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<blockquote data-quote="n0nym" data-source="post: 6768184" data-attributes="member: 6801533">Monsters (like assassins and spiders) are irrelevant I think. They've been designed with infinite poison for simplicity's sake and because they're not supposed to last more than 3 rounds.In my not so humble opinion, the Basic poison from the Player's Handbook should also be ignored. It was clearly not designed at the same time as the Dungeon Master's Guide's poisons (just compare it to Serpent Venom and it will be obvious). Now the question is one of game balance : do you think that a level 11 fighter should be able to kill an Adult Red Dragon in 2 rounds simply because he's coated his blade with some potent toxin ? I don't.Poisons are expensive because they're assassination tools, not &quot;always on&quot; magic items. PC are not meant to coat their weapons in poison before every single fight. They should only do so when someone *has* to die, in order to gain a decisive advantage during the surprise round.Also, I'm surprised that nobody mentions previous editions of the game in this matter. In 3rd edition and its variants (upon which 5th edition is based), poison was wiped after one hit.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="n0nym, post: 6768184, member: 6801533"] Monsters (like assassins and spiders) are irrelevant I think. They've been designed with infinite poison for simplicity's sake and because they're not supposed to last more than 3 rounds. In my not so humble opinion, the Basic poison from the Player's Handbook should also be ignored. It was clearly not designed at the same time as the Dungeon Master's Guide's poisons (just compare it to Serpent Venom and it will be obvious). Now the question is one of game balance : do you think that a level 11 fighter should be able to kill an Adult Red Dragon in 2 rounds simply because he's coated his blade with some potent toxin ? I don't. Poisons are expensive because they're assassination tools, not "always on" magic items. PC are not meant to coat their weapons in poison before every single fight. They should only do so when someone *has* to die, in order to gain a decisive advantage during the surprise round. Also, I'm surprised that nobody mentions previous editions of the game in this matter. In 3rd edition and its variants (upon which 5th edition is based), poison was wiped after one hit. [/QUOTE]

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