Healing Items and the world

[Lunarius_Haberdash]

The one thing that's really mystified me to date is how Jorb went to all the trouble of creating dozens of new types of plants, trees, berries, bushes, etc...

And then introduced this really neat wound system that I absolutely adore.

And then, when it came time to make something to heal those wounds....

Used Stinging Nettle, String, and Hide.

.... Wut?

I'm hoping that as the game develops we'll start seeing additional uses for this myriad of things that exist in the world, and perhaps, just perhaps, that healing and wounds will become even more interesting and dynamic than they are now.

Will we be seeing plants and such needing to be boiled and mixed with other plants to create astringents, antibacterials, anti-fungals, pesticides for crops, fertilizers, etc?

[jorb]

Yes.

[venatorvenator]

This is interesting.

How about one specific medicine for each type of wound, instead of the panacea of bandages etc?

Wounds are a major part of the game now, they even have their own char screen. It would be cool if we had to deal with them less generically (as we do now), and more like baking, for example.

A player can dream: a menu button just for herbalism, just like the ones we have for curiosities and food.

[Lunarius_Haberdash]

This is interesting.

How about one specific medicine for each type of wound, instead of the panacea of bandages etc?

Wounds are a major part of the game now, they even have their own char screen. It would be cool if we had to deal with them less generically (as we do now), and more like baking, for example.

A player can dream: a menu button just for herbalism, just like the ones we have for curiosities and food.

See, I was thinking more like: "Character gets a wound... Wound must be washed with some kind of cleansing agent (water works, infusion of (blank) works better, tincture of (x) works best).. If not cleansed or not cleansed well, can get infected, and will need to administer infusion of (blank) or poultice of (ingredients)... Once the infection is gone you can go back to the original healing agent, whatever that is.

In essence:
Wound =
Healing <- Cleansed <- Fresh -> Infected -> Gangrenous

Then of course.. Diseases. >.> Bats carry nasty dis-eases.