Traveller provides for the skill medical. However, except for the notation that a character who has medical 3 is a doctor, little is given the details of using medical technology within the game. This is proposed system for implementing advanced medical rules within classic Traveller. As with all the rules posted on this site, referees should feel free to modify the rules for their own parrticular game.

The basic rule:

A medic/doctor may heal damage equal to 2d6-7+ medical. Negative numbers imply no effect , a medic/doctor can always heal at least one point (assuming medical supplies are available) except in the case of a medical mishap. A roll of 2 on 1d6 indicates a medical mishap (malpractice?) and the doctor does 1d6-medical skill of damage (a good doctor can minimize medical mishaps). Note, the doctor can only heal points equivalent to the available medical supplies (usually a medkit). Also, a doctor can only treat an injury once per day.

Referees may wish to adjust the healing rate based on tech level. For example 2d6-15+TL+medical. Higher tech medicine can seem like magic, while at low tech, the physician can do little besides provide comfort and hope for the best.

Healing:

Rate	Points	Notes
Base	1/day	Character has sufficient food, water and shelter, and engages only in non-strenuous activities.
Resting	2/day	As above, and the character engages in no physical activity.
Doctor	3/day	As above, with medical support (med-2) present and at least basic medical supplies.

Medkits:

The medkit is the basic tool for the medic/doctor. Generally they are described by size and points:

Type	Points	Wt (kg)	Cost
Small	10	1	200
Medium	25	3	400
Large	50	10	600
Surgical Pack	75	20	1000

Drugs:

Aside from the basic medkit, the medic/doctor (or any other character) has a variety of drugs available. These range from theraputic to performance enhancing to recreational: Of particular note is the drug ReGen. Appearing first at TL , this drug has the ability to signifigantly accelerate healing. At higher TL , more effective versions (ReGen II, ReGen III, etc.) are introduced. ReGen Plus can regenerate lost limbs, organs etc. In general, ReGen should/must only be administered by someone with medical skill.

Drug	TL	Base Cost	Duration	Dose Time	Primary Effect	Secondary Effect	Negative Reaction	Available
ReGen I	9	200	Perm	12 rrs	Heals 1d6	x2 rations	Fatigue -3 END	7+
ReGen II	11	400	Perm	24 hrs	Heals 2d6	Unconcious 1d6x10 min, x2 rations for 2 days	As above plus coordination loss -3 Dex	8+
ReGen III	12	750	Perm	48 hrs	Heals 3d6	Unconcious 2d6 hrs, x2 rations for days	as above + 1d6 point damage	9+
ReGen IV	13	1200	Perm	72 hrs	Heals 4d6 Hospital/Autodoc use only	Unconscious 2 hrs per point healed. Requires special diet and rest.	Convulsions,cardiac arrest, death on 8+ (2d6)	10+
ReGen Plus	14	10000	Perm	1 Month	Regenerates lost/damaged limb or organ (except brain)	GM's discretion	Tissue autolysis, death	11+
Neural Stasis	12	5000	12 hrs	1 year	Preserves nervous tissue of recently dead patient (i.e brain)	-1 to INT and EDU per hour in transit to hospital.	Sever brain damage if revived, death	9+
Tranq	6	50	1 hr/cc	1 hr	Patient unconscious	+2 to healing rate while traqed	Convulsions, respiritory arrest, death (11+)	4+
AnaRad (NoGlo)	8	1200	Perm	24 hrs	Heals radiation damage 1 dose per level of exposure.	Fatigue, coordination loss, -2 to END and DEX for 1 day per dose admin.	Hair loss, diarhea, vsion and hearing loss for 2d6 hrs.	7+
Stim	6	50	30 Min	4 hrs	Revives unconsious patient	Coordination loss, -2 DEX for duration	Irritability, berserker rage, cardiac arrest, death (11+)	4+
Speed	9	1000	10 Min	12 hrs	Doubles speed, treat as evading,2 actions per turn	Coordination loss -2 DEX,fatigue damage (1d6 vs. END)	Convulsions	8+
Burn Foam	8	150	24 hrs	24 hrs	Heals 1d6 burn damage	Extinuishes WP and napalm	Scarring	6+
STR Boost	9	1200	30 min	24 hrs	+8 to STR	x2 rations for 1 day	Muscle spasms, -5 to DEX for 24 hrs	8+
Combat	9	1000	60 Min	24 hrs	+2 to STR and END	1d6 hits after drug wears off	Severe joint and muscle pain	8+
UWD (Ultimate War Drug)	12	5000	60 Min	48 hrs	+5 STR, +3 END,x2 Speed,Shield, 2 stats to 0 before unconscious	2d6 hits after drug wears off, x2 rations for 1 day.	Berserker rage, permanent -1 to STR, DEX or END	10+
BioStasis	10	1500	4 hrs/cc	none	Patients bio rates at 1/10th normal baseline	Food, water and other requirements reduced 90%	Respiratory arrest 11+, renal/hepatic failure 10+	8+
Sense Enhancer	11	150	1d6 hrs	24 hrs	Amplifies all senses	Light, sound and other sensations can be harmful	Sensory damage	7+
Sense Boost	11	50	2d6 hrs	24 hrs	Amplifies a specific sense	as above	as above	6+
Frenzy	7	25	30 min	n/a	+10 STR, +5 END, x2 speed,shield, 3 stats to 0 before unconsious	Death	n/a	11+
ChemShield	11	250	4 hrs	12 hrs	Shield user from psionics	disorientation, hallucinations	Severe hallucinations, dementia	10+
PainKill	8	50	60 Min	60 Min	General analgesic	none	none	6+
Panomycin	8	100	7 days	7days	Broad-band antibiotic (pan-species)	none	opportunistic infections	7+
KillAlc	8	50	Spec.	Spec	1 dose nullifies 1oz. of Alcohol	Heartburn	Ulceration (12+)	8+
PsycoMim	9	150	60 Min	12 hrs	Mimics specific emotion (fear, anger, lust, ennui, etc.)	none	Addiction	8+
EndorFunz	9	20	1d6 hrs	none	Mild euphoric	Listlessness, apathy	Psycological addiction	5+

Drug	Common name of the drug.
TL	Tech level where the drug first becomes available.
Base Cost	The unmodified cost of the dug. Other factors may raise or lower the common price (TL, Law level, etc.)
Effect Lasts	The duration of the drug's effect. Dose Time The required interval between administrations of doses of the drug. Using a drug again without allowing for the full interval increases the chance of a negative reaction.
Primary Effects	Self explanatory.
Secondary Effects	Self explanatory.
Negative Reaction	Rolls 2d6 whenever a drug is used. A result of 2 indicates a negative reaction to the drug has occurred. Die rolls may be modified by ouside factors (see above).
Availability	The general availability of a given drug (on 2d6). Availability is modified by TL, Law Level, Streetwise and other skills.