Cigarette?

[RangerWickett]

How, by the rules as written, does one smoke a cigarette? How long does it take you to get out your cigarette and light it? Pretend for the sake of the argument that common sense does not exist, only D&D items and rules are available, and that cigarettes are described as follows:

Cigarette - Cigarettes come in packs of 10 to 20, and cost 1 cp each. Lighting a cigarette is a standard action that provokes an attack of opportunity, and requires a fire source. To light a cigarette, it must be in the mouth of someone who can breathe. Whenever you first light a cigarette, you take 1 point of nonlethal damage, but gain a +1 morale bonus to all attack rolls, checks, and saves for 1 round. Then, for as long as you keep the cigarette in your mouth (to a maximum of 5 minutes, after which the cigarette burns out), you gain a +1 morale bonus to Charisma-based checks.

 

[pallandrome]

You should probably add that regular users of cigarettes have to make a fort save once a year, DC15. If they fail, they take a point of perminant CON damage. Yanno, for versimilitudes sake

 

[Sejs]

You should probably add that regular users of cigarettes have to make a fort save once a year, DC15. If they fail, they take a point of perminant CON damage. Yanno, for versimilitudes sake

Lower the DC. Smoking kills, but not -that- fast.

Anyway, regarding the cigarette proposal: exact same rules for retrieving and using a potion.

 

[Darklone]

That bonus should only work vs smokers and be a penalty vs non-smokers. Other way round with the bonus to attack

 

[pallandrome]

Lower the DC. Smoking kills, but not -that- fast.

Anyway, regarding the cigarette proposal: exact same rules for retrieving and using a potion.

Ok, say DC12. That way, a lvl1 commoner with below average luck on their rolls, with average con, will die in about 15-20 years.

 

[kenobi65]

Ok, say DC12. That way, a lvl1 commoner with below average luck on their rolls, with average con, will die in about 15-20 years.

Probably not even that high of a DC. Most smokers start in their teens or early 20s, and, if it kills them, doesn't do so in most cases until their 50s or later.

 

[Darklone]

Hmmm. Smokers with one box per day live 7 years less... smokers with two boxes per day 22 IIRC.

DC +1 for 1000 cigarettes? Each year the count starts new?

 

[lukelightning]

Don't forget the difficulties in exploring a non-smoking dungeon.

"Guys, we gotta get out of here and camp."
"Why, is your wizard out of spells?"
"Nah, I just gotta smoke."

 

[RangerWickett]

I am amused by the death by cigarette discussion, but you're totally missing the point of the thread.

I want to light a cigarette. That's:

Move action to draw the pack of cigarettes.
Move action to pull out a cigarette from the pack.
Move action to put the pack of cigarettes back.
Free or move action to put cigarette in your mouth. 'Manipulating an item' is a move action, after all.
(Or perhaps just two move actions if your DM is generous - one to retrieve the stored cigarette, a free action to .)

Move action to draw a box of matches.
Move action to pull out a match.

 

[comrade raoul]

Rely on D&D logic here.

What's faster? Pulling out and lighting a cigarette or reloading a heavy crossbow, if you're know what you're doing in either case?

Accordingly, if you have the pack in hand starting to smoke should be a full-round action. Consider adding Metal Gear-inspired feats to make smokers more badass.