Buffs and Debuffs

Also see: Drugs

Debuffs

When grinding IP, the lower your total skill value is, the quicker you will earn IP for said skill. There are a variety of ways to “debuff”, or temporarily lower, your stats.

• Bugshit and radiation is a good debuff for most main stats.

Brawn	Hunger, broken limbs.
Brains	Horny, brain damage, frenzy.
Cool	Remove @describe me as, horny.
Senses	Wearing earplugs, wearing an eyepatch.
Reflexes	Being full, weed.
Endurance	Hungry, weed, nicotine.

Debuff numbers

Name	Max stat debuff	Other max debuff	Other effects
Heat	-4 Brn/Col/Sen	-5/-10 Tohit (when on fire)	Slows down movement and causes damage. Dishdashas/keffiyes, antifreeze vomit and water/soda help.
Cold	-4 Brn/Ref, -3 End, -2 Sen	---	Slows down movement and causes damage. Warm clothes and hot drinks/spicy food help.
Chill	-5 Brw/Ref/Ed	---	Exclusive to Chiller. Deals damage and takes a REALLY long time to wear off. Sitting in a hot tub while sipping hot chocolate and eating hot wings helps a little.
Stress	-8 Brn	-4 Dodge, -4/-8 Tohit	At 400+ stress, might make you attack others or commit suicide.
Shock	-10 Brn	?	When shocked, you become feint immune and have to pass an Endurance check to move to another tile.
Fear	-4 Col/Sen, -3 Ref (needs testing)	?	Makes you run into adjacent tiles.
Hunger	?	?	High hunger causes damage.
Thirst	-3 Brw/End/Ref	---	High thirst causes damage.
Radiation	-6 End, -4 Brw/Col/Sen, -2 Ref	-? Focus	Causes nausea, damage and rad mutations.

Buffs

When done grinding IP, after a RAW score of 6, you’ll need to grind XP to gain any further RAW levels for that skill. Grinding XP usually includes killing things, crafting, etc. To make this easier, players usually “buff”, or temporarily raise, their stats. This makes whatever XP grinding task slightly easier to accomplish.

Brawn	Drunk, horny, frenzy, stimutac, beef juice boxes.
Brains	Catfish, caffeine.
Cool	Bling, nicotine.
Senses	caffeine, peyote, horny
Reflexes	Cocaine, crank, speed.
Endurance	Crank.

Equipment

There are some equipment that gives bonuses when worn or held.

Lab coat	+2 science	Bought in botany bay.
Carapace-lined scrubs	+2 science	On a certain juicer.
Polycarbonate goggles	+1 science	Max out the ghostbuster job.
Doctor's Mirror	+2 medic	Max out the medic job.
Repairman's toolbox	+2 repair	Bought in Freedom City.
Rubber yellow gloves	+2 repair	Max out the utility worker job.
Aviator goggles	+1 pilot	Bought in Corpclave.
Excavation utility helmet	+2 scavenge	Quest item, not telling.
Belt bag	+2 scavenge	Max out the Miner job.
functional metal detector	+1 scavange	Was purchasable in Dope Jacks.