How to use first aid?

[Anonymous]

Hi, I can't find out how to use the first aid skill.
Well, perhaps I'm just not able to do so since I put no points into the skill but I have the jack-of-all-trades talent which lets me use some other skills I put no points into. So I thougt I could use first aid, too.
Your help would be appreciated

[Anticheese]

Quoting: Anonymous

Well, perhaps I'm just not able to do so since I put no points into the skill but I have the jack-of-all-trades talent which lets me use some other skills I put no points into

It will work, but all your rolls will be at a -2 penalty.

What you need to do is buy a first aid kit (or anything else with FIRST AID (newline) DP X where X is any value), press 's' for "Skill Menu", select first aid and use the keypad to either select yourself for self healing (5), or anyone/anything that is not either an enemy, a biotech monster or a robot.

Enjoy your game

[Anonymous]

Thanks for your answer but unfortunately it doesn't help me ^^;;
When I open the skills menu there is no first aid. As I said I have the jack-of-all-trades talent so I can for example use code breaking (which can be found in my skills menu) without putting a single point in it. But that doesn't work for first aid. I also tried to select my first aid kit in my inventory and use the "apply skill" option but again no first aid skill.

And a last question: I thought the jack-of-all-trades reduces the penalty of using a non-learned skill to 0?

[Joseph Hewitt]

Quoting: Anonymous

And a last question: I thought the jack-of-all-trades reduces the penalty of using a non-learned skill to 0?

You are absolutely right; this is the way that talent works. As for the first aid issue, it sounds like it might be a bug. I'll take a look into it and see what I can find.

Edit- it was, indeed, a bug. It's been fixed, and Jack of All Trades will work properly in the next release.