Veterinary
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Veterinary
Veterinary is a support skill used to heal animals, beasts, and tamed creatures using bandages. It functions as the animal-based equivalent of Anatomy when paired with the Healing skill and is essential for those who rely on pets or animal companions in combat.
Overview
- Used in conjunction with Healing to apply bandages to animals.
- Required to effectively heal creatures controlled via the Animal Taming skill.
- Available to the Ranger and Druid classes.
- Functions similarly to how Anatomy enhances Healing for humanoids.
Mechanics
- Bandages must be applied manually to the targeted pet or creature.
- Healing success, speed, and amount restored scale with Veterinary and Healing combined.
- The higher your Veterinary skill, the more effective your bandage-based healing becomes.
- Veterinary does not affect magical healing methods—only physical (bandage) healing.
Class Synergy
- **Rangers** benefit from Veterinary through their animal-focused toolset.
- With the Caregiver mastery, Rangers gain enhanced effectiveness with bandage healing on pets.
- **Druids** can use Veterinary to sustain summoned or tamed natural creatures, though they lack Caregiver-specific bonuses.
Training
- Train Veterinary by applying bandages to injured animals or tamed pets.
- Pets can be safely damaged in controlled environments to allow repeated practice.
- Combining Healing and Veterinary training simultaneously is most efficient.
Notes
- Required for high-level pet-based builds.
- A vital skill for Beastmasters and other tamers who rely on their companions in battle.
- Does not affect humanoid healing in any way.
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