Drinking rules

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...from Mongoose's Quintessential Dwarf, pg. 32

The Dwarves' love of ale and natural resistance to toxins give them the ability to drink just about any other intelligent creature under the table. While few dwarves drink strictly to get drunk, drinking games are very popular in dwarven taverns the world over. In general, drinking games involve the following elements.

First, there is a test of skill. This can be a simple test, such as throwing darts, bouncing coins into a tankard, or arm wrestling. After each round, the winner buys a round of drinks for the losers. The losers must gulp down the provided drinks. The last dwarf standing wins.

Intoxication is handled similarly to poisoning, though all damage caused is temporary and usually passes within hours or, at worst, a day or two of rest. Whenever a character imbibes an alcoholic drink (between 8 and 10 ounces qualifies as a drink in this case), he must make a Fortitude save with a DC determined by the strength of the drink as shown on the table below. If the save fails, the character suffers temporary ability damage (also summarized on the table below). Once the character stops drinking, this damage begins to heal at a rate of one point every hour (the drunken character chooses which ability is restored each hour). If the character begins drinking again before they are completely restored from the previous intoxication, the ability damage stops healing.

For every 2 points of Intelligence or Wisdom damage, the character also suffers a reduction in Dexterity of 1 point. This Dexterity impairment is restored as the temporary INT or WIS losses are healed. ^[1]

When one of the character's ability scores reaches 1, or both Intelligence and Wisdom are reduced to below one half their starting totals, the character immediately passes out. If either, or both, of the character's ability scores are reduced to zero or below, the character dies from alcohol poisoning.

Any spells which provide resistance to, or healing from, the effects of poison will also provide resistance to, and healing from, the effects of intoxication.

[edit] Alcoholic Beverage Potencies (Average amounts)

Drink Strength	Initial Damage	Secondary Damage	Save DC	Example
Weak	1 INT	1 WIS	15	Watery beer
Stout	1d3 INT	1d3 WIS	15	Beer, Wine, Ale
Potent	1d3 INT	1d3 WIS	20	Rum, Whiskey
Dangerous	1d3 INT	1d3 WIS	25	Pure Grain alcohol

[edit] Notes

1. ↑ Note from Phil: I read this to say that for every 2 points of Intelligence or Wisdom retrieved, the character also regains 1 point of Dexterity.