From:	Gary Carroll <gary@****.COM>
Subject:	Re: Another Newbie bites the dust + Re:Initiation
Date:	Fri, 28 Apr 1995 09:13:24 -0700

>>Jonas Gabrielson writes:
>> [On Essence loss with drugs]: Yeah? So, you just erased
them, or
>> what? I mean, I'm not a drug-addict myself, but it sure tears at
the ole
>> bodily temple.
>
>Damion Writes:
>Well, we more or less dropped the Essense loss bit of them, yeah.
But, on
>the topic of just how severly drugs affect you, I think FASA has
it _badly_
>wrong. Look at all the herion addicts and the like who survive
more or less
>normally (asuming they get their fix) for their entire lives. At 1/2 an
>Essense a week (I think) that S-Tech deducts for being drug
addicted, they
>ain't got long to live. This is just not portrayed in RL.

I play it that your willpower/essence (which ever is higher) drops at 1/2
a point a week until it reaches 0 (only as a reference) - once
that number
reaches 0 you lose 1 essence and you are completely hooked. From then
on you do not want to quit. Only on a near death occurance will I
allow them to quit raising the number back to it's original
willpower/essence.
Then once a week from then on then roll their karma dice to get a
success to
stay off the drugs. (number of weeks - GM discression)

Just a suggestion.
Thanks
Gary