Asklepian

Some days ago, I had the chance to speak with Chiron about his experiments in advanced healing.
He had burned out his own Asklepian staff, and was seeking fresh selenite crystals to further his work.
I gave him mine, and he promised to attempt to build an improved Asklepian with it, after some consultations with Rady Ann and Elaph.
He was impressed with my own experiments with the raw crystal, which I found to act just like a moonstone except for one thing. If selenite could allow multiple self heal pulses, I would have switched to using it instead of the moonstone itself.


Today Chiron appeared in town once again and sought me out by sunstone.
I was busy with a group searching for more selenite crystals, and he wanted to join our hunt, but since we were quite far away already, we pressed on. Unfortunately, we saw found new crystals.
When I returned to town, Chiron was waiting for me, and returned my selenite in the form of an Asklepian.
He told me quite a few items of interest: per discussions with Master Hekus, a healer must demonstrate mastery of basic skills by reaching the Fourth circle before being able to use it. Beyond that, Chiron stated that the Asklepian definitely is not for everyone, and that some mysterious ratios (Rady knows more about the pesky details than he does) are best. Rady Ann is formulating a training regimen for the Asklepian, and while Proximus is helpful for using it, this is not quite the right skill and has limited value. Rady Ann considered setting up for training in the Healer Hall Fourth circle room, but found it too crowded already, so she is still deciding where to go. Rady and Elaph should be more accessible soon, however. As it is, the Asklepian does not burst heal nor self heal, but Elaph is experimenting with bursts. He also warned me strongly that the current version is unstable, and may well break rather catastrophically. And it only works on wounded exiles sharing me, and presumeably not on fallens.


I had a chance to test it out during a hunt in the deep Tok'Han lair.

First, I was surprised at the low spirit drain compared to a caduceus, since if someone walked outside my range they simply failed to be healed rather than draining my spirit away inefficiently. This is great, since I can't chase 5 folks at once!
Second, it worked well to heal everyone within range, but it was clear that healing speed drops with each new exile being healed so that my total healing is about the same, just distributed widely instead of to just one individual.
Overall, I think it is a fine tool and I'll find ways to use it, especially as I can develop a larger range. But it is no replacement for a caduceus.

Hopefully we'll learn more soon.

Galadriel