Re: [DL] Laudanum

["Scott Cawson" <scottcawson@hotmail.com>]

Doc Holliday reportedly refused to use Laudanum, due to it's tendency to 
dull the mind.  If under it's effect you may want to give the character a 
penalty to all appropriate rolls.

IMO, I would give a -4 penalty to all traits except Spirit, Strength and 
Vigor.  I can see someone whose mind has been dulled less affected by the 
horrors of the west, and therfor would recieve a bonus to guts rolls.

>One of my players chose "Hankerin': Laudanum", which is very appropriate 
>for the time and the character (a female gunslinger turned undertaker with 
>medical experience).  Researching laudanum on the Net, I've found that it's 
>used for pain management (which, for a gunslinger, makes perfect sense).  
>It's also a mild hallucinogen and depressant, from what I've been able to 
>dig up on it.
>
>Are there game stats for laudanum?  Right now, since it lasts for four 
>hours a dose, I would say that it ignores up to -4 in wound penalties for 
>the first hour, dropping off by one (-3, -2, then -1) for each hour 
>afterwards.  It also gives a consistant -2 to Cognition rolls while under 
>the influence.  Would this be about right?
>
>- Eddy
>
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