Editing Drugs, Chemicals, and Toxins (section)

== Drugs ==
The drugs described here are usually (but not always beneficial), and are typically taken intentionally. Drugs and chemicals used offensively are described under Chemicals and Toxins.
Note that the drugs here are just a representative sampling. There are thousands if not millions of drugs in circulation in Eclipse Phase—gamemasters are encouraged to introduce their own, using these as guidelines.

=== Cognitive Drugs ===
Nootropics and similar drugs are intended to boost the user’s mental faculties.
'''Drive:''' This nootropic speeds up left-right brain hemisphere communication, stimulates idea production, and improves concentration, with no usual side effects. Users receive a +5 bonus to COG while the drug lasts. '''[Low]'''
'''Klar:''' Klar boosts alertness and enhances clarity and perception. Users report a feeling of being “elevated” to a higher level. They receive +5 INT while the drug lasts. '''[Low]'''

'''Neem:''' Neem is a mnemonic drug that works by “tagging” experiences and mental input with a set of unique sensations that contribute to the formation of state-based memories. Neem gummy chews come in a variety of fruit flavors shaped like extinct old Earth animals. Neem gives characters a +20 bonus on COG Tests to recall information they learned while on Neem. The drawback to Neem is that memories they accumulate while under the drug’s influence have no emotional association. For example, a character who witnessed something horrible happening to a friend or who had a fight with a romantic partner while on Neem would feel no emotional connection whatsoever to what happened. '''[Moderate]'''

=== Combat Drugs ===
Combat drugs are an easy way of evening the odds in a fight.
'''BringIt:''' In some respects more a social than a combat drug, BringIt stimulates massive bursts of aggression pheromones designed to make the user the center of attention in a fight. In combat, opponents within 3 meters of the character not already in unarmed or melee combat with another character must pass a WIL x 3 Test or attack the character using BringIt. The nature of airborne pheromones is imprecise, however, so if the character using BringIt is within 1 meter of another character hostile to the character affected, the affected character may opt to attack the proximate character instead of the BringIt user. Characters using this drug suffer a –20 modifier on social skill tests. '''[Low]'''
'''Grin:''' Grin is an effective opiate and pain suppressant. Users may ignore the –10 modifiers from 2 wounds (not cumulative with similar effects), and in fact may not even be aware they are injured. Grin users suffer from tunnel vision, however, and so suffer a –10 modifier on Perception Tests. '''[Low]'''

'''Kick:''' Kick is a strong stimulant that increases the user’s response time and puts them on edge. The character gains +10 REF and +1 Speed for the duration of the drug. Characters under the influence of Kick are twitchy, however, reacting in a jumpy, cat-like fashion to sudden or unexpected stimuli. At the gamemaster’s discretion, they must make a WIL x 2 Test or react without thinking towards unexpected noises or other surprises. Long-term users suffer –5 COO. '''[Moderate]'''
'''MRDR:''' MRDR is a straightforward and brutal combat drug. It increases pain tolerance, speed, and strength. The character receives +10 SOM, +1 Speed, +10 Durability, and may ignore the –10 modifier of one wound. Any damage incurred while under the effects of the drug is taken from the bonus Durability first. MRDR users are easily identifiable by the broken blood vessels in their eyes, tense posture, and visible tension in the muscles of the face, arms, and legs. Long-term users suffer –5 SOM. '''[Low]'''

'''Phlo:''' Phlo increases alertness and coordination, making the user more graceful and nimble in a fray. The character gains +5 COO and +10 on Perception Tests for the duration of the drug. Everything feels possible to a character on Phlo, and so they are vulnerable to being goaded into actions that might be foolish or dangerous (apply a –10 modifier to appropriate Social Skill Tests). '''[Moderate]'''

=== Health Drugs ===
Pharma-foods that boost the consumer’s health and physical state are common.
'''Bananas Furiosas:''' This drug reverses some of the effects of de-ionizing radiation on the cells of the body. Although a pill form is available, it most commonly comes in large bunches of bright orange-red bananas. Bananas reduce the severity of a radiation dosage (gamemaster determines effect). '''[Low]'''
'''Comfurt:''' This tasty yogurt treat blocks stress hormones, stabilizes mood, and relieves anxiety, allowing them to ignore the effect of 1 trauma and temporarily boosting Lucidity by +5. Any stress suffered while the drug is in effect is taken from the bonus Lucidity first.
Comfurt also provides a +10 bonus when resisting attempts to manipulate the user’s emotions. Excessive use of Comfurt can lead to chronic itchiness caused by histamine release. '''[Low]'''

=== Recreational Drugs ===
These drugs compete with petals and black market XP for wasting people’s time and lives away.
'''Buzz:''' This gene-modified variant of BZ is an odorless, invisible, extremely powerful hallucinogen. Users or affected characters will undergo extremely realistic hallucinations for the duration, and may even “share” hallucinations with other affected characters. Characters will suffer a –30 modifier to any tests to remember what occurred while under the influence. '''[Moderate]'''
'''Grey Ranks:''' Grey ranks is a long-term memory suppression drug also available as a narcoalgorithm. It disrupts the user’s memory formation processes without otherwise affecting their mental faculties. The Titanian intelligence services uses it on both field agents and in so-called “zero-retention briefings.” '''[Moderate]'''

'''Laughing Policeman:''' This drug is a potent euphoriant used by Titanian intelligence for interrogations. It stimulates feelings of trust and well-being in the user, giving their interrogators a +20 bonus on Deception and Persuasion Tests to extract information. '''[Moderate]'''
'''Mono No Aware:''' Taken from the Japanese term for sadness at the ephemerality of worldly things, this drug, typically ingested as a tea, is a depressant that induces a meditative state. Mono No Aware gives the character a +10 bonus on Art and Sense Tests. With frequent use, Mono No Aware reacts with pigments in the skin to create a pallor with a slight bluish tinge, even in darker-skinned morphs. '''[Low]'''

'''Orbital Hash:''' Good ol’ reefer—but grown in space using powerful lighting and post-singularity hydroponics. Because space is at a premium in habitats and scum barges, blocks of hashish are the preferred mode of transport and delivery. However, for the wealthy and on planets, buds in leaf form are not uncommon. Hash allows the character to ignore the effects of 1 trauma, but inflicts a –10 penalty on all memory-related tests and Knowledge Skill Tests. Hash users exhibit blood-shot eyes, lethargic behaviors, and the munchies. '''[Low]'''

=== Social Drugs ===
These social lubricants affect the user’s interactions with others.
'''Alpha:''' Alpha is a more subtle version of BringIt, popular with hypercorp execs, street thugs, and anyone else who wants to come across as a domineering asshole. The pharm designer who invented it had a retro sensibility (and maybe a sick sense of humor); Alpha is typically synthesized as a sparkling white powder designed to be snorted. Alpha stimulates production of threat pheromones, but less bluntly than BringIt. Alpha imparts confidence, a feeling of power, and alertness. Users can function without sleep for 4 days, after which point they need to catch up with at least 4 hours of sleep (remember morphs with basic biomods require less sleep). Dosed characters receive a +20 modifier on Intimidation Tests and +10 on Persuasion and Networking Tests where attitude is a factor (gamemaster discretion). These bonuses only apply to characters within 2 meters of the Alpha user.
On the downside, alpha users are impatient, unfocused assholes. At the gamemaster’s discretion, Social skill modifiers may be reversed to penalties with certain types of people. Additionally, Alpha users suffer –10 on all COG skill tests related to memory and coherent or logical thinking. Long-term users may suffer the COG penalty even when not on the drug; on it, they may be worse. '''[High]'''
'''Hither:''' Want to ooze sexy like a pleasure morph on a hot tin roof? For those desiring that slinky ''je-ne-sais-quoi'', Hither is the tool. Hither is a clear, slippery gel, sometimes with a faint, musky, floral scent. Hither is applied to parts of the body with large concentrations of sweat glands, where the skin quickly absorbs it. Hither is a mild euphoriant, imparting a feeling of confidence and you-know-you-want-it-ness to the user.
It also stimulates abundant production of lust pheromones. The character gains a +10 bonus on Persuasion Tests against targets who are possible to seduce. At the gamemaster’s discretion, this extends to Deception, Impersonate, and Networking Tests. '''[Low]'''
'''Juice:''' This potent anti-depressant makes it almost impossible to have bad feelings or negative thoughts. The character is unnaturally happy—often irritatingly or strangely so. The character receives a +30 bonus against fear or attempts to manipulate their emotions in a negative direction, but is also likely to act inappropriately, like giggling over the massive amount of spilled blood or cheerfully changing the subject to inane topics when someone else is freaking out. '''[Low]'''
{| class="wikitable"
! colspan="7" |Drugs
|-
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|'''Type'''
|'''Application'''
|'''Onset Time'''
|'''Duration'''
|'''Addiction Modifier'''
|'''Addiction Type'''
|-
|'''Cognitive Drugs'''
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|Drive
|Chem
|O
|20 Minutes
|8 Hours
| ---
|Mental
|-
|Klar
|Chem
|O
|20 Minutes
|8 Hours
| ---
|Mental
|-
|Neem
|Chem
|O
|20 Minutes
|12 Hours
| ---
|Mental
|-
|'''Combat Drugs'''
|
|
|
|
|
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|-
|BringIt
|Bio
|Inh, Inj, O
|1 Minute
|15 Minutes
| +10
|Physical
|-
|Grin
|Chem
|Inh, Inj, O
|3 Action Turns
|3 Hours
| -10
|Physical
|-
|Kick
|Chem
|Inh, Inj, O
|3 Action Turns
|2 Hours
| -10
|Physical
|-
|MRDR
|Chem
|O
|20 Minutes
|1 Hour
| -10
|Physical
|-
|Phlo
|Chem
|O
|20 Minutes
|1 Hour
| -10
|Physical
|-
|'''Health Drugs'''
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
|Bananas Furiosas
|Chem
|O
|20 Minutes
|1 Day
| ---
| ---
|-
|Comfurt
|Bio
|O
|20 Minutes
|12 Hours
| -10
|Mental
|-
|'''Recreational Drugs'''
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|Buzz
|Chem
|Inh, O
|1 hour
|36 Hours
| ---
|Mental
|-
|Grey Ranks
|Chem, Narcoalgorithm
|O, Code
|1 hour
|12 hours
| +10
|Mental
|-
|Laughing Policeman
|Chem
|Inj
|20 Minutes
|4 hours
| +10
|Physical
|-
|Mono No Aware
|Chem
|O
|20 Minutes
|8 Hours
| -10
|Mental
|-
|Orbital Hash
|Chem
|Inh
|3 Minutes
|3 Hours
| ---
|Mental
|-
|'''Social Drugs'''
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|Alpha
|Bio
|Inh
|1 Minute
|2 Hours
| -10
|Mental
|-
|Hither
|Bio
|D
|1 Minute
|6 Hours
| -10
|Physical
|-
|Juice
|Chem
|O, Inh
|20 Minutes
|8 Hours
| ---
|Mental
|}