[quote=Lucius Cypher]
I wouldn't quite implement game play as an accurate representation of how things would work if put into a more narrative format. If that were the case, no one would be suffering much aversive effects from skooma, at least not for more than a short period of a minute or so (If going by Oblivion) or outright beneficial with no strings attached (Like how Skooma is just a cheap energy potion in Skyrim). [b]Beggers in leyawin might not actually be buying whole bottles of skooma; it's likely either being watered down but paid for in full price, or even just given in smaller quantities. Bottles of skooma in Oblivion are compared to what's being used in Skyrim. [/b]

[s]Besides, we're not selling it to beggar's anyways. We will be, if only for that particular job, suppliers for the dealer, not the dealers themselves. Now I can't say for sure what Commander has in mind, but I'm going to take a good guess that Sharee didn't just have use take the Skooma because it seemed like the most valuable thing at the time. I'm sure she has a buyer who'd purchase it for a fair price, instead of say, just any old dealer at a dock in Blackmarsh. Who himself would likely profit larger from the sells with some trickery like spiking the Skooma or some such, but how he sells doesn't matter; only that Sharee gets the skooma to someone who won't give her a bad deal.[/s] [i]?[/i]
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[b]True, but wouldn't that mean that what I said is accurate, the bottles would be cheap if they were being distilled even further, or only sold in "sip sizes", which is likely. [/b]

[quote=EliteCommander]
The Dwemer did indeed only really settle in northern half of Tamriel. Morrowind has the most ruins, with Skyrim and Hammerfell also having some. As for the cost of skooma, though, a beggar might afford it the same way the poor in our world do. That is all they buy. Addicts tend to neglect other parts of their life just to get their next fix. It would be more expensive the farther it is from elsweyr, especially in the Empire. Moon sugar can only grow in Elsweyr. Also, Balmora Blue does contain moon sugar. In fact, it is more potent than skooma. 
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What happened there is that I must have been inspired by the name, and just used it, because I figured that drink's production was immediately haulted after the city was destroyed. Balmora was rebuilt but I don't see that sort of thing coming back in it's original form. It would be different, with a different name. I figured it was a good name because Maraijuana strains are usually called strange referential names. Though I can see how that may be confusing. I don't really know how to fix it. I think I mention it in every post :confused

As for the skooma, EC, if you want to talk about real world analogies, I already gave you one. The reason crack heads are crack heads is that they can scrap together five bucks every 6 hours or so. In the real world, addicts are addicts because the drug is easy to get, plain and simple. You are right, though, that is all they buy, aside from cheap food.