Star Wars: Edge of the Empire Rule Book

TABLE 5-9: BLACK MARKET ITEMS

Item Price Encumbrance Rarity

Avabush Spice (dose) (R)25 0 6

Avabush Spice (100 dose cargo container) (R) 2000 3 7

Booster Blue (dose) (R) 10 0 5

Booster Blue (100 dose cargo container) (R) 750 3 6

Death sticks (1 dose) (R)5 0 1

Death sticks (100 dose cargo container) (R) 250 3 2

Glitterstim (dose) (R) 100 0 7

Glitterstim (100 dose cargo container) (R) 5.000 5 8

Lesai (dose) (R) 500 0 9

Lesai (20 dose enviro-sealed cargo pod) (R) 7,500 2 10

Yarrock (1 dose) (R) 350 0 8

Yarrock (100 dose cargo container) (R) 20,000 3 9

leaves are hard to disguise, but it has few other con-

firmed side-effects. Most species become psycho-

logically if not physically dependent on the drug very

quickly, however, and users who miss a dose frequent-

ly collapse and only awake days later.

A character who partakes in lesai at least once every

twenty-four hours does not need to sleep, and suffers no

penalties or strain for lack of sleep. The character may re-

move strain as if he had slept a full night after any period

of eight or more hours in which he did not engage in any

stressful activities (such as combat, intense mental effort,

or emotionally charged discussion). Lesai's only notice-

able side-effect is that it leaves odd purple stains where

applied. If a character under the effects of lesai ever goes

twenty-four full hours without a dose of the drug, he finds

it increasingly difficult to stay awake until he receives more

lesai or sleeps. Some Imperial officials claim that lesai

turns users into amoral monsters without feelings or com-

passion. Whether this is true or not is entirely up to the

CM, and he should feel free to keep his decision secret

from any players whose characters use lesai.

Restrictions: Lesai is illegal on most worlds with a

strong Imperial presence.

YARROCK

For untold ages, the spice called yarrock has been pro-

duced on Iridonia, created by their shamans to grant

their warriors a greater clarity of mind and violent

purpose. Though there are other drugs that fit this de-

scription scattered across the galaxy, many seasoned

warriors respond with respect, adulation, or even fear

to the mere sight of the signature black pellets that

contain yarrock. A soldier under the effects of yarrock

is ruthless, and able to shrug off tremendous physical

hardship. Unfortunately, for every high there is a crash,

and this drug is no exception—as a dose runs its course,

its effect seems to reverse, and every step becomes an

endless journey until the warrior can metabolize the

chemicals or simply collapses from exhaustion. Some

also say that the drug has a further effect on the user's

very soul, drawing it deeper and deeper into the shad-

ows as time goes on, but validated scientific data on

this particular concern is understandably scarce.

Yarrock lasts for one scene. A character under the

effects of yarrock is not required to make any Fear

checks; he counts as succeeding automatically. How-

ever, once he has used yarrock, he must also add •

to any Willpower or Presence-related checks for the

remainder of the session.

Restrictions: Yarrock is quite rare, and thus few plan-

ets explicitly regulate its use, as the only shipments go

through black market traders.

DEATH STICKS

Death sticks are an unpleasant creation derived from

the balo mushroom of the planet of Balosar and dis-

tributed in a liquid form in distinctive small red and

yellow rods. Though the drug is only mildly hallucino-

genic, death sticks are well-named; the active ingredi-

ent, Ixetal Cilona, is highly addictive and deleterious

to one's health. Each dose tears away an ever-greater

portion of one's life while simultaneously tightening

the grip of addiction. Death sticks are illegal for obvi-

ous reasons, and more

than a few smug-

glers who hap-

pily deal in