My healers quit healing me

Did a search, here, Google, etc. Found nothing.

So my "healers", Virgil and Smythe, have suddenly stopped auto-healing me when I get hurt. It is actually the 3rd time this has happened and I've had to reload old saves. No idea why.

Neither had a reaction change to me, both fairly positive. Their character sheets look normal, don't have any cursed gear, both should be able to crank out lots of major majickal healing. But no.

If there is some info I am omitting, let me know.

 

are you tech? did you get stronger at tech shortly before they stopped?

 

That's a damn good point and something I feel stupid for not considering. Yes. I have drifted more and more toward tech, and a quick look at my save games shows that the problem arose when my tech numbers were highest.

I'm so far into the game since the last save where they healed, is there a remedy?

 

You could drop them and get jayna stiles or franklin payne. Or, put even just 1 point in herbology. However, the best solution - and one often overlooked - is to see who has heal skill, and buy a ton of bandages. I believe Virgil should have some heal skill.

 

Yeah, that's the trick: buy lots of bandages and give them to Virgil. He will start healing you with those.

 

It appears that Virgil does, in fact, have some usefulness. Besides for target practice, I mean.

 

Being that I was already level 39, I just went ahead and threw a point at the protection spell (not sure what it is actually called). Suddenly I had friends again.

Seems if I keep tech at 35 or lower, everything is cool. Just have to put that Master of Repair off for another playthrough. Expert gets me by. Just going to max persuasion, constitution, dexterity. Should work out alright.

 

If you're fully tech, there's also the Medical Arachnids you can try to make...they're not "great" but better than nothing.