Drug Effects Updated September 1st 1999 Drug Production Rules Dosages, Overdoses & Drug Strength When taking a drug, a person can increase the drugs effects by taking multiple doses, the second dose will increase the effects of the drug by 50%, further doses will have no further effect. A drug's strength indicates how much of a drug is required to cause an overdose; if a character ever takes enough doses of a drug x the drug's strength to equal or exceed 30, then an overdose has occured. Roll d100 and add the drug's strength and subtract the character's "resist torture/drugs" to the roll, then consult the Overdose Table: 01-15 Unconsciousness: the character falls unconscious for 2d6 hours 16-30 Nausea: the character suffers 1d6 damage, and gets -4 on all rolls for d6 hours from extremem nausea. 31-50 Ill: the character suffers 2d6 damage and becomes severely ill (-4 on all rolls) for d6 days. 51-75 Seriously Ill: the character suffers 3d6 damage and becomes extremely ill (-6 on all rolls) for 2d6 days. 76-85 Coma: the character falls into a coma for 2d6 days. 86+ Death: the character must make a death save at -4. If successful the character falls into a coma for 3d6 days. Mixing Drugs When a person takes two or more drugs, problems may arise. Drug miscibility is a dangerous game, often resulting in extreme illness, reduced effects or even death. Whenever a new drug is introduced to a system already under the effects of another drug, the user must make a miscibility roll adding the strengths of both drugs to the roll. Record the results of the miscibility roll, since future mixes of the two drugs will produce similar results (+/- d10 on the table). 01-25 Full Compatability: The two drugs work together without problem. 26-30 Full Compatability: As above, but roll for D6-2 (minimum 1) additional effects 31-55 Partial Compatability: One drug works normally, the other at half (½) strength for primary effects 56-60 Partial Compatability: As above, but roll for D6-2 (minimum 1) additional effects 61-65 Single Dominance: One drug works at full effect, the other's primary effects are not experienced. Randomly determine which. 66-70 Synergistic Effect: One drug works at 1/2(D6+1) times its normal power (can easily cause an OD) and the other acts as normal 71-75 Partial Cancellation: 76-80 Partial Cancellation: plus additional effect(s) 81-85 Full Cancellation: both drug's primary effects are canceled out, but the side effects of both are fully experienced. 86-90 Synergistic Effect, negative: 91-100 Mildly Poisonous: roll again (D69)the combination causes d6 damage to the character, neither effects are experienced. 101-105 Poisonous: roll again (D69)the combination of drugs causes 2d6 damage. Neither effects are experienced. 106-110 Extremely Poisonous: the combination causes 3d6 damage. Neither effects are experienced. 111-120 Coma: roll again (D69)the character falls into a coma for 2d6 days. 121+ Death: the character must make a death save at -4. If successful the character falls into a coma for 3d6 days.