Treatise

Occult Lore
Author Keith Baker, Adam Bank, Chris Jones, Scott Reeves, and Elton Robb
Series Lore
Publisher Atlas
Publish date 2002

A treatise is a written explanation of a particular disease and its proper treatment. Writing a treatise requires extended research and experimentation. Using Alchemy like a Craft skill, the DC of writing a treatise equals the DC of the subject disease itself.

When a doctor is treating a patient suffering from a treatise’s subject disease, having a doctor who follows the treatise’s instructions gives the patient a +4 circumstance bonus to any saving throws against the disease. More importantly, while the proper treatment is administered, the patient heals one extra point of ability damage per day. Because medical Alchemy is not an exact science, however, a treatise must be consulted prior to the treatment of every patient. Consulting a treatise successfully is a DC 15 Heal task.

Market Cost: 60 gp; Raw Material Cost: 20 gp; Creation Check: Alchemy DC equal to disease DC.