-DIESEL- drugs (old)

Drugs
Just like drugs, alcohol can be abused and have significant negative effects. In general, a character can consume a number of alcoholic beverages equal to 1 plus double his Constitution modifier. Drinks consumed in excess of this total cause the character to become sickened for 1 hour per drink above this maximum. Particularly exotic or strong forms of alcohol might be treated as normal drugs. Those who regularly abuse alcohol might eventually develop a moderate addiction.
Drugs are alchemical items that grant effects to those who make use of them. What sets them apart from similar items is that a drug's effects manifest as both a short term (usually beneficial) effect and an amount of ability damage. In addition, those who take drugs also risk addiction, a type of disease of varying severity depending on the type of drug used.
When a character takes a drug, he immediately gains the effects, an amount of ability damage, and must make a Fortitude save to resist becoming addicted to that drug (see Addiction). The damaging effects of drugs stay active as long as the character is high, but go away afterwards, unlike other forms of ability damage. While the initial effect represents the physical or mind altering effects of the drug, the drain represents both its side effects and the amount of time a dose remains active in a character's body. For drugs, the While taking multiple doses of a drug at once rarely has any benefit, taking additional doses as the effects wear off renew those effects but increase the ability damage and potential for addiction.
Drugs can be manufactured using Craft (alchemy). The DC to make a drug is equal to its addiction DC. Rolling a natural 1 on a Craft skill check while making a drug exposes the crafter to the drug.
Addiction
Anytime a character takes a drug he must make a saving throw, noted in the drug's description, to resist becoming addicted. If a character makes the save, he is not addicted and the effects of the drug persist as normal. If he fails the save, he contracts the noted form of addiction (see below). Should a character take multiple doses of the same drug in a short period of time addiction becomes more difficult to resist. The DC of a drug's saving throw increases by +2 every time a character takes a another dose of that drug while still suffering from ability damage caused by a previous dose. Keep track of how high this DC rises, even for characters already addicted to a drug, as it determines the DC necessary to overcome the disease.
Addiction manifests in three different degrees of severity: minor, moderate, and severe. Each drug notes what type of addiction failing a save against it results in. Each addiction causes a persistent penalty to ability scores, lasting for as long as the character has the disease. In the case of moderate and severe addictions, the character also cannot naturally heal ability damage dealt by the drug that caused the addiction.
Each form of addiction encourages sufferers to continue making use of the drug they are addicted to. While a character is benefiting from the effects of the drug he is addicted to, he does not suffer the penalties of his addiction disease. While he still receives the benefits of the drug and takes ability damage as normal, the disease's effects are mitigated. As soon as the drug's benefits expire, the disease's effects return.
MINOR ADDICTION
Type disease, variable; Save variable
Onset 1 day; Frequency 1/day
Effect –2 penalty to Con; Cure 2 consecutive saves
MODERATE ADDICTION
Type disease, variable; Save variable
Onset 1 day; Frequency 1/day
Effect –2 penalty to Con and Str, target cannot naturally heal ability damage caused by the drug that caused this addiction; Cure 3 consecutive saves
SEVERE ADDICTION
Type disease, variable; Save variable
Onset 1 day; Frequency 1/day
Effect –2 penalty to Dex, Con, Str, and Wis; target cannot naturally heal ability damage caused by the drug that caused this addiction; Cure 3 consecutive saves
Curing Addiction
As addictions are diseases, they can be cured as such, through therapy, long-term withdrawal, or by succeeding at Fortitude saves over time. Unlike with other diseases, an addicted character can only make a Fortitude save to overcome his addiction after a day of not taking the drug he is addicted to. The DC of this Fortitude save is equal to the highest addiction DC his drug use has reached (not necessarily the DC that addicted him if he has continued to make use of the drug while addicted). This DC decreases by –2 for every day the character does not make use of the drug, to a minimum of the drug's base addiction DC. Depending on the severity of the character's addiction, it might take two or three consecutive successful Fortitude saves to overcome the disease. Should a character take a dose of the drug he's addicted to, he immediately relapses, causing the addiction DC to instantly return to its highest DC and negating any successful past saves.
Sample Drugs
Numerous types of drugs exist, both in the real world and fantasy worlds. Presented here are several samples with a variety of effects. All drugs have the following features.
Type: This notes how the drug is introduced into the system. These types equate to the types most common to poisons: contact, ingestion, inhalation, injury.
Addiction: This is the severity of the addiction disease the drug causes, followed by the base DC of the save a character must succeed at to resist an addiction and potentially overcome an addiction. This DC can increase through multiple uses of the drug.
Price: The common price of 1 dose of this drug.
Effect: The duration and effect of the drug.
Damage: The amount and type of ability damage caused.
Also, this template for my purposes.

Type:
Addiction:
Price:
Effect:
Damage:


Heroin
Type: Injection, inhalation, smoking
Addiction: Severe, Fort DC 20
Price: For 1/10 gram: $10 for Black Tar (cheapest, but most dangerous), $15 for Brown, $25 for White (purest)
Effect: 1d4 hours; +1d8 temp. hit points, +2 bonus on fort saves, fatigue
Damage: 1d4 Con damage and 1d4 Wis damage

Powder Cocaine
Type: Inhalation
Addiction: Moderate, Fort DC 15
Price: Typically around $20 per gram; prices increase as you near the downtown area
Effect: 5d10 minutes; +1d4 temp. dexterity, +1d4 temp. strength bonus. Willpower saves are temporarily negated; must rely on raw rolls
Damage: 1d2 Con damage and 1d6 Int damage

Crack Cocaine
Type:  Smoking
Addiction:  Severe; Fort DC 18
Price: Typically anywhere from $10-$20 a rock; can be as high as $50 in some areas
Effect: 1d10 minutes; +1d8 temp. dexterity, +1d6 temp strength. Willpower bonuses are negated and now take a -1 while high
Damage: 1d6 Con damage and 1d4 Int damage

Methamphetamine
Type: Smoking
Addiction: Severe; Fort DC 18
Price: $10 for 1/8 gram; $20 for 1/4 gram. As always, prices vary depending on location.
Effect: 1d12+2 hours; +1d8 temp. dexterity, +1d4 temp. strength.
Damage: 1d8 Con damage, 1d4 Wis damage

Cannabis
Type: Various; mostly includes smoking and ingestion through edibles, though.
Addiction: Minor; DC 10 Fort save
Price: Varies strongly. See the Strain Chart for prices and strengths, but the amount of one dose is 1 gram.
Effect: 1d2 hours; 1d4 temp Wis bonus, 1d4 temp Int bonus
Damage: 1d4 Dex damage, 1d4 Cha damage

Unless states otherwise in the Modifiers, Indica strains take another -1 to Dex when consuming them, while Sativa takes an extra -1 to Cha. Hybrids do no extra ability damage unless stated.




Strain Chart
Name
Type (I/S/H)
Average Price (1 gram)
Modifiers
Reggie
Hybrid
$5
Usually doesn’t get you high. Roll 1d10; on 6 or higher, you actually get high.
Cheese
Hybrid
$10
Smells dank as fuck. Anyone else trying to identify the smell of weed smoke with this strain gets a +2 to identifying it.
Sour Diesel
Sativa
$15
Extremely potent. The Fort save for this becomes DC 12 instead of 10. If addicted by this, characters will prefer to only smoke this.
Supreme Diesel
Sativa
$20
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Royal Diesel
Sativa
$25
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OG Kush
Hybrid
$14
Carries Indica traits.
Girl Scout Cookies
Hybrid
$16
Carries Sativa traits.
Skywalker
Indica
$18.50
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Khalifa Kush
Indica
$30
In addition to Indica’s normal effects, this one gives you a -2 to Stealth checks, due to your incessant Wiz laugh.
G13
Indica
$15.50
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Romulan
Indica
$16
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Blue Dream
Hybrid
$16
A euphoric strain. Can boost the user’s temporary Wis by another +1d4 temp points.
Grape Ape
Indica
$15
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Durban Poison
Sativa
$12.50
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Purple Kush
Indica
$16
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Bubba Kush
Indica
$15.50
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Dabs
Sativa
$60.00
Gives 1d8 Int bonus, and bonus 1d8 Wis. Also lasts x3 as longer depending on hit.