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<blockquote data-quote="Voadam" data-source="post: 9219386" data-attributes="member: 2209">Absolutely, it was just the phrase &quot;injected poison&quot; that brought hypodermics and shots to mind, I am not suggesting it is a general combat thing or a common D&amp;D thing. In combat at best for trying to inflict damage I would probably consider them an improvised weapon.I don't believe that a plate mail wearing fighter can generally avoid the danger of poison needle traps in AD&amp;D or Basic by keeping their gauntlets on when opening things other than a DM ruling so by fiat.There might be a reference to thieves needing to have bare hands or light gloves only to do pick locks and disarm traps and making them vulnerable to poison needle traps somewhere though which could be interpreted to implicitly indicate that gauntlets would be protective, but I do not remember switching to gauntlets to actually open stuff ever being a suggested defensive precaution tactic.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Voadam, post: 9219386, member: 2209"] Absolutely, it was just the phrase "injected poison" that brought hypodermics and shots to mind, I am not suggesting it is a general combat thing or a common D&D thing. In combat at best for trying to inflict damage I would probably consider them an improvised weapon. I don't believe that a plate mail wearing fighter can generally avoid the danger of poison needle traps in AD&D or Basic by keeping their gauntlets on when opening things other than a DM ruling so by fiat. There might be a reference to thieves needing to have bare hands or light gloves only to do pick locks and disarm traps and making them vulnerable to poison needle traps somewhere though which could be interpreted to implicitly indicate that gauntlets would be protective, but I do not remember switching to gauntlets to actually open stuff ever being a suggested defensive precaution tactic. [/QUOTE]

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