How does alcohol affect the body? 

Remember Alcohol can be dangerous!!!!

Don't drive a horse or wagon or cast any spells while under influence!!!!!!

This system is created to make a reasonable real interaction with the normal intoxicating effects of alcoholical beverages. To know how much Alcohol points a character has consumed; see the Tables in What Can Be Bought. The system works with some formulas as follows;

Any race;                Con. + 15  (+ 10 / drinking skill) + Racial Adjustment = Drinking Level (DL) 

Total alcohol points drunk (ap)  = Alcohol level (AL) Round up

Additional Racial adjustments to alcohol (in-) tolerance on the Drinking Level are as given here or in the racial information.

Dwarves +5, +1 extra/ drinking skill,

Dragons +40,

Elves –5,

Faun, Orc +5,

Giant, Troll +25,

Ogre +10,

Fairies –5, they will get drunk easier but the intoxication will never increase beyond the state of drunk, how many they drink.

Pooka +8

*If AL = Higher then Constitution + racial adjustment then you’re under influence,

          Dex –2,                         Sight 50%,             

                Character Traits (as used in Gazetteer Northern Reaches) –1 if Lawful, -2 if Neutral, -3 if Chaotic             

          SV-1

          Must make Int. checks for any act of concentration (spell casting!!) or combat or fail it.

          Must make a Con.check for each drink or 5 ap consumed beyond AL, or become Drunk.

è*If fail then drunk for 4d4 hours,

          THAC0 - 4,                    Sight x ½,              

          Surprise + 2,                  

          Dex, Int, Wis, and Cha/Com –4  SV-2        AC-2        MV 2/3

          50% –5 % / Hour chance to exgurgitate all drinks and food eaten in the last 10 hours.    

                Must make a Con.check for every next drink consumed.

è*If fail then 1d6 hours        KO. + 1d10 + 9 hours deep sleep *

Direct after drunkenness     

Headache for 3d4 hours (no concentration, spellcasting Int. checks -8)

                THAC0 + 1,             Cha –1d3, Com –1d6

Alcohol Poisoning.

If total ap consumed is 3 times or more then DL, then alcohol poisoning comes into effect; this means no recovery from magical healing, KO for 4d4 hours, save vs. Poison every Hour KO adjusted by Constitution adjustments or die by heartfailure due alcohol poisoning in 1d3 Rounds. A Neutralize Poison will remove all alcohol Poisoning Effects only. Any exgurgitating will remove 25% ap. Only, and only once, but will not remove any drunkenness this way. Drinking during Pregnancy may cause the child Fetal Alcohol Syndrome, which could result in mental or physical deformed child, spontaneous abortion or even death due bloodloss.

Magic used with Alcohol (Poisoning).

Hedge wizard/Herbalist Brew; Hangover Remedy

Removes the after-effect of alcohol poisoning for 1d4 hours                                          10            sp 10 cn

Village Magic:        Wine Makes you Dizzy

Mage Enchantment spell lvl 1

Range:                    Touch
Duration:                4d4 turns

Effect:                    A bottle of wine

Save:                     none

Casting Time:        1

The magic-user enchants a bottle of any sort of wine (not spoiled or Vinigar. The wine turns a bit darker in color and the smell becomes richer. The enchantment on the wine lasts for 3 turns and people drinking from this bottle their Alcohol-level is reduced to zero, they become drunk and fall heavily asleep 6 rounds later (all actions till then penalized by 4) and sleep 4d4 hours unless awakened. Only living humanoid creatures with 4+1 HD or less is affected by this spell. There is enough of this enchanted wine to affect 2d4 victims. There will be no hangover effects of any kind. In fact they are refreshed as with a good sleep, whatever the current conditions.

Bugman’s Mug      

Mage Alteration spell lvl 1.

Range:                             Touch

Duration:                         1 Turn per level of the caster               (1 minute per level of the caster)

Area of Effect:                 1 mug of water

Saving Throw:                  None

Components:                   A pewter mug full of clear water. (+ a non-flowering Zzongha Root and Friendly Fungus Saliva)

Casting / Reading time:        4 (+1) / 5 (+2)

Bugman, a thoroughly loathsome looking Geonid mage with a heart of gold (literally), created this spell for a Dwarven friend who often visited. This spell alters normal water into a Magical potion that must be imbibed in the duration of this spell. The potion removes hangovers and other ill effects of inebriation and will negate any current state of drunkenness or intoxication. It is effective only against alcohol-based changes in the target’s physiology, thus being ineffective against drugged stupor’s and poisons. No other way to use this spell has yet been found. Maybe some other added components could remove any ingested poisons or drugs. It’s rumored a not-flowering Zzongha root together with Saliva from a well treated Friendly Fungus will suffice this, but this—by Alchemist of the GSM in 1011 AC—stated information could not be checked. (the altered statistics are in parentheses). Bugman created this spell in Rockhome in 945 AC

Protection From Intoxication

Mage Abjuration Spell lvl 2  

Range:                                  Touch

Duration:                               1 hour/level

Area of Effect:                       One person

Save:                                     None

Casting Time:                        1

Components;                         A drop of Alcohol

This spell causes the recipient to be immune to the effects of any kind of alcohol. It also grants immunity to the Seductress spell Kiss of Intoxication.

Detect Poison       

Range:                                    caster only              for Shaman only

Duration;                                2 Turns                   1 Turn

Casting Time ;                       2                            1

Effect:                                   30’ radius                 30’ radius

Save:                                    None                      None

Cleric 1, Healer 1, Exorcist 1, Humanoid Shaman 1, Druid 1, Dervish 1, Shaman 1 spell.

This spell will allow the caster to determine if poison is present or is being used within a 30’ radius, and where. I t will also reveal the type of poison,  and if the caster has an alchemy skill also its side-effects and what kind of antidote must be taken to reverse it malicious effects. This spell doesn’t protect against any poison, it only shows if one is existent in the area. Remember that a lot of Human product are actually poisonous, and so are a lot of products of other creatures. Dung for example is dangerous to inhale, and deadly to eat for humans, and sugar can kill if eaten more than one pound within an hour. The spell will also revel this is especially looking for it. Healers will be able to use this spell to determine what poison is used, and when they have a successful Alchemy or Apothecary skill they can sometimes make an Antidote. This spell will also reveal the DL and AL of a Character  when under Influence of Alcohol, and can be used to determine the Ap of a single Beverage (or food) each round.

Neutralize Poison 

Range:                                    Touch

Duration;                               Permanent             

Casting Time ;                       5

Effect:                                  A creature, container, or object.

Save:                                   None

Casting Time:                        4

Cleric 4, Healer 2, Exorcist, Humanoid Shaman, Druid, Dervish, Master, Shaman, Shamani 4, Shadow Elf Shaman 5, spell.

This spell will make poison harmless either in a creature, a container (such as a bottle), or one object (such as a chest). It will even revive a victim slain by poison if cast within 10 rounds of the poisoning (Note: many poisons have an incubation period longer than 10 rounds!!). The spell will affect any and all poisons present at the Time it is cast, but doesn’t cure any damage (and will thus not revive a poisoned victim who has died of wounds). A revived person will be as if the poisoning did not take place at all. A Neutralize Poison will remove all Alcohol Poisoning Effects only, not any other Alcohol effects.

Protection from Poison

Range:                              Touch

Duration;                          1 Turn per level of the caster

Casting Time:                   3

Effect:                              Gives one creature immunity to all poison.

Save:                               None

Casting Time:                   5

Cleric 5, Healer 3, Exorcist 5, Humanoid Shaman 3, Druid 2, Dervish 3, Shadow Elf Shaman 3, Shaman 3 spell.

For the duration of this spell, the recipient is completely immune to the effects of poisons of all types, including gas traps and Cloudkill spells. This protection extends to items carried (thus protecting food, water, potions, etc., against a Spirit’s poisonous presence, for example). Furthermore, the recipient gains a +4 bonus on saves vs. poisonous breath weapons (such as Green Dragon Breath), but not Petrification Breath (such as a Gorgon’s). The character will be thus Immune from Alcohol poisoning, but not from the other Alcohol effects.

Slow Poison                         

Range:                                 Touch

Duration;                             1 round (cumulative) per level of the caster

Casting Time ;                     3

Effect:                                  Character touched

Save:                                  None

Cleric 2, Healer 1, Exorcist 2, Humanoid Shaman 2, Druid 2, Dervish 2 spell.

This spell slows the effects of any poison for a limited Time. When the spell dissipates the victim suffers the poison’s full effect unless a Neutralize Poison spell is cast. The spell duration increases by 1 round cumulative per level of the caster. (level 1 = 1 round, level 2= 3 rounds, level 3 = 6 rounds , etc.). Even High level Paladins or Avengers can cast Slow poison.  Alcohol Effects will also be slowed by this spell taking full effect after the spell ends as the current AL. Thus the character can become Drunk instantly!!

(artist unknown)

Drinks (as seen from official D&D Products)

1gallon = 4 quart = 8 pints, 1 quart = 2 pints, 1 pint / mug = 4 gills or 16 oz. , 1 glass/ cup =  +/ - 1 gill or 4 oz.        

Small Keg                              1 gallon / 8 pints 

Large Keg                              2gallon / 16 quart

Average Barrel                       50 gallon / 400 pints

Bottlesize                                10-30 glass variable by drink

Italic=Magical Origin or Effect)

Item		Normal Drinking Amount	AP	Cost		Enc. (cn)	Common Bottle
	Ale / mead / grog, Local	Pint	1	5	cp	8	not applied
	Ale, Dwarven (Dark)	Pint	1½	7	cp	8	not applied
	Ale, Orcish	Pint	2	1	sp	8	not applied
	Aquavit, Other	Glass	3	1	sp	3	x16
	Aquavit, Ostlander	Glass	5	3	sp	3	x14
	Arkhi (Hobgoblandish fermented mushroom milk drink)	Glass	4	4	sp	6	x10-20
	Beer, Small, Light	Pint	½	2	cp	8	not applied
	Beer, Large, Light	Quart	1	4	cp	16	not applied
	Beer, Small, Normal	Pint	2	3	cp	8	not applied
	Beer, Large, Normal	Quart	4	5	cp	16	not applied
	Beer, Small, Dark	Pint	2	4	cp	8	not applied
	Beer, Large, Dark	Quart	4	6	cp	16	not applied
	Brandy,Thyatian Imperial	Glass	4	4	sp	4	x16
	Brandy, Minrothadian	Glass	4	3	sp	4	x16
	Cider	Mug	5	10	sp	5	x17
	Coffee /  Cacao	Cup	0	5	cp	5	not applied
	Coffee, (Ilse of Dawn)	Cup	3	15	sp	5	not applied
	Ever-(Mead)	Glass	5	5	sp	3	x16
Fruit juice, Fresh made		Glass	0.5	15	sp	4	not applied
0-15%	If held in closed cool container for more than 1 year; vinegar,						x10
85-00%	or a wine/cider like alcoholic drink						x10
	Mescal, Sindhi	Glass	7	4	sp	3	x10
	Mescal, Savage coast	Glass	8	3	gp	3	x10
	Milk, Any (stays good 4 Days)	Quart	0	4	cp	40	x10
	Ouzo, Redstone	Glass	3	5	sp	3	x10
	Ouzo, Ierendi	Glass	7	10	sp	3	x15
	Rum, Ethengarian	Glass	5	4	sp	3	x10
	Rum, Heldannic	Glass	6	4	sp	3	x10
	Rum, Light	Glass	6	5	sp	3	x10
	Rum, Dark	Glass	7	7	sp	3	x10
	Sake, Pearl Islands	Glass	5	6	sp	3	x10
	Sake, Alphatian	Glass	5	8	sp	3	x10
	Tequila, Savage coast	Glass+ 1 lemon and salt	8	15	sp	4	x10
	Tequila, Yazak - Orcish	Glass+ 1 lemon and salt	8	5	sp	4	x10
	Tequila, With Insect/Scorpion	Glass+ 1 lemon and salt	7	25	sp	4	x17
	Uisce, Glantrian	Glass	5	3	sp	3	x14
	Uisce, Other	Glass	5	2	sp	3	x10
	Vodka, Karameikan	Glass	5	3	sp	3	x18
	Vodka, Glantrian	Glass	2	10	sp	3	x9.5
	Whisky, Texeiran	Glass	4	1	sp	3	x16
	Whisky, other	Glass	4	2	sp	3	x16
	Wine,Elven White (exquisite taste)	Glass	2	1	sp	5	x15
	Wine, Other White	Glass	1	8	cp	5	x15
	Bellayne, Renardois, Karameikan Red	Glass	2	10	sp	5	x14
	Wine, Thyatian red	Glass	1	1	sp	5	x14
	Wine, rare / old	Glass	3	10-3000	sp	3	x14
	Wine, other red	Glass	1		cp	5	x15
Use for all Wines the following Effects; roll 1d30 if found. Apply effects to designated Wine above, or Vinegar below.
1	Excellent Wine	Glass	x 2	x 200		3	x10
2-3	Fair Wine	Glass	x 1..5	x 100		3	x10
4-8	Good Wine	Glass	x 1	x 50		3	x10
9-17	Normal Wine	Glass	x 1	x 1		3	x10
18-22	Bad Wine, sv poison or cramps 1d4 hr	Glass	x 1d6-1	x 0.4		3	x10
23-27	Very Bad Wine, sv poison or cramps 1d10 Days	Glass	x 2d6-2	x 0.1		3	x10
28-29	Vinegar	Glass	x 0	2-3	cp	3	x10
30	Spoiled, cramps 2d10 Days -1d4 hp, sv poison for ½	Glass	x 0	free		3	x10
	Vinegar	Quart	0	2	cp	10	x10
	Vinegar	Quart	0	3	cp	10	x10
	Vinegar, With inserted Herbs	Quart	0	2	sp	10	x10
	Thee	Cup	0	2	sp	3	not applied
	Thee, Herbal	Cup	0	3	sp	3	not applied
	Water, can be dirty, infected, diseased or downright awful	Glass	0	free		3	variable
	Water	1 barrel 30 quarts	0	65	cp	360	barrel
	Yogurt, any, stays good 4days	Pint	6	3	cp	25	x10
Well Known Magical Beverages
	Feywine (Fairies only)	Crystal glass	11	1500	sp		x15
Origin of this drink is unknown, but seemingly all Fairies seem to use it regularly,
especially Pooka’s and Fauns but also Centaurs buy it regularly from the Fauns who produce it.
The drink give a Bless effect equal to the Clerical Bless spell for as long as there the character is under influence.
When becoming drunk, the penalties thus obtained, negate the Bless effect.
	Mitaq, Elven	Glass	10	25	sp	3	x14
	Mitaq, Shadowelven	Glass	11	125	sp	3	x14
	Mitaq, Dwarven	Glass	12	60	sp	3	x14
	Mitaq, Draconic	Glass	15	10.000	sp	3	x15
Any Mitaq is made with some blood of the species mentioned and therefor imbues the drinker with a magical dweomer,
that—if detected—improves reactions with that race by 3, it also enables the drinker minute access to magical effect solely for that race.
Access to a Dwarven Forge, an Elven Tree of Life, a Draconic Circle or a Shadowelven Fungal Heart or similar locations
are only possible by at least an intake of 1 glass prior access.and under influence during access.
Many magical effects can be granted to the drinker, but never they are more than a Magica Cantrip, or a defensive 1st level Clerical spell.
	Trees blood Darokinian Brandy	Glass	5	25-125	sp	10	x10
This heavy, strong smelled brandy is made from the sap of Alfheim Elven Home trees and could change the drinker to chaotic evil after prolonged usage,
it  also causes a berserk rage when becoming Drunk and being agitated. Illegal in Glantri, Northern Reaches, Ethengar, Karameikos and Thyatis.
Semi legal in Darokin and Minrothad due merchant value.
	Zzongha, Alphatian	Glass	2-3	50-200	sp	3	x5
	Zzongha, Thyatian	Glass	3	20-500	sp	3	x6
Zzongha is made from the fruits of a plant brought to this world and grown is secret specialized chambers by the Alphatians. The plant has a
undistinguishable super-sweet taste and is very addictive. It causes lack in anything except Zzongha, and therefor loss of abilities after prolonged usage.
The plant is illegal worldwide and penalties range from forced breaking down the habit to the death penalty
(often it is seen as High Treason, by bringing this degenerative effect in the world.
	Kol-Dahk, Kolland	Glass	10-15	5-50	sp	3.3	x4
Kol-Dahk is a special dark red, bubbly watery liquid, often extra fermented, from the river water of the Kol-Dahk river in Lower Kol, it is not magical in it self
but when boiled it  will create a 2000 cubic yards, filling the area up to 20 yard high, cloud of dark brown vapor per flask, which has the same intoxicating
effect as drinking the liquid, when inhaled per minute (6 rounds).
The cloud will evaporate 10 %  of its volume and effect per Hour cumulative (so  never longer than 4 hours)
A  mask with special fungal herbs, created by the Kobolds of Kol, will prevent this for 1 hour 5 sp 25cn
	Gyrian Sivler Cuckaroo	Bowl (1.2 Quart)	9	5	cp	8	1 Amphora (x4)
This beverage is made from in spit fermented seeds, and will change the hair of the user into feathers.
With each use about 2% of the existing hairs are changed. this change is not instant, but takes several hours (1d4+1).
Any Dispel effect will reverse the affected individual, but when over 75% is changed, the festhers a\re permanent.

Magical Effects of Alcoholical Beverages. Not to create an extensive list. I think for the following table will suffice. Take a basic beverage from above to find approximate taste and use, Ap, and serving. Choose a history; Humanoid origins         Price x 1.5 to 3 Human origins               Price  x 2 to 5 Elven Origins                 Price x 3 to 15 Dwarven Origins           Price x 2 to 12 Fairy Origins                  Price x 0.2 to 15 Monster origins (Dragon, Beholder, etc.)  Price x 1.5 to 5 Non Prime Plane          Price x 3 to 20 Magical effect are mostly illusional, chance perceptions (can give Infravision, Second Sight, Detect Invisibility, Detect Good/ Evil or Alignment, detect original form, or siimilar) or mimic the low level spells like cantrips or first level spells. Examples best used are;random levitation burbs, Flatulence Fog, Remove Fear, Berserk, Silence, Auro of Light, See into Nightmare Dimension, See into Ethereal Plane, See  into other Plane. Fairy beverages could even transport you to realms they harbor. Use your imagination. Have fun. Alcoholic drinks (sometimes even foods) can bring some fun in the game, making it more real-like. It will also spur contact between the different cultures and races. But keep in mind Alcohol damages more than you want. in real life as in Phantasy. Aftereffects, addictions could haunt your character or its direct surroundings in a similar fashion as the real world.

The Autor of the Art is Unknown as written underneath it. The Original articles are from Dragon Magazine Volume 4 #3 Author unlisted, Dragon Magazine 163, Hedge Wizards by Greg Sharp for the spells, A Drink Table Game Workshop D&D Article (magazine unknown) Author?? Geheerentode??, and Further The Trail maps 1 and 2 of Mstara (the small tables on it), Inns and Taverns fro Best of Dragon volume 2 author Marc Carlson, and of course the Rules Cyclopedia, and Wizard's Spell comnpendiums.

Drinking  (based on Constitution)

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his skill gives the character a talent for absorbing greater amounts of alcoholical beverages without being affected. Drinking is actually an Important skill of many creatures, like Centaurs, developed over many lean years when those who survived were those able to consume much while the edibles were there. A successful check in this skill enables the character to consume a much larger portion than normal. This may then mean that the character can go longer without adverse effects. When intoxicants such as alcohol are involved, a successful check means that the character with this skill gets a+10 bonus per skill used on his Drinking level. (thus if the character has 2 skillslots based on this skill he has a bonus of +20 for his drinking level limit).. The skill takes no time to use.

How are skills used.

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ach general skill is based on one of the character’s abilities (Strength, Intelligence, Wisdom, Dexterity, Constitution and Charisma). To know the score of a single skill a character begins with roll 8+1d10, that was the score equal to that from the last teacher, if this is higher than the ability the character has, the score is derived from the used ability instead. For example a character has Intelligence 14, and has a knowledge skill learned from a teacher who had a score of 12 for that skill, then the character will also have only a 12 on that skill. But if the teacher had a 15, his skill score would be 14 basically, his own limit.

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henever a character’s skill is appropriate to the current situation, the player rolls a 1d20 against his current score with the ability. If the roll on the 1d20 is equal or less than the ability score, the skill use succeeds. A roll of 20 always fails, no matter how high the chance for success. For example, if the character is riding a horse and the horse is suddenly spooked and begins rearing. The character’s player than rolls 1d20 against his skill score. If the character’s skill ability is a 15, the player has only to roll a 15 or less to successfully use the skill. This roll is called a “skill roll” or “skill check”. A successful check means the character succeeds in the task he was attempting. If a character is trying to track an animal through the forest, and he successfully makes his tracking skill check, then he is able to follow the tracks of his prey. Of course, to use a Skill, the character must have any tools and materials needed to do the job.  A carpenter can do very little without his tools, and a smith is virtually helpless without a good forge. The character must also have enough time to do the job. Certainly, carpentry Skill enables your character to build a house, but not in a single day. Some Skill descriptions state how much time is required for certain jobs. Most, however, are left to the DM's judgment.