Shadowrun Compounds: Narcotics

``Heroin and the other `downs’, natural and synthetic, are not polite. These drugs effectively eliminate the painful aspect of existence, which, nowadays, is almost all of it.’’ – P.J. O’Rourke, Modern Manners

Heroin

AKA: 		H, horse, smack, K.R.
Inspiration: 	reality
Addiction: 	5m,5p
Tolerance: 	3
Strength: 	3
Speed: 		1 turn
Vector: 	Injection
Duration: 	1d3 hours
Cost/Dose: 	20Y
Street Index: 	2.5
Legality: 	3-M1
Availability: 	5/2 hours
Effects: 	Body -2, Willpower +2, Quickness -1, Intelligence -1, 
		Charisma -2, withdrawal from reality, block-all(6)
Crash Effects: 	Stress
Permanent Effects: Body -1 [Body(5)], Charisma -1 [Willpower(6)]
Addiction Effects: Body -1 per month [Body(5)], Charisma -1 
		[Body(6)], -1 physical box per month, -1 mental box per month

Hydromorphone

AKA: 		Pain water, dilaudid
Inspiration: 	reality
Addiction: 	4m,4p
Tolerance: 	5
Strength: 	7
Speed: 		1 minute
Vector: 	Injection
Duration: 	3-6 hours
Cost/Dose: 	250Y
Street Index: 	1.5
Legality: 	3P-M1
Availability: 	5/6 hours
Effects: 	Charisma -1, Intelligence -4, Willpower +3 (vs. pain), 
		tranquilized, block-all(7)
Crash Effects: 	pain-sensitivity (+1 to all wound category modifiers), 
		irritability, tremors
Addiction Effects: Willpower -1 per dose [Willpower(6)]

Meperidine

AKA: 		reaper, k'pla, demerol
Inspiration: 	reality
Addiction: 	4m,4p
Tolerance: 	5
Strength: 	4
Speed: 		1 minute
Vector: 	Ingested, injected
Duration: 	12-24 hours
Cost/Dose: 	500Y
Street Index: 	2.5
Legality: 	3-M1
Availability: 	6/6 hours
Effects: 	Strong euphoria, Charisma -2, Intelligence -3, Reaction -2, 
		Willpower +2 (vs. pain), tranquilized, block-all(6), nausea
Crash Effects: 	irritability, concentration-based tests +3 T#, 
		Willpower -2 (vs. pain), cramps, nausea, chills
Addiction Effects: Willpower -1 to -2 per dose [Willpower(5), twice], 
		Willpower, Intelligence and Charisma -1 per month 
		[Willpower(4) for each]

Methadone

AKA: 		Crystal Meth, annihilatrix, dominatrix
Inspiration: 	reality
Addiction: 	2m,3p
Tolerance: 	3
Strength: 	5
Speed: 		1 minutes
Vector: 	Inhalation (powder)
Duration: 	3-6 hours
Cost/Dose: 	50Y
Street Index: 	2.0
Legality: 	4-M1
Availability: 	5/6 hours
Effects: 	Intelligence -1, Willpower +1 (vs. pain), tranquilized, 
		block-all(5), euphoria
Crash Effects: 	concentration-based tests +2 T#, Willpower -2 (vs. pain), 
		watery eyes, loss of appetite, cramps.
Addiction Effects: Willpower, Intelligence and Charisma -1 per month 
		[Willpower(4) for each]

Morphine

AKA: 		morph, shifter, no-brain
Inspiration: 	reality
Addiction: 	4m,4p
Tolerance: 	4
Strength: 	10
Speed: 		1 minute
Vector: 	Injection
Duration: 	3-6 hours
Cost/Dose: 	150Y
Street Index: 	1.25
Legality: 	3P-M1
Availability: 	4/3 hours
Effects: 	Charisma -1, Intelligence -2, Willpower +2 (vs. pain), 
		tranquilized, block-all(6)
Crash Effects: 	pain-sensitivity (+2 to all wound category modifiers), 
		irritability, concentration-based tests +2 T#, 
		Willpower -2 (vs. pain)
Addiction Effects: Willpower -1 per dose [Willpower(6)], Willpower, 
		Intelligence and Charisma -1 per month [Willpower(6) for each]

Opium

AKA: 		Pipedream
Inspiration: 	reality
Addiction: 	4m,4p
Tolerance: 	3
Strength: 	15
Speed: 		10 minutes
Vector: 	Inhalation
Duration: 	3-6 hours
Cost/Dose: 	50Y
Street Index: 	1.25
Legality: 	5P-M1
Availability: 	6/1 day
Effects: 	Charisma -2, Intelligence -1, Willpower +2 (vs. pain), 
		tranquilized, block-all(6)
Crash Effects: 	irritability, tremors, panic, drowsiness, chills

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