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  1. World Z
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Medical and Food Recipes

Medicine made before 2035 is useless now. New pills come from a few stronghold labs, mostly Lifeline. Everything else is made by hand.

Medical items

  • Bandage. What it does: Action. Regain 1d4 + 2 hit points, stop bleeding. Made from: 2 Cloth. Workbench: No.

  • Splint. What it does: Removes the broken bone penalty until it heals in 4 weeks. Made from: 1 Wood + 1 Duct Tape + 1 Cloth. Workbench: No.

  • Tourniquet. What it does: Action. Stop heavy bleeding in a limb. Advantage on the save when a bitten limb is cut off. Made from: 1 Cloth + 1 Rubber Tubing. Workbench: No.

  • Antiseptic. What it does: With a Bandage, +2 hit points and the wound does not go bad. Does not stop the Z-Virus. Made from: 1 Alcohol + 1 Clean Water. Workbench: No.

  • Suture Kit. What it does: 3 uses. Short rest, regain 2d6 hit points. Without Medicine proficiency, DC 12 Wisdom (Medicine) or half. Made from: 1 Wire + 2 Sinew. Workbench: No.

  • Med Kit. What it does: Action. Regain 3d4 + 3 hit points, stop bleeding. One use. Made from: 2 Bandage + 1 Antiseptic + 1 Duct Tape. Workbench: No.

  • Surgical Kit. What it does: 5 uses, 10 minutes each. Heal 4d4 + 4 once per patient per long rest. Safer limb removal. Made from: 1 Salvaged Blade + 1 Suture Kit + 2 Antiseptic. Workbench: Yes.

  • Painkillers. What it does: Bonus action. 1d6 + 2 temporary hit points for 1 hour, ignore broken bone disadvantage. Made from: Cannot be made. Found or bought. Workbench: No.

  • Antibiotics. What it does: 5-day course. Cures wound infection and sickness from bad water or food. Does not stop the Z-Virus. Made from: Cannot be made. Found or bought. Workbench: No.

  • Booster Shot. What it does: Within 5 minutes of exposure it stops the infection. Later, advantage on the Turn save only. Made from: Cannot be made. Found or bought. Workbench: No.

  • Herbal Poultice. What it does: Action. Regain 1d6 hit points, the wound does not go bad. Made from: 2 Wild Herbs + 1 Honey + 1 Cloth. Workbench: No.

  • Stim Shot. What it does: Bonus action. 1 hour, ignore up to 2 levels of Exhaustion, +10 feet speed. Then 1 level of Exhaustion. Made from: 1 Chemicals + 1 Sugar + 1 Clean Water. Workbench: Yes.

  • Burn Salve. What it does: Action. Regain 2d6 hit points if you took fire damage in the last hour. Made from: 1 Animal Fat + 1 Wild Herbs. Workbench: No.

  • Water Tablets. What it does: One tablet turns 1 Dirty Water into Clean Water in 30 minutes. Made from: 1 Chemicals (makes 10). Workbench: Yes.

  • Blood Test Kit. What it does: 10 strips. Black means the Z-Virus. Mutated always test black. Made from: Cannot be made. Found or bought. Workbench: No.

  • Bark Tea. What it does: Drink before a short rest to regain 1d4 extra hit points when it ends. Made from: 2 Wild Herbs + 1 Clean Water. Workbench: No.

Treating a bite

Nothing on this page cures the Z-Virus except a Booster Shot in the first 5 minutes.

  1. Booster Shot within 5 minutes of the bite or the fluid. The infection stops. Later, it only gives advantage on the Turn save.

  2. Cut it off within 1 minute if the bite is on an arm or leg. 3d6 slashing damage and a DC 13 Constitution save or drop to 0 hit points. A Tourniquet put on first gives advantage on that save. With a Surgical Kit, a failed save leaves the patient at 1 hit point instead. A Prosthetic Arm can replace a lost arm.

  3. Burn it within 1 minute. 2d6 fire damage, then a DC 15 Constitution save. Success stops the infection. Burn Salve heals the burn afterward.

A Blood Test Kit shows who carries the Z-Virus. Antiseptic, Antibiotics and Painkillers do not stop it.

Food and water

  • Clean Water. What it is: One person's water for a day. Made from: 1 Dirty Water + 1 Water Tablets. Workbench: No.

  • Dirty Water. What it is: DC 11 Constitution save or poisoned for 1 day. Made from: Cannot be made. Found or bought. Workbench: No.

  • Water Filter. What it is: Cleans 20 bottles of Dirty Water, then it is used up. Made from: 1 Glass Bottle + 2 Charcoal + 1 Canvas. Workbench: No.

  • Raw Meat. What it is: 2 pounds. Spoils in a day. Cooked, one meal. Undead need 1 a day, raw. Made from: Cannot be made. Found or bought. Workbench: No.

  • Jerky. What it is: One meal. Keeps 2 months. Takes a day to dry. Made from: 2 Raw Meat + 1 Salt (makes 2). Workbench: No.

  • Flatbread. What it is: One meal. Keeps a week. Made from: 2 Corn + 1 Clean Water (makes 2). Workbench: No.

  • Corn. What it is: Roasted, half a meal. Made from: Cannot be made. Found or bought. Workbench: No.

  • Old Canned Food. What it is: d6 when opened. 1 to 3 bad (DC 13 Constitution or poisoned 1 day). 4 to 6 one meal. Made from: Cannot be made. Found or bought. Workbench: No.

  • Honey. What it is: One meal. Never spoils. Made from: Cannot be made. Found or bought. Workbench: No.

  • Wild Berries. What it is: Half a meal. Bad in 2 days. Made from: Cannot be made. Found or bought. Workbench: No.

  • Smoked Fish. What it is: One meal. Keeps a month. Made from: Cannot be made. Found or bought. Workbench: No.

  • Eggs. What it is: Two meals. Keep 2 weeks. Made from: Cannot be made. Found or bought. Workbench: No.

  • A person needs 1 Clean Water a day.

  • Clean Water also comes from boiling Dirty Water for 10 minutes in a Cooking Pot, or from a Water Filter.

  • A Rain Poncho spread flat catches 1 Clean Water per hour of rain.

  • Food made before 2035 is spoiled or risky. People farm, hunt, fish and trade.

  • Pemmican. What it is: One meal. Keeps 6 months. Makes 2. Made from: 1 Jerky + 1 Animal Fat + 1 Wild Berries (makes 2). Workbench: No.