Drugs and Addictive Substances

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his supplement outlines the addictive nature of
various substances and drugs in the fantasy
world. This supplement is not meant to Addiction Madness
condone nor encourage any drug use, but to If a character goes too long without a drug they are
offer a guideline for DMs to incorporate these addicted to, they have a chance at going mad. After
substances into their game. a certain amount of time without the drug the
character has to make a Constitution saving throw
against the addiction rating. If they fail they roll on
Addiction the madness tables.
Drugs can offer some handy benefits to PCs, but they do have
their drawbacks. When characters use a drug they make a Addiction Madness
Constitution check against the Addiction Rating of that drug. Addiction Time Without Madness
On a failed save the character becomes addicted and Rating Drug Table
sufferers from the effects in the chart below. Negligible NA NA
Addiction Rating Low NA NA
Con Addiction Medium 15 Days Short-Term
DC Rating Satiation Damage
High 6 Days Long-Term
4 Negligible 1 day 1 Exhaustion
Extreme 3 Days Long-Term
6 Low 10 days +1 Exhaustion
Vicious 3 Days Indefinite
10 Medium 5 days +1 Exhaustion -2 Charisma
14 High 2 days +1 Exhaustion -2 Charisma, -2 Madness tables can be found here
Wisdom
20 Extreme 1 day +1 Exhaustion -4 Charisma, -4
Wisdom
25 Vicious 1 day +1 Exhaustion, -4 Charisma, -4
Drug Effects
Wisdom, -2 Strength Drug effects are treated much like poisons. The character
must first make a Constitution saving throw against the
With Negligibly addictive drugs, it is impossible to exceed Addiction Rating of a drug, followed by a Constitution saving
level 1 exhaustion from withdrawals under normal throw against the Effect Save DC. Upon a fail, the character
circumstances takes on the initial effects of the drug. If the drug has a
Prolonged Use: Long-term use can increase the addiction secondary effect, after the character takes on the initial
rating of a drug. All drugs increase their rating by one step for effects they must then roll another Constitution saving throw,
every two months a PC uses them. Negligible drugs are if they fail they take on the secondary effects aswell.
immune to this effect Effect DC is specific to each drug and can be found in it's
Satiation: Satiation is the time that passes before a description.
character, whom is addicted to a drug, needs another hit or
starts to suffer from withdrawals. The first satiation period
begins at the dose that makes the character addicted. Willing Consumption
Damage: Damage is dealt to a character's ability scores If a character willingly takes a drug they
and exhaustion level each day outside of the satiation period. automatically fail both effect saves. The Effect Save
This can be prevented by a successful Constitution saving DC is provided for if a character is given the drug
throw or by taking another dose of the drug. This damage is against their will.
healed at a rate of 1 point in each ability score per day.
Recovery: If a character makes two successful
Constitution saving throws in a row, the character has fought
off addiction and recovers, taking no more damage.

PART 1 | Introduction 1
 Drug Examples
Drug Characteristics
The following details the different characteristics
of drugs.
Initial Effect: This effect takes hold if the effect
saving throw against a drug fails.
Secondary Effect: This is another effect that takes
hold if the effect saving throw fails.
Side Effects: These effects take hold immediately
upon taking a drug.
Overdose: These are the effects of an overdose
of a given substance.
Alchemy DC: This is the difficulty of an alchemy
check needed to make the substance.
Price: How much the drug costs on a normal
market per dose.
Agony (Liquid Pain)
Extremely Addictive Stimulant
Delivery: Ingested
Effect DC/Addictiveness: 18, extreme
Initial Effect: User is stunned for 1d4+1 rounds and has
disadvantage on all ability checks and attacks for the
following 1d6+1 minutes
Secondary Effect: 1d4+1 enhancement to Charisma
saving throws for 1d10+15 minutes
Side Effects: Feelings of intense pleasure that last for
1d4 hours
Overdose: If more than one dose is taken in a 24-hour
period, the user must make a Con DC 18 saving throw or
fall unconscious for 1d4 hours.
Alchemy DC: 25
Price: 100 gp
This thick, reddish-brown liquid is the distilled essence of
pain, captured through special magical processes. It is sought
after by outsiders and extreme masochists, as well as
torturers seeking to ply their trade more efficiently.
Baccaran
Slightly Addictive Psychedelic
Delivery: Ingested
Effect DC/Addictiveness: 18. Low
Initial Effect: 1d4 Strength damage 1d4+5 minutes
Secondary Effect: 1d4+1 enhancement to Wisdom for
1d10+15 minutes
Side Effects: -4 circumstance penalty on saving throws
against illusions for 2d4 hours
Overdose: If more than one dose is taken in a 24-hour
period, the character immediately takes 2d6 damage and
the side effect is doubled in penalty and duration
Alchemy DC: 20
Price: 10 gp
A pasty substance that is dried and kept as a powder or
sometimes as a paste. It has numerous, difficult to obtain
ingredients, and acts as a mild hallucinogen.
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Halfling Leaf
Slightly Addictive Stimulant
Delivery: Inhaled
Effect DC/Addictiveness: 15, low
Initial Effect: Disadvantage on Charisma Saving Throws
for 1d4 hours
Secondary Effect: +1 to Wisdom (Perception) checks for
1d4+1 hours
Side Effects: Creatures under the effects of Halfling Leaf
feel extremely relaxed, and are more likely to accept things
they would normally disagree with. The drug also slightly
amplifies a character's senses making them slightly more
aware of their surroundings.
Overdose: None.
Alchemy DC: 15
Price: 6 gp
Wyssin plant leaves are dried for smoking usually out of a
pipe.
Luhix
Viciously Addictive Psychedelic
Delivery: Injury
Effect DC/Addictiveness: 25, Vicious
Initial Effect: 1 point of ability score damage to all
abilities for 1 Minute
Secondary Effect: +2 bonus to all ability scores for 1d4
hours
Side Effects: The user is afflicted with intense, wracking
pain for the first minute after application (the time of the
ability score damage). After this, when the secondary
damage takes place, the user is then immune to all pain
(including magical effects). The user takes damage as
normal, but may not react normally to that damage.
Overdose: Users who take more than one dose of luhix in
24 hours must make a Con DC 25 saving throw or die in
indescribable agony.
Alchemy DC: 30
Price: 1,000 gp
Luhix is made from the powdered stalks of luhix plants,
which only grow in the Abyss. It is normally sprinkled onto
bleeding wounds, which are then sealed with bandages or
magical healing.

Drug Examples Continued
Mordayn Vapor (Dream Mist)
Highly Addictive Psychedelic
Delivery: Inhaled
Effect DC/Addictiveness: 17, High
Initial Effect: Visions of incredible, mind-boggling beauty
enthrall the user for 1d20+10 minutes. During this time,
the user has disadvantage on all actions.
Secondary Effect: 1d4 points Constitution and Wisdom
damage.
Side Effects: Compared to the poignant beauty of the
visions induced by dreammist, a user's normal life seems
drab and futile in comparison, leading users to desire
more doses as quickly as possible. When a dose wears off,
the user must succeed at a DC 17 Wisdom or be
compelled (similar to the effects of a suggestion spell) to
do whatever is necessary to obtain another dreammist
dose. This compulsion lasts for 1d4 hours before fading.
Overdose: If two doses are taken within the space of an
hour, or if raw mordayn or mordayn tea are ingested, the
drug becomes a deadly poison (Ingested DC 17, 2d10
Poison Damage). Regular Mordayn users regularly throw
out the tea immediately after inhaling to be sure to prevent
an overdose.
Alchemy DC: 20
Price: 200 gp
Made from the ground leaves of a rare herb found deep in
tropical forests, the highly potent mordayn is taken by
steeping a small amount in hot water, and then inhaling the
vapors from the resultant tea. Raw mordayn powder and
mordayn-tainted water are a deadly poison, and taking either
immediately results in the effects of an overdose. Dreammist
is well-known for the beautiful visions it induces and the
deadly peril that can come from its sinister embrace.
Mushroom Powder
Moderately Addictive Psychedelic
Delivery: Inhaled
Effect DC/Addictiveness: 15, medium
Initial Effect: +2 bonus to Intelligence and Charisma
ability scores for 1 hour
Secondary Effect: 1 point of Strength damage 1d4 hours
Side Effects: As a mild hallucinogen, the user takes a -2
penalty to Wisdom for 1d4 hours, and a -2 penalty to
Constitution while the drug is in effect.
Overdose: If more than one dose is taken in a 12-hour
period, the user takes 2d6 points of damage. Using it more
than three times in any 24-hour period deals 4d6 points of
damage and paralyzes the user for 2d4 hours.
Alchemy DC: 25
Price: 100 gp
Derived from a rare blue mushroom, this powder is inhaled
to produce a state of mild hallucination and heightened
awareness. Many magic users favor mushroom powder.
Redflower Leaves
Slightly Addictive Stimulant
Delivery: Ingested
Effect DC/Addictiveness: 10, Low
Initial Effect: None
Secondary Effect: As an action, the user may focus total
attention on a single target. If this action is followed by an
attack against the target, then the user gains a +4 bonus
on the attack roll. This ability lasts for 10 minutes.
Side Effects: None
Overdose: Taking a second dose before the effects of the
first has worn off causes the user to be nauseated for 1d4
x 10 minutes.
Alchemy DC: 27
Price: 300 gp
These crushed leaves from a tiny red bog flower are known
for their ability to heighten hand-eye coordination.
Sannish
Moderately Addictive Psychedelic
Delivery: Ingested
Effect DC/Addictiveness: 9, Medium
Initial Effect: 1 point of Wisdom damage for 1d4 hours
Secondary Effect: The user becomes numbed to pain for
1d4 hours, and has advantage on all Constitution saving
throws. (Excluding rolls for addiction)
Side Effects: While the drug is in effect, the user takes a
-2 penalty on all initiative checks.
Overdose: A second dose taken while the first is still in
effect causes a numbing stupor for 2d4 hours. Until this
stupor wears off, the suffers from level 2 Exhaustion.
Alchemy DC: 20
Price: 15 gp
A bluish liquid distilled from the milk of wolves and a
powdered desert plant. Sannish is known to cause a pleasant
state of euphoria, which, along with its relatively cheap price,
makes it rather popular. Addicts are easily spotted by the
permanent blue stains on their lips.
Terran Brandy
Slightly Addictive Psychedelic
Delivery: Ingested
Effect DC/Addictiveness: 19, low
Initial Effect: +2 Intelligence for 1d20+20 Minutes
Secondary Effect: 2 points of Constitution Damage for
1d20+20 Minutes
Side Effects: None
Overdose: If more than one dose is taken in an 8-hour
period, the user immediately takes 1 point of Constitution
damage.
Alchemy DC: 30
Price: 500 gp
A potent magical alcohol distilled from the essence of
dying fey. It is favored by the most heartless of spellcasters of
all types.
PART 2 | Drugs Continued 3