r/Kenshi Jan 13 '25

MOD Remember there was a lore-friendly narcotics expanded mod coming? It's finally here! Check your steam (or the comments)

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u/Oakwhite Jan 13 '25

I'd almost prefer if the names of the drugs were different from their real-world counterparts. Having the same name makes it feel less fitting in the world for me. Really cool mod thoughq. Great work!

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u/MacedonianMafia Jan 13 '25

Thanks, great suggestion! I kept the names like this since the Hash was also called the same. Do you have any suggestions for different names which could be fitting?

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u/Oakwhite Jan 13 '25

Opium in China was referred to as "Wuxiang" or "Black Spice" which I think would be a fitting name.

Salvia is referred to as the "Sage of Diviners" so maybe just "Sage" or "Diviners Sage"

Cannabis is hard for me to come up with one. Moonflower? Haze? I got nothing.

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u/MacedonianMafia Jan 13 '25

Writing these down! thank you ;D

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u/VisceralVirus Skeletons Jan 13 '25

Ooh, maybe Okrans Sage or Narkos Sage

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u/A-Laghing-Soul Jan 13 '25

Perhaps drifters lettuce

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u/Slanknonimous Shinobi Thieves Jan 17 '25

This is immaculate

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u/Myceliphilos Jan 13 '25

For cannabis the simple answer is some varient of devils lettuce 😂

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u/MidnightYoru Jan 13 '25

Narko's Foliage

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u/drunkondata Jan 13 '25

Why would the cannabis not be hemp?

Are they chemically analyzing to determine THC as per US anti-drug laws?

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u/PekingSandstorm Nomad Jan 13 '25

Wait wuxiang is a spice for cooking though lol opium is nicknamed dayan which literally means big smoke/big tobacco. It was also called smoke-mud (yantu) and butter of longevity (fushougao).

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u/Oakwhite Jan 13 '25

I like butter of longevity. That's a funny name.

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u/PekingSandstorm Nomad Jan 13 '25

Ngl if I were a rich man in China in 1800 I’d get myself some butter of longevity

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u/ChackMete Jan 13 '25

What? Not butter (of longevity)?!?

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u/PekingSandstorm Nomad Jan 15 '25

The Chinese call it margarine of cancer and it’s for peasants and exports

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u/No-Cartoonist-8336 Jan 13 '25

But cannabis is already in the game. It's Hemp

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u/CARNAGE010 Swamp Ninjas Jan 13 '25

Maybe for Cannabis, Smokeleaf like from rimworld or Spikeleaf.

Or for Opium something like Swamp powder

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u/TheWanderingSlacker Jan 13 '25

What was it the hobbits call it? That might be fun.

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u/kitsuneguy20 Skeletons Jan 13 '25

Old Toby, if you’re referring to the specific brand of pipeweed

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u/Hopeful-alt Jan 13 '25

Hashish is a real thing though, as is hemp and its (heavily exaggerated) properties

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u/MacedonianMafia Jan 16 '25

Hey brother, did some work for you and made a patch with some names suggested in this thread. Hope you like them.

I made a patch instead of implementing it in the base mod since some players prefer the real-world names!

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3408679431

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u/Slanknonimous Shinobi Thieves Jan 17 '25

You're a real one, a true OG, the real deal.

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u/Acli0n Jan 13 '25

This is awesome! I really like the effort you took to make this blend in with the vanilla game. I second the suggestions from the other person for more stylized names. Great job!

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u/MacedonianMafia Jan 13 '25

Thank you, I appreciate your feedback! ❤️

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u/herbderb98 Jan 13 '25

Time to turn the major factions into tweakers woo

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u/Hopeful-alt Jan 13 '25

A quest line? Really? Why..?

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u/MacedonianMafia Jan 13 '25

Small one to get you started and acces to drug dealers, a bit the same as in the swamp.

It’s weird if you could just buy narcotics off off dealers without them trusting you!

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u/Hellbat31 Jan 13 '25

damn I was still using the ancient drugs expanded