Medicine (skills)

A character can perform a Medicine check to stabilize a dying creature, treat or diagnose a disease or poison, or determine a cause of death. The most commonly used ability score is Wisdom. A character might use Intelligence to diagnose a rare poison or Constitution to nurse someone through a lengthy and dangerous illness. Specialties: animals, autopsy, diseases, herbalism, poisons.

Source: a5e-ag

A Wisdom (Medicine) check lets you try to stabilize a dying companion or diagnose an illness.

Source: srd-2014

Diagnose an illness, or determine what killed the recently slain.

Source: srd-2024