Addiction

Cost: Varies widely depending on the availability, cost, and legality of the substance you are addicted to, as well as the effect of missing a dose. See the chart below to calculate cost. Description: You are addicted to some drug. You and the GM must agree on the vital aspects of the drug in question. Detriment: Every time you miss a dose, you must make a successful Con roll or take physical damage. In a worst-case scenario, a severe enough failure on your Con roll could result in death. Specifics of the drug the character is addicted to:

class="center" Availability	class="center" CP	class="hspacer">	class="center" Legality	class="center" CP
class="center">Easy to Find	class="center">0	class="hspacer">	class="center">Legal and tolerated	class="center">0
class="center">Hard to Find	class="center">-5	class="hspacer">	class="center">Legal but not tolerated	class="center">-5
class="center">Very Hard to find	class="center">-10	class="hspacer">	class="center">Illegal, but tolerated	class="center">-5
class="vspacer">	class="vspacer">	class="hspacer">	align="center">Illegal and not tolerated	class="center">-10
class="center">Amount	class="center">CP	class="hspacer">	class="vspacer">	class="vspacer">
class="center">Less than 20 pennies/dose	class="center">-5	class="hspacer">	class="center">Effects	class="center">CP
class="center">20 – 100 pennies/dose	class="center">-10	class="hspacer">	class="center">Per die of damage	class="center">-5
class="center">101 – 200 pennies/dose	class="center">-15	class="hspacer">	class="center">Required Ss on Con roll	class="center">-1
class="center">200 pennies per dose or more	class="center">-20	class="hspacer">	class="vspacer">	class="vspacer">

Example: Francis is addicted to a drug called Cold Brew. Cold Brew is illegal, though since it doesn’t routinely make its addicts behave anti-socially, most people turn a blind eye toward those who use it (-5 CP). It is hard to find (-5 CP), and fairly expensive, at 125 pennies/dose (-15 CP). Unfortunately for Francis, Cold Brew addicts have it rough. When they miss getting their “fix”, they must achieve 4Ss (TN=4; -4 CP) on a Con roll or suffer 5 dice of damage (-25 CP). This is a harsh addiction, but accepting it nets Francis 54 CP to spend elsewhere.