D&D 3E/3.5 Any 3.5 books that have a list of poisons in them?

[pbd]

I disagree. Inanimate objects in D&D are Evil - with a Capital E! - all the time.

Why not poison?

Good point, but most evil objects in DnD are specifiaclly invested with evil for the sole purpose of making them evil; while they may be inanimate, they are specifically made malignant. A poison could be invested with evil, and thus made evil itself; but for the most part, judging from the lists of poisons avialble in the SRD, they are not specifically aligned.

 

[Sil]

A poison that renders the effected immobilized, so as to avoid killing them, would be good, right? The monster can be relocated away from the village. The suspected BBEG can be delivered to trial, ect.

 

[JamesDJarvis]

Using poison is seen as evil when it is used to give one an unfair advantage throughout literature and myth. Killing rats is not seen to be an unfair advantage. Putting poison on a blade does provide one with an unfair advantage becasue it doesn't require a masterful blow to deliver death only a scratch, that is considered "unfair" and promoting weakness and subterfuge over strength and skill and is as such "evil". Yeah it is silly when looked at from the realm of practicality but then again the realm of practicality doesn't have room for things like "the ends do not justify the means".

 

[werk]

Yeah it is silly when looked at from the realm of practicality but then again the realm of practicality doesn't have room for things like "the ends do not justify the means".

Practicality is neutral

 

[cmanos]

So, is buying poison an evil act?

Illegal does not equate to evil. In some cultures it is illegal for certain castes of people to own property. If I was one of these people and owned, oh, say, a book.....that wouldn't make me evil. I'd be breaking the law.

Remember, there is that other axis in the alignment grid...the one no one uses.