and medical clinics would be a nice alternative for those individuals.

Magic > Bandaids.

I don't know. What if they were made half blind or given scars by magic? Then you'd need ultra-magic to fix it!

Your dad from Fallout 3 stares menacingly at a nearby blind Dunmer.
"You're cleary a perfectly healthy sixteen-year-old boy, so yes, you have to go to class to take your GOAT exam"

My first thought was "what is it I don't even...", but since you made me LOL, I won't say it.

I think that lore wise physical treatment exists, it just doesn't work in gameplay terms. I mean serious injuries take weeks to heal but with magic you can be healed instantly.

Though some kind of physical treatment could be cool, like bandages to stop bleeding etc.

Or maybe...character creation allows you to customize how you look so your character can have scars which allows for badass screens for marketing the game. Which has nothing to do with injuries or how you heal them. :rolleyes:

Hate to break it to you, buddy, but bandages and healing methods beside magic can't heal scars either.

I think you only proved there are people who don't get treated.
If they can't afford the healers fees could they afford the physicians?

Doesn't necessarily mean that. I mean that there SHOULD be actual physical clinics around the world, it would add jobs to NPCs and makes a lot of sense.

And yes, you are right, there are physical treatments lore wise.

br0sk1: XD Yeah... that's another thing...

So if magic cannot heal the blind, conventional healing methods can?

That doesn't make any sense...

And why can't a healer have both?
People lie around in churches to get healed, both physically and magically...

I already stood corrected, yeah.

And as for the question, are you suggesting that those scarred people didn't treat themselves at all? Because when someone cuts your eye so badly you HAVE to have some kind of treatment. And let's face it, they didn't recieve magic treatment.

Velorien: But magic can, so I proved they didn't use it to treat themselves