Re: [SG] Adrian's Medics (Jon T.? care to offer an opinion?)

Hi Tom,

>The medic team CAN'T take the reorganize action on behalf of the larger
>unit.
>
>[Tomb] Why not? I'd only let it treat the wounded (not do other re-org
>stuff). Our medics seemed willing to be treating wounded while the rest
>of us were fighting!=20

Sure, I agree.	However, I have to answer "because I think that's what
the
rules say..."  Check out page 39, if you have them handy.

The real question is "can a medic unit spend a reorg action to OFFER
medic
services to a DIFFERENT unit?"

Looking at the rules more thoroughly, I see it is another wonderful
example
of Jon's somewhat ambiguous writing <VBG!!!>

What it actually says is that "when a reorganize action is spent on the
squad, any troopers who are wounded may be treated by their comrades
and/or
the squad medic if there is one" (I cut a bit out of that).

It doesn't actually specifically say that the squad itself has to spend
the
reorganize action, but that is implied by how the rules on spending
actions
work.

It later goes on to say "if a medic figure is part of the unit, then
add...; if a specialized medical unit (eg: a field ambulance and crew)
is
attending the unit, then ADD 2 to each roll."

So, we know that a medic from OUTSIDE the squad can aid in the recovery
roll (they are "attending"), but it doesn't say that the outside medic
does
the reorganize.  It only says that having an attending medic allows 2 to
be
added each roll.  But the rolls are already being taken because of the
target squad's reorganize action, as outlined earlier.

I suppose you could more generously read the "when a reorganize action
is
spent on the squad" phrase, and interpret that to mean that the
reorganize
action can be taken by the medical team, and "spent" on the target squad
in
the sense of "we're doing our work on them, on their behalf, so we spent
our action on them".  

>[Tomb] And why isn't this up on House Rules at www.stargrunt.ca? I hear
>if you submit it, they'll get it up pretty quick. The webmaster
>especially is supposed to be pretty quick. :-P

Heh :)

Quick as mollasses.  Bunch of slowpokes if you ask me.	I mean, people
go
and spend their hard earned free time submitting articles to the site,
and
what happens?  NOTHING.  That's what happens.  Geeze.  Those guys should
get off their a**es and....  

I don't know if we could put it up on stargrunt.ca.

I might actually just be restating what Jon says in the rules, if you
interpret it that way.

And we can't put Jon's rules up on the site...

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