Addiction on Ravenloft?

[Nox]

Hi all!

How do you treat addiction to substances on ravenloft?

One of my player became an alcholist and it's my first time with those rules.

I know book of vile darkness has some kind of ruleset about those things, are them good?

[Resonant Curse]

Lords of Darkness for Forgotten Realms had another set of addiction rules for drugs. Pathfinder has rules for alcohol that are great in the Guide to Inns and Taverns.

[Jimsolo]

3/3.5/PFS has rules for addiction.

Basically, whenever they do enough of the addictive thing that you think they might start getting addicted, have them make a saving throw. (Fort save or a Con save, depending on your edition.) If that fails, they are addicted and will begin to suffer negative effects (typically -X to attack and skill rolls) if they do not get their fix within a set amount of time. (The variables will change depending on the substance, obviously.) If you want to be lenient, you might give them a Will (or Wis) save to throw off the addiction if they can go a certain length of time without imbibing.

[Hamiclar]

Book of Vile Darkness has info regarding drugs substance. I had a character addicted to agony in the last campaign I ran. I do use opium rings and underworld crime in my games make adventures interesting.

[The Lesser Evil]

I'm afraid I'm too far gone on Ravenloft. My addiction is incurable, so it is to my lament that I can't help you.