@idea from Gerik
Booze that actually gets you drunk when you drink it.
And if you tried to go north, you might accidentally go south or fall over. Things like that.
Plus it could dim some of your stats that are combat oriented, resulting in interesting drunken bar brawls! :)
That said, ultimately, yes it would be nice to have when the coding is all finished but its something we can really roleplay and isn't needed quickly.
Say, Bob the Drunk gets assaulted in the street after chugging down a bottle of cheap spirits - does that mean that as soon as Todd the Mugger takes out his pipe, Bob is suddenly sober superman again?
though the only thing i see that can't be RPd... is fighting...
you can't take advantage of someone being drunk to attack/rob/sacrifice them to your gods... because as soon as the drunk victim is attacked, their super human strength, cat like reflexes, mountain goat like balance... etc� swing into play. and after downing 20 beers in a row.. it's the rare person who has all their wits about them and fights as if they where sober�
I am as certain people know a whole other kind of person when I am drunk and my husband behaves an entirely different way.
I'd hate to see coded messages for being drunk like there are for smoking cause...lets face it the smoking ones suck. We've all said it. People behave differently, drink differently, fight differently.
And much like Bias said if you're playing your char as being drunk just ignore the stuper neenja with two tone neenja boots sneaking in the window or maybe laugh at them and point them out to everyone else.
No one plays a drug addict for the same reason, the only time any of you use drugs is 1.) to see what the effect is and 2.) before combat.
So much for a roleplaying game.
if people are simply worried about their stats lowering temporarily. well... BAH... is all i have to say to that.
*wanders off grumbling*
but... uhm...
*comes back*
about those drugs... are the effects coded? because Bias has accidentally tried a drug, (yes accidentally... a matter of mixed up commands)... and no messages popped up saying �you have the strength of a team of rabid oxen now, go kill something!!� or "you are currently hallucinating white rabbits. Have a nice day.� i mean. i know what drugs are in the game... where to get them if i wanted to.. but other then combat enhancers no one can tell me what any of them DO so if i was to want to turn bias into a druggy, i wouldn�t know how to RP her when it came to the drugs� i mean the pretty tabs of paper like shtuff sure as hell don't remind me of any combat enhancers... but maybe that�s just me� hehe.
