Drugs

Refined Black Lotus
(From the old Black Industries web site)
Whereas much of the Empire is familiar with the addictive narcotic Mandrake, in Marienburg its use is eclipsed by a yet more dangerous and insidious drug. Assassins and hired killers are familiar with the Black Lotus, whose seeds are crushed to form a thick black paste, which is applied to arrows and blades to make their touch fatal. However, foreign alchemists have found another use for this plant. Grinding up the leaves and seeds into a dark grey powder, and smoked through pipes, this refined Black Lotus (or Dark Lotus as it is becoming known on the streets of Marienburg) numbs the body and enters the imbiber into pleasant hallucinogenic dreams. Although not as instantly addictive as Mandrake, the effects can swiftly become far worse, until finally taking the life of the user.
A dose of refined Black Lotus costs the same as a dose of the poison, though its rarity is reduced to only Scarce in Marienburg. At known dealers such as the Golden Lotus Dreaming House and the Long Dragon, it is assumed to always be available (assuming a client can gain admittance and the trust of the owners).
After taking only a single dose of the drug the imbiber must pass a Routine (+10%) Willpower Test or become addicted. If the test is passed, the imbiber suffers a cumulative –10% to each subsequent Test for addiction, which reduces by 10% for each month off the drug. An addict must make a Will Power Test each day to resist the craving, or he must seek out and take a dose by whatever means necessary. Upon taking a dose, an addict must pass a Will Power Test or seek to immediately take another dose (to a maximum of three per day at which time the addict is rendered unconscious for the rest of the day). If an addict is unable to obtain a dose following a failed Willpower Test, they suffer a –10% penalty to Intelligence, Will Power and Fellowship Tests until they can take another dose. The drug is not without its benefits though: on a day in which a dose of the drug is imbibed, the user can ignore the effects of one insanity under which they are suffering, and reduces the effects of all Critical Hits suffered by 1.
Long-term abuse of the drug weakens the body and mind, and can result in the hallucinations intruding into the waking mind, resulting in insanity. Each day the user takes a dose of refined Black Lotus, they must pass an Easy (+20%) Willpower Test or gain an Insanity Point (the difficulty increases one step per dose taken in the day). In addition, for every six months a user is addicted to the drug, he permanently suffers –10% to Strength, Toughness, Agility, Intelligence, Willpower, and Fellowship, and must pass a Toughness Test or his heart fails under the ravages of the drug, and he dies.
At the discretion of the GM, a character suffering the ‘Mandrake Man’ insanity may instead become addicted to refined Black Lotus instead of Mandrake.

Hmmm, I won't be trying that again then

Sounds like chris did Osric a favour. At least his way was quick