RimWorld

RimWorld

Time-release antidepressants
>54M 25 Oct, 2020 @ 6:56pm
Less OP mod version?
Hello!

A version of this mod that adds Addiction and withdrawal drawbacks would be amazing imo.

Something like making the safe dosage be like twice every 1 or 2 days.
Addiction can be achieved at like 75% (so you only deal with like 25% for recovery times) and for withdrawal symptoms you can just add something like
- Regular Vomiting (as when food poisoning)
- Reduced movement speed (like moving at like 50% speed)
- Tiredness (increased sleeping times or making them get sleepy faster)
- Irritability (making it 2 to 4 times as easy to start social fights)
- Negative mood penalty (-2 to -4) can be added too as to simulate "depression" striking back due to drug being stopped

or any symptoms mentioned in this website: https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/depression/expert-answers/antidepressant-withdrawal/faq-20058133

You can also make it so the adiction falls off fairly fast so you don't have to deal with really long recovery times like you do with other more harsh drugs

For overdosing you can add:
- Psychotic wandering
- being knocked out, unconscious

and finally for permanent damages due to abusing the substance too much:
- Constant Vomiting
- Liver failure
- Coma
- Heart attack
- Death

I'd love to try this mod as it is right now (tbh this should be a core part of the game imo), but I find it too OP without any drawbacks.

I also understand adding all this requires plenty or work so I see why you have voted against adding all this to the mod origiginaly.

Amazing mod idea regardless. Thanks for your hard work!!