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 Oct 2 2005, 08:57 AM
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Moving Target  Group: Members Posts: 305 Joined: 24-September 03 From: Albany, OR Member No.: 5,643  |
Is there a canon answer for alcohol/synthahol drinking? If not, how do you handle it?
How do you determine the power/'damage' of the drink? |
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Oct 2 2005, 09:27 AM
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Resident Legionnaire Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 2,136 Joined: 8-August 04 From: Usually Work Member No.: 6,550 |
I just give a 3 or 4L stun code.
Usually starts at 3 and increases for successive drinks. |
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Oct 2 2005, 02:49 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 903 Joined: 7-February 03 Member No.: 4,025 |
"Being drunk's not the problem.
Being sober's the problem." |
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Oct 3 2005, 08:47 PM
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Bushido Cowgirl Group: Members Posts: 5,782 Joined: 8-July 05 From: On the Double K Ranch a half day's ride out of Phlogiston Flats Member No.: 7,490 |
So would the skill "Cheap Sythahol Guzzling" (Sprawl Ganger Archetype) give you any advantage?
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Oct 3 2005, 08:54 PM
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Midnight Toker Group: Members Posts: 7,686 Joined: 4-July 04 From: Zombie Drop Bear Santa's Workshop Member No.: 6,456 |
Complimentary skill. Add 1/2 successes to the resistance test. And, if applicable, add 1/2 sucesses to any athletics or quickness test used to determine the volume that the character can drink in a combat turn.
Can be used for centering. |
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Oct 4 2005, 12:08 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 305 Joined: 24-September 03 From: Albany, OR Member No.: 5,643 |
How much time between drinks would you give for the effects to not be cumulative? For instance, if the PC takes a drink each round, the effects would go from 3L to 4L, right? What if the PC waits a few minutes or an hour to have another drink? Also, how would you handle differing strengths in alcohol, i.e. a 12 oz. can of beer compared to 1 oz. of really hard liquor? |
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Oct 4 2005, 12:20 AM
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Resident Legionnaire Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 2,136 Joined: 8-August 04 From: Usually Work Member No.: 6,550 |
Heh, we have a "menu" of different alcohols somewhere that lists the "damage codes" of various drinks.
We take successive to mean pretty much "normal" drinking. Not one right after another, but not really taking any breaks either. If a character has a drink and then waits an hour or so, we don't ramp up the power. |
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Oct 4 2005, 09:59 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 903 Joined: 7-February 03 Member No.: 4,025 |
You could roughly assume that one shot equals one bottle of beer equals one cocktail (single) equals one glass of wine. And yes, in an average person, you process that much in about an hour.
Body mass is a major factor in how hard the alcohol hits you. You may want to adjust for size (which isn't always reflected in the body stat.) If you want to get more technical, you could adjust for the person's food intake. (Eating, especially high carbs, slows the entire process down, so you get less drunk for a longer time, essentially.) FrostyNSO: Was that another TF2V reference I just read? |
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Oct 5 2005, 12:07 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 305 Joined: 24-September 03 From: Albany, OR Member No.: 5,643 |
So, certain bioware could change the forumla. Hadn't thought of that.
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Oct 5 2005, 02:00 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 470 Joined: 2-January 05 From: Quebec Member No.: 6,924 |
The Nephretic screen would certainly keep you sober for a long time, or at least make you sober quicker. Or maybe even prevent you from getting drunk.
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Oct 7 2005, 09:01 PM
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Bushido Cowgirl Group: Members Posts: 5,782 Joined: 8-July 05 From: On the Double K Ranch a half day's ride out of Phlogiston Flats Member No.: 7,490 |
emphasis on the [ ] hmmmm.. I have a troll mage buddy who might be interested in this. |
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Oct 9 2005, 10:20 PM
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Resident Legionnaire Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 2,136 Joined: 8-August 04 From: Usually Work Member No.: 6,550 |
What's TF2V? |
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Oct 9 2005, 10:33 PM
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Midnight Toker Group: Members Posts: 7,686 Joined: 4-July 04 From: Zombie Drop Bear Santa's Workshop Member No.: 6,456 |
Tales from the Floating Vagabond, I presume. |
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Oct 10 2005, 01:21 AM
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Resident Legionnaire Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 2,136 Joined: 8-August 04 From: Usually Work Member No.: 6,550 |
I have no idea what that is. Anyways, does anybody have any in-game methods (houserules) of reducing intoxication...short of the detox spell? Like what would eating a loaf of bread do if you were at moderate stun from beer? |
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Oct 10 2005, 01:41 AM
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Running, running, running Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 2,220 Joined: 18-October 04 From: North Carolina Member No.: 6,769 |
i would keep it with RL, once the damage is there, it's there, atleast immediately, the best you can hope to do is eat while you drink to help slow the absorbtion, but once you're there, you're there, i'd think.
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Oct 10 2005, 06:06 PM
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panda! Group: Members Posts: 10,331 Joined: 8-March 02 From: north of central europe Member No.: 2,242 |
try the filtration systems available in SR3 BBB. one of them even lists alcohol as what its able to stop.
as for stuff to do after the fact i dont know. toxin binders nanos maybe? basicly a kind of nantidote (sota63) that have as a job to bind with and nutralize alcohol in the blood. it may not reduce the effect of damage allready done, but it may prevent more damage from happening. for many things, prevention is the best cure... |
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 Oct 10 2005, 09:46 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 934 Joined: 26-August 05 From: Earth - Europe - AGS - Norddeutscher Bund - Hannover Member No.: 7,624 |
One of the most important rules of drinking is, that you stop drinking when everything starts spinning. I think I should have remembered this today. :spin:
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Oct 10 2005, 11:59 PM
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panda! Group: Members Posts: 10,331 Joined: 8-March 02 From: north of central europe Member No.: 2,242 |
err, depending on what your drinking it may be to late allready. rember that it takes some time from the drink is consumed until the effect hits. sometimes as much as 30 mins i think.
so if your drinking the powerfull stuff fast and heavy, by the time stuff are spinning you may be looking as alcohol poisoning... still, that would most likely require you to be drinking stuff in the 60-70%+ range i guess, out of full wiskey glasses or something like that. |
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Oct 11 2005, 01:27 AM
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Prime Runner Group: Members Posts: 3,577 Joined: 26-February 02 From: Gwynedd Valley PA Member No.: 1,221 |
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