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Chapter 2: Body
Beer: Beer is made from distilled wheat and
is lowest in alcohol content. Soon after the initial
discovery of mead as alcohol, beer was discovered.
Since beer could be made faster (mead takes a year
to distill), it quickly became very popular.
Ale: Ale is made from distilled barley and is
the daily staple of most peasants.
Wine: The most expensive alcohol, wine is
produced from distilled grapes and is preferred by
the upper classes of humans.
Mead: The first form of alcohol discovered
and drank, mead is made from distilled honey and
water. Mead is potent alcohol and tastes sweet.
Unfortunately, it is slow to produce, since it must
distill for a year. Therefore, it is expensive.
Buzzing: If a character is buzzing from
drinking alcohol, then they feel less inhibited,
warmer, and are more sociable. Buzzing characters
suffer a reduction to 95% of Agility, 90% Reaction
Speed, 95% Enunciation, 90% Intuition, and 90%
Common Sense.
Intoxication: If a character is intoxicated
from drinking alcohol, then they feel uninhibited,
dizzy, and are prone to depression. Others within
1d10 feet smell alcohol from the intoxicated character.
Intoxicated characters suffer a reduction to
80% Hand-Eye Coordination, 80% Agility, 75% Reaction
Speed, 75% Enunciation, 75% Intuition, and
80% Common Sense.
Vomiting: If a character is vomiting from
drinking alcohol, then they are noticeably impaired
and smelly. Vomiting characters suffer a reduction
to 70% of Hand-Eye Coordination, 70% Agility,
60% Reaction Speed, 60% Enunciation, 50% Intuition,
and 75% Common Sense.
Quantities are considered relevant to each
type of alcohol, such as a tankard of either beer or
ale and a glass of either wine or mead. The numbers
in this table reflect the popularity and resultant
tolerance of alcohol; cloudy ale and rye bread is the
staple of most peasants, so someone who does not
drink and have tolerance to alcohol must half these
numbers. This table also reflects a ratio of drinks
60
per hour. For instance, a character may drink 1 beer
per hour for twelve hours, totaling twelve beers. Due
to the slow pace, however, the character effectively
has only 1 beer in their system at all times, and is
unlikely even to get a buzz.
Regardless, a character must get buzzed before
intoxicated, and intoxicated before vomiting.
A check must be made on the table below with 3d10
every time a character drinks as much per hour as
indicated by the table on the previous page, though
the modifier from the sub-ability Health for Intoxication
is applied to the TH obtained below. Note
that the highest the TH may be adjusted is 24 and
the lowest is 11. If the check is passed, then the
character avoids the effects of alcohol, but with every
drink increased per hour, they must make another
check on the table below. Eventually, the drinking
character will become buzzed, intoxicated, and
vomit if they drink enough. Just the same, if the
character exceeds 4 times the number of drinks that
may make them vomit for their weight as indicated
above, they must roll on the table below, modified
for shock from the sub-ability Health, or die from
alcohol poisoning. If they pass, then they only pass
out for 2d12 hours and remain alive.
Race Male Female
Anakim17 20
Bugbear16 18
Dwarf16 18
Elf18 21
Human17 20
Kobold18 21
Ogre13 14
Troll14 16
So, if a character named Ornereus weighs
155 lbs. and drinks 3 beers in an hour, Ornereus
must consult the table for a TH (threshold). If
Ornereus rolls higher than the TH, then he did not
get a buzz. However, upon drinking the 4 th beer in
an hour, Ornereus must check again. If he passes
his check and avoids the effects of alcohol again,
then upon drinking the 5 th beer within an hour, he
must pass another check, or he will suddenly feel
buzzed. If he drinks another drink within an hour,
he must pass a check or be intoxicated.