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	Low doses give users a feeling of ''connection to the [[Warp\|universe]], maaaan''. Higher, more dangerous doses do much the same only more so, and are likely to attract the attention of [[daemons\|others]]. The risk is sometimes taken by rogue psykers going into battle or as a part of cult rituals or generally in search of a [[Anal circumference\|deeper]] [[rape\|embrace]] with [[warp]]ish and [[chaos\|chaotic]] [[daemons\|things]]. Navigators have been known to use it for both divination and recreation. This, as mentioned before, might reasonably be expected to go [[FAIL\|poorly]].		Low doses give users a feeling of ''connection to the [[Warp\|universe]], maaaan''. Higher, more dangerous doses do much the same only more so, and are likely to attract the attention of [[daemons\|others]]. The risk is sometimes taken by rogue psykers going into battle or as a part of cult rituals or generally in search of a [[Anal circumference\|deeper]] [[rape\|embrace]] with [[warp]]ish and [[chaos\|chaotic]] [[daemons\|things]]. Navigators have been known to use it for both divination and recreation. This, as mentioned before, might reasonably be expected to go [[FAIL\|poorly]].

	It seems that while open usage might very well get the [[Inquisition]] involved given the risks, every strata of Necromundan society is permeated with the stuff. Lowly scavvies find it in the wild, underhive gangs (particularly those associated with the Orlocks~~, apparently~~) cultivate it on an organized basis, crime syndicates distribute it and ship it off world, [[Slaanesh\|hedonistic]] and indolent uphivers enjoy its dubious pleasures, Chaos cults promote and practice its use, ordinary Joes seek some distraction from 20 hour workdays and constant violence, and so on down the line.		It seems that while open usage might very well get the [[Inquisition]] involved given the risks, every strata of Necromundan society is permeated with the stuff. Lowly scavvies find it in the wild, underhive gangs (particularly those associated with the Orlocks) cultivate it on an organized basis, crime syndicates distribute it and ship it off world, [[Slaanesh\|hedonistic]] and indolent uphivers enjoy its dubious pleasures, Chaos cults promote and practice its use, ordinary Joes seek some distraction from 20 hour workdays and constant violence, and so on down the line.

	Even House [[Helmawr]], rulers of Hive Primus and the very world itself, are rumored to have a hand in the trade; some go so far as to say the trade may be essential to maintaining their stranglehold on power. Regardless, both on-planet and in the rest of Imperial space, the stuff is in high demand which seems to be met with high volume, and it can present a significant problem where it pops up.		Even House [[Helmawr]], rulers of Hive Primus and the very world itself, are rumored to have a hand in the trade; some go so far as to say the trade may be essential to maintaining their stranglehold on power. Regardless, both on-planet and in the rest of Imperial space, the stuff is in high demand which seems to be met with high volume, and it can present a significant problem where it pops up.
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	Spook abusers may be found in all strata of [[Necromunda\|Necromundan]] society, as it offers an escape from a [[Grimdark\|bleak reality]], if only for a little while (2-4 hours according to most fluff. It doesn't seem to leave the user with an immediate craving for more of the horrible stuff like, say, crack, nor to lead to actual withdrawal symptoms as such like heroin—which has a direct 40K equivalent, [[drugs#Obscura\|obscura]]—''but'', most likely, the spook comedown leads to that the-world-is-hollow-and-I-have-touched-the-sky feeling that leads modern day bourgeois college students to stop combing their hair and going to class and start hanging out in dark corners of concert venue parking lots after going to a music festival or two during summer break. Problem is, 40k being 40k, it's more [[Noise Marines\|Marius Vairosean]] and less Jerry Garcia.)		Spook abusers may be found in all strata of [[Necromunda\|Necromundan]] society, as it offers an escape from a [[Grimdark\|bleak reality]], if only for a little while (2-4 hours according to most fluff. It doesn't seem to leave the user with an immediate craving for more of the horrible stuff like, say, crack, nor to lead to actual withdrawal symptoms as such like heroin—which has a direct 40K equivalent, [[drugs#Obscura\|obscura]]—''but'', most likely, the spook comedown leads to that the-world-is-hollow-and-I-have-touched-the-sky feeling that leads modern day bourgeois college students to stop combing their hair and going to class and start hanging out in dark corners of concert venue parking lots after going to a music festival or two during summer break. Problem is, 40k being 40k, it's more [[Noise Marines\|Marius Vairosean]] and less Jerry Garcia.)

	One assumes the quality of the spook involved varies from uphive to downhive. Whether this alters the risks of becoming daemon ~~chown~~, something "[[chaos spawn\|spooky]]" or [[possessed\|playing host]] to a Warp being who lets you explore your [[Chaos\|newfound powers]] before raping your soul to death is unclear, but <s>it probably does</s>who am I kidding Chaos is probably just a bit more clever when it winnows its way into a more useful vessel...and even [[Slaanesh]] can be subtle in these ways, just like their IRL equivalent, hippies—you'll go to a concert, just to check out the music, God knows slonking <s>marijuana</s>gangweed's pretty socially acceptable, and some (mostly 60s relics and the kind of professors that sleep with their students) pseudo-intellectual types like to talk about tripping to expand your mind, so, yeah, get together and put on a record of the <s>Maharashi</s>''Maraviglia'' and tune in, turn on, drop out!		One assumes the quality of the spook involved varies from uphive to downhive. Whether this alters the risks of becoming daemon chow, something "[[chaos spawn\|spooky]]" or [[possessed\|playing host]] to a Warp being who lets you explore your [[Chaos\|newfound powers]] before raping your soul to death is unclear, but <s>it probably does</s>who am I kidding Chaos is probably just a bit more clever when it winnows its way into a more useful vessel... and even [[Slaanesh]] can be subtle in these ways, just like their IRL equivalent, hippies—you'll go to a concert, just to check out the music, God knows slonking <s>marijuana</s>gangweed's pretty socially acceptable, and some (mostly 60s relics and the kind of professors that sleep with their students) pseudo-intellectual types like to talk about tripping to expand your mind, so, yeah, get together and put on a record of the <s>Maharashi</s>''Maraviglia'' and tune in, turn on, drop out!

	===So, who takes this horrible stuff?===		===So, who takes this horrible stuff?===
	* Various cults, not just Slaaneshi hedonists, but Tzeentch-worshipping sorcerers looking for a power boost, too, and your general [[Chaos Undivided\|capital-C Chaos freaks]], for the connection to the warp and all. It doesn't seem like the kind of thing for [[Khorne]] (who's too straightforward for trippy shit, plus there's some shit literally named Slaught and too many combat stimms to name ... Spook isn't a [[RIP AND TEAR]] drug in any sense other than what it's doing to your consciousness, and, well, don't get too far out their, maaaaaan) [[Nurgle]] either...too apathetic, he's probably more of a gladstone and obscura type guy.		* Various cults, not just Slaaneshi hedonists, but Tzeentch-worshipping sorcerers looking for a power boost, too, and your general [[Chaos Undivided\|capital-C Chaos freaks]], for the connection to the warp and all. It doesn't seem like the kind of thing for [[Khorne]] (who's too straightforward for trippy shit, plus there's some shit literally named Slaught and too many combat stimms to name ... Spook isn't a [[RIP AND TEAR]] drug in any sense other than what it's doing to your consciousness, and, well, don't get too far out their, maaaaaan) [[Nurgle]] either...too apathetic, he's probably more of a gladstone and obscura type guy.

	* Guardsmen aplenty, it seems, to [[Blam\|expected results]]. One would think that only war in the grim darkness of the far future would be a pretty bad "set and setting" as the nice couple over at Erowid would put it, but remind yourself that taking acid was a big thing in '[[Catachan Jungle Fighters\|Nam]]', and that the Imperial Guard actually has a fair bit of downtime when not getting krumped/nommed/shooteyed/whatever...Abnett goes into a decent bit about the black market in war zones and in transit for the IG in his ''Gaunt's Ghosts'' books, it's easy to imagine spook on offer there (although he doesn't mention it—Necromunda ''is'' on the other side of the galaxy though.) Speaking of transit, needless to say, use during warp travel is likely to have [[Anal circumference\|unforeseen consequences]], even ''with'' the Gellar field on.		* Guardsmen aplenty, it seems, to [[Blam\|expected results]]. One would think that only war in the grim darkness of the far future would be a pretty bad "set and setting" as the nice couple over at Erowid would put it, but remind yourself that taking acid was a big thing in '[[Catachan Jungle Fighters\|Nam]]', and that the Imperial Guard actually has a fair bit of downtime when not getting krumped/nommed/shooteyed/whatever... Abnett goes into a decent bit about the black market in war zones and in transit for the IG in his ''Gaunt's Ghosts'' books, it's easy to imagine spook on offer there (although he doesn't mention it—Necromunda ''is'' on the other side of the galaxy though.) Speaking of transit, needless to say, use during warp travel is likely to have [[Anal circumference\|unforeseen consequences]], even ''with'' the Gellar field on.

	===/tg/-notable Spook enthusiasts===		===/tg/-notable Spook enthusiasts===

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	Spook abusers may be found in all strata of [[Necromunda\|Necromundan]] society, as it offers an escape from a [[Grimdark\|bleak reality]], if only for a little while (2-4 hours according to most fluff. It doesn't seem to leave the user with an immediate craving for more of the horrible stuff like, say, crack, nor to lead to actual withdrawal symptoms as such like heroin—which has a direct 40K equivalent, [[drugs#Obscura\|obscura]]—''but'', most likely, the spook comedown leads to that the-world-is-hollow-and-I-have-touched-the-sky feeling that leads modern day bourgeois college students to stop combing their hair		Spook abusers may be found in all strata of [[Necromunda\|Necromundan]] society, as it offers an escape from a [[Grimdark\|bleak reality]], if only for a little while (2-4 hours according to most fluff. It doesn't seem to leave the user with an immediate craving for more of the horrible stuff like, say, crack, nor to lead to actual withdrawal symptoms as such like heroin—which has a direct 40K equivalent, [[drugs#Obscura\|obscura]]—''but'', most likely, the spook comedown leads to that the-world-is-hollow-and-I-have-touched-the-sky feeling that leads modern day bourgeois college students to stop combing their hair
	and going to class and start hanging out in dark corners of concert venue parking lots after going to a music festival or two during summer break. Problem being, 40k being 40k, it's more [[Marius Vairosean]] and less Jerry Garcia.)		and going to class and start hanging out in dark corners of concert venue parking lots after going to a music festival or two during summer break. Problem being, 40k being 40k, it's more [[Noise Marines\|Marius Vairosean]] and less Jerry Garcia.)

	One assumes the quality of the spook involved varies from uphive to downhive. Whether this alters the risks of becoming daemon chown, something "[[chaos spawn\|spooky]]" or [[possessed\|playing host]] to a Warp being who lets you explore your [[Chaos\|newfound powers]] before raping your soul to death is unclear, but <s>it probably does</s>who am I kidding Chaos is probably just a bit more clever when it winnows its way into a more useful vessel...and even [[Slaanesh]] can be subtle in these ways, just like their IRL equivalent, hippies—you'll go to a concert, just to check out the music, God knows slonking <s>marijuana</s>gangweed's pretty socially acceptable, and some (mostly 60s relics and the kind of professors that sleep with their students) pseudo-intellectual types like to talk about tripping to expand your mind, so, yeah, get together and put on a record of the <s>Maharashi</s>''Maraviglia'' and tune in, turn on, drop out!		One assumes the quality of the spook involved varies from uphive to downhive. Whether this alters the risks of becoming daemon chown, something "[[chaos spawn\|spooky]]" or [[possessed\|playing host]] to a Warp being who lets you explore your [[Chaos\|newfound powers]] before raping your soul to death is unclear, but <s>it probably does</s>who am I kidding Chaos is probably just a bit more clever when it winnows its way into a more useful vessel...and even [[Slaanesh]] can be subtle in these ways, just like their IRL equivalent, hippies—you'll go to a concert, just to check out the music, God knows slonking <s>marijuana</s>gangweed's pretty socially acceptable, and some (mostly 60s relics and the kind of professors that sleep with their students) pseudo-intellectual types like to talk about tripping to expand your mind, so, yeah, get together and put on a record of the <s>Maharashi</s>''Maraviglia'' and tune in, turn on, drop out!

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	and going to class and start hanging out in dark corners of concert venue parking lots after going to a music festival or two during summer break. Problem being, 40k being 40k, it's more [[Marius Vairosean]] and less Jerry Garcia.)		and going to class and start hanging out in dark corners of concert venue parking lots after going to a music festival or two during summer break. Problem being, 40k being 40k, it's more [[Marius Vairosean]] and less Jerry Garcia.)

	One assumes the quality of the spook involved varies from uphive to downhive. Whether this alters the risks of becoming daemon chown, something "[[chaos spawn\|spooky]]" or [[possessed\|playing host]] to a Warp being who lets you explore your [[Chaos\|newfound powers]] before raping your soul to death is unclear, but <s>it probably does</s>who am I kidding Chaos is probably just a bit more clever when it winnows its way into a more useful vessel...and even [[Slaanesh~~\|that creepy tranny God~~]] can be subtle in these ways, just like ~~he/her/it's~~ IRL equivalent, hippies—you'll go to a concert, just to check out the music, God knows slonking <s>marijuana</s>gangweed's pretty socially acceptable, and some (mostly 60s relics and the kind of professors that sleep with their students) pseudo-intellectual types like to talk about tripping to expand your mind, so, yeah, get together and put on a record of the <s>Maharashi</s>''Maraviglia'' and tune in, turn on, drop out!		One assumes the quality of the spook involved varies from uphive to downhive. Whether this alters the risks of becoming daemon chown, something "[[chaos spawn\|spooky]]" or [[possessed\|playing host]] to a Warp being who lets you explore your [[Chaos\|newfound powers]] before raping your soul to death is unclear, but <s>it probably does</s>who am I kidding Chaos is probably just a bit more clever when it winnows its way into a more useful vessel...and even [[Slaanesh]] can be subtle in these ways, just like their IRL equivalent, hippies—you'll go to a concert, just to check out the music, God knows slonking <s>marijuana</s>gangweed's pretty socially acceptable, and some (mostly 60s relics and the kind of professors that sleep with their students) pseudo-intellectual types like to talk about tripping to expand your mind, so, yeah, get together and put on a record of the <s>Maharashi</s>''Maraviglia'' and tune in, turn on, drop out!

	===So, who takes this horrible stuff?===		===So, who takes this horrible stuff?===

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	and going to class and start hanging out in dark corners of concert venue parking lots after going to a music festival or two during summer break. Problem being, 40k being 40k, it's more [[Marius Vairosean]] and less Jerry Garcia.)		and going to class and start hanging out in dark corners of concert venue parking lots after going to a music festival or two during summer break. Problem being, 40k being 40k, it's more [[Marius Vairosean]] and less Jerry Garcia.)

	One assumes the quality of the spook involved varies from uphive to downhive. Whether this alters the risks of becoming daemon chown, something "[[chaos spawn\|spooky]]" or [[possessed\|playing host]] to a Warp being who lets you explore your [[Chaos\|newfound powers]] before raping your soul to death is unclear, but <s>it probably does</s>who am I kidding Chaos is probably just a bit more clever when it winnows its way into a more useful vessel...and even [[Slaanesh\|that creepy tranny God]] can be subtle in these ways, just like he/her/it's IRL equivalent, hippies—you'll go to a concert, just to check out the music, God knows ~~sloaking~~ <s>marijuana</s>gangweed's pretty socially acceptable, and some (mostly 60s relics and the kind of professors that sleep with their students) pseudo-intellectual types like to talk about tripping to expand your mind, so, yeah, get together and put on a record of the <s>Maharashi</s>''Maraviglia'' and tune in, turn on, drop out!		One assumes the quality of the spook involved varies from uphive to downhive. Whether this alters the risks of becoming daemon chown, something "[[chaos spawn\|spooky]]" or [[possessed\|playing host]] to a Warp being who lets you explore your [[Chaos\|newfound powers]] before raping your soul to death is unclear, but <s>it probably does</s>who am I kidding Chaos is probably just a bit more clever when it winnows its way into a more useful vessel...and even [[Slaanesh\|that creepy tranny God]] can be subtle in these ways, just like he/her/it's IRL equivalent, hippies—you'll go to a concert, just to check out the music, God knows slonking <s>marijuana</s>gangweed's pretty socially acceptable, and some (mostly 60s relics and the kind of professors that sleep with their students) pseudo-intellectual types like to talk about tripping to expand your mind, so, yeah, get together and put on a record of the <s>Maharashi</s>''Maraviglia'' and tune in, turn on, drop out!

	===So, who takes this horrible stuff?===		===So, who takes this horrible stuff?===
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	[[File:SpookIRL.jpg\|250px\|thumb\|right\|Common storage device for Spook on Terra, ca. 980.M2 to early M3.]] Spook is generally imagined as a sort of warp infused super-LSD or 'shrooms (which have IRL connection to plants and fungi) or perhaps Ayahuasca or it's derivative [https://erowid.org/experiences/subs/exp_DMT.shtml\| DMT] (which, even more than the other two, can make you feel as if you have [[warp]] [[Psyker\|powers]].) All three can lead you to act [[Chaos\|batshit insane]] on occasion both acutely and chronically. Being distributed by chaos cults is pretty true to real life, except for instead of doing strange Lovecraftian rituals in dark places they typically found dancing to [[Noise Marines\|strange music]] outdoors. Slaanesh would probably still approve though. There are really stories of [[Board-tans/x\|very weird stuff happening]] when people get into situations with occult shit going on and using these drugs, particularly off in the woods at hardcore hippie festivals or even in the jungles of Peru. This is actually not at all a joke or something to be taken light-heartedly; although somewhat less grimdark than in 40K, our version of spook can cause real psychological and spiritual problems. Some people actually believe that they are in contact with something not unlike the [[warp]], but usually less grimdark, until it isn't. Their usual destination is wandering around from festival to festival begging for a swill of your beer, or the mental hospital, or prison.		[[File:SpookIRL.jpg\|250px\|thumb\|right\|Common storage device for Spook on Terra, ca. 980.M2 to early M3.]] Spook is generally imagined as a sort of warp infused super-LSD or 'shrooms (which have IRL connection to plants and fungi) or perhaps Ayahuasca or it's derivative [https://erowid.org/experiences/subs/exp_DMT.shtml\| DMT] (which, even more than the other two, can make you feel as if you have [[warp]] [[Psyker\|powers]].) All three can lead you to act [[Chaos\|batshit insane]] on occasion both acutely and chronically. Being distributed by chaos cults is pretty true to real life, except for instead of doing strange Lovecraftian rituals in dark places they typically found dancing to [[Noise Marines\|strange music]] outdoors. Slaanesh would probably still approve though. There are really stories of [[Board-tans/x\|very weird stuff happening]] when people get into situations with occult shit going on and using these drugs, particularly off in the woods at hardcore hippie festivals or even in the jungles of Peru. This is actually not at all a joke or something to be taken light-heartedly; although somewhat less grimdark than in 40K, our version of spook can cause real psychological and spiritual problems. Some people actually believe that they are in contact with something not unlike the [[warp]], but usually less grimdark, until it isn't. Their usual destination is wandering around from festival to festival begging for a swill of your beer, or the mental hospital, or prison.

	More reasonable amounts of and approaches to these of these kinds of drugs in real life is probably more common amongst fa/tg/uys than the general population, as among creative types in general, but is not generally considered a topic for general polite discussion in /tg/-related circles. In the 80's D&D moral panic era there was definitely an association between D&D and drug use (especially <s>~~grinweed~~</s>marijuana.)		More reasonable amounts of and approaches to these of these kinds of drugs in real life is probably more common amongst fa/tg/uys than the general population, as among creative types in general, but is not generally considered a topic for general polite discussion in /tg/-related circles. In the 80's D&D moral panic era there was definitely an association between D&D and drug use (especially <s>gangweed</s>marijuana.)

	There is more information about this kind of stuff online than you could ever want to know, most of it overwhelmingly biased in favor of praising it's virtues and downplaying the risks. Caveat emptor.		There is more information about this kind of stuff online than you could ever want to know, most of it overwhelmingly biased in favor of praising it's virtues and downplaying the risks. Caveat emptor.

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	and going to class and start hanging out in dark corners of concert venue parking lots after going to a music festival or two during summer break. Problem being, 40k being 40k, it's more [[Marius Vairosean]] and less Jerry Garcia.)		and going to class and start hanging out in dark corners of concert venue parking lots after going to a music festival or two during summer break. Problem being, 40k being 40k, it's more [[Marius Vairosean]] and less Jerry Garcia.)

	One assumes the quality of the spook involved varies from uphive to downhive. Whether this alters the risks of becoming daemon chown, something "[[chaos spawn\|spooky]]" or [[possessed\|playing host]] to a Warp being who lets you explore your [[Chaos\|newfound powers]] before raping your soul to death is unclear, but <s>it probably does</s>who am I kidding Chaos is probably just a bit more clever when it winnows its way into a more useful vessel...and even [[Slaanesh\|that creepy tranny God]] can be subtle in these ways, just like he/her/it's IRL equivalent, hippies—you'll go to a concert, just to check out the music, God knows <s>marijuana</s>~~grinweed~~'s pretty socially acceptable, and some (mostly 60s relics and the kind of professors that sleep with their students) pseudo-intellectual types like to talk about tripping to expand your mind, so, yeah, get together and put on a record of the <s>Maharashi</s>''Maraviglia'' and tune in, turn on, drop out!		One assumes the quality of the spook involved varies from uphive to downhive. Whether this alters the risks of becoming daemon chown, something "[[chaos spawn\|spooky]]" or [[possessed\|playing host]] to a Warp being who lets you explore your [[Chaos\|newfound powers]] before raping your soul to death is unclear, but <s>it probably does</s>who am I kidding Chaos is probably just a bit more clever when it winnows its way into a more useful vessel...and even [[Slaanesh\|that creepy tranny God]] can be subtle in these ways, just like he/her/it's IRL equivalent, hippies—you'll go to a concert, just to check out the music, God knows sloaking <s>marijuana</s>gangweed's pretty socially acceptable, and some (mostly 60s relics and the kind of professors that sleep with their students) pseudo-intellectual types like to talk about tripping to expand your mind, so, yeah, get together and put on a record of the <s>Maharashi</s>''Maraviglia'' and tune in, turn on, drop out!

	===So, who takes this horrible stuff?===		===So, who takes this horrible stuff?===

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	===Spook IRL===		===Spook IRL===
	[[File:SpookIRL.jpg\|250px\|thumb\|right\|Common storage device for Spook on Terra, ca. 980.M2 to early M3.]] Spook is generally imagined as a sort of warp infused super-LSD or 'shrooms (which have IRL connection to plants and fungi) or perhaps Ayahuasca or it's derivative DMT (which, even more than the other two, can make you feel as if you have [[warp]] [[Psyker\|powers]].) All three can lead you to act [[Chaos\|batshit insane]] on occasion both acutely and chronically. Being distributed by chaos cults is pretty true to real life, except for instead of doing strange Lovecraftian rituals in dark places they typically found dancing to [[Noise Marines\|strange music]] outdoors. Slaanesh would probably still approve though. There are really stories of [[Board-tans/x\|very weird stuff happening]] when people get into situations with occult shit going on and using these drugs, particularly off in the woods at hardcore hippie festivals or even in the jungles of Peru. This is actually not at all a joke or something to be taken light-heartedly; although somewhat less grimdark than in 40K, our version of spook can cause real psychological and spiritual problems. Some people actually believe that they are in contact with something not unlike the [[warp]], but usually less grimdark, until it isn't. Their usual destination is wandering around from festival to festival begging for a swill of your beer, or the mental hospital, or prison.		[[File:SpookIRL.jpg\|250px\|thumb\|right\|Common storage device for Spook on Terra, ca. 980.M2 to early M3.]] Spook is generally imagined as a sort of warp infused super-LSD or 'shrooms (which have IRL connection to plants and fungi) or perhaps Ayahuasca or it's derivative [https://erowid.org/experiences/subs/exp_DMT.shtml\| DMT] (which, even more than the other two, can make you feel as if you have [[warp]] [[Psyker\|powers]].) All three can lead you to act [[Chaos\|batshit insane]] on occasion both acutely and chronically. Being distributed by chaos cults is pretty true to real life, except for instead of doing strange Lovecraftian rituals in dark places they typically found dancing to [[Noise Marines\|strange music]] outdoors. Slaanesh would probably still approve though. There are really stories of [[Board-tans/x\|very weird stuff happening]] when people get into situations with occult shit going on and using these drugs, particularly off in the woods at hardcore hippie festivals or even in the jungles of Peru. This is actually not at all a joke or something to be taken light-heartedly; although somewhat less grimdark than in 40K, our version of spook can cause real psychological and spiritual problems. Some people actually believe that they are in contact with something not unlike the [[warp]], but usually less grimdark, until it isn't. Their usual destination is wandering around from festival to festival begging for a swill of your beer, or the mental hospital, or prison.

	More reasonable amounts of and approaches to these of these kinds of drugs in real life is probably more common amongst fa/tg/uys than the general population, as among creative types in general, but is not generally considered a topic for general polite discussion in /tg/-related circles. In the 80's D&D moral panic era there was definitely an association between D&D and drug use (especially <s>grinweed</s>marijuana.)		More reasonable amounts of and approaches to these of these kinds of drugs in real life is probably more common amongst fa/tg/uys than the general population, as among creative types in general, but is not generally considered a topic for general polite discussion in /tg/-related circles. In the 80's D&D moral panic era there was definitely an association between D&D and drug use (especially <s>grinweed</s>marijuana.)

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	===Spook IRL===		===Spook IRL===
	[[File:SpookIRL.jpg\|250px\|thumb\|right\|Common storage device for Spook on Terra, ca. 980.M2 to early M3.]] Spook is generally imagined as a sort of warp infused super-LSD or 'shrooms (which have IRL connection to plants and fungi) or perhaps ~~DMT~~ or it's derivative ~~Ayahuasca~~ (which, even more than the other two, can make you feel as if you have [[warp]] [[Psyker\|powers]].) All three can lead you to act [[Chaos\|batshit insane]] on occasion both acutely and chronically. Being distributed by chaos cults is pretty true to real life, except for instead of doing strange Lovecraftian rituals in dark places they typically found dancing to [[Noise Marines\|strange music]] outdoors. Slaanesh would probably still approve though. There are really stories of [[Board-tans/x\|very weird stuff happening]] when people get into situations with occult shit going on and using these drugs, particularly off in the woods at hardcore hippie festivals or even in the jungles of Peru. This is actually not at all a joke or something to be taken light-heartedly; although somewhat less grimdark than in 40K, our version of spook can cause real psychological and spiritual problems. Some people actually believe that they are in contact with something not unlike the [[warp]], but usually less grimdark, until it isn't. Their usual destination is wandering around from festival to festival begging for a swill of your beer, or the mental hospital, or prison.		[[File:SpookIRL.jpg\|250px\|thumb\|right\|Common storage device for Spook on Terra, ca. 980.M2 to early M3.]] Spook is generally imagined as a sort of warp infused super-LSD or 'shrooms (which have IRL connection to plants and fungi) or perhaps Ayahuasca or it's derivative DMT (which, even more than the other two, can make you feel as if you have [[warp]] [[Psyker\|powers]].) All three can lead you to act [[Chaos\|batshit insane]] on occasion both acutely and chronically. Being distributed by chaos cults is pretty true to real life, except for instead of doing strange Lovecraftian rituals in dark places they typically found dancing to [[Noise Marines\|strange music]] outdoors. Slaanesh would probably still approve though. There are really stories of [[Board-tans/x\|very weird stuff happening]] when people get into situations with occult shit going on and using these drugs, particularly off in the woods at hardcore hippie festivals or even in the jungles of Peru. This is actually not at all a joke or something to be taken light-heartedly; although somewhat less grimdark than in 40K, our version of spook can cause real psychological and spiritual problems. Some people actually believe that they are in contact with something not unlike the [[warp]], but usually less grimdark, until it isn't. Their usual destination is wandering around from festival to festival begging for a swill of your beer, or the mental hospital, or prison.

	More reasonable amounts of and approaches to these of these kinds of drugs in real life is probably more common amongst fa/tg/uys than the general population, as among creative types in general, but is not generally considered a topic for general polite discussion in /tg/-related circles. In the 80's D&D moral panic era there was definitely an association between D&D and drug use (especially <s>grinweed</s>marijuana.)		More reasonable amounts of and approaches to these of these kinds of drugs in real life is probably more common amongst fa/tg/uys than the general population, as among creative types in general, but is not generally considered a topic for general polite discussion in /tg/-related circles. In the 80's D&D moral panic era there was definitely an association between D&D and drug use (especially <s>grinweed</s>marijuana.)

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	[[File:Typical_spook_user.jpg\|550px\|thumb\|right\|Typical consequences of moderate spook abuse. Background: Preparations for a ceremony by a suspected Slaaneshi coven. Not pictured: Slaanesh preparing to dine on the young man's soul.]]		[[File:Typical_spook_user.jpg\|550px\|thumb\|right\|Typical consequences of moderate spook abuse. Background: Preparations for a ceremony by a suspected Slaaneshi coven. Not pictured: Slaanesh preparing to dine on the young man's soul.]]
	{{Topquote\|Spook for the spook God!\|Probably [http://www.dead.net/fanphotos/fast-eddie this motherfucker], associate of an [https://www.dead.net/ infamous Slaaneshi] <s>war</s>[[Noise Marines\|band]] but also alleged [https://www.dea.gov/ inquisitorial] field agent.}}		{{Topquote\|Spook for the spook God!\|Probably [http://www.dead.net/fanphotos/fast-eddie this motherfucker], associate of an [https://www.dead.net/ infamous Slaaneshi] <s>war</s>[[Noise Marines\|band]] but also alleged [https://www.dea.gov/ inquisitorial] field agent.}}
	'''Spook''' is a highly illegal warp-infused psychoactive [[drug]] in the Warhammer 40k universe, in most fluff originating in [[Necromunda]], the exact type of substance it is derived from being inconsistent, perhaps because [[House Orlock\|Orlock]] doesn't want you to know—ranging from [[Nurgle\|decayed corpse starch]] to [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psilocybe_cubensis a fungus] growing, both found deep in the Underhive. The different sources agree on ~~it's~~ ultimate origin being something that harvested (and thus a resource connected to territory controlled by gangs) rather than made from scratch or synthesized, though, meaning limited supply and big demand meaning good money for the organizations supplying it. [[House Orlock]] is mentioned as controlling a lot of the trade but there are hints that there is a sort of spook cartel that goes all the way up to the upper hive spires.		'''Spook''' is a highly illegal warp-infused psychoactive [[drug]] in the Warhammer 40k universe, in most fluff originating in [[Necromunda]], the exact type of substance it is derived from being inconsistent, perhaps because [[House Orlock\|Orlock]] doesn't want you to know—ranging from [[Nurgle\|decayed corpse starch]] to [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psilocybe_cubensis a fungus] growing, both found deep in the Underhive. The different sources agree on its ultimate origin being something that harvested (and thus a resource connected to territory controlled by gangs) rather than made from scratch or synthesized, though, meaning limited supply and big demand meaning good money for the organizations supplying it. [[House Orlock]] is mentioned as controlling a lot of the trade but there are hints that there is a sort of spook cartel that goes all the way up to the upper hive spires.

	Spook is often but not always described as addictive, and is as you might expect dangerous due to ~~it's~~ connection with the [[warp\|~~sea~~ of ~~souls~~]] and with [[~~chaos~~]]. It can do anything from [[Psyker\|heighten psych]]<s>edel</s>[[Psyker\|ic abilities]] to [[Chaos Spawn\|turn one into a flibertigibbet-thingamajig]]. It is nonetheless popular, however, both as a recreational drug and a tool for upping a wyrd's [[Meme\|powerlevel]]—it can give a boost to unsanctioned psykers but at the cost of increased chance of [[Chaos Spawn\|things]] going very [[Not as Planned\|wrong]]. [[Anal circumference\|Very, very wrong]]. It's also a lucrative smuggled good, and the business apparently going from very low to very high on the Necromundan socioeconomic totem pole.		Spook is often but not always described as addictive, and is as you might expect dangerous due to its connection with the [[warp\|Sea of Souls]] and with [[Chaos]]. It can do anything from [[Psyker\|heighten psych]]<s>edel</s>[[Psyker\|ic abilities]] to [[Chaos Spawn\|turn one into a flibertigibbet-thingamajig]]. It is nonetheless popular, however, both as a recreational drug and a tool for upping a wyrd's [[Meme\|powerlevel]]—it can give a boost to unsanctioned psykers but at the cost of increased chance of [[Chaos Spawn\|things]] going very [[Not as Planned\|wrong]]. [[Anal circumference\|Very, very wrong]]. It's also a lucrative smuggled good, and the business apparently going from very low to very high on the Necromundan socioeconomic totem pole.

	Depending on which source you're reading it is found as a "speck," fungus, lichen, or powder, harvested somehow, and generally described (when it is described at all) as a liquid.		Depending on which source you're reading it is found as a "speck," fungus, lichen, or powder, harvested somehow, and generally described (when it is described at all) as a liquid.

	Low doses give users a feeling of ''connection to the [[Warp\|universe]], maaaan''. Higher more dangerous doses~~, which~~ do much the same, only more so, and are likely to attract the attention of [[daemons\|others]]~~, are also~~ sometimes ~~used~~ by rogue psykers going into battle or as a part of cult rituals or generally in search [[Anal circumference\|deeper]] [[rape\|embrace]] with [[warp]]ish and [[chaos\|chaotic]] [[daemons\|things]]. Navigators have been known to use ~~them~~ for both divination and recreation. This, as mentioned before, might reasonably be expected to go [[FAIL\|poorly]].		Low doses give users a feeling of ''connection to the [[Warp\|universe]], maaaan''. Higher, more dangerous doses do much the same only more so, and are likely to attract the attention of [[daemons\|others]]. The risk is sometimes taken by rogue psykers going into battle or as a part of cult rituals or generally in search of a [[Anal circumference\|deeper]] [[rape\|embrace]] with [[warp]]ish and [[chaos\|chaotic]] [[daemons\|things]]. Navigators have been known to use it for both divination and recreation. This, as mentioned before, might reasonably be expected to go [[FAIL\|poorly]].

	It seems that, while open usage might very well get the [[Inquisition]] involved given the risks, every strata of Necromundan society is permeated with the stuff. Lowly scavvies find it in the wild, underhive gangs (particularly those associated with the Orlocks, apparently) cultivate it on an organized basis, crime syndicates distribute it and ship it off world, [[Slaanesh\|hedonistic]] and indolent uphivers enjoy ~~it's~~ dubious pleasures, Chaos cults promote and practice ~~it's~~ use, ordinary Joes seek some distraction from 20 hour workdays and constant violence, and so on down the line.		It seems that while open usage might very well get the [[Inquisition]] involved given the risks, every strata of Necromundan society is permeated with the stuff. Lowly scavvies find it in the wild, underhive gangs (particularly those associated with the Orlocks, apparently) cultivate it on an organized basis, crime syndicates distribute it and ship it off world, [[Slaanesh\|hedonistic]] and indolent uphivers enjoy its dubious pleasures, Chaos cults promote and practice its use, ordinary Joes seek some distraction from 20 hour workdays and constant violence, and so on down the line.

	Even House [[Helmawr]], rulers of Hive Primus and the very world itself, are rumored to have a hand in the trade; some go so far as to say the trade may be essential to maintaining their stranglehold on power. Regardless, both on-planet and in the rest of Imperial space, the stuff is in high demand which seems to be met with high volume, and it can present a significant problem where it pops up.		Even House [[Helmawr]], rulers of Hive Primus and the very world itself, are rumored to have a hand in the trade; some go so far as to say the trade may be essential to maintaining their stranglehold on power. Regardless, both on-planet and in the rest of Imperial space, the stuff is in high demand which seems to be met with high volume, and it can present a significant problem where it pops up.

	==Users==		==Users==
	Spook apparently is native to [[Necromunda]] but is said to be exported and available throughout the Imperium but ~~it's~~ prevalence very likely varies depending on place and time. This necessarily implies that the amount available on Necromunda is huge, or that it is not, in fact, unique to Necromunda. If the sources which connect it with dead bodies are true, this not only provides a suitably [[Grimdark]] explanation for ~~it's~~ fairly easy availability—one reminiscent of Hunter S. Thompson's totally fictional accounts of abusing "adrenochrome" (a real substance, but without any psychoactive activity, but which Thompson alleges he abused as a drug that was obtained from someone somewhere down the line who extracted it from a corpse)—but would explain ~~it's~~ connection with the Warp: the Warp being the raw stuff of souls and all, it is not unreasonable to imagine that distilled essences of [[zombie\|brains]] and suchlike might carry a bit (think of some of the less pleasant superpowers of the Space Marines.) Leads one to ponder if spook is derived from the brain, and what would happen if the guy you hit up for your spook fix had just pulped some α+ psyker tier cortex. Nothing good, probably, but you might at least get an interesting light show on the way out.		Spook apparently is native to [[Necromunda]] but is said to be exported and available throughout the Imperium but its prevalence very likely varies depending on place and time. This necessarily implies that the amount available on Necromunda is huge, or that it is not, in fact, unique to Necromunda. If the sources which connect it with dead bodies are true, this not only provides a suitably [[Grimdark]] explanation for its fairly easy availability—one reminiscent of Hunter S. Thompson's totally fictional accounts of abusing "adrenochrome" (a real substance, but without any psychoactive activity, but which Thompson alleges he abused as a drug that was obtained from someone somewhere down the line who extracted it from a corpse)—but would explain its connection with the Warp: the Warp being the raw stuff of souls and all, it is not unreasonable to imagine that distilled essences of [[zombie\|brains]] and suchlike might carry a bit (think of some of the less pleasant superpowers of the Space Marines.) Leads one to ponder if spook is derived from the brain, and what would happen if the guy you hit up for your spook fix had just pulped some α+ psyker tier cortex. Nothing good, probably, but you might at least get an interesting light show on the way out.

	Spook abusers may be found in all strata of [[Necromunda\|Necromundan]] society, as it offers an escape from a [[Grimdark\|bleak reality]], if only for a little while (2-4 hours according to most fluff. It doesn't seem to leave the user with an immediate craving for more of the horrible stuff like, say, crack, nor to lead to actual withdrawal symptoms as such like heroin—which has a direct 40K equivalent, [[drugs#Obscura\|obscura]]—''but'', most likely, the spook comedown leads to that the-world-is-hollow-and-I-have-touched-the-sky feeling that leads modern day bourgeois college students to stop combing their hair		Spook abusers may be found in all strata of [[Necromunda\|Necromundan]] society, as it offers an escape from a [[Grimdark\|bleak reality]], if only for a little while (2-4 hours according to most fluff. It doesn't seem to leave the user with an immediate craving for more of the horrible stuff like, say, crack, nor to lead to actual withdrawal symptoms as such like heroin—which has a direct 40K equivalent, [[drugs#Obscura\|obscura]]—''but'', most likely, the spook comedown leads to that the-world-is-hollow-and-I-have-touched-the-sky feeling that leads modern day bourgeois college students to stop combing their hair and going to class and start hanging out in dark corners of concert venue parking lots after going to a music festival or two during summer break. Problem is, 40k being 40k, it's more [[Noise Marines\|Marius Vairosean]] and less Jerry Garcia.)
	and going to class and start hanging out in dark corners of concert venue parking lots after going to a music festival or two during summer break. Problem ~~being~~, 40k being 40k, it's more [[Noise Marines\|Marius Vairosean]] and less Jerry Garcia.)

	One assumes the quality of the spook involved varies from uphive to downhive. Whether this alters the risks of becoming daemon chown, something "[[chaos spawn\|spooky]]" or [[possessed\|playing host]] to a Warp being who lets you explore your [[Chaos\|newfound powers]] before raping your soul to death is unclear, but <s>it probably does</s>who am I kidding Chaos is probably just a bit more clever when it winnows its way into a more useful vessel...and even [[Slaanesh]] can be subtle in these ways, just like their IRL equivalent, hippies—you'll go to a concert, just to check out the music, God knows slonking <s>marijuana</s>gangweed's pretty socially acceptable, and some (mostly 60s relics and the kind of professors that sleep with their students) pseudo-intellectual types like to talk about tripping to expand your mind, so, yeah, get together and put on a record of the <s>Maharashi</s>''Maraviglia'' and tune in, turn on, drop out!		One assumes the quality of the spook involved varies from uphive to downhive. Whether this alters the risks of becoming daemon chown, something "[[chaos spawn\|spooky]]" or [[possessed\|playing host]] to a Warp being who lets you explore your [[Chaos\|newfound powers]] before raping your soul to death is unclear, but <s>it probably does</s>who am I kidding Chaos is probably just a bit more clever when it winnows its way into a more useful vessel...and even [[Slaanesh]] can be subtle in these ways, just like their IRL equivalent, hippies—you'll go to a concert, just to check out the music, God knows slonking <s>marijuana</s>gangweed's pretty socially acceptable, and some (mostly 60s relics and the kind of professors that sleep with their students) pseudo-intellectual types like to talk about tripping to expand your mind, so, yeah, get together and put on a record of the <s>Maharashi</s>''Maraviglia'' and tune in, turn on, drop out!
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	===Spook IRL===		===Spook IRL===
	[[File:SpookIRL.jpg\|250px\|thumb\|right\|Common storage device for Spook on Terra, ca. 980.M2 to early M3.]] Spook is generally imagined as a sort of warp infused super-LSD or 'shrooms (which have IRL connection to plants and fungi) or perhaps Ayahuasca or ~~it's~~ derivative [https://erowid.org/experiences/subs/exp_DMT.shtml\| DMT] (which, even more than the other two, can make you feel as if you have [[warp]] [[Psyker\|powers]].) All three can lead you to act [[Chaos\|batshit insane]] on occasion both acutely and chronically. Being distributed by chaos cults is pretty true to real life, except for instead of doing strange Lovecraftian rituals in dark places they typically found dancing to [[Noise Marines\|strange music]] outdoors. Slaanesh would probably still approve though. There are really stories of [[Board-tans/x\|very weird stuff happening]] when people get into situations with occult shit going on and using these drugs, particularly off in the woods at hardcore hippie festivals or even in the jungles of Peru. This is actually not at all a joke or something to be taken light-heartedly; although somewhat less grimdark than in 40K, our version of spook can cause real psychological and spiritual problems. Some people actually believe that they are in contact with something not unlike the [[warp]], but usually less grimdark, until it isn't. Their usual destination is wandering around from festival to festival begging for a swill of your beer, or the mental hospital, or prison.		[[File:SpookIRL.jpg\|250px\|thumb\|right\|Common storage device for Spook on Terra, ca. 980.M2 to early M3.]] Spook is generally imagined as a sort of warp infused super-LSD or 'shrooms (which have IRL connection to plants and fungi) or perhaps Ayahuasca or its derivative [https://erowid.org/experiences/subs/exp_DMT.shtml\| DMT] (which, even more than the other two, can make you feel as if you have [[warp]] [[Psyker\|powers]].) All three can lead you to act [[Chaos\|batshit insane]] on occasion both acutely and chronically. Being distributed by chaos cults is pretty true to real life, except for instead of doing strange Lovecraftian rituals in dark places they typically found dancing to [[Noise Marines\|strange music]] outdoors. Slaanesh would probably still approve though. There are really stories of [[Board-tans/x\|very weird stuff happening]] when people get into situations with occult shit going on and using these drugs, particularly off in the woods at hardcore hippie festivals or even in the jungles of Peru. This is actually not at all a joke or something to be taken light-heartedly; although somewhat less grimdark than in 40K, our version of spook can cause real psychological and spiritual problems. Some people actually believe that they are in contact with something not unlike the [[warp]], but usually less grimdark, until it isn't. Their usual destination is wandering around from festival to festival begging for a swill of your beer, or the mental hospital, or prison.

	More reasonable amounts of and approaches to these of these kinds of drugs in real life is probably more common amongst fa/tg/uys than the general population, as among creative types in general, but is not generally considered a topic for general polite discussion in /tg/-related circles. In the 80's D&D moral panic era there was definitely an association between D&D and drug use (especially <s>gangweed</s>marijuana.)		More reasonable amounts of and approaches to these of these kinds of drugs in real life is probably more common amongst fa/tg/uys than the general population, as among creative types in general, but is not generally considered a topic for general polite discussion in /tg/-related circles. In the 80's D&D moral panic era there was definitely an association between D&D and drug use (especially <s>gangweed</s>marijuana.)

	There is more information about this kind of stuff online than you could ever want to know, most of it overwhelmingly biased in favor of praising ~~it's~~ virtues and downplaying the risks. Caveat emptor.		There is more information about this kind of stuff online than you could ever want to know, most of it overwhelmingly biased in favor of praising its virtues and downplaying the risks. Caveat emptor.

	It is also worth noting how edgy talking about drugs in a fictional sci-fi setting for a game was in 1995. None other than [[Rick Priestley]] talks about this [https://yaktribe.games/article/the_loaded_dice_table_talks.4/ here].		It is also worth noting how edgy talking about drugs in a fictional sci-fi setting for a game was in 1995. None other than [[Rick Priestley]] talks about this [https://yaktribe.games/article/the_loaded_dice_table_talks.4/ here].