Chemists should see the effects of drugs
Like how armstechs can for gear.

I believe there are tools that enable that, with some experitmentation?

Sure, and that'd make sense for an amateur/low level chemist or if you created some kind of new drug.

But you aren't usually creating some new kind of drug, seasoned/learnt chemists would know what kind of compound they're producing and their exact effects.

I do think chemists know what kind of drugs they're producing and the affects it would have in the human body in real life. Or atleast, a proper chemist would. Someone just repeating a recipe cooking up v-202 in a garage somewhere would not. And this would factor in with your characters ability.

A CGH trained pharmacist for example, would definetly know the effects the drugs they produce have on the human body. That's what a pharmacist does, they're an expert on the creation and usage of a drug. It's not like baking a cake or crafting an item, it's an entire field of study.

And I think it would be cool if this could be codedly enabled, because some of even the most seasoned chemists might not know the full effects of the drugs they're producing- even though it'd make sense for them to do so.

I believe if we were willing to do this for armstechs, should atleast be considered for chemists too.

Someone who's dedicated a significant amount of time to the field of chemistry and knows how to produce lab-grade drugs would definetly know the effects each drug has on the human body.

Yes, you can also take armor on and off to and know its effects.

The point is, it should be codedly enabled for people with the right skillset.

In the 22nd century, where these drugs have been produced in the quantity of millions- academic level chemists should already know the fundamental effects of each drug through rigorous studying. It definetly makes sense for them to understand what each drug that they can produce does, the impact and varying levels according to quality.

Anybody can make a catalogue of drugs and their effects through experimentation, it probably won't be nearly as accurate as what advanced chemists should already know. And I'd argue if I was doing this as a non chemist character, I would icly be investing U.E into my chemistry skill even abit as the experimentation goes on as you're learning about the field.

It does not take away RP for them to know this.

And what you're saying is possible definetly to get a good approximation, but I imagine there's much more obsufucation then just taking a look at our character sheet. Especially if we're talking about the effects of differing levels of quality.

Furthermore, i'd argue that most of the roleplay in regards to this comes from researching the effects of a combination of different drugs, to which there are countless. And there's still lots of things to players to figure out oocly anyways that I didn't include in my suggestion (duration, side effects, downsides etc).

I don't think it's a bad idea. https://www.sindome.org/help/game/chemistry/ is a great file to review and already lists out the substats for custom made drugs. Letting them know without tools what compounds are more heavily present in a drug or used more in a default makeup isn't bad.

The tool would still have its uses in several areas.

I see your point..

But chemists do already know which variants of drug enhance which substat, and while a basement wannabe- chemist might not how the proper effects of drugs on his body, a noble laureate or a PHD might (Such as a CGH pharmacist or a VS chemist) Even though they might not know how to treat certain injuries or perform advanced surgery.

Though, I know that some actions in the game roll multiple skills/stats through the helpfiles. And with some actions it's an 'or' function (i.e the best out of two skills), all of this is mentioned in the help files to be clear.

So perhaps both the medicine and chemistry skills could be rolled if this was implemented, or the best out of two the character has.

I could see this being a thing for the medicine skillset for the same reasons already mentioned. Or maybe a combination of both. I like the idea in general though. Maybe you don't get the benefit at all until you hit a certain threshold. Try it and find out until then. At the threshold you start to see more information about the drug, but it might be frequently off by a measure or two. You eventually see everything about the drugs you make all the time at a glance. And then at high levels you can see the properties of drugs that other people make.

I've never played a chemist though so I don't really know all that well how it works now.