Should Tobacco stats be changed?
Publié : 08 déc. 2012, 19:39
Tobacco is currently listed in Book 1 as:
Addiction: Moderate
Harmfulness: Mild
Dependency: Strong
(please see the description of the two dependencies at the bottom of post)
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While tobacco can be a very tough habit to kick, I think listing its Dependency as "Strong" is problematic for three reasons.
1) Strong doesn't accurately describe tobacco addiction. The difference between the two dependencies (mild v. strong) is not how difficult it is to kick the habit, but how bad the repercussions are. Strong is described as "He becomes aggressive and is ready to spend high sums of money or commit crimes to get his hands on his favorite drug." I've known plenty of people who have tried to kick the habit of tobacco, and none reached this level of aggression. There is no stronger category, so this is as bad as a drug gets.
2) Mild does accurately describe tobacco addiction ... "He is in a bad mood, irritable, and has trouble sleeping." This corresponds to my experiences.
3) Mild is described as an option, but none of the drugs listed in Book 1 have this effect. It seems to me if any where going to be mild then tobacco is the most likely candidate. This might be an oversight in the original book that hasn't yet been errata'd?
Of course, I can change it for my campaign, but I wanted to bring it to the communities attention, so if others agreed it could be changed in future editions.
Thoughts?
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p. 243
Mild Dependency: if the Character does not have his product at disposal, he will try to acquire some. He is in a bad mood, irritable, and has trouble sleeping. He suffers a -2 penalty on all of his actions during the weaning period.
Strong Dependency: the Character develops different symptoms depending on the drug (headaches, insomnia, shaking, nausea, etc.) He becomes aggressive and is ready to spend high sums of money or commit crimes to get his hands on his favorite drug. He will focus on obtaining his dose, to the exclusion of any other project. Every action except the ones related to acquiring the drug suffers a -4 penalty.
Addiction: Moderate
Harmfulness: Mild
Dependency: Strong
(please see the description of the two dependencies at the bottom of post)
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While tobacco can be a very tough habit to kick, I think listing its Dependency as "Strong" is problematic for three reasons.
1) Strong doesn't accurately describe tobacco addiction. The difference between the two dependencies (mild v. strong) is not how difficult it is to kick the habit, but how bad the repercussions are. Strong is described as "He becomes aggressive and is ready to spend high sums of money or commit crimes to get his hands on his favorite drug." I've known plenty of people who have tried to kick the habit of tobacco, and none reached this level of aggression. There is no stronger category, so this is as bad as a drug gets.
2) Mild does accurately describe tobacco addiction ... "He is in a bad mood, irritable, and has trouble sleeping." This corresponds to my experiences.
3) Mild is described as an option, but none of the drugs listed in Book 1 have this effect. It seems to me if any where going to be mild then tobacco is the most likely candidate. This might be an oversight in the original book that hasn't yet been errata'd?
Of course, I can change it for my campaign, but I wanted to bring it to the communities attention, so if others agreed it could be changed in future editions.
Thoughts?
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p. 243
Mild Dependency: if the Character does not have his product at disposal, he will try to acquire some. He is in a bad mood, irritable, and has trouble sleeping. He suffers a -2 penalty on all of his actions during the weaning period.
Strong Dependency: the Character develops different symptoms depending on the drug (headaches, insomnia, shaking, nausea, etc.) He becomes aggressive and is ready to spend high sums of money or commit crimes to get his hands on his favorite drug. He will focus on obtaining his dose, to the exclusion of any other project. Every action except the ones related to acquiring the drug suffers a -4 penalty.