Bandages

Bandages are an inexpensive way of treating wounds and facilitating healing.

Description

Bandages are a basic tool of every healer, used to dress wounds in order to stop bleeding and prevent infection. Additionally, these healing tools are simple to produce; a cunning adventurer can use shears on cloth to craft bandages, saving money that would otherwise be spent on expensive healing potions.

Bandages as such were known to the adventurers from Earth in Savage Empire and could be produced by using the scissors from Dr. Rafkin on cloth. By Ultima VII bandages had become common in Britannia as well and they were also encountered on the Serpent Isle.

Lore

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As long as one has shears, cloth, and a conscious mind, thou wilt have little fear of bleeding to death on the corpse-littered fields of battle. Simply cut the cloth into strips and bandages. Quickly placing the center of the bandage over the wound, wrap the strip around and around the bleeding area. As the cloth begins to soak up the blood, it will combine with the natural healing aspects of the body to staunch the flow of blood and to quicken the healing process. In no time at all, thou wilt be ready to travel again (though I advise this travel to be to the house of a competent healer!). – from The Art of Field Dressing (Ultima VII)

Trivia

• In Ultima VII and Ultima VII Part Two, the mechanics of bandages work exactly the same as yellow potions or the spell Heal.
• Cloth is found easily and can also be bought cheaply from Aurvidlem in Ultima VII and Topo in Ultima VII Part Two. Shears are more scarce. In Ultima VII, they can only be acquired by stealing a pair from a clothier, while in Ultima VII Part Two, a pair can be found in the stables at the Inn of the Sleeping Bull.