Shadowrun Compounds: Depressants

``Alcohol is very important for young people because it provides a sort of `liquid adulthood’. If you are young and you drink a great deal it will spoil your health, slow your mind, make you fat–in other words, turn you into an adult.’’ – P.J. O’Rourke, Modern Manners

Alcohol

AKA: 		eth, courage, fire water, booze, etc.
Inspiration: 	reality
Addiction: 	2m
Tolerance: 	3
Strength: 	50
Speed: 		1d6 minutes
Vector: 	Ingestion
Duration: 	1d6/2 hours
Cost/Dose: 	1-10Y
Street Index: 	0.8
Legality: 	Legal
Availability: 	Always
Effects: 	Charisma -1, Quickness -2, Intelligence -2, Willpower -1 
	[Resist all with Body(10-(proof/20))], clumsiness, unrestrained 
	behavior, block-all(proof/25), tranq(proof/20)
Crash Effects: 	Quickness -1, Body -2, Intelligence -1, nausea, headaches, 
		irritability

Barbiturates

AKA: 		Amytal, phenobarbital, damn it all
Inspiration: 	reality
Addiction: 	4m,3p
Tolerance:	 3
Strength: 	5
Speed: 		10 minutes
Vector: 	Ingestion
Duration: 	1-16 hours
Cost/Dose: 	1Y
Street Index: 	0.8
Legality: 	6P-M1
Availability: 	4/3 hours
Effects: 	Charisma -1, Quickness -2, Intelligence -2, Willpower -1, 
		clumsiness, sleepiness, calm, block-all(1), tranq(5)
Crash Effects: 	Quickness -1, Body -2, Intelligence -1, nausea, 
		headaches, irritability

Benzodiazepines

AKA: 		Valium, redundant, etc.
Inspiration: 	reality
Addiction:	2m,2p
Tolerance: 	5
Strength: 	5
Speed: 		10 minutes
Vector: 	Ingestion
Duration: 	4-8 hours
Cost/Dose: 	1Y
Street Index: 	0.9
Legality: 	6P-M1
Availability: 	4/3 hours
Effects: 	Charisma -1, Quickness -3, Intelligence -2, Willpower -1, 
		clumsiness, sleepiness, calm, block-all(3), tranq(6)
Crash Effects: 	Quickness -1, Body -2, Intelligence -1, headaches, 
		irritability

Butaqualide

AKA: 		beauties
Inspiration: 	Effinger novels
Addiction: 	5m
Tolerance: 	3
Strength: 	10
Speed: 		1d6 minutes
Vector: 	Ingestion
Duration: 	1d6+1 minutes
Cost/Dose: 	20Y
Street Index: 	2.5
Legality: 	5P-M1
Availability: 	5/1 hour
Effects: 	Quickness -3, Willpower +1, Charisma +2, euphoria, 
		sleepiness, tranq(4), block-all(4)
Crash Effects: 	irritability

Chloral Hydrate

AKA: 		drop, noctec
Inspiration: 	reality
Addiction: 	4m,3p
Tolerance: 	3
Strength: 	5
Speed: 		30 seconds
Vector: 	Injection
Duration: 	5-8 hours
Cost/Dose: 	2Y
Street Index: 	1.0
Legality: 	4P-M1
Availability: 	5/4 hours
Effects: 	Quickness -3, Intelligence -2, Willpower -2, clumsiness, 
		sleepiness, calm, block-all(3), tranq(6)
Crash Effects: 	Quickness -2, Body -2, Intelligence -1, nausea, headaches

Glutethimide

AKA: 		glue, Chevy Chase, lemonade, doriden
Inspiration: 	reality
Addiction: 	3m,4p
Tolerance: 	4
Strength: 	3
Speed: 		10 minutes
Vector: 	Ingestion
Duration: 	4-8 hours
Cost/Dose: 	3Y
Street Index: 	1.0
Legality: 	4P-M1
Availability: 	5/4 hours
Effects: 	Charisma -1, Quickness -4, Intelligence -2, Willpower -1, 
		extreme clumsiness, hallucinations, calm, block-all(1), 
		tranq(3)
Crash Effects: 	Quickness -1, Body -2, Intelligence -1, nausea, 
		headaches, irritability, anxiety, insomnia
Addiction Effects: Withdrawal from glutethimide is painful, causing 
	convulsions, and possibly death.

Marijuana

AKA: 		grass, weed, hashish, dubich, ganja
Inspiration: 	reality
Addiction: 	3m
Tolerance: 	3
Strength: 	10
Speed: 		2d6/1d6 minutes
Vector: 	Inhalation/Ingestion
Duration: 	4d6 minutes/1d3 hours
Cost/Dose: 	4Y/20Y
Street Index: 	0.5
Legality: 	6-M1
Availability: 	3/60 minutes
Effects: 	Quickness -2, Intelligence -1, Charisma +2, Willpower -1, 
		Body -1, Reaction -2, lethargy, euphoria, block-all (2)
Crash Effects: 	Charisma -1, Reaction -1, Willpower -1, hunger, 
		sensory sensitivity, Stimulant(1)
Permanent Effects: Artistic skills +1 once per month of use 
	[Charisma(6), +1 maximum total increase], Charisma +1 once per month 
	use [Willpower(6), +1 maximum total increase]

Methaqualone

AKA: 		alone, solo, quaaludes, ludes
Inspiration: 	reality
Addiction: 	4m,4p
Tolerance: 	4
Strength: 	2
Speed: 		10 minutes
Vector: 	Ingestion
Duration: 	4-8 hours
Cost/Dose: 	3Y
Street Index: 	1.2
Legality: 	4P-M1
Availability: 	4/3 hours
Effects: 	Charisma -1, Quickness -2, Intelligence -2, Willpower -1, 
		clumsiness, hallucinations, calm, block-all(1), tranq(3)
Crash Effects: 	Quickness -1, Body -2, Intelligence -1, nausea, 
		headaches, irritability, anxiety, insomnia
Addiction Effects: Withdrawal from Methaqualone is painful, causing 
	convulsions, and possibly death.

>>>[This also causes women to loose their morals, if ya catch m' 
meaning. Paradoxically, it kills the libido in men, which means that 
a couple on ludes is pretty fucked.  Or not fucked, as the case may 
be.]

Nicotine

AKA: 		death sticks, smokes, cancer in a nice easy to use package, etc.
Inspiration: 	reality
Addiction: 	3m
Tolerance: 	1
Strength: 	20
Speed: 		Immediate
Vector: 	Inhalation, dermal, ingestion
Duration: 	3d6+3 minutes
Cost/Dose: 	2Y/pack
Street Index: 	0.8
Legality: 	Legal
Availability: 	Always
Effects: 	Willpower +1, Charisma -1, relaxant, Tranq (2)
Crash Effects: 	Willpower -1, irritability, anxiety

Paxium

AKA: 		joy, U.N., later, micky, slug
Inspiration: 	Effinger novels
Addiction: 	2m
Tolerance: 	4
Strength: 	20
Speed: 		2d6 minutes
Vector: 	Ingestion
Duration: 	4d6 minutes
Cost/Dose: 	5Y
Street Index: 	2.5
Legality: 	6P-M1
Availability: 	3/60 minutes
Effects: 	reduced aggressiveness, calm, sleepiness, tranq(6)
Crash Effects: 	Willpower, Body, Quickness and Charisma -3 for 2d6 
		minutes [Willpower(5)], nausea, joint stiffness

Sonniene

AKA: 		sunnies, rook, eclipse, summoner
Inspiration: 	Effinger novels
Addiction: 	4m
Tolerance: 	3
Strength: 	5
Speed: 		2d6 minutes
Vector:		Ingestion
Duration: 	1d6+1 hours
Cost/Dose: 	80Y
Street Index: 	3.0
Legality: 	4-M1
Availability: 	4/60 minutes
Effects: 	Willpower and Charisma +2, Intelligence -2, euphoria, 
		delusions of invulnerability, block-all(4)
Crash Effects:  Mental Attributes -2 for 4d6 minutes, tremors, 
		timidity, depression
Permanent Effects: Willpower and Charisma -1 [Willpower(5) for each]
Addiction Effects: Willpower and Charisma -1 per month [Willpower(5) for each]

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