Major Ether Dependency

You have become dependent on the volatile properties of Ether, you need it to survive.

• Benefits:

  • After consuming a dose of Ether, you gain 5% of your total hit points as temporary hit points until your next long rest.
  • While under the effects of Ether, you gain a +2 bonus to attack rolls and damage rolls until your next long rest.
  • These effects stacks with each dose taken.
    
    

  Other Effects:

  • Persuasion: You suffer a -3 penalty on Persuasion checks.
  • Deception: You gain a +5 bonus to Deception checks used to mask or hide your usage of Slow Ether.
  • Intimidation: You gain a +5 bonus to Intimidation checks.
  • These effects do not stack.
    
    

  Addiction:

  • Withdrawal: If you do not consume a dose of Ether for a 24-hour period, you suffer withdrawal symptoms.  These effects last until you consume another dose of Ether. You may remove one level of "Consume Ether" for each day you do not consume ether. While under the effects of withdrawal, add feat "Major Ether Withdrawal" to your character sheet. 
  • Overdose: If you consume more than one dose of Ether in a 24-hour period, you must succeed on a DC 10 Constitution saving throw or take 4d8 psychic damage. Each additional dose taken within the same 24-hour period increases the DC by 5 and the unconscious duration by 1d4 hours. 
  • Dependency: You are dependent. Once you have used all charges of Major Ether Dependency, replace this feat with Ether Transcendence.
    
    

  Breaking the Dependency:

  • You may remove one level of "Consume Ether" for each day you do not consume ether. After reaching 0 stacks of "Consume Ether," in 14 days Major Ether Dependency may be replaced with "Minor Ether Dependency" with a full 7 days stack,  along with "Major Ether Withdrawal" being replaced with "Minor Ether Withdrawal".
  • Seeking magical healing or remedies like Greater Restoration can also be used to reduce "Consume Ether" level by five, but this method can be used only once every 30 days. If this is used to reduce "Consume Ether" below zero, Major Ether Dependency may be replaced with "Minor Ether Dependency" with a full 7 days stack,  along with "Major Ether Withdrawal" being replaced with "Minor Ether Withdrawal".
    
    

Roleplaying Note: This feat can lead to significant roleplaying opportunities, with characters seeking out Ether or potentially turning to illegal or dangerous means to acquire it. The dependency can lead to characters having to make tough choices about their reliance on this substance. Dungeon Masters should discuss with players about the portrayal of substance abuse and its potential triggers before introducing this mechanic.

This is a roleplay heavy feat. Mechanically this has not been optimized for all D&D circumstances and builds. 
This item originates from "The Stranger" campaign by Roll for Impact.