Intoxication

Intoxication is one of the more unique and fun aspects of The Witcher. Basically you can get Geralt "wasted out of his gourd", either deliberately or by accident. What ensues is the fun part. You see the world as a very drunken witcher would, i.e. everything is double or triple and swimming before your eyes. In the isometric view, you get quite a funny little movie of Geralt stumbling around trying to get from one place to another, bumping into stuff and forgetting where he was going along the way.

Stuff to do while you are drunk:
 * talk to Shani ... that conversation is pretty amusing
 * talk to Triss ... less amusing, but revealing of her personality
 * stumble around and have a little fun
 * fight monsters - It's true! There are even ways to allocate talents that enhance that particular ability
 * fistfight, as with fighting monsters, fistfighting can also benefit from drunkenness given judicious allocation of talents

Fun as it is, it cannot be allowed to last for too long. It is counterproductive, after all. So there are remedies to being drunk:


 * the time-honoured sleeping it off. Depending on how drunk Geralt is, this can take several hours
 * Wives' Tears

Cheers!