SM PS Confusion



Some situation strike directly against the characters reasoning and awareness. It may include environmental factors, such as flashing or low-light situations (5-15 points), particularly harsh sounds (1-10 points), or distracting smells (1-5 points unless they're in a bad-smell laboratory or downwind of CS gas).

A character that is attempting a task while under the influence of psychoactive drugs are also subject to this factor, and the degree of severity varies with dosage. This may range from 1 point for a drink taken by a large person, to three points for a drink taken by someone rather slight. Think about operating after escaping torture and questioning, and the sodium pentathol is still in the bloodstream (10-25 points).

A character may have to deal with a substance abuse problem, or he may have substances abused for him (think MKULTRA or RHIC-EDOM for 15-50 points depending on severity). If you don't know what those are, look them up. I won't scare you any more…