Addictions

Addiction represents a growing dependency on a drug, magical effect, or ritual substance.

Addiction Chance

Each time a character is exposed to an addictive effect, they must roll an opposed Mental Resistance vs. the effect's Potency value as a number of dice. On a failure, they gain 1 step of Addiction. Addiction is tracked separately for each substance.

Addiction Steps

Step	Name	Description	Days until Withdrawal	Withdrawal Effect
1	Craving	The character develops a subtle urge.	7 days	-2d10 to Concentration effects.
2	Dependency	The character begins to build daily routines around consumption.	5 days	–1 to all Skill rolls, restless sleep prevents natural Fatigue recovery.
3	Need	The character finds it difficult to function normally without the substance.	3 days	–2 to all Skill rolls and Dodge; cannot naturally recover Mana.
4	Addiction	Obsession dominates the character’s life; obtaining the substance becomes a compulsion.	2 days	–3 to all Skill rolls, –2 Dodge, –1 Physical Resistance; lose 1 Health per day (not healed naturally).
5	Severe Addiction	The character’s body and spirit collapse without the substance daily.	1 day	–4 to all rolls, –2 Dodge, –2 Resistance; lose 1 Lethal per day; cannot naturally recover Health, Mana, or Fatigue; may only take 1 Action per round.

Recovery

• Medicine Skill: A character may attempt a Medicine + Intelligence roll once per day while abstaining. Each roll equal or greater to the Rank of the Addiction reduces the Addiction by 1 step. A maximum of 1 step may be affected per day in this manner. A failed roll results in 1 lethal damage.

• Cleanse (or equivalent) generating a number of successes equal to the Rank of the Addiction reduces Addiction by 1 step.

• Regenerate cures Addiction entirely.