Splints as an alternative to morphine

[ActionManZlt 160]

As of 1.7.1.5, I'd possibly rate morphine as the most important item in the game -- if you don't have any, then you're constantly at the risk of losing an hour of game-time, or plain dying. Sometimes you can go ages without having a broken bone, but other times you seem to get one every time you let a zombie get close.

This means you basically need to have at least 1 morphine on you for emergencies at all times, or have a friend nearby with 1 (a friend with a bicycle has saved me countless times!!). For survival right now, morphine is very nearly as important as bandages are.

I actually kind of like this mechanic, as it means that you are really forced to journey into the capital cities to do hospital raids sometimes, or into the military areas looking for high-end medical items...

But at the same time, I'd like another option other than raiding these high-risk areas, such as slowly adding more items to the crafting system.

I'd like to suggest that a splint could be crafted somehow.

* Maybe you need a friend to craft and apply the splint, like with blood-bags? Maybe be allowed to do it yourself?

* Maybe you make it from a pile of wood, or make it from a location (like harvesting wood from forests)?

* Maybe you need a new tool, such as first-aid pack, before you can perform this action?

Not the most realistic, but neither is using morphine to heal bones ;)

This would allow you to survive a broken bone even if 10km from a hospital. It could still be quite inconveniencing if desired, like having to crawl all the way to a forest, etc... Or it could be as easy to use as morphine, but make it inconveniencing to craft.

It could be used to promote team-play too, if it required a 2nd person to apply it, like the blood-bags.

[Lukio (DayZ) 24]

Did you use the search function?

[ActionManZlt 160]

...apparently not