From:	Charles R Joseph <arcaneacuity@****.COM>
Subject:	Addiction
Date:	Thu, 17 Jul 1997 02:43:02 -0400

I just started playing in a new campaign run by my favorite SR
gamemaster. Since this was an opportunity to make a new character, I
decided I'd try something a little different from the more noble
characters I ususally play (using the word noble loosely...after all, my
last character ate a cat in the deckers livingroom, but at least he was
neat about it, putting down plastic and all, and caught a stray rather
than eating the deckers feline).
My new character was a fledgling mage who was phsychologically
shattered and turned to drugs and decking. He's both a mage and a
decker, but he sucks at both (Sorcery 2, Decking 2, no conjuring or side
bits like that). For the most part, he'd rather indulge in BTLs or more
chemical drugs.
My problem is that while I'm all too familiar modern drug
culture, I'm a bit in the dark about how BTLs/Drugs are handled in
Shadowrun. What's available? What are the short term/long term effects
of addiction? Do they affect magic-use?
Thanks in advance.


Winter Wolfe Arcane
arcaneacuity@****.com

"When our hatred is violent, it sinks us even beneath those we hate."