Salve

Salve

Medic Spirit
Your guardian angel--for a price
Contact Owner	gnome_idea_what
Owner's Discord Name	nivenbee
Owner's Wiki Name	Niven
Connection	1
Public Contact?	Yes
Archetype	Legwork
Location	Seattle
Metatype	Free Spirit
Gender	Non-Binary (pronouns they/them)
Awakened/Emerged	Awakened
Age	Unknown
Preferred Payment Method	Karma
Hobbies/Vice	Medical journals, Aqua Vitae
Personal Life	No
Aspects	Your Insurance Isn't Covering This Strictly Professional Awakened Healer Metaplanar Med School Grad Ambulance Chaser Out-Of-Network Providers

Overview

Salve is a free spirit who's taken on the role of healer--not out of generosity, but in the name of profit. Injured, sick, desperate people are much more willing to offer up karma than healthy ones, Salve has found, so they haunt the more dangerous parts of Seattle looking for people in need of treatment to extort. Recently they've learned that shadowrunners are able and willing to accept their steep fees for “house calls,” and have opened up their practice to include helping runners as well.

Salve isn't malicious and takes no delight in the suffering of others, but simply views their approach to medicine as a valid way to acquire karma and resources. They're generally emotionally detached from their clients’ conditions, and have little patience for those who aren’t paying customers. Salve can be summoned anywhere accessible by astral movement, though they'll leave a active combat zone immediately.

They generally appear in the form of a stylized nurse covered in cloth, with no visible skin. They have a flat affect and rarely act excited (even if offered something exciting as payment, they'll attempt to mask their enthusiasm).

GM Notes

• Make sure to use the rules for magical services when pricing out Salve's spell casts. In particular, remember that the prices in the service cost table are doubled for services that use magic/resonance. Salve is a F6 Spirit of Man for the purposes of calculating max spell force and for determining whether drain is physical or stun damage.
• Without the ability to carry normal items when moving astrally, most physical objects (credsticks included) hold little value for Salve.
  • If they're to be paid physical objects, it should generally be in the form of reagents of Salve's tradition (hermetic) or medical journals, and the runners should organize for the items to be transported to one of Salve's bases of operations, which may incur further costs if not covered by lifestyles/drones/favors/etc.
  • Aqua Vitae is imbibed on-site.
  • Karma is obviously most convenient for payment, but going by a 2000 nuyen:1 karma ratio most spells will be worth less than one karma, so runners may be able to pay for multiple services in advance with a single karma up front.

Aspects Description

Aspect	Description
Your Insurance Isn't Covering This	All services must be paid for up front and in advance. No services may be bought at a discount.
Strictly Professional	Salve isn't your friend. At best, you're a favored client. All CDP/RVP costs to raise Salve's loyalty are doubled.
Awakened Healer	+2 dice to cast Health spells. Salve knows the spells Heal, Stabilize, Detox, Cure Disease, and Resist Pain. They know just how valuable this talent is, and will only accept Karma or (things that cost) Nuyen as payment for their spells.
Metaplanar Med School Grad	+2 dice to all knowledge checks related to medicine.
Ambulance Chaser	Showing up at crime scenes and selling medical services remains Salve's bread and butter, leaving them exceedingly well-informed on the subject of violent crimes. +2 dice to provide knowledge related to recent (past few years) violent crimes committed in Seattle.
Out-Of-Network Providers	Even if they're technically competition, Salve has connections to other medical professionals. +2 dice to network with other doctors.

Dicepools

Dicepools
Knowledge Checks	9 + Loyalty + Aspects - Notoriety
Active Checks	5 + Loyalty + Aspects - Notoriety
Gear Acquisition Checks	-1 + Loyalty + Aspects - Notoriety
Networking Checks	1 + Loyalty + Aspects - Notoriety

Network

Player Characters with this Contact

Name	Loyalty	Chips
Ardent	1	Even

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