Poison

A poison was a substance that damaged or affected the abilities of a creature, either instantly or over time. A poison could be administered by contact, inhalation, ingestion, or through a wound.^[2][3] The ability to use poison effectively was a skill that had to be learned and a person utilising such substances had a small chance of poisoning themselves.^[2][4] The effects of poisons varied widely, but common ones included paralysis, sleep, loss of ability, injury, or death.^[5]

Poisoned creatures had a chance to avoid or resist the effects of a poison, and some had natural resistances or immunities to poisons.^[5] A poisoned creature could be cured quickly either through an antidote, a magic potion, or by clerical^[6] or druidic magic.^[7][8] Some poisons wore off after a period of time and had little or no lasting effect, but without help, it could take days to recover.^[9]

Poisons were often rare, expensive, and illegal to purchase.^[2][4] Crafting a poison from natural ingredients, or harvesting poisonous substances and venoms from creatures was also a risky endeavor that usually required knowledge of nature and some specialized equipment.^[4]

List of Poisons[]

Name	Type	Damage type	Base cost
Adder's root[11]	Injury	Death	?
Arsenic [5]	Ingested	Constitution drain	120 gp
Assassin's blood[12][13]	Ingested	Poison damage	150 gp
Bebelith venom[14]	Injury	Constitution drain	900 gp
Belarris	Ingested	Fatigue/unconsciousness	?
Benightbite	Ingested	Numbing/fatigue/sleep/death	?
Bittermint	Ingested	Dexterity drain	250 gp
Black adder venom[15]	Injury	Constitution drain	75[15]-120 gp[16]
Black lotus extract[5]	Contact	Constitution drain	4,500 gp
Bloodroot	Injury	Constitution drain	100 gp
Blowfish venom[17]	Injury	Nausea/shortness of breath/death	?
Blue whinnis[18][19]	Injury	Constitution drain/unconsciousness	120 gp
Burnt othur fumes[12][20]	Inhaled	Poison damage	500 gp
Calad	Ingested	Confused hearing/confused vision/internal damage	?
Carrion crawler brain juice[21]	Contact	Paralysis	200 gp[18]
Cave terror[22]	Ingested	Confusion/intelligence drain	200 gp
Centipede poison[5][14]	Injury	Dexterity drain	40-2,900 gp
Chokemist[23]	Inhaled	Delirium/addiction/death	?
Choldrith toxin[24]	Injury	Constitution drain	1,200 gp
Darfly-sting essence	Injury	Sleep	?
Dark naga poison[25]	Injury	Sleep	?
Deathblade[18][26]	Injury	Constitution drain	1,800 gp
Deathcap mushroom[27]	Ingested	Death	?
Dragon bile[28][29]	Contact/Ingested/Injury	Strength drain	1,500 gp
Dragonbane	Contact/Ingested/Injury	Suffocation	?
Drow knockout poison[22]	Injury	Unconsciousness	75 gp
Dwarfbane[30]	Injury	Death	?
Elixir of the Void[31]	Ingested	Death	?
Essence of ether[12][32]	Inhaled	Unconsciousness	300 gp
Fang dragon venom	Injury	Constitution drain	300 gp
Firethorn[33]	Injury	?	?
Foxglove[34]	Ingested	Confusion/hallucinations/intelligence drain/constitution drain	500 gp
Giant bee venom[35]	Contact/Ingested/Injury		370 gp
Giant centipede venom[35]	Contact/Ingested/Injury		370 gp
Giant scorpion venom[35]	Contact/Ingested/Injury		370 gp
Giant wasp poison	Injury	Dexterity drain	210 gp
Giant snow adder venom[36]	Injury/Injected	Paralysis/constitution drain and effects similar to the freezing touch spell	?
Greenblood oil[18][37]	Injury	Constitution drain	100 gp
Horel[38]	Injury	Violent convulsions/dexterity drain	?
Imvris	Contact/Ingested/Injury	Paralysis	?
Jesseret	Ingested	Death	?
Lockjaw[39]	Ingested	Silence/constitution drain	250 gp
Lorbralinth	Ingested/Injury	Chills/fever	?
Malyss root paste[18][19]	Contact	Dexterity drain	500 gp
Manriki berry[40]	Ingested	Dizziness/nausea/migraine/blindness	?
Medium spider venom	Injury	Strength drain	150 gp
Midnight tears[12][41]	Ingested	Poison damage	1,500 gp
Nightviper venom	Ingested/Injury	Wisdom drain	600 gp
Numbfish jelly venom	Ingested/Contact	Dexterity drain/wisdom drain	300 gp
Oil of taggit[12][42]	Contact	Unconsciousness	400 gp
Pale tincture[4][43]	Ingested	Poison damage	250 gp
Pauper's poison	Ingested	Subdual	40 gp
Peranox	Contact	Death	500 gp
Purple worm poison[4][44]	Injury	Poison damage	2,000 gp
Saldruth's viper venom	Ingested/Injury	Constitution drain	300 gp
Sassone leaf residue	Contact	Constitution drain	300 gp
Scorpion poison[18][14]	Injury	Strength drain	90-9,000 gp
Serpent venom[4]	Injury	Poison damage	200 gp
Shadow essence[5][45]	Injury	Strength drain	250 gp
Sickstone unguent[22]	Injury	Constitution drain	1500 gp
Sindari[46]	Ingested	Seizures/death	?
Slarkfish venom	Ingested	Dexterity drain	100 gp
Sleep-smoke	Inhalation	Sleep	25 gp
Snow adder venom[47]	Injury	Constitution drain/paralysis	300 gp
Spider venom[5][14]	Injury	Strength drain	90-9,000 gp
Srindym[48]	Contact/Ingested/Injury	Disorientation/dexterity drain/unconsciousness	120 gp
Stingray poison[49][50][51]	Ingested/Injury	Constitution drain/nausea	600 gp
Striped toadstool[5]	Ingested	Wisdom drain	180 gp
Stun gas[22]	Inhaled	Stunning	40 gp
Swiftsleep	Injury	Sleep	?
Terinav root [5]	Contact	Dexterity drain	750 gp
Thardynyn[48]	Contact	Debilitating shakes	?
Torpor[3][32]	Ingested	Incapacitation	600 gp
Truth serum[3][52]	Ingested	Can't lie, as if under a zone of truth	150 gp
Tulade	Ingested	Pain/unconsciousness	250 gp
Udderfish venom	Ingested	Subdual	400 gp
Ungol dust[5][53]	Inhaled	Charisma drain	1,000 gp
Venomtail poison	Injury		94 cp
Virile madness[22]	Ingested	Intelligence drain/wisdom drain	1200 gp
Water cat poison[54]	Injury	Effects similar to ray of enfeeblement/Gradual (month-long) transformation into a mongrelman/Death for rodents	?
Wyvern poison	Injury	Constitution drain	3,000 gp
Yarberry	Ingested	Death	?
Yellow urchin extract	Inhaled	Dexterity drain/wisdom drain	800 gp
Yethgrel[48]	Ingested	System shock but damage protection	?

Notable Poison Users[]

• Some drows from Bregan D'aerthe used poisonous pistols to defeat their foes.^[55]

Appendix[]

See Also[]

• Sprite venom

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