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. 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. The effects of poisons varied widely, but common ones included paralysis, sleep, loss of ability, injury, or death.
Poisoned creatures had a chance to avoid or resist the effects of a poison, and some had natural resistances or immunities to poisons. A poisoned creature could be cured quickly either through an antidote, a magic potion, or by clerical or druidic magic. 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. 
Poisons were often rare, expensive, and illegal to purchase. 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.
==List of Poisons==
Name 	Type 	Damage type 	Base cost
Adder's root 	Injury 	Death 	?
Arsenic 	Ingested 	Constitution drain 	120 gp
Assassin's blood 	Ingested 	Poison damage 	150 gp
Bebelith venom 	Injury 	Constitution drain 	900 gp
Belarris 	Ingested 	Fatigue/unconsciousness 	?
Benightbite 	Ingested 	Numbing/fatigue/sleep/death 	?
Bittermint 	Ingested 	Dexterity drain 	250 gp
Black adder venom 	Injury 	Constitution drain 	75-120 gp
Black lotus extract 	Contact 	Constitution drain 	4,500 gp
Bloodroot 	Injury 	Constitution drain 	100 gp
Blowfish venom 	Injury 	Nausea/shortness of breath/death 	?
Blue whinnis 	Injury 	Constitution drain/unconsciousness 	120 gp
Burnt othur fumes 	Inhaled 	Poison damage 	500 gp
Calad 	Ingested 	Confused hearing/confused vision/internal damage 	?
Carrion crawler brain juice	Contact 	Paralysis 	200 gp
Cave terror 	Ingested 	Confusion/intelligence drain 	200 gp
Centipede poison 	Injury 	Dexterity drain 	40-2,900 gp
Chokemist 	Inhaled 	Delirium/addiction/death 	?
Choldrith toxin 	Injury 	Constitution drain 	1,200 gp
Darfly-sting essence 	Injury 	Sleep 	?
Dark naga poison 	Injury 	Sleep 	?
Deathblade 	Injury 	Constitution drain 	1,800 gp
Deathcap mushroom 	Ingested 	Death 	?
Dragon bile 	Contact/Ingested/Injury	Strength drain 	1,500 gp
Dragonbane 	Contact/Ingested/Injury	Suffocation 	?
Drow knockout poison 	Injury 	Unconsciousness 	75 gp
Dwarfbane 	Injury 	Death 	?
Elixir of the Void 	Ingested 	Death 	?
Essence of ether 	Inhaled 	Unconsciousness 	300 gp
Fang dragon venom 	Injury 	Constitution drain 	300 gp
Firethorn 	Injury 	? 	?
Foxglove 	Ingested 	Confusion/hallucinations/intelligence drain/constitution drain 	500 gp
Giant bee venom 	Contact/Ingested/Injury	 	370 gp
Giant centipede venom 	Contact/Ingested/Injury	 	370 gp
Giant scorpion venom 	Contact/Ingested/Injury	 	370 gp
Giant wasp poison 	Injury 	Dexterity drain 	210 gp
Giant snow adder venom 	Injury/Injected 	Paralysis/constitution drain and effects similar to the freezing touch spell 	?
Greenblood oil 	Injury 	Constitution drain 	100 gp
Horel 	Injury 	Violent convulsions/dexterity drain 	?
Imvris 	Contact/Ingested/Injury	Paralysis 	?
Jesseret 	Ingested 	Death 	?
Lockjaw 	Ingested 	Silence/constitution drain 	250 gp
Lorbralinth 	Ingested/Injury 	Chills/fever 	?
Malyss root paste 	Contact 	Dexterity drain 	500 gp
Manriki berry 	Ingested 	Dizziness/nausea/migraine/blindness 	?
Medium spider venom 	Injury 	Strength drain 	150 gp
Midnight tears 	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 	Contact 	Unconsciousness 	400 gp
Pale tincture 	Ingested 	Poison damage 	250 gp
Pauper's poison 	Ingested 	Subdual 	40 gp
Peranox 	Contact 	Death 	500 gp
Purple worm poison 	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 	Injury 	Strength drain 	90-9,000 gp
Serpent venom 	Injury 	Poison damage 	200 gp
Shadow essence 	Injury 	Strength drain 	250 gp
Sickstone unguent 	Injury 	Constitution drain 	1500 gp
Sindari 	Ingested 	Seizures/death 	?
Slarkfish venom 	Ingested 	Dexterity drain 	100 gp
Sleep-smoke 	Inhalation 	Sleep 	25 gp
Snow adder venom 	Injury 	Constitution drain/paralysis 	300 gp
Spider venom 	Injury 	Strength drain 	90-9,000 gp
Srindym 	Contact/Ingested/Injury	Disorientation/dexterity drain/unconsciousness 	120 gp
Stingray poison 	Ingested/Injury 	Constitution drain/nausea 	600 gp
Striped toadstool 	Ingested 	Wisdom drain 	180 gp
Stun gas 	Inhaled 	Stunning 	40 gp
Swiftsleep 	Injury 	Sleep 	?
Terinav root 	Contact 	Dexterity drain 	750 gp
Thardynyn 	Contact 	Debilitating shakes 	?
Torpor 	Ingested 	Incapacitation 	600 gp
Truth serum 	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 	Inhaled 	Charisma drain 	1,000 gp
Venomtail poison 	Injury 	 	94 cp
Virile madness 	Ingested 	Intelligence drain/wisdom drain 	1200 gp
Water cat poison 	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 	Ingested 	System shock but damage protection 	?
==Notable Poison Users==
* Some drows from Bregan D'aerthe used poisonous pistols to defeat their foes.
==Appendix==
===See Also===
*Sprite venom
===Gallery===
PoisonBottles.png|A collection of poisons in glass bottles for throwing.
Basic Poison bottle.png|A bottle of basic poison from the Western Heartlands.
Poison the Blade CLB.jpg|A rogue coating a dagger with poison.
===References===
 
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