Scour — Pathfinder 1e Drug Rules
Scour
Scour is a Pathfinder First Edition drug that makes a user more agile at the cost of impaired judgment and physical harm. Its Dexterity bonus and Wisdom penalty last three hours; the Constitution damage and severe addiction risk are separate consequences. In play, those distinctions matter more than the apparent combat advantage.
Pathfinder 1e statistics
- Price: 45 gp per dose. Type: ingested or inhaled.
- Addiction: major; Fortitude DC 24.
- Effects (3 hours): +1d4 alchemical bonus to Dexterity and –1d4 penalty to Wisdom.
- Damage: 1d6 Constitution damage.
Using Scour in an adventure
A courier who can cross the rooftops with uncanny speed may still misjudge the people offering the job. The party has a practical choice: capture the courier, protect an informant compromised by drug use, or investigate the employer exploiting that dependence. A Wisdom penalty is not the same thing as Wisdom damage; keep the drug’s temporary effects, ability damage and addiction distinct.
Rules source: Pathfinder RPG GameMastery Guide — Drugs and Addiction (2010). Pathfinder First Edition only. Browse the Drugs and Substances index.
Section 15: Copyright Notice – Pathfinder RPG GameMastery Guide
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