That's a good lesson about why you should only take addiction to Betel gum, and only use drugs that actually give bonuses. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

...Now I want make a tradition based around liquor (IMG:style_emoticons/default/silly.gif) I blame you. Gives a whole new meaning to summoning up spirits

Can someone become addicted to creature comforts? I have this idea that a possession spirit could grow to look forward to possession a living vessel and indulging. By them selves in astral space or in an un living homunculus they can not feel the comfort of a sofa, luxuriate in a hot tub, or eat a well made meal. It would sort of be like a Better Than Life chip but the experience would just be life, but more real than they normally get. Back in their home metaplane they are solid and have bodies wile they are there but I could see it not being the same. Probably there is a lack of hot tubs.

Wile on a mission, possessing some wage slave, I could see them needing to roll to pass up taking a bite to eat or the offer of some other luxury. The spirits would also need to roll to stay in astral for extended periods, where they can't feel things in the same way they do in a body. The spirit would also probably spend a lot on comforts and entertainment.

Would this addiction be appropriate? I think compulsion might fit. In the same way someone can be a compulsive eater or compulsive shopper. But from what I have read compulsive hording and compulsive shopping are both closer to addictions than compulsions.

An addiction always carries a physical dependancy, even the mental addictions. An addiction impairs the regular functionality of the body as it develops a further dependancy on additional Transmitters or increased doses of existing Transmitters.

A compulsion on the other hand is a purely cognitive impairment. We all are prone to compulsion, albeit not pathological ones. myself, I keep checking my pockets for my keys each time I leave my home, just because I managed to forget them a lot when I was young. That's already a compulsory action, but it's not pathological in nature. The "Compulsion" Quality in RC refers to a pathological compulsion which is characterized by a moderate to strong affect on the patient's quality of life. Excemples would be the Business man that can't leave his house in the morning without checking whether the stove is off. Not once, but several times, each time going through the same exact motions (Look at the stove, check settings, check the stove for heat, turn the stove on and off again, to make sure that the settings are displaying correctly. Repeat 5 times). A pathological compulsion is a pretty serious thing and other than addiction can not be "cured" through withdrawal. Compulsion needs therapy.

Seems like everyone here is forgetting that addiction comes in grades.

Remember, it's a journey to the bottom of the gutter.

Sometimes a very quick journey, when you start there...