Goonhub
10-14-2016, 06:43 PM
How about a less complicated alternative?
Instead of doing addiction in terms of individual drugs, handle it by class. Each class comes in minor, moderate and major strength. Minor drugs give minor addictions which cause minor cravings which are satisfied with a minor (or stronger!) drug of the proper class. Moderate addictions (caused by moderate drugs) give both minor and moderate cravings while major addictions give all three. A minor craving gives you 30s to satisfy it in order to avoid obvious cosmetic effects such as twitching or drooling. A moderate craving gives you 1 minute to satisfy it in order to avoid an unpleasant symptom like falling over or puking. A major craving gives you 5 minutes to satisfy it in order to avoid potentially deadly symptoms, like brain damage or passing out.
Very Important: Addictions do not advance to the next stage on their own. Coffee is a minor addiction and never advances unless you decide to substitute some meth in a pinch when you're out of coffee.
Our three classes are:
Stimulants
Minor (Sugar, Coffee, Capsaicin, Nicotine): Blurry vision. Yawning.
Moderate (Methamphetamine, Ephedrine, THC*): The "You feel tired." from current addictions.
Major (Bath Salts*, Crank): Passing out for a minute or so.
Depressants
Minor (Antihistamine, Teporone, Ethanol*): Twitching. Itching.
Moderate (Perfluorodecalin, Yobihodazine, THC*, Haloperidol*, Ethanol*): Puking.
Major (Bath Salts*, Morphine, Krokodil, Ethanol*): 10 brain damage.
Hallucinogens
Minor (Jenkem, LSD, Diluted Fliptonium, Cat Drugs): Drooling. Hallucinations.
Moderate (Omnizine, Fliptonium, THC*): Collapsing while screaming.
Major (Bath Salts*, Space Drugs): ~5 squares of random stumbling.
Special Drugs
THC satisfies moderate cravings for all drug classes, but is completely non-addictive.
Ethanol is a minor depressant at 10u dosages, a moderate depressant at 20u and a major depressant at 30u.
Haloperidol has a 10% chance to reduce your stimulant and hallucinogenic addictions by one stage each life cycle. It is a moderate depressant.
Holy Water has a 10% chance to reduce your depressant addictions by one stage each life cycle. It is non-addictive.
Bath Salts cause a level 3 addiction of every type and satisfy cravings of every type.
Instead of doing addiction in terms of individual drugs, handle it by class. Each class comes in minor, moderate and major strength. Minor drugs give minor addictions which cause minor cravings which are satisfied with a minor (or stronger!) drug of the proper class. Moderate addictions (caused by moderate drugs) give both minor and moderate cravings while major addictions give all three. A minor craving gives you 30s to satisfy it in order to avoid obvious cosmetic effects such as twitching or drooling. A moderate craving gives you 1 minute to satisfy it in order to avoid an unpleasant symptom like falling over or puking. A major craving gives you 5 minutes to satisfy it in order to avoid potentially deadly symptoms, like brain damage or passing out.
Very Important: Addictions do not advance to the next stage on their own. Coffee is a minor addiction and never advances unless you decide to substitute some meth in a pinch when you're out of coffee.
Our three classes are:
Stimulants
Minor (Sugar, Coffee, Capsaicin, Nicotine): Blurry vision. Yawning.
Moderate (Methamphetamine, Ephedrine, THC*): The "You feel tired." from current addictions.
Major (Bath Salts*, Crank): Passing out for a minute or so.
Depressants
Minor (Antihistamine, Teporone, Ethanol*): Twitching. Itching.
Moderate (Perfluorodecalin, Yobihodazine, THC*, Haloperidol*, Ethanol*): Puking.
Major (Bath Salts*, Morphine, Krokodil, Ethanol*): 10 brain damage.
Hallucinogens
Minor (Jenkem, LSD, Diluted Fliptonium, Cat Drugs): Drooling. Hallucinations.
Moderate (Omnizine, Fliptonium, THC*): Collapsing while screaming.
Major (Bath Salts*, Space Drugs): ~5 squares of random stumbling.
Special Drugs
THC satisfies moderate cravings for all drug classes, but is completely non-addictive.
Ethanol is a minor depressant at 10u dosages, a moderate depressant at 20u and a major depressant at 30u.
Haloperidol has a 10% chance to reduce your stimulant and hallucinogenic addictions by one stage each life cycle. It is a moderate depressant.
Holy Water has a 10% chance to reduce your depressant addictions by one stage each life cycle. It is non-addictive.
Bath Salts cause a level 3 addiction of every type and satisfy cravings of every type.