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Message: <blockquote data-quote="MerakSpielman" data-source="post: 1323616" data-attributes="member: 7464">I just want to make sure I understand these rules. If somebody ingests Baccaran, they immediately suffer the Initial and Secondary effects, correct? I.e., they immedietly take 1d4 points of str damage and immediately gain 1d4+1 wisdom for the specified duration. These effects allow saving throws, but only if the drug is not being taken deliberately.  Then, I roll to see if they get addicted. The Fort DC for a Low-addiction drug is 6. So they make a Fort save DC 6, failure indicates addiction. Success means nothing detrimental happens beyond the actual effects of the drug. Assume failure.  The character is now addicted, and will take 1d3 dex damage every single day if they do not succeed at a fort save, DC 6. Since they just took the drug, they are satiated and won't crave it for another 10 days. After the 10 days, if the character has not thrown off the addiction, the DC to avoid ability damage increases by +5, to 11 in this case, making it harder to throw off the addiction and easier to take the ability damage. Taking more baccaran reduces the DC back down to 6 for the next 10 days. If, at any point during addiction, whatever the DC, the character succeeds at two successive Fort saves, he throws off the addiction. For every 2 months the character is addicted, the Addiction Rating for that drug is increased by one level, indicating higher fort saves, more ability damage from failing them, and a shorter satiation period. question: am I correct in my interpretation that you suffer all the damage listed in the column? So an "Extreme" drug has a fort DC of 25, and if you fail you take 1d6 dex, 1d6 wis, AND 1d6 con, every day? With a satiation period of just 1 day, so you have to take more or the DC goes up to 30? It seems that, unless your fort save is pretty high, you'll die very quickly from this drug. Even RL drugs can take years to kill! This drug doesn't even give enough time to ruin your life before, in a few mere days, you're dead. And that's not even the highest addiction rating! Or am I mis-understanding the rules?</blockquote>

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