Addiction

[emukt]

I'm making up a character who's an opium addict. I was going to base it off Drunk, requiring a Steel test to resist getting high. I was also going to tack on an Ob 2 Resource Management test.

The character will have to make a series of linked Health tests to get off the junk.

[Ozark Tim]

Would it be Steel or a straight Will check?

[emukt]

The Drunk trait has it be a Steel test, so I was just going with that.

I personally don't like testing Stats.

[Yagathai]

Thing is, testing Steel means that Steel is going to advance, which means that a hardcore addict is going to develop a high Steel more quickly than a non-addict. Isn't opium addiction going to make someone more prone to fail a steel check, not less so?

[Mickeroo]

You can raise the obstacle as steel raises. FOr every 1D they gain, raise obstacle by 1. Since it takes, on average, 2D to make an OB test, this is a slow loss for the addict.

[emukt]

Thing is, testing Steel means that Steel is going to advance, which means that a hardcore addict is going to develop a high Steel more quickly than a non-addict. Isn't opium addiction going to make someone more prone to fail a steel check, not less so?
Most characters have a decent Steel (4 or 5) so unless you're going to dish out Ob 3+ addiction rolls, it's mostly going to be Routines.

[Mickeroo]

But then the addiction isn't too hard to overcome. I would make it harder as the character relies on it more. Maybe have a seperate stat for it.